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The youngest living Medal of Honor recipient delivers an
unforgettable memoir that "will inspire every reader" (Jim Mattis)
NATIONAL BESTSELLER | A Marine Commandant's Reading List selection
On November 21, 2010, U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Kyle Carpenter was
posted atop a building in violent Helmand Province, Afghanistan,
when an enemy grenade skittered toward Kyle and fellow Marine Nick
Eufrazio. Without hesitation, Kyle chose a path of selfless heroism
that few can imagine. He jumped on the grenade, saving Nick but
sacrificing his own body. Kyle Carpenter's heart flatlined three
times while being evacuated off the battlefield in Afghanistan. Yet
his spirit was unbroken. Severely wounded from head to toe, Kyle
lost his right eye as well as most of his jaw. It would take dozens
of surgeries and almost three years in and out of the hospital to
reconstruct his body. From there, he began the process of
rebuilding his life. What he has accomplished in the last nine
years is extraordinary: he's come back a stronger, better, wiser
person. In 2014, Kyle was awarded the nation's highest military
decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his "singular act of courage"
on that rooftop in Afghanistan, an action which had been reviewed
exhaustively by the military. Kyle became the youngest living
recipient of the award-and only the second living Marine so honored
since Vietnam. Kyle's remarkable memoir reveals a central truth
that will inspire every reader: Life is worth everything we've got.
It is the story of how one man became a so-called hero who
willingly laid down his life for his brother-in-arms-and equally,
it is a story of rebirth, of how Kyle battled back from the gravest
challenge to forge a life of joyful purpose. You Are Worth It is a
memoir about the war in Afghanistan and Kyle's heroics, and it is
also a manual for living. Organized around the credos that have
guided Kyle's life (from "Don't Hide Your Scars" to "Call Your
Mom"), the book encourages us to become our best selves in the time
we've been given on earth. Above all, it's about finding purpose,
regardless of the hurdles that may block our way. Moving and
unforgettable, You Are Worth It is an astonishing memoir from one
of our most extraordinary young leaders.
"Maximizing the Triple Bottom Line through Spiritual Leadership"
draws on the emerging fields of workplace spirituality and
spiritual leadership to teach leaders and their constituencies how
to develop business models that address issues of ethical
leadership, employee well-being, sustainability, and social
responsibility without sacrificing profitability, growth, and other
metrics of performance excellence.
While this text identifies and discusses the characteristics
necessary to be a leader, its major focus is on
"leadership"--engaging stakeholders and enabling groups of people
to work together in the most meaningful ways. The authors offer
real-world examples of for-profit and non-profit organizations that
have spiritual leaders and which have implemented organizational
spiritual leadership. These cases are based on over ten years of
research, supported by the International Institute of Spiritual
Leadership, that demonstrates the value of the Spiritual Leadership
Balanced Scorecard Business Model presented in the book.
"Pracademic" in its orientation, the book presents a general
process and tools for implementing the model.
FICTIONAL PRACTICES OF SPIRITUALITY provides critical insight into
the implementation of belief, mysticism, religion, and spirituality
into worlds of fiction, be it interactive or non-interactive. This
first volume focuses on interactive, virtual worlds - may that be
the digital realms of video games and VR applications or the
imaginary spaces of life action role-playing and soul-searching
practices. It features analyses of spirituality as gameplay
facilitator, sacred spaces and architecture in video game
geography, religion in video games and spiritual acts and their
dramaturgic function in video games, tabletop, or LARP, among other
topics. The contributors offer a first-time ever comprehensive
overview of play-rites as spiritual incentives and playful
spirituality in various medial incarnations.
Mirjana Soldo was only sixteen years old when she and five other children saw a mysterious woman on a hillside near the village of Medjugorje, ex-Yugoslavia.
The woman—who possessed an extraordinary beauty and grace—identified herself as the Virgin Mary. The events that began on that summer afternoon in 1981 dramatically changed Mirjana’s life and brought intense suffering at the hands of the communist authorities.
After more than 35 years of apparitions, people still flock to Medjugorje in search of answers to life’s big questions. Stories of miracles abound, and, according to Mirjana, more are yet to come—the Virgin entrusted her with ten prophetic secrets concerning the future of the world.
In her new auto-biography, My Heart Will Triumph, Mirjana tells the story of Medjugorje through her own eyes—the same eyes that reportedly gaze upon the most revered woman in history.
This book is a study of religious ecstasy, and the ways that it has
been suppressed in both the academic study of religion, and in much
of the modern practice of religion. It examines the meanings of the
term, how ecstatic experience is understood in a range of
religions, and why the importance of religious and mystical ecstasy
has declined in the modern West. June McDaniel examines how the
search for ecstatic experience has migrated into such areas as war,
terrorism, transgression, sexuality, drug use, and
anti-institutional forms of spirituality. She argues that the loss
of religious and mystical ecstasy, as both a religious goal and as
a topic of academic study, has had wide-ranging negative effects.
