The Buddha Made Me Do It
by Marla Martenson
Genre: Spiritual/Memoir
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What starts as a search for a
decorative Buddha statuette leads one woman on a spiritual journey that will
change everything.
Marla lives the good life in Los Angeles—house, pool, her own business
helping Cupid find love for LA’s most discriminating singles. Her handsome and
ardent hubby Adolfo performs at an exclusive steak house in Beverly Hills. He
tends to scoff at Marla’s green juice, vegan diet, yoga, and daily affirmations
and can be a teensy bit of a control freak.
A discarded Buddha statuette that Adolfo suddenly can’t live without
sends Marla searching through New Age boutiques along with her skeptical friend
Julie. They are soon schooled by a charismatic “Goddess,” delving ever deeper
into self-realization, conversations with angels, pendulums, candle “Magick,”
Reiki, crystal healing, and more. Attend a Hindu Bajan? Sure. Orgasmic
Meditation? (Wait, what…?) Maybe not that one.
Growing in her spirituality, yet exceedingly frustrated with some of her
persnickety clientele—aging men who see themselves as Dorian Grays, worthy of
exquisite young women—Marla’s world is shifting. She achieves certifications as
an energy healer and encourages Julie to sample the concoction Julie calls
“green gunk” and other healthy practices to help her conquer an addiction to unavailable
men. Marla deepens her communication with the Beyond while Adolfo hurls insults
like stink bombs. (“Have you lost your mind? Are you hearing voices?”) Matters
grow worse when certain psychics warn of “dangerous low-vibrational entities”
and rabidly disagree with each other.
Her alternating universes give Marla spiritual whiplash, yet she
discovers the LITE way to balance the human carnival with a transformational
spiritual journey.
Born in Tacoma,
Washington, “The City of Destiny,” Marla was destined to move to Los Angeles
where she shoots her arrow of love on a daily basis as a professional
matchmaker, helping countless couples connect with their soul mates.
She is the author
of two other memoirs, Diary of
a Beverly Hills Matchmaker and Hearts on the Line. Marla has been interviewed on the Today
Show, WGN Chicago Morning News, San Diego Living, Urban Rush, CTV Calgary,
Better TV, KUSI San Diego Morning Show, and over 100 radio shows including
Coast to Coast AM with George Noory.
Her husband Adolfo
has asked her, “Marlita, do you want to go to the moon too?” referring to her
many interests—a true Gemini. Yet nothing has fascinated her like her profound
adventure far beyond the moon and into the vastness of cosmic spirituality.
marlamartenson@mac.com
Author Media Links
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http://www.marlamartenson.com
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