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This Difficult Thing of Being Human

Author : Bodhipaksa
Publisher : Parallax Press
ISBN 13 : 1946764523
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (467 download)

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Download or read book This Difficult Thing of Being Human written by Bodhipaksa and published by Parallax Press. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Become your own greatest advocate with this “wise guide” to developing self-compassion through mindfulness meditation, lovingkindness, and more—from a Buddhist scholar and teacher (Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance) We all long for someone to offer us unconditional love and support. But what if that person is us? The practice of mindful self-compassion creates the space we need so that observation, acceptance, and real love can enter—no matter how judgmental or disconnected we may feel. It sounds like a simple idea: to be kind to yourself. But if you pay attention to your thoughts, habits, and self-talk, you may find that it’s more difficult than it sounds. The intentional practice of self-compassion, outlined here by Buddhist scholar and teacher, Bodhipaksa, can help you find greater overall wellbeing, emotional resilience, physical health, and willpower. Bodhipaksa provides both the why and the how of mindful self-compassion, drawing on contemporary psychology and neuroscience and also on Buddhist psychology, weaving the modern and ancient together into a coherent whole. Contemporary psychologists are focusing less on self-esteem and more on self-compassion. Bodhipaksa, a practicing meditator of more than thirty years, effortlessly blends ancient techniques dating back to the time of the Buddha with the most recent understanding of psychology and neuroscience. And in the end, as Bodhipaksa writes, it is actually quite simple: “Life is short. Be kind.”

No Cure for Being Human

Author : Kate Bowler
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0593230779
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book No Cure for Being Human written by Kate Bowler and published by Random House. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of Everything Happens for a Reason (And Other Lies I’ve Loved) asks, how do you move forward with a life you didn’t choose? “Kate Bowler is the only one we can trust to tell us the truth.”—Glennon Doyle, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Untamed It’s hard to give up on the feeling that the life you really want is just out of reach. A beach body by summer. A trip to Disneyland around the corner. A promotion on the horizon. Everyone wants to believe that they are headed toward good, better, best. But what happens when the life you hoped for is put on hold indefinitely? Kate Bowler believed that life was a series of unlimited choices, until she discovered, at age thirty-five, that her body was wracked with cancer. In No Cure for Being Human, she searches for a way forward as she mines the wisdom (and absurdity) of today’s “best life now” advice industry, which insists on exhausting positivity and on trying to convince us that we can out-eat, out-learn, and out-perform our humanness. We are, she finds, as fragile as the day we were born. With dry wit and unflinching honesty, Kate Bowler grapples with her diagnosis, her ambition, and her faith as she tries to come to terms with her limitations in a culture that says anything is possible. She finds that we need one another if we’re going to tell the truth: Life is beautiful and terrible, full of hope and despair and everything in between—and there’s no cure for being human.

Symptoms of Being Human

Author : Jeff Garvin
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062382888
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Symptoms of Being Human written by Jeff Garvin and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Booklist * YALSA Top Ten Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers * ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults List * 2017 Rainbow A sharply honest and moving debut perfect for fans of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Ask the Passengers. Riley Cavanaugh is many things: Punk rock. Snarky. Rebellious. And gender fluid. Some days Riley identifies as a boy, and others as a girl. But Riley isn't exactly out yet. And between starting a new school and having a congressman father running for reelection in über-conservative Orange County, the pressure—media and otherwise—is building up in Riley's life. On the advice of a therapist, Riley starts an anonymous blog to vent those pent-up feelings and tell the truth of what it's really like to be a gender fluid teenager. But just as Riley's starting to settle in at school—even developing feelings for a mysterious outcast—the blog goes viral, and an unnamed commenter discovers Riley's real identity, threatening exposure. And Riley must make a choice: walk away from what the blog has created—a lifeline, new friends, a cause to believe in—or stand up, come out, and risk everything. From debut author Jeff Garvin comes a powerful and uplifting portrait of a modern teen struggling with high school, relationships, and what it means to be a person.

It's Hard Being Human

Author : Angela Paul
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595414516
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (954 download)

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Download or read book It's Hard Being Human written by Angela Paul and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-11 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suffering jolts us awake whether we like it or not, but just as disappointments and suffering are a part of life, so are grace and joy. Joy is right here, right now if we can but see it.The sweetest moments of peace and bliss that I've experienced in my life have been spontaneous eruptions of joy which were not manufactured by the material world, but evolved from an inner consciousness of gratitude and grace.

The Pain of Being Human

Author : Eugene Kennedy
Publisher : Crossroad
ISBN 13 : 9780824516826
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (168 download)

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Download or read book The Pain of Being Human written by Eugene Kennedy and published by Crossroad. This book was released on 1997 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in a new edition--with new material--is the million-copy bestseller on our shared endeavor to become what we already are: human beings. In more than 50 insightful meditations, Eugene Kennedy helps readers to better understand the human condition and to live with humor, compassion, and purpose. It is not a cure for loneliness or the thousands of pains that come from being alive, but it can help one get through bad times and help others do the same.

