Download or read book Encountering Life s Endings written by Louis Silverstein and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-04-06 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you wish to live well, practice dying. Death and dying are universal human experiences. All that lives is transitory and will depart this life. Encountering Life’s Endings encompasses the practical, psychological, philosophical, cultural and spiritual aspects of dying and death viewed through the prism of the passing of the author’s mother (94), father (89), brothers Al (69), Joe (46), Eddie (44) and numerous friends and colleagues. Interspersed throughout the book are the thoughts and insights of leading figures in the field of thanatology as well as diverse and illuminating teachings by eastern and western sages and spiritual teachers, ranging from Thich Nhat Hanh to Stanley Keleman. Readers are provided with meditations and visualizations that serve to lessen the pain and suffering associated with death and dying, thus enhancing the possibility of experiencing the last stages of our lives as a final gift to self and others. Other types of life’s endings are also dealt with in this book. For example, the death of love; facing the possible death of a child, the necessity of allowing parts of ourselves to die in order to be more fully alive; birth as a form of dying; letting go of pain and suffering in order to experience pleasure; the casting off of normality to attain sanity; and the dying of the earth, Written largely in the form of a personal narrative, hearts will open, emitting compassion for all sentient beings, and minds engaged, resulting in the deepening of how we think about, approach and experience the ebb and flow of our lives. ********************************* Louis Silverstein’s Encountering Life’s Endings: Practice Dying Live Well offers compelling testimony about basic but overlooked truths. As someone who has experienced the tragic, untimely death of a child, I have searched far and wide for words that would help me to process and recover from such profound loss. With beautifully descriptive prose, Silverstein provides guidance and wisdom, delving deeply into what is for the most part unspeakable in Western culture—the relationship between life and death. It is a gentle and honest book that weaves personal narrative with illuminating teachings from a variety of spiritual writers that provide the tools for transforming suffering into strength. Alvina Quintana, Associate Professor Women’s & Latin American Studies, University of Delaware In his fearless exploration into the meaning of dying and death, Louis weaves his way through a maze of tragic historic and current family losses, makings stops along the way in a sensuous paradise of philosophic wisdom. The answers found and the meanings revealed are richly satisfying, as is the journey through the book. Loretta Downs, Founder, Chrysalis End-Of-Life Inspirations In this personal account of meeting the death of others, Silverstein brings to light how we can imagine dying and wonder about our own. People will be moved by this book and gain insights. Stanley Keleman, The Center For Energetic Studies If you wish to live fully, practice dying is the Platonic advice that grounds much of Louis Silverstein’s pithy and personal guide for turning our fears of death and dying into explorations of the of the arts of living: forgiveness, creativity and love. Reflecting on his years of study and teaching and his own experiences with death and dying in his family, he offers us insight into how death awakens emotional and spiritual reserves that not only open the gates of grief and provide healing, but also miraculously shatter the life-long patterns of thinking that contributes to the real tragedy in life-- death of our spirit. Michael McColly, The After-Death Room: Journey Into Spiritual Activism
Download or read book Encountering Life s Endings written by Louis Silverstein and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you wish to live well, practice dying. Death and dying are universal human experiences. All that lives is transitory and will depart this life. Encountering Life's Endings encompasses the practical, psychological, philosophical, cultural and spiritual aspects of dying and death viewed through the prism of the passing of the author's mother (94), father (89), brothers Al (69), Joe (46), Eddie (44) and numerous friends and colleagues. Interspersed throughout the book are the thoughts and insights of leading figures in the field of thanatology as well as diverse and illuminating teachings by eastern and western sages and spiritual teachers, ranging from Thich Nhat Hanh to Stanley Keleman. Readers are provided with meditations and visualizations that serve to lessen the pain and suffering associated with death and dying, thus enhancing the possibility of experiencing the last stages of our lives as a final gift to self and others. Other types of life's endings are also dealt with in this book. For example, the death of love; facing the possible death of a child, the necessity of allowing parts of ourselves to die in order to be more fully alive; birth as a form of dying; letting go of pain and suffering in order to experience pleasure; the casting off of normality to attain sanity; and the dying of the earth, Written largely in the form of a personal narrative, hearts will open, emitting compassion for all sentient beings, and minds engaged, resulting in the