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This book shows you how to cultivate specific types of relationship with deity that go beyond just calling on the gods when you need them for magic or personal support. Stephanie Woodfield teaches you how veneration and worship can be the very core of a Pagan practice, and that no matter what level of devotion or dedication you pursue, it's okay to let go of the idea that you must strive for higher levels. Dedicant, Devotee, Priest expertly guides you through three distinct paths: devotion which often means having an altar, giving offerings, and cultivating a relationship; dedication a more formalized agreement or oath to serve a particular deity for a length of time; and priesthood facilitating others' relationship with the deity in addition to tending your own. While many assume that priesthood is the highest level everyone should aspire to, this book shows that each type of deity relationship is equally as valid as any other and there are personal benefits for these practices no matter which type is appropriate for you and your gods. Within these pages, you will find down-to-earth explanations of what deities are, what it means to venerate a deity, and simple tips for several devotional practices that you can pursue. You will also learn about oaths, offerings, and vows as well as how to know when a god is trying to get your attention. In the section on priesthood, you will explore how to serve deities and your community in addition to hands-on tips for oracular work and managing ego. Each section provides a full ritual to help ground you in the level of devotion and commitment that enriches your spirit and sets the tone for the relationships with deity that you desire.
Terms like groundbreaking and life-changing are often used to describe books, but not always accurately. They are when describing The Power of Now, which has become a genuine cultural phenomenon. Oprah Winfrey keeps it at her bedside and calls it "one of the most valuable books I've ever read." Katy Perry says it inspired her song "This Moment." Director Tom Ford asked everyone in his film A Single Man to read it - and on and on. More importantly, millions who suffer from the kind of debilitating depression Tolle once did or who wrestle with anxiety, loss, or grief, as well as those seeking personal growth and a deeper experience of fulfillment and spirituality, have found life-altering, attitude-shifting inspiration in the book's simple yet powerful teachings. Lovely, vibrant four-color art and carefully chosen excerpts inspire insights and prompt contemplation, meditation, and relaxation. Whether you're a longtime fan or new to Tolle's work, the journal format will help you engage with Tolle's teachings to discover or rediscover the extraordinary power of The Power of Now.
"Tony Buzan will do for the brain what Stephen Hawking did for the Universe" With its powerful new series of Brain Workouts, Mind Maps and exercises, 'The Power of Spiritual Intelligence' enables you to learn from some of the spiritual giants of all time, from Buddha to Mohammed, as well as the giants of the modern age such as the Dalai Lama. If you Mind-Map your vision, you really can be your best self, and:
Happiness lies within you His Holiness the Dalai Lama has captured the attention and admiration of the world through his wisdom. This jewel of a book offers some of his most helpful insights on daily living, compassion and inner peace. A timeless collection of advice and teachings from the world’s most revered spiritual leader, it will guide you through good and troubled times. Whoever you are, whatever your beliefs, the Dalai Lama’s words have the power to calm and inspire.
"What does the other fellow consist of? What is that other fellow? Well, the philosopher had to answer that question. And it's the one question he never answered satisfactorily. And it's the one question that's been answered satisfactorily in Scientology." - L. Ron Hubbard An extraordinary drama played out across thousands of years, Man's long search to penetrate the mystery of the other fellow and thereby to know himself found its expression not only in philosophy and religion, but even in war and conquest. Yet in spite of, or perhaps because of, the crucial intensity of this quest, its continuing failure down the centuries accumulated ever deepening problems for Man. Hence, in desperation, he eventually abandoned the search entirely in 1879, to be precise. And into the vacuum of its failure there stepped a new and deadly theory. Specifically, that the other fellow is no more than an aggregate of brain, blood and sinew, a stimulus response mechanism that reacts to but is incapable of mastering its environment. As this concept gained strength, so declined the respect shown each individual and, with it, the sense of honor and purpose of Man as a whole. In interpreting this remarkable story, Ron not only explains why Man's epic search met with failure for so long, he reveals the missing element that has finally brought success and solved the mystery of the other fellow. For today, one can indeed know the truth about one's fellow human beings and, hence, come to understand oneself. And what that knowledge foretells for both the individual and Mankind is not only the recovery of respect, honor and purpose, but a level of success that exceeds anything previously attainable.
