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Follow Your Bliss, Not Your Blisters

Author : Nanci Sherman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781729379608
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (796 download)

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Download or read book Follow Your Bliss, Not Your Blisters written by Nanci Sherman and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-05 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you knew how to turn on "Happy" at any time, you'd spend your entire life just feeling good. The technique is simple and unforgettable.This book is not a typical self-help book. It is profound, funny, and can instantly shift your perspectives and behavior in all areas of your life. I call it the Happiness Trifecta: Clarity. Joy. Mental Fitness. You will no longer struggle wishing conditions were different. You will navigate to better choices and relationships when you Follow Your Bliss, Not Your Blisters.The happiness I speak of is not a mood or a mercurial emotion. It's a foundation and character trait on which you build your future. It becomes your True North, your guide and soul whisperer. Even when I am sad over an event, my core is strong and happy and resilient.Happiness is not shallow. It is the deepest form of humanity you can offer yourself and others. You deserve a lifetime of happiness You are just a few thoughts and an "Aha!" away. Life is supposed to feel good. Don't settle for less.The whole purpose of your life is the evolution of you. Follow Your Bliss, Not Your Blisters is your companion guide on that personal journey. Live with more joy than pain and a greater purpose than simply aging into a seemingly compromised future. So many of us are sitting back waiting for things to come to us and complaining about our lives and the other people in them. Our thoughts are rampant and untamed. When we understand where they come from and how they limit us, we become wise with a whole new set of skills to navigate the waters to the land of "What I Really Want." There is such a place. If you can imagine it, you can live it. To raise your consciousness is to increase your grand potential. The secret to happiness is being in control of how you feel regardless of conditions. Freedom and joy are just an "Aha!" away. To live a life you love is to recognize that happiness is an inside job. The happiness most people think about is the carrot on the stick kind. "If you buy me this, I'll be happy. When I have kids, I'll be happy. When the kids get out, then we'll be happy again." I call that kind of thinking "If Consciousness," dependent upon conditions outside ourselves, giving control of our mood over to others. We must understand why we think the way we think, act the way we do, and have what we have or don't have. Once there is clarity, there can be happiness. Once you know how to navigate the trail to happy, you will finally know freedom. And power. And joy.Happiness is our destiny, but we often bump against reasons and obstacles for why we can't achieve it in our lives. This book is a "happ" for that."Shift" happens.Wishing you every happiness.

Follow Your Bliss and Other Lies about Calling

Author : Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190084049
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Follow Your Bliss and Other Lies about Calling written by Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to pursue a calling? According to Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, it may mean ambiguity, uncertainty, and even suffering--but that's what makes it worthwhile. Drawing on over thirty years of research and concrete examples from history, fiction, and her own experience, she delves into the inherent complexities around the pursuit of a calling and the lie that meaning in life is as simple as following your bliss. Instead, the path to meaning is rocky and uncertain--and that is exactly what makes it worth following.

Lifetime Of Happiness

Author : Clifton Avey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (273 download)

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Download or read book Lifetime Of Happiness written by Clifton Avey and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you are in a good mood, life seems effortless. You are enthusiastic, light, open, forgiving. It is your magic carpet ride. How would you like to keep the magic going even when outside circumstances and "other people" don't cooperate with your expectations? It's easy once you learn how. Somehow our education system didn't include teaching us how to be happy. So that, Follow your bliss, not your blisters book will tell you what it all about! This book is not a typical self-help book. It is profound, funny, and will shift your perspectives affecting all areas of your life. In short, and easy to digest chapters, you will discover newfound levels of awareness, enlightenment, and overall ease. Life can be tough but suffering is optional. In Follow Your Bliss, Not Your Blisters book you will discover An extensive understanding of yourself and others, How thinking differently changes your happiness level, Ways to recognize what robs you of happiness and how readily you can switch to a new perspective, That you no longer complain and blame yourself and others and How to improve your relationships (including the most important one with yourself).The happiness that author Nanci Sherman speaks of is not shallow, a mood, or a mercurial emotion. It's about developing new character traits that will alter your destiny. You deserve a lifetime of happiness. The good news is you are just a few thoughts and a couple of "Ahas" awa When you are in a good mood, life seems effortless. You are enthusiastic, light, open, forgiving. It is your magic carpet ride. How would you like to keep the magic going even when outside circumstances and "other people" don't cooperate with your expectations? It's easy once you learn how. Somehow our education system didn't include teaching us how to be happy. So that, Follow your bliss, not your blisters book will tell you what it all about! This book is not a typical self-help book. It is profound, funny, and will shift your perspectives affecting all areas of your life. In short, and easy to digest chapters, you will discover newfound levels of awareness, enlightenment, and overall ease. Life can be tough but suffering is optional. In Follow Your Bliss, Not Your Blisters book you will discover An extensive understanding of yourself and others, How thinking differently changes your happiness level, Ways to recognize what robs you of happiness and how readily you can switch to a new perspective, That you no longer complain and blame yourself and others and How to improve your relationships (including the most important one with yourself).The happiness that author Nanci Sherman speaks of is not shallow, a mood, or a mercurial emotion. It's about developing new character traits that will alter your destiny. You deserve a lifetime of happiness. The good news is you are just a few thoughts and a couple of "Ahas" away! Follow Your Bliss, Not Your Blisters book is your companion guide on your personal journey to lasting joy and ultimate freedom. y! Follow Your Bliss, Not Your Blisters book is your companion guide on your personal journey to lasting joy and ultimate freedom.

