Welcome to the oldest spiritual tradition in the world. One of the first Wiccan Priestesses to 'come out of the broom closet,' Phyllis Curott has forever changed the perception of Wicca in the Western world. In this book, Phyllis re-introduces the life-sustaining wisdom and techniques that will connect you to the Divine and to the love, abundance and spiritual wisdom of Mother Earth. You'll learn how to: · attune your body, mind and spirit to Nature's rhythms to create a life of harmony, peace and fulfillment · enter spirit realms and work with spirit guides, power animals and spirits of place for guidance and healing · cast gorgeous spells and create sacred spaces and altars to nourish your soul · practice empowering lunar and Sabbat rites to experience divine communion · embody your spirit, empower your purpose and manifest your gifts This engaging and inspiring book will open your heart, your mind and your spirit to the Sacred around and within you. It's time to awaken your life to its divine magic!

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Maya spends each day in her cafe, dreaming of a perfect life: one filled with love, wealth, and beauty. But she can't create the life she longs for. She tries to find fulfillment in the pursuit of men and money, and when that doesn't work, she seeks comfort in chocolate. This just leaves her empty and lost. Then Maya meets a magical stranger who sets her on a path to create the life of her dreams. . . . This sweet and touching true-life tale about love, success, weight loss, and enlightenment will show you what is possible when you listen to your heart, believe in yourself, and take inspired actions in the direction of your dreams. Based on the author's actual experiences, this is a tale of transformation that reveals how to love another without losing yourself, find work that makes your heart sing, and revel in the delightful decadence of chocolate without guilt or recrimination!

His Holiness the Dalai Lama describes himself as a simple Buddhist monk. However, to millions of people around the world, he embodies the highest human aspiration: to be happy. His messages of compassion, altruism, and peace are articulated in a unique secular ethic for our times and supported with techniques and practices that can help us achieve these ideals. He is the Dalai Lama--or simply, His Holiness--the epitome of the Buddhist model of loving-kindness and an incarnation of Avalokitesvara, the bodhisattva of infinite compassion and mercy. Evoking global respect and admiration, he is both a prophet and a statesman for our troubled times, yet he's intensely human and accessible. He's an inspiration to millions, yet many feel as if he touches and speaks to them personally. He is a Buddhist but belongs to all humanity. His Holiness is one of the most recognizable--and recognized--faces in the free world.
This remarkable book is an edited compilation of mostly personal conversations spanning nearly 20 years between the Dalai Lama and Rajiv Mehrotra, one of his early disciples who's now the trustee and secretary of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility, which was established with the funds from the Nobel Peace Prize. Here, the Dalai Lama is a teacher to a spiritual aspirant; a divine master and a temporal leader; an ambassador for Tibet and a lovable guru-philosopher to the whole world; a practitioner of the 2,500-year-old teachings of Buddhism; a Tibetan Buddhist and an interfaith ambassador; and an intense practitioner of mind-training and an inveterate optimist. His multiple hats may appear contradictory at times, but he balances them all, living his life with ease and happiness.
Within these pages, the Dalai Lama's disarming candor, his deep empathy for his student's quest, and his wisdom--garnered not just from texts and scriptures, but also from an active engagement with life--offer invaluable insights to us all on how we may find true happiness in our lives.

New York Times best-selling author Cornel West is one of America's most provocative and admired public intellectuals. Whether in the classroom, the streets, the prisons, or the church, Dr. West's penetrating brilliance has been a bright beacon shining through the darkness for decades. Yet, as he points out in this new memoir, "I've never taken the time to focus on the inner dynamics of the dark precincts of my soul." That is, until now. Brother West is like its author: brilliant, unapologetic, full of passion, yet cool. This poignant memoir traces West's transformation from a schoolyard Robin Hood into a progressive cultural icon. From his youthful investigation of the "death shudder" to why he embraced his calling of teaching over preaching, from his three marriages and his two precious children to his near-fatal bout with prostate cancer, West illuminates what it means to live as "an aspiring bluesman in a world of ideas and a jazzman in the life of the mind." Woven together with the fibers of his lifelong commitment to the prophetic Christian tradition that began in Sacramento's Shiloh Baptist Church, Brother West is a tale of a man courageous enough to be fully human, living and loving out loud.

This beautiful collection of short essays by renowned journalist Lesley Garner acts as spiritual and emotional first-aid kit. Lesley explains, 'I wrote this book because I think I know what to do and then life bowls me over again and I forget. I decided to get my experience down on paper so that I could turn to it in an emergency, like a friend.' The book contains things that work in darkness and things that work in daylight. There are techniques that will help you plan your journey and techniques that will light the next inch of the path when you've lost your way. They'll give comfort in a crisis but they'll also inspire you to lead a deeper, richer life. Practical, insightful and moving, this book is the perfect gift for those looking for inspiration.