deepening of how we think about, approach and experience the ebb and flow of our lives. ********************************* Louis Silverstein's Encountering Life's Endings: Practice Dying Live Well offers compelling testimony about basic but overlooked truths. As someone who has experienced the tragic, untimely death of a child, I have searched far and wide for words that would help me to process and recover from such profound loss. With beautifully descriptive prose, Silverstein provides guidance and wisdom, delving deeply into what is for the most part unspeakable in Western culture the relationship between life and death. It is a gentle and honest book that weaves personal narrative with illuminating teachings from a variety of spiritual writers that provide the tools for transforming suffering into strength. Alvina Quintana, Associate Professor Women's & Latin American Studies, University of Delaware In his fearless exploration into the meaning of dying and death, Louis weaves his way through a maze of tragic historic and current family losses, makings stops along the way in a sensuous paradise of philosophic wisdom. The answers found and the meanings revealed are richly satisfying, as is the journey through the book. Loretta Downs, Founder, Chrysalis End-Of-Life Inspirations In this personal account of meeting the death of others, Silverstein brings to light how we can imagine dying and wonder about our own. People will be moved by this book and gain insights. Stanley Keleman, The Center For Energetic Studies If you wish to live fully, practice dying is the Platonic advice that grounds much of Louis Silverstein's pithy and personal guide for turning our fears of death and dying into explorations of the of the arts of living: forgiveness, creativity and love. Reflecting on his years of study and teaching and his own experiences with death and dying in his family, he offers us insight into how death awakens emotional and spiritual reserves that not only open the gates of grief and provide healing, but also miraculously shatter the life-long patterns of thinking that contributes to the real tragedy in life-- death of our spirit. Michael McColly, The After-Death Room: Journey Into Spiritual Activism
Download or read book The Story of Never Ending Coincidences Conundrums and Encounters That Encompassed Me and Thee written by Derrick Stitt and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-11-16 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if the pieces of life's jigsaw could be rearranged in a differing pattern? How would this new mosaic appear? Could we improve the picture, or would it be distorted by Would we like what we discovered, or would it vary from our hopes and dreams? This is the saga, of the many facets of a relationship, and the ambitions of a couple engaged in their race up the corporate ladder. It is about the effect of these events, which compound their relationship. One miserable morning, when Mike is on the way to his weekly confrontation with his boss; he sees and falls for a most beautiful girl, Angie. He has never met her, yet feels that he knows her well. After a disastrous introduction, he discovers to his dismay, that they are to set up part of a new look business at Raymonds behest, the start of his scheme to become the most successful director in Norway. There is an uneasy standoff until, Angie walks in to Mikes office late one evening, and starts to talk to him. It seems as though they have been friends for many years this throws Mike completely. They form a team, and succeed in implementing Raymonds scheme, to everyones delight. Initially, as the workplace becomes pressurised Angie seems to thrive in this atmosphere. After a euphoric start, Mike becomes more nervous and reticent. The determination of Angie intensifies his anxieties, and he seeks professional help. They delve into his earlier life, his feelings for Angie, and his aspirations. She discovers accidentally while trying hypnotherapy that Mike and Angie appear to have shared memories of a past experience. Circumstances complicate matters further. On a crucial business trip to England, Mike is hospitalized after an accident; Angie tries to piece everything together, and save the deal, but she also discovers the extent of her business talent and acumen. Mike is a disoriented person who falls in Love with Angie all over again, but has huge difficulties in trying to rebuild his mind. He is sidetracked by other affairs. His recovery is hastened in business venture by, Ibrahim, a unique friendship ensues. Angie in contrast, develops, into a powerful businesswoman. Mike, sinks to his lowest ebb and contemplates suicide, and is rescued again in a surprising fashion.
Download or read book Kwentuhan Life s Peculiar encounters and Real Stories Life is a Story story one written by Jin Priela and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-09-03 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kwentuhan is a Filipino word for sharing and telling a Story. A moment shared with a loved one, with a friend over coffee or under the calm Night Sky with your Childhood Friends reminiscing the past, catching up the present or sharing Folk Tales that has been passed on from generation to generation . Kwentuhan contains real Life stories, reflections and heart-warming lessons learned in Life, along with Strange, Peculiar experiences and encounters involving some Philippine Mythical creatures, engaging more on the Philippine Mythology.
