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Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious experience > General
A groundbreaking exploration of the neuroscience of spirituality and a bold new paradigm for health, healing, and resilience.
Whether it's meditation or a walk in nature, reading a sacred text or saying a prayer, there are many ways to tap into a heightened awareness of the world around us and our place in it. Lisa Miller draws on decades of clinical experience and award-winning research to show that humans are universally equipped with this capacity for spirituality, and that our brains become more resilient and robust as a result of it. Bringing scientific rigour to the most intangible aspect of our lives, Miller's counterintuitive findings reveal the measurable positive effects of spirituality: for better decision-making, a healthier brain and an inspired life.
Brimming with inspiration and compassion, this landmark book revolutionizes our understanding of spirituality, mental health and how to find meaning and purpose in life.
What keeps women from feeling and being their best? For years, Joyce has been helping women better identify emotional barriers and physical, mental, and spiritual obstacles in their lives. Now she provides another answer: Confidence.
Our society has an insecurity epidemic. Women in particular compensate by pretending to be secure--a common response--which only leads to feelings of shame. Lack of self-confidence causes great difficulty in relationships of all kinds, and can even lead to divorce.
In Confidently You, Joyce explores the characteristics of a woman with confidence, which include a woman who knows she is loved, who refuses to live in fear, and who does not live by comparisons. Joyce explains that confidence stems from being positive in your actions and living honestly, but most importantly from having faith in God and in ourselves.
Derived from material previously published in The Confident Woman.
The author of the international bestseller Shantaram takes us on a gripping personal journey of wonder and insight into science, belief, faith and devotion.
Drawing on sacred traditions, rigorous logic and the six-year instruction of his spiritual teacher, Roberts describes the step-by-step process he followed in search of spiritual connection - a process that anyone, of any belief or none, can benefit from in their own lives. This gripping personal account of the 'Leap Of Faith' is a compellingly fresh addition to such enduring, spiritually inspiring works as Zen and The Art of
Motorcycle Maintenance, The Road Less Travelled and The Celestine Prophecy.
As Roberts writes, 'The Spiritual Path is a book on spiritual matters that my younger self wanted desperately: one that offers more answers than questions, and helps to reset the spiritual compass.'
Rituals combining healing with spirit possession and court-like
proceedings are found around the world and throughout history. A
person suffers from an illness that cannot be cured, for example,
and in order to be healed performs a ritual involving a prosecution
and a defense, a judge and witnesses. Divine beings then speak
through oracles, spirits possess the victim and are exorcized, and
local gods intervene to provide healing and justice. Such practices
seem to be the very antithesis of modernity, and many modern,
secular states have systematically attempted to eliminate them.
What is the relationship between healing, spirit possession, and
the law, and why are they so often combined? Why are such rituals
largely absent from modern societies, and what happens to them when
the state attempts to expunge them from their health and justice
systems, or even to criminalize them? Despite the prevalence of
rituals involving some or all of these elements, this volume
represents the first attempt to compare and analyze them
systematically. The Law of Possession brings together historical
and contemporary case studies from East Asia, South Asia, and
Africa, and argues that despite consistent attempts by modern,
secular states to discourage, eliminate, and criminalize them,
these types of rituals persist and even thrive because they meet
widespread human needs.
America is quickly eroding as a nation. Our political, economic,
and social structures have collapsed, and life as we know it is
quickly disappearing. To correct our decline, Republicans argue
that we need less government, and Democrats argue that we need more
government. Both parties claim understanding, but apparently
neither has wisdom. Unfortunately, we have failed to consult God in
our attempt to recover.
God's word provides a clear illustration regarding where America
is politically, economically, and socially in Genesis and Exodus.
The demise of America parallels almost perfectly with the demise of
the Israelites in Egypt. The similarities are eerily
disturbing.
If God's word is true, that we reap what we sow, then it is
equally true that we, like the Israelites, control the harvest. The
Israelites' harvest included 430 years of bondage, and it is
becoming increasingly apparent that America's harvest will result
in nothing less, but remember; we controlled the harvest.
This book is a thoughtful, informative, and practical guide for
anyone involved in caring for the seriously and chronically ill or
dying. The connection between spirituality and medicine has been
receiving a lot of attention in both the scientific and lay presses
recently, but research and
anecdotal evidence all indicate that spirituality is central to the
care of the chronically ill and dying. It is therefore critical
that healthcare providers who interact with seriously ill patients
know how to address their spiritual needs.
This book presents current thinking on how spiritual care can be
integrated into traditional caregiving. Part one discusses aspects
of spirituality, such as presence, ethics, and relationships. Part
two delves into a number of specific religious and theological
traditions. Part three offers
practical applications and tools, including storytelling,
psychotherapy, dance, music, and the arts. Part four focuses on
patients' stories and reflections. The book concludes with
appendices that have sample advance directives for Protestant,
Catholic, Jewish, and Muslim patients.
Volume editor Christina Puchalski is the director of the George
Washington Institute of Spirituality and Health. She is also an
associate professor of medicine at the George Washington University
Medical Center and an active practicing physician and medical
educator. Dr. Puchalski is nationally and
internationally recognized as a pioneer in the integration of
spirituality and healthcare. Chapters are authored by an impressive
group of medical and religious experts, and patients' stories also
appear throughout, offering real-world examples. The book features
a foreword by theDalai
Lama.
Good luck getting through an entire day without experiencing the impact of Catholicism. Woken up by an alarm or checked the time? The mechanical clock was invented in the tenth century by a monk who became pope. A bowl of cereal for breakfast? Your milk is safe thanks to Louis Pasteur, a devout Catholic whose research was driven by a love of God and humanity. Knock on wood? It's actually an ancient Catholic practice invoking the power of the Cross when facing trouble or danger.
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