On Being Human

Author : Woodrow Wilson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Being Human written by Woodrow Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Special Topics in Being a Human

Author : S. Bear Bergman
Publisher : arsenal pulp press
ISBN 13 : 155152855X
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Special Topics in Being a Human written by S. Bear Bergman and published by arsenal pulp press. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an author, educator, and public speaker, S. Bear Bergman has documented his experience as, among other things, a trans parent, with wit and aplomb. He also writes the advice column “Ask Bear,” in which he answers crucial questions about how best to make our collective way through the world. Featuring disarming illustrations by Saul Freedman-Lawson, Special Topics in Being a Human elaborates on “Ask Bear”’s premise: a gentle, witty, and insightful book of practical advice for the modern age. It offers Dad advice and Jewish bubbe wisdom, all filtered through a queer lens, to help you navigate some of the complexities of life—from how to make big decisions or make a good apology, to how to get someone’s new name and pronouns right as quickly as possible, to how to gracefully navigate a breakup. With warmth and candor, Special Topics in Being a Human calls out social inequities and injustices in traditional advice-giving, validates your feelings, asks a lot of questions, and tries to help you be your best possible self with kindness, compassion, and humor. This publication meets the EPUB Accessibility requirements and it also meets the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG-AA). It is screen-reader friendly and is accessible to persons with disabilities. A book with many images, which is defined with accessible structural markup. This book contains various accessibility features such as alternative text for images, table of contents, page-list, landmark, reading order and semantic structure.

I Can't Believe It's Not Buddha!

Author : Bodhipaksa
Publisher : Parallax Press
ISBN 13 : 1946764361
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (467 download)

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Download or read book I Can't Believe It's Not Buddha! written by Bodhipaksa and published by Parallax Press. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quotes from the Buddha are everywhere: on Facebook, Instagram, coffee mugs, posters. There's only one problem: the Buddha didn't actually say most of them. This humorous and informative book takes these fake Buddha quotes as a launching point for a discussion on what the Buddha really did say, and is a great entry point for those interested in learning more about Buddhism--what it is, and what it isn't. Bodhipaksa, a well-known Buddhist teacher and the founder of fakebuddhaquotes.com, takes a look at some of the quotes that are erroneously attributed to the Buddha, explains the ways in which these disagree (or sometimes agree) with Buddhist teachings, and offers some genuine examples of the Buddha's words. The perfect gift for the Buddhist in your life and an essential addition to any Buddhist library, I Can't Believe It's Not Buddha! is at once humorous and scholarly, and a timely antidote to the "fake news" that can surround some of the Buddha's teachings.

Being Human

Author : Richard Gross
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134657587
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Being Human written by Richard Gross and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Gross turns his expert eye to the psychology of human nature in a contemplative account encompassing cognition, consciousness, language, time perception, sense of mortality and human society. This book will help you to consider the unique aspects of being human and to understand the biological underpinnings for the intriguing and distinct behaviours and experiences common to human beings. The book is enhanced throughout by: - its logical arrangement of topics, with key questions, issues for additional focus and reflection points highlighted throughout - useful chapter introductions and summaries to provide clarity and insight - diagrams to help explain difficult concepts - detailed selection of references and useful sources including works from the fields of psychology, philosophy, religion and literature This book is essential reading for students of psychology and related disciplines as well as general readers seeking insights into one of the most enduring questions to have faced humankind throughout history.

The Wonder of Being Human

Author : John Carew Eccles
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Wonder of Being Human written by John Carew Eccles and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Message

Author : L. D. Thompson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781611250008
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Message written by L. D. Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wished they had handed you an operator's manual for life when you were born? THE MESSAGE: A GUIDE TO BEING HUMAN offers a clear message: You are a spiritual being living in a body to fulfill a specific curriculum . . . your life is designed by your Soul. The more you listen to your Soul and act on its values and urgings, the more graceful and joyous your life becomes. With powerful recommendations for how to achieve greater awareness of your Soul's curriculum and insightful reflections on the process, this book is an inspiration to seasoned spiritual practitioners and new seekers alike.

Being Human

Author : Dwight N. Hopkins
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Being Human written by Dwight N. Hopkins and published by Augsburg Fortress Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dwight Hopkins, whose important work in Black Theology has mediated class theological concerns through the prism of African American culture, here offers a fresh take on theological anthropology. Rather than define "the human" as one eternal or inviolable essence, however, Hopkins looks to the multiple and conflicting notions of the human in contemporary thought, and particularly three key variables: culture, self, and race. Hopkins' critical reframing of these concepts firmly locates human endeavor, development, transcendence, and liberation in the particular messiness of struggle and strife.

