Download or read book All Things Rise written by Missouri Vaun and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2015-05-18 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cole rescues Ava, a pilot from the Cloud City of Easton who crash-lands near her farm, setting in motion events that will alter the course of her life. It’s a hundred years after peak oil and the rich have risen above the Earth, inhabiting great Cloud Cities, while those left behind live a rural existence, off the grid. After suffering a vicious attack, Cole is transported to the Cloud City of Easton for emergency surgery. While recuperating and adrift in the unfamiliar social landscape of Easton, Cole begins a journey of discovery. When she meets Audrey, a beautiful doctor, the attraction they share is penetrating and possibly life altering. Explosions, staged by a ruthless underground movement, nearly bring Easton to the brink of collapse. The crisis that rocks the city forces Cole and Audrey to weigh what truly holds meaning and what each is willing to sacrifice for love.
Download or read book The Resemblance of All Things written by Bernard J. Lurie and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-05-26 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Resemblance of All Things is a poetic consideration of God, the nature of things, and possible events, with all the permutations thereof, that may occur down through the ages to all that does or may exist. In discussing God, the poem considers the philosophical and religious problem of evil and argues, like the philosophical and religious problem of evil and asserts that the presence of evil is not inconsistent with God's existence. Like the philosophical school of Compatibilism, the poem also argues that free will and determinism are compatible, and not logically inconsistent. Resemblance masterfully expresses, in a traditional poetic format of seven-line stanzas of iambic hexameter verse, that there is no thing that is truly limited to being only what it initially appears to be. Each thing bears a reflection of other things, and there is a resemblance from one thing to what it is not. All things, in turn, also bear a resemblance to God. As the poem says, "And this must be the task of art and prophecy - / To speak that yet unknowable consistency / Of every thing, no matter seeming how unlike!"
Download or read book Everything That Rises Must Converge Stories written by Flannery O'Connor and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 1965-01-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flannery O'Connor was working on Everything That Rises Must Converge at the time of her death. This collection is an exquisite legacy from a genius of the American short story, in which she scrutinizes territory familiar to her readers: race, faith, and morality. The stories encompass the comic and the tragic, the beautiful and the grotesque; each carries her highly individual stamp and could have been written by no one else.
Download or read book You Deserve the Good Things in Life written by Joseph Gamboa and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the spiritual evolution of man and how to establish the conditions necessary for the development of divine powers, in the same sense that a seed becomes a plant by the aid of the earth, water, air, and fire and the action of the invisible force. Learn and benefit from practical lessons to help develop and elevate conscious awareness through thought by observing and applying the laws of nature in your business and day-to-day life. Knowledge is knowing the facts; Wisdom is knowing what to do with the facts. Unleash the most powerful weapons in the armory of thought by activating the spirit that is reclining in the depths of your soul. A monkey never releases a vine in its left hand until it has a vine in its right hand. This book shows five daysfive ways to becoming human2. It has uncommon pocket wisdom.
Download or read book Proverbial Language in English Drama Exclusive of Shakespeare 1495 1616 written by R. W. Dent and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1984.
Download or read book Healing Power Of Acupressure and Acupuncture written by Matthew Bauer and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-03-03 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This accessible, up-to-date resource guide leads you through the foundations and techniques of acupressure and acupuncture. Acupressure and acupuncture can relieve painful conditions such as migraine headaches, lower back pain, joint disorders, carpal tunnel syndrome, asthma, allergies, stress, nausea, heart problems, and many others. Today, most health-care plans cover these treatments, making them more popular than ever. Filled with insights into the history of these two age-old therapies, The Healing Power of Acupressure and Acupuncture helps readers choose when to see a licensed therapist, and even provides information about doing certain treatments at home. Matthew D. Bauer delves deeply into the traditions and remarkable benefits of acupressure and acupuncture, explains the many benefits of both, describes techniques for self-treatment, and illustrates how Chinese healing can augment modern Western medicine.