This book introduces the Map of Meaning which provides a clear, simple and profound framework of the dimensions and process of living and working meaningfully. The Map of Meaning is based on over 20 years' research into the insights and practice of ordinary people as they search for, lose and find meaning. Incorporating the ideas of philosophers, psychologists and sociologists, this book describes how human beings wrestle with, and answer, questions such as, "What gives my life and work meaning?", "How can I balance inspiration and reality and maintain positive momentum?" and "How do we integrate meaningfulness into our workplaces?". Innate human knowledge is captured in a practical model that makes understanding and working with issues of meaning clear and accessible to everyone. At an individual level this book helps people to define and stay in contact with what is most important to them as they grapple with the real problems of daily life. It shows how they can stay in charge of keeping the human search for meaning alive, especially in the face of the challenges that exist in organizational life. Because the dimensions of meaning are shared, the second half of the book focuses on how we can bring an awareness of what creates meaningful work into our thinking about the practice and design of organisations. The authors recognize that in the current economic context a simple, yet profound guide for humanity is essential, precisely because organizational life has become so intensely directed towards a singular economic goal. They argue that it is vital that people have an easy, powerful way to reclaim the significance of meaning in their working lives both individually and at a whole of organization level. Updated with new chapter material and case studies, this second edition offers profound insights for anyone who is interested in creating more meaning and purpose in work and organizations - from a CEO to a blue-collar worker or consultant. It is for those searching for ways to re-energize their roles or change their careers. It is for anyone who firmly believes that it must be possible to align our deeper life purposes with our daily actions in the workplace. It is for anyone who is committed to creating workplaces that support and enable the experience of work that feels worth doing.
A liberating 12-step guide to recognizing the emotional issues that hold us back, with strategies to increase our energy and help us reach our potential by the health and spiritual advisor to Gwyneth Paltrow. Based on the powerful mind-body strategy Dr. Habib Sadegh developed to help himself recover from cancer more than twenty years ago, The Clarity Cleanse will enable you to help your mind clear and your body heal. A regular Goop contributor in health and spirituality, Dr. Sadeghi shows you how to turn obstacles into healing and energizing opportunities. Because negative emotions actually do damage on the cellular level, The Clarity Cleanse offers guidance for cleansing both your body and your mind. You will learn how to: Create a clear intention Purge negative emotions Practice compassionate self-forgiveness Refocus negative energy to move beyond doubt and fear Ask the kind of questions that will help your relationships. The Clarity Cleanse includes Dr. Sadeghi's Intentional Unsaturation Diet, which helps support emotional cleansing by removing the residue of repressed negative emotions. The diet is designed to reduce congestion in the liver, gallbladder, lungs, kidneys, and pancreas-the organs most affected by feelings such as resentment and anger. Dr. Sadeghi's friends at Goop have offered eighteen recipes to help make this cleanse delicious. Following the twelve steps in this book will help you to achieve a sense of peace and control, raise your self-esteem, and assert yourself in new ways to achieve positive and lasting change. Then, finally, you will be able to express your true, authentic self.
Infuse your day-to-day life with positivity and gratitude with this guided journal, filled with activities and inspiration to help you find joy in the simplest of things You may not feel it, but inside you is a hidden optimist ready to break free and feel joy! It's time to step out from under that dark cloud of self-doubt, rid yourself of toxic energy and draw out all the positives that life has to offer. This journal will help you find joy and contentment through self-care and self-belief, while encouraging you to seek out and discover more of what makes you happy. Full of inspirational prompts and activities to help you reveal your inner positivity and confidence, this journal will unlock your potential. Inside you will find: Top tips on how to stay positive Space to write your thoughts and help you find the silver lining Ideas and inspiration for self-care activities Positive quotes and affirmations for day-to-day life Your positivity journey starts here.