Follow Your Bliss

Author : Joseph Campbell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781577315162
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (151 download)

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Download or read book Follow Your Bliss written by Joseph Campbell and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Guide for the Idealist

Author : Richard Willson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351618318
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book A Guide for the Idealist written by Richard Willson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Guide for the Idealist is a must for young professionals seeking to put their idealism to work. Speaking to urban and regional planners and those in related fields, the book provides tools for the reader to make good choices, practice effectively, and find meaning in planning work. Built around concepts of idealism and realism, the book takes on the gap between the expectations and the constraints of practice. How to make an impact? How to decide when to compromise and when to fight for a core value? The book advises on career "launching" issues: doubt, decision-making, assessing types of work and work settings, and career planning. Then it explains principled adaptability as professional style. Subsequent chapters address early-practice issues: being right, avoiding wrong, navigating managers, organizations and teams, working with mentors, and understanding the career journey. Underpinning these dimensions is a call for planners to reflect on what they are doing as they are doing it. The advice provided is based on the experience of a planning professor who has also practiced planning throughout his career. The book includes personal anecdotes from the author and other planners about how they launched and managed their careers, and discussion/reflection questions for the reader to consider.

Run!

Author : Dean Karnazes
Publisher : Rodale
ISBN 13 : 1609613813
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Run! written by Dean Karnazes and published by Rodale. This book was released on 2012-02-28 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his follow-up to the best-selling Ultra-Marathon Man, world-renowned ultra marathoner Dean Karnazes chronicles his unbelievable exploits and explorations in gripping detail; Karnazes runs for days on end without rest, across some of the most exotic and inhospitable places on earth, including the Australian Outback, Antarctica, and the back alleys of New Jersey. From the downright hilarious to the truly profound, the stories in Run! provide readers with the ultimate escape and offer a rare glimpse into the mindset and motivation of an extreme athlete, one who has, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer, “Not only pushed the envelope but blasted it to bits.” Karnazes addresses pain and perseverance, and he also charts the emotional as he pushes to the edges of human achievement. The tales of the friendships he’s cultivated on his many adventures around the world warm the heart, and are sure to captivate and inspire readers whether they run great distances, modest distances, or not at all. The hardcover edition was met with the enthusiastic support of Karnazes’s devoted fan base, and word-of-mouth excitement as well as media coverage from LIVE! with Regis and Kelly brought the book to the attention of scores of new readers. Karnazes’s colorful tales of his extreme running adventures are as entertaining as they are innately human, giving the book potential as a perennial paperback favorite.

The Meaning in the Making

Author : Sean Tucker
Publisher : Rocky Nook, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1681987252
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (819 download)

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Download or read book The Meaning in the Making written by Sean Tucker and published by Rocky Nook, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Become inspired, find your voice, and create work that matters.

Why are human beings driven to make?

It’s as if we collectively intuited, long before science gave us the language, that the universe bends toward entropy, and every act of creation on our part is an act of defiance in the face of that evolving disorder.

When we pick up a paintbrush, or compose elements through our camera viewfinders, or press fingers into wet clay to wrestle form from a shapeless lump, we are bending things back toward Order and wrestling them from Chaos.

But making things is often not enough.