She also proposes that the field of religious studies must go
beyond criminalizing, trivializing and pathologizing ecstatic and
mystical experiences. Both religious studies and theology need to
take these states seriously as important aspects of lived human
experience.
What if we could find out exactly what we needed to know if we want
to be free? What if someone could make sense out of all the
confusion found on the spiritual path? In this teaching Andrew does
precisely that, declaring that all spiritual inquiry boils down to
two fundamental questions: Who am I? and how shall I live? The
questions are simple, but the astounding depth of Andrew's response
can save us from years of confusion, and rescue us from a lifetime
of struggle. For in these few short pages, he uncovers the answers
to questions seekers have pondered for centuries, pointing us to an
unimaginable goal: victory over personal suffering and selfishness
and a new life lived as an expression of everything that is good,
wholesome and true.
The search for effective ways to enable different religious systems
to co-exist peacefully in mutual complementarity has emerged as a
necessary condition for economic development, social progress,
human prosperity and even survival. The combination of diversity
and interdependence in the religious world calls for comparative
studies of religion. This book details the inherent problems of
such studies.;The underlying idea presented is that there are
similarities, as well as differences between Confucianism as
humanistic tradition and Christianity as a theocentric religion,
and that these similarities and differences are mutually involved
and delicately related with each other: while agape can be
translated in English as "love", it is in fact more than love, in
that it defines the relationship between Christians and their God,
and between Christians and their neighbours; while jen in Chinese
is not the translation of "love", it is in fact essentially love,
both ethical and religious, in that it defines the relationship
between Confucians and their transcendantal pursuit, between
Confucians and their ideal, and between Confucians and their fellow
human beings.
Compassion, nurturing and pain are at the heart of everyone's story
of mothers and motherhood. In this book, Matt Hopwood presents a
selection of deep, powerful stories of and by mothers which were
told openly and bravely to him. Women, men, children, teenagers and
centenarians tell their experiences of childhood, motherhood,
birth, loss, yearning, fear, contentment, love and divinity. They
tell of connection with Mother and the Mother instincts that reside
in every human being. Together, these stories, from as far afield
as the USA, Russia, Taiwan, and Europe as well as the UK, are a
gift that help bring us to a deeper understanding of our humanity
and the role of the intuitive feminine Mother that is so needed by
every one of us.
This book explores the deeper meaning of sports. Drawing on
contemporary research, the author makes a strong case for why we
should see sport not only in terms of religion but--more
importantly-as a possible location for spiritual meaning. Taking
this a step farther, she considers how gene editing, robotics, and
other biomedical technological enhancements affect not only sports
performances but experiences of sport as sacred. In addition, the
author explores what difference it might make to the enhancement
debate if sports' spirituality is taken seriously. The author is
not afraid to explore the issue in all its complexity. Yet, the
argument she presents is both meaningful and accessible. This
investigation applies insights from Christian theology, applied
ethics, psychology, and sports studies. From lightweight tennis
racquets to anabolic steroids, athletes have long used technology
and science to improve their performances. But, until now, no one
has asked how biomedical technological enhancements might affect
the undervalued spiritual dimension of sport. This book presents
rich insights into the connection between sports, spirituality, and
human enhancement technologies. It will appeal to researchers,
athletes and sports followers, and undergraduate and graduate
students in ethics, sport, religion or theology.
Based on 40 years' interviewing experience, this book illustrates
the variety of religious, spiritual and other beliefs held by older
people. It provides models of research procedure, especially in the
context of bereavement. Participants include not only British
Christians, but also Muslims, Humanists and witnesses of the Soviet
persecution of religion. The author argues that both welfare
professionals and gerontologists need to pay far more consideration
to belief as a constituent of well-being in later life. The book
looks to the future and increasing diversity of choice in matters
of belief among Britain and Europe's older citizens as a
consequence of immigration and globalisation.
Your Source of Inner Guidance and Spiritual Transformation Access
the Power of Your Higher Self presents simple techniques that can
help you develop a close, working relationship with Spirit - and
experience the joy, peace and empowerment that are your spiritual
birthright. When you are in tune with your Higher Self, you become
more loving and sensitive to others' needs. You fulfill your life's
purpose and express your greatest creativity. Learn ten dynamic
steps to spiritual awakening that will help you realize your full
potential.
This volume offers a novel philosophical thesis on the ontology of
religion, and proposes a new conceptual repertoire to deal with
supernatural religion. Jibu Mathew George offers an
interdisciplinary perspective on the source and dynamics of
religious ideation upon which belief and faith are based, at the
fundamental levels of human reasoning. Using Max Weber's concept of
"Disenchantment of the World" as a point of departure, this book
endeavors to provide a pioneering philosophical and psychological
understanding of the nature of enchantment, disenchantment, and
possible re-enchantments as they pertain to the occidental cultural
history in Weberian retrospect.