Most investors spend their time worrying about selecting individual stocks and mutual funds: big mistake! Modern Portfolio Theory--developed in 1952 by economics Nobel Prize winner Harry Markowitz--shows that it's more important to focus on how our securities interact as a whole. Astonishingly, most investors--including many professionals--still run their investment accounts the same way people did back when "How Much Is That Doggie In the Window" played on the Hit Parade. It's time to apply what we've learned in financial economics over the past 50 years to bring your portfolio into the rock-'n-roll era. Armed with a computer, you, the investor, can use sophisticated tools to analyze your holdings--tools that would have been the envy of the biggest money managers only a decade ago. First among these is the Monte Carlo simulator: the better mousetrap that investors have been waiting for. With their trademark wit, Ben Stein and Phil DeMuth show you how your current portfolio is radically underdiversified, costing you money. They offer step-by-step instructions to supercharge it across a variety of investment situations to get you the best risk-adjusted returns.

What if almost everything you've been told about health and the human body is wrong? What if you had within you the ability to heal from any condition? This fascinating book by Barbara Wren shatters many of the myths that currently exist regarding health and illness, and presents a vision of the human body and healing that is both practical and inspirational. In essence, no matter what ailment you're dealing with, you have the potential to heal yourself; and if you already enjoy great health, you can illuminate your consciousness in ways beyond your imagining. Whatever your current situation is, you can begin to feel a true connection to who you really are, as well as understand your ability to create your own reality. Your human potential is far greater than you can possibly imagine and is intrinsically linked to what is unfolding within you at a cellular level. Each and every one of the trillions of cells within your amazing body has the potential to hold and utilise light in the form of bio photons, subatomic particles of light. When a cell is illuminated, the DNA within that cell is also illuminated, giving you access to the universal wisdom that is held within its matrix. By matching your microcosm (the cell) with the macrocosm (the universal energies), you can begin to unlock your true nature and realize your potential for greatness.

This book presents an in-depth exposition of the various numerical methods used in real-world scientific and engineering computations. It emphasizes the practical aspects of C# numerical methods and mathematical functions programming, and discusses various techniques in details to enable you to implement these numerical methods in your .NET application. Ideal for scientists, engineers, and students who would like to become more adept at numerical methods, Practical Numerical Methods with C# familiarizes you with: - Overview of C# programming. - The mathematical background and fundamentals of numerical methods. - Math libraries for complex numbers and functions, real and complex vector and matrix operations, and special functions. - Numerical methods for generating random numbers and random distribution functions. - Various numerical methods for solving linear and nonlinear equations. - Numerical differentiation and integration. - Interpolations and curve fitting. - Optimization of single-variable and multi-variable functions with a variety of techniques, including advanced simulated annealing and evolutionary algorithms. - Numerical techniques for solving ordinary differential equations. - Numerical methods for solving boundary value problems. - Eigenvalue problems. In addition, this book provides testing examples for every math function and numerical method to show you how to use these functions and methods in your own .NET applications in a manageable and step-by-step fashion. Please visit the author's website for more information about this book at www.drxudotnet.com

A Deep Breath of Life is a spiritual guidebook that offers pause for thought for every season of your soul. Alan Cohen's unique spiritual perspective offers you a moment of pure contemplation for every day of the year, whether you're seeking to find a moment of peace before you begin the day or recharge at the end of it. Each meditation will take you only a few minutes to read, but has wisdom that will resonate through your spiritual journey. Each message includes a theme, a quote of wisdom, a parable or real-life anecdote, a prayer, and an affirmation. A companion that will stay with you throughout your life, A Deep Breath of Life is a classic which will provide wisdom that grows as you do - every day.

Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of .NET-based media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web. With Silverlight, your Web development experience will much more closely resemble the development of desktop applications using WPF. Ultimately, the goal of Silverlight is to create Web applications that are indistinguishable from desktop applications. "Practical Silverlight Programming" provides everything you need to create advanced graphics and user interfaces in your Web applications using Silverlight 2. From simple user interfaces and 2D shapes to complex custom user controls, game physics, and 3D graphics objects, the book uses code examples to clearly explain every step it takes to build a variety of Silverlight applications. You'll learn how to use Silverlight to develop impressive graphics effects and high-fidelity user interfaces. This book includes a complete, in-depth instruction on practical programming using Silverlight 2. After reading this book and running the example programs, you will be able to add various sophisticated graphics and interactive user interfaces to your Web applications. The 100 ready-to-run example programs in the book allow you to explore the details of UI and graphics programming techniques. You can modify the code examples or add new features to them to form the basis of your own projects. Some of the example code listings provided in this book are already sophisticated graphics and user interfaces that can be used directly in your own real-world Silverlight applications. Please visit the author's website for more information about this book at www.drxudotnet.com

What would you do if you were sitting quietly in your living room when a mysterious couple appeared from out of nowhere--and then told you they were "ascended masters" who had come to reveal some shocking secrets of existence and teach you the miraculous powers of advanced forgiveness? When two such teachers appeared before Gary Renard in 1992, he chose to listen to them (and ask a lot of impertinent questions). The result is this startling book: an extraordinary record of 17 mind-bending conversations that took place over nearly a decade, reorienting the author's life and giving the world an uncompromising introduction to a spiritual teaching destined to change human history.