We also want the things we make to be filled with meaning. We’re each trying to describe what we know about life, to create a collective sense of “safety in numbers.” When we reach the end of our traditional descriptive powers, it’s time to weave collective meaning from poetry, painting, writing, dancing, photographing, filmmaking, storytelling, singing, animating, designing, performing, carving, sculpting, and a million other ways we daily create Order out of the Chaos and share it with each other for comfort.

On this journey we need a creative philosophy which will help us find our voice, discover our message, deal with the responses to our work, maintain inspiration, and stay mentally healthy and motivated creators as we strive to find “the meaning in the making.”

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Order
Chapter 2: Logos
Chapter 3: Breath
Chapter 4: Voice
Chapter 5: Ego
Chapter 6: Control
Chapter 7: Attention
Chapter 8: Envy
Chapter 9: Critique
Chapter 10: Feel
Chapter 11: Shadows
Chapter 12: Meaning
Chapter 13: Time
Chapter 14: Benediction

The Whole Truth for Lawyers

Author : Hon. Stephen Pfahler
Publisher : Gatekeeper Press
ISBN 13 : 1662928971
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book The Whole Truth for Lawyers written by Hon. Stephen Pfahler and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2022-09-01 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you thriving personally and professionally? This book is a must read for law students and lawyers. Written by a judge, professor, and certified life coach, it’s a comprehensive guide for flourishing in both your life and work. A happy and successful lawyer is not an oxymoron. Yet, most lawyers and law students are plagued with alarming rates of dissatisfaction, depression, anxiety, addiction, and exhaustion. Many lawyers try to serve their clients’ best interests while ignoring their own. Do you want to thrive in both your legal career and your personal life, but haven’t figured out how? Designed for those working in the legal field including lawyers, law students, judges, clerks, professors, human resource professionals, paralegals, legal secretaries, and more. Similarly, spouses, significant others, and parents will also benefit by learning to support their loved ones while improving their own lives. This book offers the truth and the whole truth for realizing your full potential in all aspects of life. Yes, you can be both happy and successful. It’s your complete Master Class for achieving greater significance and prosperity in your career, while optimizing your health and relationships. Get ready to flourish!

How to Be Miserable in Your Twenties

Author : Randy J. Paterson
Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
ISBN 13 : 1684034736
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book How to Be Miserable in Your Twenties written by Randy J. Paterson and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2020-03-01 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following in the footsteps of his snarky self-help hit, How to Be Miserable, psychologist Randy J. Paterson uses his trademark wit and irony to help you tackle the most common roadblocks that stand in the way of successful “adulting.” Are you living in your parent’s basement? Can you measure your life by the hours you spend video streaming or gaming? Do you have absolutely no idea who you really are or what matters to you? Are you emotionally stunted and incapable of mature relationships? Great! Keep it up. If you just can’t get enough of being miserable, you’re on the right path. In How to Be Miserable in Your Twenties, you won’t find platitudes or promises of love, happiness, and a fabulous life. What you will find are 40 strategies to help you cultivate a life of abject misery. On the other hand, if you want to take control of your destiny, find meaning and a sense of purpose, or just be a damn grownup, feel free to do the opposite of what this book says. You may yet join the ranks of happy people everywhere! So, keep getting caught in the same self-defeating traps that have led you to an unfulfilling existence—or not! Either way, this book will help you take a good long look at yourself and your life, and come up with a solid action plan for your worst (or best) future.

The Therapist's Notebook on Positive Psychology

Author : Bill O'Hanlon
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1136680691
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book The Therapist's Notebook on Positive Psychology written by Bill O'Hanlon and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can psychotherapists apply the wealth of recent research in Positive Psychology to their clinical work to help their clients change in positive directions? Bill O’Hanlon, who originated Solution-Oriented Therapy in the early 1980s, and Bob Bertolino, an experienced clinician, build the bridge between positive psychology and psychotherapy in this book that allows readers to focus on the mental, behavioral, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual health of their clients. Following the highly readable and user-friendly approach of the Therapist Notebooks, this book contains 75 activities, exercises, and handouts throughout seven chapters that therapists can implement both in sessions and as activities outside the therapeutic milieu. Among the many attractive features included are: exercises that follow a standard format for ease of use and implementation research findings that underscore the importance of focusing on strengths and well-being overviews and suggestions for use that flank each exercise and contextualize them. Readers appreciate the breadth of research and literature covered, the interactive exercises that both clients and clinicians can use, and devices presented to help translate research into practice, such as the P.O.S.I.T.I.V.E. Framework and The Happiness Hypothesis. For mental health practitioners who are interested in building resilience and strength, both within their clients and within themselves, this book is indispensable.