This book is a study of religious ecstasy, and the ways that it has
been suppressed in both the academic study of religion, and in much
of the modern practice of religion. It examines the meanings of the
term, how ecstatic experience is understood in a range of
religions, and why the importance of religious and mystical ecstasy
has declined in the modern West. June McDaniel examines how the
search for ecstatic experience has migrated into such areas as war,
terrorism, transgression, sexuality, drug use, and
anti-institutional forms of spirituality. She argues that the loss
of religious and mystical ecstasy, as both a religious goal and as
a topic of academic study, has had wide-ranging negative effects.
She also proposes that the field of religious studies must go
beyond criminalizing, trivializing and pathologizing ecstatic and
mystical experiences. Both religious studies and theology need to
take these states seriously as important aspects of lived human
experience.
This volume is a collection of essays by former students of Judith
Berling based on her revolutionary interreligious pedagogy. Her
pedagogy can be summarized as a student centered, collaborative,
and engaging teaching and learning process sparked by various ways
of boundary-crossing. In this enterprise, each chapter explores the
importance of understanding and negotiating "differences" through
dialogue. The authors provide theoretical frameworks for
engagements across conventional borders, and explore how the
collaborative teaching model can be utilized in various teaching
settings. As an example of her dialogical approach, Judith Berling
herself provides a response to the chapters.
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What is the bare essence of Buddhism and of any other authentic
spiritual practice? Blue Truth contains practical exercises and
understandings for finding the Divine in every present moment,
under all circumstances. How can we awaken as the bare openness we
are, moment by moment, no matter what is going on? How can we
honour our depth and hold nothing back? In Blue Truth, David Deida
shows us how.
This volume considers the phenomenon of yoga travel as an instance
of a broader genre of 'spiritual travel' involving journeys to
places 'elsewhere', which are imagined to offer the possibility of
profound personal transformation. These imaginings are tied up in a
continued exoticization of the East, but they are not limited to
that. Contributors identify various themes such as authenticity,
suffering, space, material markers, and the idea of the
'spiritual', tracing how these ideas manifest in conceptions and
fetishizations of 'elsewhere.' To deepen its analysis of this
phenomenon, the book incorporates a wide range of disciplines
including architecture, sociology, anthropology, philosophy,
women's studies, religious studies, and history. While the book's
primary focus is yoga and yoga travel, contributors offer up an
array of other case studies. Chapters delve into the complex
questions of agency and authenticity that accompany the concept of
'spiritual travel' and ideas of 'elsewhere.'
Written at the request of her advanced students, "Initiation" is an
illuminating autobiography that connects the twentieth century
European life of internationally beloved teacher Elisabeth Haich
and her lucid memories of initiation into the hidden mystical
teachings of the priesthood in ancient Egypt. A compelling story
within a story emerges detailing the life experiences that
catalysed her spiritual path. In an earlier life in ancient Egypt,
a young woman is prepared for initiation into the esoteric secrets
of the priesthood of the High Priest Ptahhotep, who instructs her
step-by-step, consistent with her development, in the universal
truths of life. Throughout this extraordinary book, Elisabeth Haich
reveals her in-depth insights into the subtle workings of karma,
reincarnation, the interconnectedness of individual daily life
choices and spiritual development.Elisabeth Haich shares usually
hidden truths that only a few rare individuals in any generation,
seek, find and communicate to others, enabling the reader to awaken
within the essential understanding necessary to enlighten any life
no matter what events manifest. In twentieth century Europe, from
childhood to adulthood, through war and remarkable meetings, she
demonstrates the power of turning the searchlight of one's
consciousness inward and using every life event towards expanding
consciousness. "Initiation" is a timeless classic communicated in
modern terms inspiring generations of spiritual seekers globally.
Whether read as an autobiographical novel unveiling mystical truths
or as a unique glimpse into Elisabeth Haich's exceptional journey
to initiation, the personal impact on the reader is profound. To
read "Initiation" is to be part of the initiation itself.
This book explores the ways through which Korean American men
demonstrate and navigate their manhood within a US context that has
historically sorted them into several limiting, often emasculating,
stereotypes. In the US, Korean men tend to be viewed as passive,
non-athletic, and asexual (or hypersexual). They are often burdened
with very specific expectations that run counter to traditional
tropes of US masculinity. According to the normative script of
masculinity, a "man" is rugged, individualistic, and powerful-the
antithesis of the US social construction of Asian American men. In
an interdisciplinary fashion, this book probes the lives of Korean
American men through the lenses of religion and sports. Though
these and other outlets can serve to empower Korean American men to
resist historical scripts that limit their performance of
masculinity, they can also become harmful. Mark Chung Hearn
utilizes ethnography, participant observation, and interviews
conducted with second-generation Korean American men to explore
what it means to be an Asian American man today.
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