Sylvia Browne takes us on another incredible journey . . . this time presenting information about the Mystical Traveler. She explains the difference between Mystical Travelers and Mission Life Entities (those who have a mission in life); and goes into great depth about who they are, what they do, and even how to become one! Combining factual research garnered in her trance mediumship with new insights from her spirit guide Francine, Sylvia guides us through the necessary steps to become more spiritual using the Eight Golden Keys and Seven Rays from God. She then takes us a step further and tells us how we can all choose to become either a Mystical Traveler or Mission Life Entity for God. This is a fascinating, in-depth study for anyone who wants to become more spiritual and join "God's army"--that is, those who wish to spread positive energy rather than evil and negativity.

Louise L. Hay is a best-selling author and an internationally known leader. Her key message is: "If we are willing to do the mental work, almost anything can be healed." Louise has a great deal of experience and first hand information to share about healing, including how she cured herself after having been diagnosed as being terminally ill with cancer. Now available in Spanish, this three CD set provides exercises, affirmations, and beneficial thought patterns, so YOU CAN CREATE THE LIFE YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED. "An excellent book for restructuring one's life and finding self-esteem and self love." -Bernie S. Siegel, M.D., author of Love, Medicine & Miracles

The Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is a next generation graphics platform that is part of .NET 3.0 and .NET 3.5. It allows you to build advanced user interfaces that incorporate documents, media, 2D and 3D graphics, animations, and web-like characteristics. "Practical WPF Graphics Programming" provides all the tools you need to develop professional graphics applications using WPF and C#. This book will be useful for WPF and C# programmers of all skill levels. It provides a complete and comprehensive explanation of the WPF graphics capability, and pays special attention to the details of code implementation. The book shows you how to create a variety of graphics ranging from simple 2D shapes to complex 3D surfaces and interactive 3D models. It includes over 120 code examples, which cover broad array of topics on WPF graphics programming. You will learn how to create a full range of 2D and 3D graphics applications and how to implement custom 3D geometries and shapes that can be reused in your WPF projects. Please visit the author's website for more information about this book at www.authors.unicadpublish.com/ jack_xu.

"7 Personality Types" reveals the answer to the key question: "Who am I? "It presents an ancient and powerful system of self-knowledge, updated for the modern world. The seven archetypes of King, Priest, Sage, Scholar, Warrior, Artisan, and Server have always existed in every society, and everyone belongs to one of these groups. Thousands of people around the world have used this system to discover their true nature and to find fulfillment. The system is also used in the business community to achieve synergy and success. In today's fast-changing world, the old labels no longer fit, and it's more important than ever to look within to find your true identity. As you read this fascinating book, you will find roles that are timeless and far-reaching, which will carry you past fads and fashions to your ultimate expression--your true self.

For the last 20 years, Loretta LaRoche has been delighting readers, audiences, and PBS television viewers with her wacky and wise insights about life, love, and the insanity of the modern world. Now, in her most deeply personal book yet, Loretta addresses the most exciting challenge that we all face--one that she now finds herself facing every day: "How do we age well? And can humor, dignity, honesty, wisdom, and other virtues ease the path? " Our society is youth obsessed: Beauty products, special exercises, designer vitamins, plastic surgery, and certain medications are promoted as "the" ways to enhance life. While these formulas may have some merit, they're not enough to prepare us to have a rich, authentic life filled with passion and juiciness. Why do we wait until we're almost dead before we focus on how to age well? Every school system in the country should be preparing us for the inevitable process of aging and how to do it well. Our parents, our schools, and the media should all be teaching us that aging is a process that begins at birth . . . not something to be feared and avoided. Those who continue to be hardy and live long and healthy lives understand that the real path to vitality requires connection, playfulness, flexibility, grace, tenacity, resiliency, curiosity, learning, and good humor. With her trademark humor and practical wisdom, Loretta tackles how to live a long, healthy, juicy life--using herself and many of her friends and mentors as metaphors. Filled with practical advice, lifestyle skills, wisdom, and spirituality, "Kick Up Your Heels . . . "is a mental health spa that will inspire you and your family to live with joy, harmony, and peace while you still have the time