Download or read book Change the Story of Your Health written by Carl Greer and published by Souvenir Press. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Change the Story of Your Health is a guide to thinking differently. The story of our health is more in our control than we might think. We can not only reframe our experiences but actually achieve less stress, a sense of well-being and better physical health if we are willing to identify our health story and start to rewrite it. Through Carl Greer's journaling exercises and expanded-awareness practices, anyone can tap into hidden resources for healing. Readers will learn how to let go of obstacles, change their habits, release what is no longer serving them, and bring in what they need to experience greater wellness. Discover practical ways to interact with nature, and work with dreams, your inner healer, your symptoms, and more. Whether you are dealing with aging, unexpected health challenges or ongoing concerns, you will find the tools for writing and bringing to life a new health story. Discover self-healing practices from alternative medical traditions that will transform your health and well-being. The story of our health is more in our control than we might think. We can not only reframe our experiences but actually achieve less stress, a sense of well-being, and better physical health, if we are willing to identify our health story and start to rewrite it. Through Carl Greer's journaling exercises and expanded-awareness practices, anyone can tap into hidden resources for healing. Readers will learn how to let go of obstacles, change their habits, release what is no longer serving them, and bring in what they need to experience greater wellness. Discover practical ways to interact with nature, and work with dreams, your inner healer, your symptoms, and more. Whether you are dealing with ageing, unexpected health challenges, or ongoing concerns, you will find the tools for writing and bringing to life a new health story.
Download or read book Extraordinary Encounters written by Katherine Smith and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the anthropological focus on ethnography as a kind of deep immersion, the interview poses theoretical and methodological challenges for the discipline. This volume explores those challenges and argues that the interview should be seen as a special, productive site of ethnographic encounter, a site of a very particular and important kind of knowing. In a range of social contexts and cultural settings, contributors show how the interview is experienced and imagined as a kind of space within which personal, biographic and social cues and norms can be explored and interrogated. The interview possesses its own authenticity, therefore—true to the persons involved and true to their moment of interaction—whilst at the same time providing information on human capacities and proclivities that is generalizable beyond particular social and cultural contexts.
Download or read book Ending the Pursuit of Happiness written by Barry Magid and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-04-10 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all have a right to the pursuit of happiness - but could we actually be happier if we gave that whole thing up? This surprising new book from Zen teacher, psychoanalyst, and critical favorite Barry Magid inspires us - in gentle and winking prose - to move on and make peace with the perfection of the way things actually are, including ourselves. Magid invites us to consider that our "pursuit of happiness" may actually be a source of our suffering. He takes an unusual look at our "secret practices" - what we're really doing when we say we're meditating-like trying to feel calmer, or more compassionate, or even "enlightened" (whatever we imagine that means!). He also uncovers our "curative fantasies" about spiritual practice - those ideas that we can somehow fix all the messy human things about ourselves that we imagine are bad or wrong or unacceptable. In doing so, he helps us look squarely at-and avoid-such pitfalls. Along the way, Magid lays out a rich roadmap of the new "psychological-minded Zen" - a Zen that includes our entire life, our entire personality - as pioneered by his teacher, bestselling author Charlotte Joko Beck.
Download or read book The Sense of an Ending written by Julian Barnes and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-10-05 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A novel that follows a middle-aged man as he contends with a past he never much thought about—until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance: one of them from the grave, another maddeningly present. A novel so compelling that it begs to be read in a single setting, The Sense of an Ending has the psychological and emotional depth and sophistication of Henry James at his best, and is a stunning achievement in Julian Barnes's oeuvre. Tony Webster thought he left his past behind as he built a life for himself, and his career has provided him with a secure retirement and an amicable relationship with his ex-wife and daughter, who now has a family of her own. But when he is presented with a mysterious legacy, he is forced to revise his estimation of his own nature and place in the world.
Download or read book Forms and Functions of Endings in Narrative Digital Games written by Michelle Herte and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-16 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks closely at the endings of narrative digital games, examining their ways of concluding the processes of both storytelling and play in order to gain insight into what endings are and how we identify them in different media. While narrative digital games share many representational strategies for signalling their upcoming end with more traditional narrative media – such as novels or movies – they also show many forms of endings that often radically differ from our conventional understanding of conclusion and closure. From vast game worlds that remain open for play after a story’s finale, to multiple endings that are often hailed as a means for players to create their own stories, to the potentially tragic endings of failure and "game over", digital games question the traditional singularity and finality of endings. Using a broad range of examples, this book delves deeply into these and other forms and their functions, both to reveal the closural specificities of the ludonarrative hybrid that digital games are, as well as to find the core elements that characterise endings in any medium. It examines how endings make themselves known to players and raises the question of how well-established closural conventions blend with play and a player’s effort to achieve a goal. As an interdisciplinary study that draws on game studies as much as on transmedial narratology, Forms and Functions of Endings in Narrative Digital Games is suited for scholars and students of digital games as well as for narratologists yet to become familiar with this medium.
