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Prayer Journal for Women: 52 Weeks Scripture, Devotional, &
Guided Prayer Journal includes Scripture verses, reflections on the
Word, and journaling prompts to guide your walk with God and
strengthen your faith. Verses are organized thematically: Love
& Inner Beauty - Provision & Faithfulness - God's Love -
Adversity & Trials - Awe & Sovereignty - Strength Through
Faith - Fear - Grace & Forgiveness A perfect companion for
individual worship or for group Bible study, this 12-month journal
features: A generous 8 x 10 trim size with plenty of space to write
Four full pages for each week of the year Original illustrations on
each page by author and artist Shannon Roberts Each week includes:
Scripture - An inspiring Bible verse to reflect and meditate on
throughout your week, giving you time to memorize the verse and
ingrain it into your heart and soul. Reflect - A "Reflect" page
with thoughts and questions prompted by the weekly Scripture verse,
along with space to record your own thoughts and responses. Journal
- Two full pages to journal your praise for God, your prayer
requests, the things on your heart, and how you wish to be taught
and guided, as well as a Bible verse about the power of prayer.
Answered Prayers - A tracker with space to record your prayers, so
you can see how God moves in your life throughout the course of a
year.
Other poems tell of a path in poetry shared with people the author
knows and loves, as well as strangers. Not a path to follow but a
path made by walking - a kind of pilgrimage. And there are new
poems too ...the walk, the story, the poetry go on ...See how they
come: bare feet on the warm earth, disturbing the dust of ages, to
the telling place where the joy of birth and beginnings is shared
and the colours of hope imagined: for every baby born, a star for
all life on earth, a story and a promise. (From A parable of being)
Every significant event in the Bible happened because someone
said "yes" to God. Start living the adventure of "yes" today
In this whimsical yet inspiring book," " Shelene tells the
stories of real-life paths God took her on to learn some simple
truths that changed everything in her life--everything for the
better. By "loving" how our Creator made us to "love"; "skipping"
comfort and safety to help those who can never repay us; and taking
a risk to "jump" into the epic journey God has for our lives, the
reality is we are all just one "yes" away from changing everything.
Don't miss out on the incredible adventure God has for you. Say
"yes" to God--love, skip, and jump your way to his plans for
you
What if we lived in a world of abundance? In the Beatitudes, Jesus
offers nine sayings that move us beyond our first instincts and
instead embrace the deeper reality of the kingdom of God. They name
the illusions and false beliefs that have kept us chained and
imprisoned. We've learned to live from a mentality of anxiety and
greed, but what if a world of abundance with solace and comfort are
actually near? We've learned to live by striving, competition, and
comparison, but what if we all have equal dignity and worth? Mark
Scandrette shows how the Beatitudes invite us into nine new
postures for life. Instead of living in fear, we can choose radical
love. It's often assumed that the good life is only for the most
wealthy, attractive, and powerful. Poor, sad, and suffering people
are left out. But the ninefold path of the Beatitudes is for
everyone. Whatever your story, whatever your struggle, wherever you
find yourself, this way is available to you.
In a society where raging narcissism dominates the moral landscape,
the virtue of humility is often dismissed as irrelevant. Not only
is humility vanishing from contemporary culture, but we are also
witnessing how destructive a lack of humility has become among our
churches and ministry leaders. And yet, Richard Foster, the founder
of Renovare, insists that humility is central to the journey toward
character formation and spiritual transformation. For this reason
he decided to spend a year studying the virtue of humility. Using
the Lakota calendar as a framework, Foster provides us with a look
into the insights he gathered from sources ranging from Native
American culture to Julian of Norwich to Scripture to personal
friends. By engaging with both the spiritual classics and Foster's
own experiences, Learning Humility provides profound insight into
what humility can look like in our current cultural climate. Join
Richard Foster on the journey toward a life of humility, which he
says leads us into "freedom, joy, and holy hilarity."
This is the continuing story of Milarepa and his disciple
Rechungpa, first encountered in volume 18 of the Complete Works. As
portrayed in The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa, Rechungpa is a
promising disciple, but he has a lot to learn, being sometimes
proud, distracted, anxious, desirous of comfort and praise,
over-attached to book learning, stubborn, sulky and liable to go to
extremes. In other words, he is very human, and surely recognizable
to anyone who has embarked on the spiritual path. He all too often
takes his teacher's advice the wrong way, or simply ignores it, and
it takes all of Milarepa's skill, compassion and patience to keep
their relationship intact and help his unruly disciple to stay on
the path to Enlightenment. In the story that begins this volume,
matters come to a head when Milarepa burns the books that Rechungpa
went all the way to India to acquire, but by the end of the volume,
Rechungpa is able to set out on his own mission to teach the
Dharma. Much happens in between. Sangharakshita's commentary, based
on seminars given in the late 1970s and early 1980s, draws from the
stories of Milarepa and his wayward disciple much valuable advice
for any would-be spiritual practitioner.
