Author: Frances HallPublisher:
ISBN: 9780473515935
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Scatterlogical Wisdom
Author: Frances HallPublisher:
ISBN: 9780473515928
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Frances was born in the Wairarapa, New Zealand, in 1948--a post-war baby-boomer. She was raised in Northland. Her varied careers have included bun-running, journalism, radio presentation and tour leading. Her dad always said she was of Spanish descent--something about the Spanish Armada sinking off the Cornwall coast, sailors who swam ashore, and the rest (as they say) is history! She has lived in the USA, and has travelled to Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Spain, Portugal and Morocco, to name a few. Her heart races every time she hears a Latin beat. This love of all things South American drove her to learn Spanish, dance the rumba and the samba, sample pisco sours and devour Latin American history. This reflective look at Frances' journey through life contains hearty helpings of humour. This book will not fail to inspire readers to Kia Kaha--stay strong in adversity--and laugh the socks off the many absurdities of life. Frances has four children and nine grandchildren, and lives in Auckland, New Zealand.
The Sapiential Discourses
Author: Elliott Eli JacksonPublisher: Light Technology Publishing
ISBN: 1622335309
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
"""The Sapiential Discourses contains ancient wisdom known to man since the beginning of time and new wisdoms for the new millennia. This book is designed to assist all who read these truths in their remembrance process, the remembrance of our divinity. This book takes us higher as it dives deeper into our true nature as humans. Meditation and prayer are explained to us in a loving way. The true natures of twin flames and soul mates are revealed. New information on the paranormal, faith, God, and parenting is included, along with other important topics that are relevant to our existence and obtaining a clean, peaceful Earth. God is providing us with loving, nonintrusive wisdoms to assist us in bettering ourselves and our world."" -- Elliott Eli Jackson"
The World's Great Wisdom
Author: Roger WalshPublisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 1438449585
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Surveying spiritual and philosophical traditions, this volume revives the search for wisdom for modern times. What is wisdom and how is it cultivated? These are among the most important questions we can ask, but questions that have been routinely ignored in modern times. In the twentieth century, the search for wisdom was replaced by a search for knowledge as science and technology promised answers to lifes ills. However, along with scientific achievements came disasters, particularly the devastation of the planet through the accelerating use of modern technology. In an era drenched in data, a desire for wisdom has been reborn. Where can we go to learn about wisdom? The answer is clear: to the worlds great religions and their accompanying philosophies and psychologies. The Worlds Great Wisdom makes these treasuries available. Practitioners from each of the great religionsas well as from Western philosophy and contemporary researchprovide summaries of their traditions understandings of wisdom, the means for cultivating it, and its implications for the modern world. This book offers distillations of the worlds accumulated wisdomancient and modern, religious and scientific, philosophical and psychological. It is a unique resource that for the first time in history brings together our collective understanding of wisdom and the ways to develop it.
Wisdom
Author: Stephen S. HallPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307593096
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
We all recognize wisdom, but defining it is more elusive. In this fascinating journey from philosophy to science, Stephen S. Hall gives us a penetrating history of wisdom, from its sudden emergence in the fifth century B.C. to its modern manifestations in education, politics, and the workplace. Hall’s bracing exploration of the science of wisdom allows us to see this ancient virtue with fresh eyes, yet also makes clear that despite modern science’s most powerful efforts, wisdom continues to elude easy understanding.