Download or read book The Uses of Idolatry written by William T. Cavanaugh and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-01-16 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Uses of Idolatry, William T. Cavanaugh offers a sustained and interdisciplinary argument that worship has not waned in our supposedly "secular" world. Rather, the target of worship has changed, migrating from the explicit worship of God to the implicit worship of things. Cavanaugh examines modern idolatries and the ways in which humans become dominated by our own creations. While Cavanaugh is critical of modern idolatries, his argument is also sympathetic, seeing in idolatry a deep longing in the human heart for the transformation of our lives. We all believe in something, he argues: we are worshipping creatures whose devotion alights on all sorts of things, in part because we are material creatures, and the material world is beautiful. Following an invisible God is hard for material creatures, so we-those who profess belief in God and those who don't-fixate on things that are closer to hand. Ranging widely across the fields of history, philosophy, political science, sociology, and cultural studies, Cavanaugh develops an account of modernity as not the condition of being disenchanted but the condition of having learned to describe the world as disenchanted. For a better description of the world, Cavanaugh turns to scriptural, theological, and phenomenological accounts of idolatry as inordinate devotion to created things. Through deep explorations of nationalism and consumer culture, The Uses of Idolatry presents a sympathetic but critical account of how and why we sacrifice ourselves and others to gods of our own design.
Download or read book The Life You Were Born to Live written by Dan Millman and published by H J Kramer. This book was released on 2018 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extensively updated edition of a crucial New Age classic will appeal to previous and new readers alike
Download or read book Wang Fuzhi s Reconstruction of Confucianism written by Mingran Tan and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-09-17 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wang Fuzhi (1619-1692), a Ming loyalist, was forced to find solutions for both cultural and political crises of his time. In this book Mingran Tan provides a comprehensive review of Wang Fuzhi’s understanding of historical events and his interpretation of the Confucian classics. Tan explains what kind of Confucian system Wang Fuzhi was trying to construct according to his motto, “The Six Classics require me to create something new”. He sought a basis for Confucian values such as filial piety, humanity and ritual propriety from political, moral and cosmological perspectives, arguing that they could cultivate a noble personality, beatify political governance, and improve social and cosmological harmony. This inspired Wang Fuzhi’s attempt to establish a syncretic blend of the three branches of Neo-Confucianism, i.e., Zhu Xi’s (1130-1200) philosophy of principle , Wang Yangming’s (1472-1529) philosophy of mind and Zhang Zai’s (1020-1077) philosophy of qi (material force). The most thorough work on Wang Fuzhi available in English, this study corrects some general misunderstanding of the nature of Wang Fuzhi’s philosophy and helps readers to understand Wang Fuzhi from an organic perspective. Building upon previous scholars’ research on Wang Fuzhi’s notion of moral cultivation, Tan gives a comprehensive understanding of how Wang Fuzhi improves social and cosmological harmony through compliance with Confucian rituals.
Download or read book T Lucreti Cari De Rerum Natura Libri Sex written by Titus Lucretius Carus and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nature the Soul and God written by Jean W. Rioux and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2004-04-14 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complete title of one of the most famous works ever written, Isaac Newton's Principia, was actually Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, or "The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy". Sadly, many contemporary philosophers would be hard-pressed to say just what natural philosophy (or philosophy of nature) is all about. Without question, the philosophy of nature has received relatively less attention than ethics and metaphysics for some time. In "Nature, the Soul, and God," Jean W. Rioux has brought together a number of important readings in natural philosophy, from the Pre-Socratic philosophers and Aristotle to the 19th-century entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre. Collectively, they present three ways in which one might conceive of the natural world in a pre-scientific reflection upon the way things are: either the classical materialism of Empedocles, Democritus, and Epicurus, the formalism of Plato, or the hylomorphic view espoused and defended by Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas. In the sections following the consideration of nature are selections from these representative views concerning the immortality of the soul and the existence of God. Through the medium of philosophers both ancient and modern, Rioux makes the point that one's philosophical account of the natural world will have an impact upon how one regards human nature, as well as divinity itself. It all begins with nature.