Follow Your Bliss

Author : Hal Zina Bennett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Follow Your Bliss written by Hal Zina Bennett and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Happiness A to Z

Author : Louise Harmon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1632280132
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (322 download)

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Download or read book Happiness A to Z written by Louise Harmon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Happiness is around every corner but everyone once in a while, we need a map or a pointers on how to find it. This book is just such a guide with 26 chapters filled with ideas and inspiration. Joy unites all people and words are often how we best express our joy. Happiness A-Z is the perfect collection of power thoughts and insightful quotes that expresses some of the best ways to "get happy." From exploring the excitement of being fully “Alive” to the adventure of exploring the world's most “Zestful” experiences, this collection of quotes takes you through the most important ABC’s of life. One thing the world's wisdom traditions all agree is that all states of "higher being" are not attained by stumbling around an unmarked road to "blisstown" but as result of doing inner work and self development. Bliss means connecting with your true self more deeply and arriving at a place of ease and awareness. ‘If you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living.

Yoga and the Pursuit of Happiness

Author : Sam Chase
Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
ISBN 13 : 1626252890
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book Yoga and the Pursuit of Happiness written by Sam Chase and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enlightenment isn’t a strange, mystical, or faraway place. It’s a fundamental human experience available to us all in different ways and in different moments.Learn how the ancient philosophy of yoga, modern neuroscience, and positive psychology can help you discover your life’s meaning and purpose, rewire your brain, and uncover lasting happiness and joy. Everyone is looking for happiness, but very few really know where to find it. Maybe it’s that house you’ve been dreaming of buying, or a new car, or the perfect relationship? Or maybe it’s a grand, epic revelation about the meaning of life? But when will that revelation come to you, and how long should you wait? And what if happiness isn’t something you achieve or obtain, but how you respond to the conditions of your life? After all, yogis can find peace and joy even when life is painful and unpleasant. In Yoga and the Pursuit of Happiness, you’ll discover that lasting happiness is already at your fingertips—in the small, everyday moments inherently infused with purpose and meaning. The philosophy of yoga—rather than the poses and postures—boils down to one fundamental process: overcoming suffering by coming to know ourselves and aligning our actions with our own intrinsic sense of spiritual purpose. And yoga gives us the tools to address two basic existential questions: Who am I? What should I do? Meanwhile, positive psychology and neuroscience show us how our actions are constantly rewiring our brain in helpful ways—which points to happiness as something we must practice and carry out each day. Happiness is, simply put, something we do. In this unique, lighthearted guide, celebrated yoga instructor Sam Chase blends ancient wisdom from the Bhagavad Gita and Yoga Sutras with his own personal journey of enlightenment to show you how to deepen your understanding of yourself and the world around you, end the cycle of materialism and greed that can get in the way of cultivating stillness of mind, and achieve lasting well-being.

Honest to God Prayer

Author : Kent Ira Groff
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1594734925
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (947 download)

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Download or read book Honest to God Prayer written by Kent Ira Groff and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2012-10-25 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maybe you're praying and you don’t even know it. In this unique and encouraging guide to prayer, Kent Ira Groff, a longtime retreat leader and inspiring writer-poet, explores how to engage in spirituality that blesses your soul—and the world. Whether you’re advanced or just starting on your spiritual path, this practical prayer path breaker will lure you in with its novel combination of touching, real-life stories, pithy thoughts and inspiring prayer practices. For those turned off by shopworn religious language, it offers innovative ways to pray in four metaphorical movements that parallel both Native American traditions and Ignatian spirituality: East—Morning / Prayer as Awareness Waking up to reality—opening South—Noon / Prayer as Empowerment Embracing your dreams and possibilities—expanding West—Afternoon / Prayer as Relinquishment Letting go of attachments—emptying North—Night / Prayer as Paradox Uniting the opposites of life—integrating Prayer practices for each of the four "movements" provide for personal and group enrichment at home and work, in formal programs and informal friendships. They interweave the author’s own experience to say: “This is honest to God spirituality and I’m seeing myself.”