First published in 1935, Men & Gods in Mongolia is rare and
unusual travel book that takes the reader into the virtually
unknwon world of Mongolia, a country only now opening up to the
West. Henning Haslund was a Swedish Explorer who accompanied Sven
Hedin and other explorers into Mongolia and Central Asia in the
1920s and 30s. Haslund takes the reader to the lost city of
Karakota in the Gobi desert, introduces the reader to the Bodgo
Gegen, a God-king in Mongolia, and allows the reader to meet Dambin
Jansang, the dreaded warlord of the 'Black Gobi'. Alongside the
esoteric and mystical material, there is plenty of adventure;
caravans across the Gobi desert; kidnapped and held for ransom;
initation into shamanic societies; encounters with warlords; and
the violent birth of a new nation.
In The Synchronicity Key, David Wilcock goes beyond this new
understanding to investigate how our universe works. Using history
and astrology, as well as new research into fractals, spiritual
geometry and quantum physics, Wilcock demonstrates that there is a
hidden architecture within time which guides individuals and
nations through a system of enlightenment (which Joseph Campbell
called the Hero's Journey). Historical events occur in shockingly
precise and repeating cycles of time and once the hidden laws
governing our fate through seemingly random 'synchronicity' are
identified we are left with a remarkable blueprint of how to lead
our lives in an uncertain world. David Wilcock's understanding of
the living fabric that binds the universe together is behind his
knowledge of synchronicity, the connections between seemingly
unrelated events, and how we are guided by it. Synchronicity is a
means to awaken us to our true identity, the thoughts we think and
the actions we take are being guided by hidden cycles that repeat
throughout the universe and time. David Wilcock is our guide to
this new world.
Motherhood, Spirituality and Culture explores spiritual skills that
may assist women in changes, challenges and transformations
undergone through the transition to motherhood. This study
comprises rich, qualitative data gathered from interviews with 11
mothers. Results are analysed by constructing seven unique maternal
narratives that elucidate and give voice to the mothers in their
transition by in depth exploration of six themes emerging from the
analysis. Overall discussion ranges across such realities as: *
desires, expectations and illusions for mothering; * birth and
spiritual embodied experiences of mothering; * instinctual knowing;
identity and crisis, and connections of motherhood; * changes and
transformations undergone through motherhood. This study presents a
unique framework for qualitative studies of spirituality within
motherhood research; by weaving together transpersonal psychology,
humanistic psychology, spiritual intelligence and the spiritual
maternal literature.This book will appeal to all women who have
transitioned to motherhood. It willalso be of assistance to
professionals who wish to approach any aspect of maternity care and
support from a transpersonal perspective. It will also
provideunique insights for academics and postgraduate students in
the fields of anthropology, psychology, psychotherapy and feminism
studies.
Helps readers identify their personal vocation, or special way of
being, so that they may reach out more effectively to others.
Elaborates on the connection between personal vocation and the
Spiritual Exercises.
"No scientific law can ever compare with the discovery of the
Living Word of Power, which unifies man's whole being and makes him
one in nature and character with his indwelling God". This is the
theme developed by Dr Thind, in this book - an inspiring volume for
all who seek to go ever onward, forward and Godward. The chapters
include: Modus Operandi; Walking in the Inner Path to God; How Sat
Guru Helps; Nature, Nurture and Nam; and, Overcoming the World.
Disruptive practices to revolutionize your relationship with
meditation and fully engage with the full breadth of your
experience. Why do we meditate? The main reason most modern people
start meditating is because it helps us feel better--reducing
anxiety, improving sleep, decluttering the mind, and so forth. "But
where does your meditation go when things go bad?" asks Andrew
Holecek. "Where is your spirituality when 'rock meets bone, ' as
they say in Tibet--when the crap hits the fan?" Reverse Meditation
is for anyone who wants to bring the challenges of life onto the
path of awakening. When things get hard, it's time to turn your
practice on its head--and throw out any assumption that meditation
exists to insulate you from the confusion, difficulties, and
uncertainty of life. "By putting your meditation into reverse,"
Holecek teaches, "you'll actually find yourself going forward. Step
into your pain and you can step up your evolution." With his
signature blend of depth and accessibility, Holecek invites you to
explore: - Three core forms of meditation--mindfulness, open
awareness, and the boundary-smashing reverse meditations - How to
know when you're ready to engage with reverse meditation -
On-the-spot practices for snapping into a meditative mindset in
difficult situations - Contraction and expansion--how to dismantle
habits of avoidance to become more open, resilient, and fully alive
- How reverse meditation opens you to a direct experience of the
fundamental perfection of reality--just as it is "These unique
meditations are designed to reverse our relationship to unwanted
experiences, which means going directly into them instead of
avoiding them," says Andrew Holecek. "It's not an easy journey--yet
this path leads to the discovery of unconditional happiness, basic
goodness, and true freedom in the most turbulent situations."