The New York Times bestselling book of essays celebrating ordinary delights in the world around us by one of America's most original and observant writers, award-winning poet Ross Gay. As Heard on NPR's This American Life "Ross Gay's eye lands upon wonder at every turn, bolstering my belief in the countless small miracles that surround us." --Tracy K. Smith, Pulitzer Prize winner and U.S. Poet Laureate The winner of the NBCC Award for Poetry offers up a spirited collection of short lyrical essays, written daily over a tumultuous year, reminding us of the purpose and pleasure of praising, extolling, and celebrating ordinary wonders. In The Book of Delights, one of today's most original literary voices offers up a genre-defying volume of lyric essays written over one tumultuous year. The first nonfiction book from award-winning poet Ross Gay is a record of the small joys we often overlook in our busy lives. Among Gay's funny, poetic, philosophical delights: a friend's unabashed use of air quotes, cradling a tomato seedling aboard an airplane, the silent nod of acknowledgment between the only two black people in a room. But Gay never dismisses the complexities, even the terrors, of living in America as a black man or the ecological and psychic violence of our consumer culture or the loss of those he loves. More than anything else, though, Gay celebrates the beauty of the natural world-his garden, the flowers peeking out of the sidewalk, the hypnotic movements of a praying mantis. The Book of Delights is about our shared bonds, and the rewards that come from a life closely observed. These remarkable pieces serve as a powerful and necessary reminder that we can, and should, stake out a space in our lives for delight.
Masters, Mystics, and Saints still share their energy and messages. Matching the vibration of these teachers with crystals, minerals, and stones provides guidance and messages of hope, happiness, and well-being. The Gemstone Guardians are the devic force of the gemstone that add energetic assistance in achieving goals and desires through color and geometric structure of the stone. On each of the cards contained in this deck is a question for contemplative thought, Divine Guidance, and a positive affirmation. Use these cards in angel communication sessions and tarot card readings for added insight and direction. Pull a card a day for inspiration and use the affirmation throughout your day. Within this deck of 44 cards, gemstones are vibrationally matched with affirming thoughts and a Mystic, Saint or Master Teacher for you to use in your daily life. Follow the Divine Guidance and repeat the affirmations from the Masters, Mystics, and Saints to transform your reality into joy, wealth, health, protection, and happy relationships.
Winner of the 2008 "Christianity Today" Award of Merit in Theology/Ethics The History of God In "Discovering God," award-winning sociologist Rodney Stark presents a monumental history of the origins of the great religions from the Stone Age to the Modern Age and wrestles with the central questions of religion and belief.
With this beautiful little book as your guide, use the seasons to connect with yourself and the world around you. Ideal for all spiritual explorers, this friendly guide is full of simple, thought-provoking, bite-sized snippets of information. Each month, discover fables, crystals, essential oils, flowers, affirmations, meditations, recipes, yoga poses, and rituals and activities for kindness, eco action, creativity and connection, with each entry perfectly attuned to the season. Uncover fresh perspectives and soul-nourishing activities that will help you enjoy a mindful year. Slow down, breathe, and discover the true fulfilment of a more connected life.
Inspiring spiritual insight to guide readers on their life journeys.
One breath, one step is all we need to feel at home and comfortable in the here and now In this enlightening series world-renowned spiritual leader Thich Nhat Hanh shares the essential foundations of mindful practise and mediation. From unlocking the connection to our inner self, forging deeper and more meaningful bonds with those around us to discovering a true sense of oneness with our natural world, this is the essential guide to help you master the art of connection.
BUDDHA READING CARDS consist of 36 cards and a book that provides guidance for you to play and to cultivate Buddha Wisdoms. The cards present fun ways to return to your true nature - the Buddha Nature - the original nature that you and I are born with, which is open, clear, joyful, pure, luminous, intelligent, naturally kind and compassionate. These Cards are inspired by the universal laws imbedded in the core of Buddha teachings. These wisdoms are practical and easy to cultivate to bringing peace, love and happiness to our modern life. The cards are simple to use, fun to play and the wisdoms presented on the cards are easy to apply to life's problems by shining a new light to any situation and at the same invite inner solutions.