Download or read book READING LIFE BACKWARD 2024 Calling Everything Into Question written by DR. CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM, PHD., CCHT and published by ONE WORLD HYPNOSIS METAPHYSICS SPIRITUALITY PUBLISHING. This book was released on with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading Life Backward is an unconventional book that is not structured like a typical novel. It is not meant to be read from cover to cover in one sitting, although that is certainly an option. Rather, the book provides readers with a comprehensive survey of spiritual landscapes. As CE Ceram notes in "Hands on the Past," a geometrician measures a landscape systematically. However, an inquisitive viewer would pick out the places that appeal to them for a short stay. Similarly, readers of Reading Life Backward are encouraged to explore the various sections of the book that are most relevant to their interests and needs. Whether you are seeking guidance on mindfulness, meditation, or other spiritual practices, the book offers a wealth of insights and information. By approaching the material in a flexible and open-minded way, readers can gain a deeper understanding of themselves and their place in the world. So if you are looking for a rich and diverse exploration of spiritual topics, Reading Life Backward is the perfect resource. Take your time, explore the sections that resonate with you, and enjoy the journey. A mosaic of divine interventions weaves through and takes the reader on their own inner journey. A true read that is authentic, touching and deeply personal. Reading Life Backward demonstrates the value in the details, in the spaces between our highs, and in the relationships we have with everyone around us. Chris aptly reminds readers that the years we will reflect on are made up of moments that should not be ignored or neglected. Chris takes the reader on a contemplative and thought-provoking journey into the heart and soul. An uplifting and satisfying rumination on the inner questions and longing we all experience. Reading Life Backward will fill you with hope as it points the way to a more fulfilling life.
Download or read book Quantamplation written by F.A. Raffa and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Power of the Mind, Free Will and Will Power were all natural gifts we inherited in our creation. The abilities of which have been lost in our Evolution. The memory of which we find shadowed in all our World Religious Teachings, Mythology & Ancient Traditions. Unlocking the human potential is a real possibility; it requires ones self-development, realization, since belief, dedication and Imagination. The combined practice of Quantamplation provides a platform to finding the key to opening the door to a whole new reality, controlled totally by YOU. Opportunities in life come by creation, and not by chance. -P. Yogananda
Download or read book The Chinese Face of Jesus Christ Volume 1 written by Roman Malek and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-31 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chinese Face of Jesus Christ: Volume 1
Download or read book Transcendence Immanence and Intercultural Philosophy written by Nahum Brown and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-20 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents detailed discussions from leading intercultural philosophers, arguing for and against the priority of immanence in Chinese thought and the validity of Western interpretations that attempt to import conceptions of transcendence. The authors pay close attention to contemporary debates generated from critical analysis of transcendence and immanence, including discussions of apophasis, critical theory, post-secular conceptions of society, phenomenological approaches to transcendence, possible-world models, and questions of practice and application. This book aims to explore alternative conceptions of transcendence that either call the tradition in the West into question, or discover from within Western metaphysics a thoroughly dialectical way of thinking about immanence and transcendence.
Download or read book Dynamics of Life Expression 111 written by TERRY FLOYD and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Translation of Lao tzu s Tao Te Ching and Wang Pi s Commentary written by Paul Lin and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2020-08-06 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Spring-Autumn period (722–420 BCE) and the time of the Warring States (480–222 CE), China was in great turmoil. Intellectuals and social reformers sifted through their wisdom and knowledge of China’s experiences up to then, attempting to find a solution to their situation. The Tao Te Ching, one of the foremost products of the era, is a metaphysical book, a source of the highest political thought. Many readers have found in it representations of the highest ideals of human endeavors. Yet given its likely oral origin and the technological limitations of its early textual transmission, the Tao Te Ching raises numerous questions related to authorship, date of origin, internal organization, textual coherence, and editorial history. Of the scores of translations of the Tao Te Ching, the great majority are based on the edition prepared by the third-century scholar Wang Pi. Wang’s profound commentary is itself a deeply influential text in the development of Taoist thought. Paul Lin presents the commentary, otherwise unavailable in English, in the form of footnotes accompanying his meticulous rendition of the Taoist classic.