Book in Treasure Box. "Life in Beauty" demonstrates how experiences
of beauty bring us in close proximity with spirit and so, to pure
joy. Kate presents a unique view, demonstrating a rarely recognised
pathway to spirit through beauty. This enchanting book, artfully
packaged in a beauty treasure box, is as much an experience as an
idea. It delights, captivates and opens the heart and soul to
experience life differently. In gold and jade, rich with imagery,
the box captures the imagination, calling out to be touched and
used. The initial experience of the book begins with the beautiful
Beauty Treasure Box, which contains it. The box is intended as the
reader's own repository for beauty experiences, a place where
personal treasures can be safely stowed and brought out when one
wants to reclaim an experience of beauty. Thus, Porter, not only
shows the reader a pathway to spirit, but also gives him/her a tool
to use on the journey to awe and wonder. On opening the box, one is
presented with the little pocket book, "Life in Beauty". This
little book is such a sweet read, that it is likely to be viewed as
a treasure to be visited again and again. It may sit on a bedside
table or be hidden away in a handbag to be brought out and perused
whenever the mundane of life intrudes too much.
The story of the spiritual journey of the famous Tibetan yogi
Milarepa is often told, but less well known are the stories of his
encounters with those he met and taught after his own
Enlightenment, eleven of which are the catalyst for volumes 18 and
19 of the Complete Works. The first three were originally published
in The Yogi's Joy, and to these have been added an intriguing
fourth, `The Shepherd's Search for Mind'. The other seven stories
form a sequence tracing the relationship between Milarepa and his
disciple Rechungpa, from their first meeting to their final
parting, when Rechungpa is exhorted to go and teach the Dharma
himself. As portrayed in The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa,
Rechungpa is a promising disciple, but he has a lot to learn, being
sometimes proud, distracted, anxious, desirous of comfort and
praise, over-attached to book learning, stubborn, sulky and liable
to go to extremes. In other words, he is very human, and surely
recognizable to anyone who has embarked on the spiritual path. He
all too often takes his teacher's advice the wrong way, or simply
ignores it, and it takes all of Milarepa's skill, compassion and
patience to keep their relationship intact and help his unruly
disciple to stay on the path to Enlightenment. Sangharakshita's
commentary is based on seminars he gave to young, enthusiastic but
as yet inexperienced Dharma followers, and while much can be
gleaned from it about the path of practice of the Kagyu tradition,
the main emphasis is simply on how to overcome the difficulties
that are sure to befall the would-be spiritual practitioner, how to
learn what we need to learn - in short, the art of discipleship.
Explore the many ways to uncover the wonder and release the joy of teaching and learning in all areas of life.Drawing on her own experience as well as the stories and journeys of many other teachers in conventional and unconventional settings, Jane Vennard explores the elements that make teaching a sacred art recognizing teaching as a call to service and the teaching profession as a vocation.She paints a broad picture of the teaching experience and invites readers to learn from the stories of others and to remember their own stories of both teaching and learning. Every chapter offers reflections, practices and activities designed to draw the reader inward to learn from and be reinvigorated by their own experiences.Vennard writes vividly about the teaching life the messiness, wonder, joy and frustration. She captures the real day-to-day responsibility teachers have for those in their care. Although aimed primarily at those at all levels of the teaching profession, parents, grandparents and all those who have any interest in the teaching-learning process will find inspiration in the stories, information and ideas presented in this lively book."
Find calm 365 days of the year with this little book of tips and
quotes. It'll transport you to a peaceful place, where you can
focus on being present and reap the rewards of a more relaxed life.
Staying calm is about how you deal with your emotions, and this
little book is here to help you pinpoint what makes you stressed so
you can stay in charge of your feelings. Within these pages are
simple but effective tips on how to: Use breathing techniques and
meditation to help you feel grounded Practise mindfulness to avoid
catastrophizing Improve your health and well-being for a happier
mind As well as its many practical ideas, 365 Days of Calm includes
a range of insightful quotes, from Lao Tzu to Cara Delevingne, to
help restore the peace in your day. Learning how to create calm in
your life will boost your well-being, mental health and inner
strength, helping you to become a happier and healthier person.
This book explores the entanglements of gender and power in
spiritual practices and analyzes strategies used by spiritual
practitioners to attain what to social scientists might seem an
impossible goal: creating spiritual communities without creating
gendered hierarchies. What strategies do people within these
networks use to attain gender equality and gendered empowerment?
How do they try to protect and develop individual freedom? How do
gender and power nevertheless play a role? The chapters in this
book together and separately demonstrate that, in order to
understand contemporary spirituality, the analytical lenses of
gender and power are essential. Furthermore, they show that it is
not possible to make a clear distinction between established
religions and contemporary spirituality: the two sometimes overlap,
and at other times spirituality distances itself from religion
while reproducing some of its underlying interpretative frameworks.
This book does not take the discourses of spiritual practitioners
for granted, yet recognizes the reflexivity of spiritual
practitioners and the reciprocal relationship between spirituality
and disciplines such as anthropology. The ethnographic descriptions
of lived spirituality included in this volume span a wide range of
countries, from Portugal, Italy, and the Netherlands to Mexico and
Israel.
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