The Goddess is coming back, but the one we're least familiar with lies under our feet. In her many faces she's been buried in dry and awkward translations. Written in the first person, these provocative and surprising renderings of Celtic tales take us on a challenging journey in which the twelve most ancient and extraordinary goddesses of the land reveal their light and dark faces. In bringing their symbolism to life for today they restore our earlier understanding of war, sex and death. Encounters the endurance of Branwen, the wit of Rhiannon, the daring of Medbh, the magic of Ceridwen, the testing of Arhianrhod, the betrayal of Deirdre and the power of the Morrigan. Share her spiritual journey. Learn from her loves, her challenges, and how she triumphs through her pain. Travel with her and be ready to receive the gifts she has to offer
In this engaging and disarmingly frank book, comic Jay Sankey spills the beans, explaining not only how to write and perform stand-up comedy, but how to improve and perfect your work. Much more than a how-to manual Zen andthe Art of Stand-Up Comedy is the most detailed and comprehensive book on the subject to date.
Good vibes in 3 minutes or less! This self-help book and journal all in one helps you train your mind for greater happiness in just minutes a day. With all the time we spend on our digital devices, it's important to also have a practice of physically writing out our thoughts, feelings, intentions, reflections, goals, and wins. This 60-day best-selling guided journal shows you exactly how to put pen to paper to harness the power of positivity, train your mind, and change your life. Each entry is quick, yet powerful-only 3 minutes in the morning and 3 minutes in the evening-to keep you on track in 5 main areas: Habits Mindset Health Self-Esteem Success In addition to daily quotes, prompts, and activities, you'll find recurring "check-ins" related to gratitude, affirmations, mental health, physical health, goals, and wins to help you feel more positive no matter what is happening around you. You'll also find a thorough introduction to the practice of journaling for positivity, as Kristen Butler-founder of the Power of Positivity community, now 50 million strong-shares the tools and mindset strategies that helped her go from depressed and broke (literally broken) to happy, thriving, and whole. "I created this journal for change," Kristen explains. "I created this journal for happiness. I created this journal for mental health based on how I have seen our community change lives." The truth is, few people know exactly what it takes to set up their day to create happiness. It's time to find out-and fall in love with the feeling of setting up and ending your day with positivity.
Henry, a cockney arsonist and psychopath, was the catalyst to Vony's enlightenment. Ironically, she started out as the teacher and ended up as Eliza Doolittle, the naive student. Perhaps Henry's unwitting mission was to help others by telling their story. Angry at a God following the death of a sibling, Vony initially rejected religion. Eventually she realized that religion, science and philosophy are compatible; without investigating them all, the answer to a meaningful life would be incomplete. As an exercise therapist teaching classes for psychiatric offenders, as well as in nursing homes for people living out their final furlong, Vony met Henry. In her work she encountered individuals of all ages with mental, physical and emotional disabilities in contrast to socializing with the rich and famous. She sought to understand them all through a looking glass of behavioral psychology, Bible studies, philosophy, poetry, Eastern religions, spiritualists, psychics and astrologers. Whatever their weaknesses or limitations, everyone is similar at their core, and the same universal, simple truths apply to finding a meaningful life for them all.
"From Wiccan author Arin Murphy-Hiscock comes this fantastic guide to spiritual self-care with a witchy bent. The Witch's Guide to Self-Care contains recipes for products and spells for self-restoration." -Bustle Self-care and magic work together in this guide to help you become the best version of yourself. You'll learn how to nourish your body and spirit with herbal remedies, spells, and rituals inspired by witchcraft in this unique, enchanted guide to self-care. Self-care is a necessity for any modern woman. The goals of self-care are simple: healthy mind, healthy body, healthy spirit. This book helps you prioritize yourself with a little help from the magic of witchcraft. The Witch's Book of Self-Care has advice for pampering your mind, body, and spirit with spells, meditations, mantras, and powerful activities to help you to keep healthy, soothe stress, relinquish sadness, channel joy, and embrace your strength. This book features such magical self-care remedies: -A Ritual to Release Guilt: Learn to burn whatever causes you pain and process painful memories or work through heavy emotions in this therapeutic ritual. -Green Space Meditation: Learn how to reconnect with the healing energies of nature, even in the middle of a bustling city, as part of a series of meditations based on the elements and your senses. -DIY Body Butter: Create your own custom soothing and smoothing body butter, powered by crystal and essential oils suited to your intention, and sanctified by a ritual. And much more! The Witch's Book of Self-Care shows you how easy it is to connect to the earth, harness your personal power, and add a little magic to your everyday life for a better you!
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