The Art of Being Human

Author : Michael Wesch
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781724963673
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (636 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Being Human written by Michael Wesch and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthropology is the study of all humans in all times in all places. But it is so much more than that. "Anthropology requires strength, valor, and courage," Nancy Scheper-Hughes noted. "Pierre Bourdieu called anthropology a combat sport, an extreme sport as well as a tough and rigorous discipline. ... It teaches students not to be afraid of getting one's hands dirty, to get down in the dirt, and to commit yourself, body and mind. Susan Sontag called anthropology a "heroic" profession." What is the payoff for this heroic journey? You will find ideas that can carry you across rivers of doubt and over mountains of fear to find the the light and life of places forgotten. Real anthropology cannot be contained in a book. You have to go out and feel the world's jagged edges, wipe its dust from your brow, and at times, leave your blood in its soil. In this unique book, Dr. Michael Wesch shares many of his own adventures of being an anthropologist and what the science of human beings can tell us about the art of being human. This special first draft edition is a loose framework for more and more complete future chapters and writings. It serves as a companion to anth101.com, a free and open resource for instructors of cultural anthropology. This 2018 text is a revision of the "first draft edition" from 2017 and includes 7 new chapters.

GoatMan

Author : Thomas Thwaites
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1616894938
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (168 download)

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Download or read book GoatMan written by Thomas Thwaites and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dazzling success of The Toaster Project, including TV appearances and an international book tour, leaves Thomas Thwaites in a slump. His friends increasingly behave like adults, while Thwaites still lives at home, "stuck in a big, dark hole." Luckily, a research grant offers the perfect out: a chance to take a holiday from the complications of being human—by transforming himself into a goat. What ensues is a hilarious and surreal journey through engineering, design, and psychology, as Thwaites interviews neuroscientists, animal behaviorists, prosthetists, goat sanctuary workers, and goatherds. From this, he builds a goat exoskeleton—artificial legs, helmet, chest protector, raincoat from his mum, and a prosthetic goat stomach to digest grass (with help from a pressure cooker and campfire)—before setting off across the Alps on four legs with a herd of his fellow creatures. Will he make it? Do Thwaites and his readers discover what it truly means to be human? GoatMan tells all in Thwaites's inimitable style, which NPR extols as "a laugh-out- loud-funny but thoughtful guide through his own adventures."

Philosophers at Table

Author : Raymond D. Boisvert
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780236212
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Philosophers at Table written by Raymond D. Boisvert and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you boil it down, one of the most important things we do each day is eat. The question of eating—what, and how—may seem simple at first, but it is dense with complex meanings, reflecting myriad roles that food plays and has played over the centuries. In fact, as Raymond D. Boisvert and Lisa Heldke show in this book, it’s difficult to imagine a more philosophically charged act than eating. Philosophers at Table explores the philosophical scaffolding that supports this crucial aspect of everyday life, showing that we are not just creatures with minds, but also with stomachs. Examining a cornucopia of literary works, myths, histories, and film—not to mention philosophical ideas—the authors make the case for a bona fide philosophy of food. They look at Babette’s Feast as an argument for hospitality as a central ethical virtue. They compare fast food in Accra to the molecular gastronomy of Spain as a way of considering the nature of food as art. And they bite into a slug—which is, unsurprisingly, completely gross—to explore tasting as a learning tool, a way of knowing. A surprising, original take on something we have not philosophically savored enough, Philosophers at Table invites readers to think in fresh ways about the simple and important act of eating.

Being Me

Author : Pete Moore
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470091908
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Being Me written by Pete Moore and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2004-02-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘O brave new world, That has such people in’t!’ Shakespeare, The Tempest New scientific developments are changing the world, but whether the world of our children and grandchildren will be the hell of Huxley’s Brave New World or the sheltered paradise described by Shakespeare depends on how we choose to use these developments. That choice will frequently be driven by our appreciation of what human beings really are. In this thought-provoking book Pete Moore presents an antidote to the scientific reductionism that so frequently seeks to narrow any definition of our species by single features, such as our genes or the ability of our brains. This exploration of the nature of humanity reveals the rainbow spectrum that makes us who we are. Through discussions with individuals whose lives help us to focus on individual aspects of our make up, Moore explores the difficult issues that are facing us. This book provides a timely reminder that technology cannot be separated from its impact on real people and how their lives are changed for the better or worse. Medical developments offer tremendous opportunities for good, but if we lose sight of what it is to be human they also have the ability to be used for very dangerous, even evil purposes. We have a chance to influence this future. We should not ignore the challenge. DR PETE MOORE is a medical journalist and an official rapporteur at Windsor Castle and the House of Lords. He is the author of Blood and Justice (0470 848421, Hbk / 0470 84844 8 Pbk).

The Unpredictability of Being Human

Author : Linni Ingemundsen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781944589363
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (893 download)

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Download or read book The Unpredictability of Being Human written by Linni Ingemundsen and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linni Ingemundsen is from Norway, though she currently lives in Malta. She does not know how to draw but is somehow a freelance cartoonist. Some of her favourite things in life include chocolate, free Wi-Fi and her yellow typewriter. Linni has lived in three different countries and will never be done exploring the world.