u003cpu003eAs kittens we feel it often. All it takes is a wind-blown feather, an unexpected delicacy, or the alluring rush of water and instantly we are caught up in it: Wonderment. Enchantment. Being fully absorbed in the here and now.u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eBy the time we reach senior status, way beyond the point of being impressed by such trivia, we have become knowing and indifferent. u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eu003cbru003eu003c/pu003eu003cpu003eBut we have lost something, have we not? u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eu003cbru003eu003c/pu003eu003cpu003eWhich begs answers to some intriguing questions. Is it possible to recover the unaffected zest for life which once came to us so naturally? To become un-blasé? Can you and I, dear reader, awaken the kitten within?u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eu003cbru003eu003c/pu003eu003cpu003eThe Dalai Lama's Cat is confronted by a most unpleasant truth: she is getting old.u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eu003cbru003eu003c/pu003eu003cpu003eA routine visit to the vet confirms this. But is a future of decrepitude and senior cat biscuits inevitably a cause for despair? As it happens, she soon finds that a startling reminder of life's transience is exactly what's needed to renew our gratitude for life. To lighten up, accept ourselves, and value what truly matters.u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eu003cbru003eu003c/pu003eu003cpu003eWith irrepressible mischief, the Dalai Lama's Cat explores the intriguing insight that reality is a projection of our mind. In so doing, she comes to discover that awakening the kitten within is not just possible - it is our purpose! For when we do so with a particular wisdom, we catch a glimpse of our own sublime nature. With a benevolent energy that reaches from the pages, this is the Dalai Lama's Cat at her most tender, irreverent, joyful best.u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eu003cbru003eu003c/pu003e