Our Daily Breach

Author : Dennis Patrick Slattery
Publisher : Fisher King Press
ISBN 13 : 1771690291
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (716 download)

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Download or read book Our Daily Breach written by Dennis Patrick Slattery and published by Fisher King Press. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our Daily Breach: Exploring Your Personal Myth Through Herman Melville’s Moby-Dickoffers both a way of understanding what has generally been called the greatest novel of the American myth while simultaneously exploring one’s own personal myth. Its added feature is that it is an interactive book in allowing reader’s to meditate on one question per page for each day of the year and to undercover many facets of one’s personal myth through cursive writing. It has been long understood that classics of literature are their own form of therapy in that they frequently tap into some of the most shared concerns of being human. This book makes such a connection between our interior life and the plot of the story through the power of mythopoiesis, namely the imaginative act of giving a formative shape to the myth we are each living in and out through the power of analogy, correspondence or accord with the classic poem. Using Melville’s epic of America, the reader may enter the deepest seas of his/her own mythic waters to realize and give language to the myth that resides in our daily plot line.

Sustainable Regional Development

Author : Michael P. Clair
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000912523
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Regional Development written by Michael P. Clair and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-08-16 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many communities and regions are being left behind in the new economic order. The book starts with the premise that, in today’s knowledge-based economy, innovation is key, but that only seems to happen in larger urban centres. It seems that smaller centres and peripheral regions can only look forward to decline and eventual irrelevance, but this need not be the case. Wherever there are people, there is the potential to innovate. This book demonstrates that innovators are not limited to inventors and entrepreneurs. Each innovation starts with an idea that is nurtured by its creator and incubated by the larger community. The book identifies different categories of creators such that many readers will recognize themselves as being, in fact, creators. And it identifies different ways of coming up with ideas, which may validate how creators spend their time. It identifies ways to judge whether ideas should be pursued or not and looks at the steps required to turn an idea into an innovation. Many declining communities and regions around the world have resuscitated themselves by being creative and innovative — sometimes in startling ways. This book will provide some ideas to help any region reinvent itself. But having a few individuals with good ideas is not sufficient to revive a region. This book also shows how effective leaders are needed to help stimulate more creative activity and, just as importantly, to coordinate the necessary resources to turn creative ideas into innovations. The book will appeal to students, scholars and researchers of economic, regional, social and sustainable development, innovation, public policy and economic geography, as well as practitioners and policymakers concerned with regional development and regional innovation policies.

Near Enemies of the Truth

Author : Christopher D. Wallis
Publisher : LifeTree Media
ISBN 13 : 1637560389
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Near Enemies of the Truth written by Christopher D. Wallis and published by LifeTree Media. This book was released on 2023-11-14 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tantric philosopher and Oxford scholar Christopher Wallis calls out the seemingly helpful spiritual teachings dominating our current culture and demonstrates how these near truths stand in the way of a more radically free and meaningful life—and ultimately, a deeper spiritual awakening. Have you ever been told, “You create your own reality”? Have you been encouraged to “be your best self” or “follow your bliss”? Nowadays these slogans are everywhere, but what if they’re doing more harm than good? After over thirty years as a scholar-practitioner of meditation and Tantric philosophy, acclaimed author Christopher Wallis (also known as Hareesh) explores the most widespread distortions of spiritual teachings present in our world today. Rooted in the Asian wisdom traditions, Wallis’s book uncovers why these oft-heard platitudes are “near enemies” to the truth, often detour us off the spiritual path, and can even cause unnecessary suffering. In asking us to question what we’ve accepted as “truth,” Wallis reveals how teachings like “become the best version of yourself” may have helped us at one stage in our journey but can ultimately lead us away from self-acceptance and compassion and cause us to prioritize an imagined ideal over true intimacy with reality. Understanding the near enemies is vital for any spiritual seeker who is ready to create a deeper, more fulfilling practice and will help you: Distinguish between truth and belief Communicate more authentically with loved ones Set healthier boundaries Be in greater harmony with reality Practice radical self-acceptance Near Enemies of the Truth offers itself as a guide to the pitfalls of the spiritual life. However, it doesn’t focus on the negative. In each chapter, after pointing out how a spiritual teaching can be construed in a non-beneficial way, Wallis focuses on the deeper truth and ancient wisdom underlying that teaching, which is often obscured by its popular bumper-sticker version. Each chapter contains a supportive insight for your spiritual process and/or for your everyday life, including guided meditations and reflections. Written in a gentle and encouraging tone, this book offers a wealth of insight and guidance for anyone who finds themselves struggling, reaching a spiritual plateau, or simply seeking a more meaningful way forward. This timely companion will help you think differently and see through the smokescreens to what is true.