Pearls of Inner Wisdom from a Master of Wisdom
Author: A Master of WisdomPublisher: Philaletheians UK
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
The cis-Himalayan Mahatmas are Great Souls and Masters of Wisdom; their higher individuality is en rapport with the Universal Soul. Through occult training in successive births, the hold of lower Manas weakens until the whole Manas identifies with the Universal Soul, which runs through humanity at large, and lo and behold! a new Saviour of Mankind is born. Only a pure and unexpecting soul, whose brotherly love has uplifted his Manas above the fog of separateness, can ever hope to approach the majesty of a Mahatma. Manasic perception is enlightened belief without intellectual understanding. That is the real meaning of faith, not the blind belief implied by the religious meaning of faith. The adept is the rare efflorescence of a generation of enquirers. Their three higher aspects are merged into One. A Planetary Spirit can roam the interstellar spaces in full consciousness, while continue living on earth in his original body. That is highest form of adeptship man can hope for on our planet. Only an Occultist, by analysing and experiencing sentient life in all its phases, whether on earth or beyond, whether mineral, vegetable, animal, or spiritual life, can figure out the Great Problem of Consciousness. Spirit and Matter are co-existent, inseparable, interdependent, and convertible to each other. This androgynous Force is Mind and Soul. Since motion is all-pervading and absolute rest inconceivable, under whatever form or mask may appear, whether as light, heat, magnetism, chemical affinity or elec-tricity — all these must be phases of One and the same universal omnipotent Force. Consciousness is not only transformable into other aspects or phases of the all-pervading Force, but that it can be infused into, and animate, an artificial man. The three extant centres of Occult Brotherhood, though widely separated geographically, and as widely exoterically, promulgate the same esoteric doctrine. Self is a passing guest, whose concerns are all like a mirage of the great desert. It is upon the serene and placid surface of the unruffled mind that the visions gathered from the invisible find a representation in the visible world. Nature has linked all parts of her Empire together by subtle threads of magnetic sympathy. By subduing the lower Manas and thus identifying with his higher counterpart, man can become master and ruler over blind molecular motion.
Author: Roozbeh BahramaliWisdom
Author: James KellenbergerPublisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 1498509401
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
This book is an investigation of wisdom in its diverse nature and types. Wisdom may be as everyday as folk adages or as arcane as a religious parable. In one form it is highly practical, and in another it addresses what is fundamentally real. In another form it is moral wisdom, and when it is psychological wisdom it can inform wise judgment. It can be philosophical, and it can be religious. And in one form it is mystical wisdom. These types of wisdom are essentially different, even when they overlap. Often wisdom is proffered in wise sayings—such as proverbs, aphorisms, or maxims—but one form, mystical wisdom, defies articulation. In this book all these types of wisdom will be presented, drawing upon a diversity of sources, and critically examined. Offered wisdom carries in its train a number of issues, not the least of which is how to distinguish between true wisdom and pseudo-wisdom.Also it may be asked of wisdom, when it is true, whether it is true relativistically, varying with culture, or true universally. Many types of wisdom have their origin in antiquity, but can there be new forms of wisdom? Does wisdom, as contemporary philosophers have maintained, have an underlying universal nature? This book addresses these issues and others.
Sagacity
Author: Rev.Emily Kadi DDPublisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1466958200
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
This anthology of the wisdom teachings of the sages is designed to be used as a reference, or self help, or in classes or groups. It helps people to become aware of the possibilities of personal Soul growth, to grow into living authentically as who and what one really is. The book is offered as a course of study. Ancient wisdoms teach us that when we know our own soul, and live in integrity with it, then we are happy, healthy, holy harmonious people who can and do fulfill the purpose of our birth. Current wisdom teachings from current day Sages is included. The course is designed to accommodate the focus of study on one concept per day, for one year. Each wisdom teaching is offered as a starting point for the possibility of perceiving the human life experience from a different perspective. It is one way of applying the ancient teachings to contemporary life. It is up to each individual to explore and experience each concept to determine the value of it to Self. Each wisdom work, and/or author, is introduced by a short essay on the work. There are daily guides, monthly summaries, author summaries, and a bibliography to gain more information on concepts of particular significance to the individual.
The Wisdom Way of Knowing
Author: Cynthia BourgeaultPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 078796896X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
"Drawing on resources as diverse as Sufism, Benedictine Monasticism, the Gurdjieff Work, and the string theory of modern physics, Cynthia Bourgeault has crafted her own unique vision of the Wisdom way in this very accessible book, nicely balanced between concept and practice." —Gerald May, senior fellow, Shalem Institute, and author, Addiction and Grace and Will and Spirit "The spiritual wisdom and practical suggestions in this lively and beautiful book will be helpful to many who find themselves setting out on the interior journey." —Bruno Barnhart, a Camaldolese monk and author, Second Simplicity: The Inner Shape of Christianity "Cynthia Bourgeault's book is a valuable contribution to the much-needed reawakening of spiritual practice within a Christian context. Her sincerity, good sense, metaphysical depth, and broad experience make her a source to be trusted." —Kabir Helminski, Sufi Shaikh, the Threshold Society