Gordon Smith is renowned for delivering powerful messages to people from their loved ones on the Other Side." "But very often it's not just human friends and family members who come through--the animals that have been so close to us in life also continue to visit us after death. There have been many times when Gordon has given readings to clients about the loss of those very close to them, but these individuals can't "hear" the message because pain has closed them down. However, when animals turn up, the barriers just dissolve, and these people can accept the truth of the information that Gordon is relaying to them about their loved ones. In this extraordinary book, Gordon tells these heart-wrenching stories, presenting some of the amazing encounters that people have had with animals in the spirit world and here on Earth as well, including Gordon's own experiences with his springer spaniel, Charlie. This book is full of astounding personal accounts that are a great testament to the power of animals and their unconditional love for us!

This delightful book reveals the amazing encounters that children have with their guardian angels and loved ones on the Other Side, as well as fascinating insights into the lives of psychic children . . . and the parents who have to cope with this phenomenon.As you read, you'll discover: - Grandparents who regularly visit their grandkids--from the Other Side - Kids with extraordinary abilities, including mind-reading and the power to move objects with their thoughts alone.- Young children who remember a life before they were born.- The mother who lost a son who was later reborn as her grandson.- The thousands of brilliant children whom the authorities have labeled as learning disabled. Thousands of children the world over are being born with enhanced sixth-sense abilities. Psychic kids are the new normal

Modern physics tells us that we're dreaming the world into being with every thought." Courageous Dreaming "tells us how to dream our world with power and grace. The ancient shamans of the Americas understood that we're not only creating our experience of the world, but are dreaming up the very nature of reality itself--that is, "life is but a dream." When you don't dream your life, you have to settle for the nightmare being dreamed by others. This book shows how to wake up from the collective nightmare and begin to dream a life of courage and grace, a sacred dream that shamans throughout time have known and served. Alberto Villoldo reveals ancient wisdom teachings that explain how to birth reality from the invisible matrix of creation; and reveals how we can interact with this matrix to dream a life of peace, health, and abundance. He shows us that courage is all that is required to create the joy we desire!

Between 1993 and 2000, a series of groundbreaking experiments revealed dramatic evidence of a web of energy that connects everything in our lives and our world--"the Divine Matrix." From the healing of our bodies, to the success of our careers, relationships, and the peace between nations, this new evidence demonstrates that we each hold the power to speak directly to the force that links all of creation. What would it mean to discover that the power to create joy, to heal suffering, and bring peace to nations lives inside of you? How differently would you live if you knew how to use this power each day of your life? Join Gregg Braden on this extraordinary journey bridging science, spirituality and miracles through the language of "The Divine Matrix."

This Leading Edge work by Esther and Jerry Hicks, who present the teachings of the Non-Physical consciousness Abraham, explains that the two subjects most chronically affected by the powerful "Law of Attraction "are "financial and physical well-being." This book will shine a spotlight on each of the most significant aspects of your life experience and then guide you to the conscious creative control of "every" aspect of your life, and also goes right to the heart of what most of you are probably troubled by: "money and physical health. "Not having enough money or not having good health puts you in the perfect position for creating more of that which you do not have. This book has been written to deliberately align you with the most powerful law in the universe--the "Law of Attraction"--so that you can make it work specifically for you. "Money, and the Law of Attraction" is formatted in five, vibrant essays: Part I - Processing of Pivoting and Positive Aspects Part II - Attracting Money and Manifesting Abundance Part III - Maintaining Your Physical Well-Being Part IV - Perspectives of Health, Weight, and Mind Part V - Careers, as Profitable Sources of Pleasure

Why am I here? What does a life worth living look like? What is the higher intelligence trying to express through me? In this time of global change and uncertainty, of spiritual indirection, Americans are asking these age-old questions with renewed curiosity. There's a thirst for meaning and purpose, a dawning realization that happiness isn't a commodity that can be bought with a gold card. Fulfillment and joy arise naturally from creative and compassionate action- from the understanding that all life is interconnected and guided by a higher intelligence. Our personal choices make a difference, and when they are spiritually inspired even the smallest action serves a larger whole. Sacred texts ranging from the Torah to the New Testament, the Tao Te Ching to the Buddhist scriptures, the Vedantas to the Koran, speak of making life-enhancing choices where a force greater than the individual flows through us and informs our thoughts and actions. In this book we'll focus on the three classic aspects of living such a spiritually guided life: (1) alignment: maintaining a direct and personal connection to the Source of our Being (2) discernment: distinguishing the movement of Spirit in our lives from our own wants, fears and social conditioning (3) action: making our best, most inspired contribution to the evolution of life.