Download or read book Never Ending Prayer written by Bert Hoedemaker and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is Christian ‘tradition’ to be maintained as the absolute body of truth? Can it be used selectively depending on the preferences of individual believers? What can ‘religious truth’ possibly mean in our age of opinions and overwhelming cultural diversity? These are unsettling questions for Christians, their effect aggravated by our daily encounter with non-western cultures and non-Christian religions, and by the increasing presentation of secularism and atheism as the ‘normal’ way of life. In Never-Ending Prayer, Bert Hoedemaker outlines the continuing importance of tradition, while showing that in facing these challenges our understanding of tradition needs a ‘reset’. Drawing on his own experiences of world Christianity, he reconstructs the Christian tradition in such a way that it no longer defines and defends itself as a specific body of concepts and practices over against ’the world’ but as a living community originating in and remaining in interaction with humanity’s permanent struggles. It is presented as a system of religious imagination in which prayer is the driving force and reconciliation is seen as the destination of humankind.
Download or read book The never ending Brief Encounter written by Brian McFarlane and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-28 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book for all those who have been absorbed and moved by Brief Encounter in the seventy or so years since its first appearance. It explores the central relationship of the film, where two people who fall unexpectedly in love come to realise that there is more to life than self-gratification. Mores have undoubtedly changed, for better or worse, but that essential moral choice has never lost its power. While acknowledging this, the book goes further in an effort to account for the way the film has passed into the wider culture. People born decades after its first appearance are now adept at picking up references to it, whether a black-and-white scene in a much later film or a passing joke about a bald man in a barber’s shop.
Download or read book THE VARIOUS PHASES AND ENCOUNTERS WITH TRANSITIONAL LIFE Evaluating and Understanding each Experience in a Lifetime written by Luis Antonio Rivera and published by Ibukku LLC. This book was released on 2020-04-22 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seeking continuous improvement and ways to make an impact on society, Dr. Luis decided to further his academic career. He started his masters from the Autonomous University of Mexico. This greatly helped him in understanding how the society behaved and he developed a clear concept of in which direction he wished his career to head in. Since excellence has no boundaries, which inspired this great man to go beyond the mere boundaries of a master’s degree. He went further to earn not one, but two PhD’s in Psychology and Urbanism from the world-renowned States of New York and California. This enlightened him to fight for the right s of those who were unable to do so for themselves or were unaware of even having actual rights. To highlights some of the achievements of Dr. Luis Antonio Rivera: · Remained the mayor of the Municipal of Comerío in Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2000. · Held a professional oce in Puerto Rico. · A capable and acknowledged university professor. · Licensed as a Professional Planner in Puerto Rico and certified in the United States. · A writer of various books on topics pertaining to economics, health, self-help, politics, and Urban planning. · Has been honored in various TV and Radio programs in Puerto Rico and the United States. He is known as “The defender of equality of Puerto Rico” through the ideal of Statehood. Other than that, there is still much more to be said about the personality of this great man. Dr. Luis has been involved in numerous public service subjects such as: · The issue of public education and reforms it needs right now. · Fighting for the rights of special needs and how it has to be supported, highlighted, and promoted. · The development of poor communities by providing them with equal opportunities in terms of education and jobs, and other fields of life. · Especially in the domain of equal rights for women. Dr. Luis has put a lot of efforts in this eld and worked as an advocate for equal rights of women in Puerto Rico and outside as well. · Dr. Luis has also dedicated a lot of efforts towards ensuring the fulfillment of services that people with physical disabilities and special needs are entitled to. Throughout his life, Dr. Luis Antonio Rivera has been fighting for the right of those who couldn’t do it themselves. From being activist for people with special needs, Dr. Luis Rivera has dedicated his life for others, to be the voice of justice and reason, when there is no other.
Download or read book Encountering Buddhism in Twentieth Century British and American Literature written by Lawrence Normand and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-10-24 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encountering Buddhism in Twentieth-Century British and American Literature explores the ways in which 20th-century literature has been influenced by Buddhism, and has been, in turn, a major factor in bringing about Buddhism's increasing spread and influence in the West. Focussing on Britain and the United States, Buddhism's influence on a range of key literary texts will be examined in the context of those societies' evolving modernity. Writers discussed include T. S. Eliot, Hermann Hesse, Virginia Woolf, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, J. D. Salinger, Iris Murdoch, Maxine Hong Kingston. This book brings together for the first time a series of context-rich interpretations that demonstrate the importance of literature in this ongoing cultural change in Britain and the United States.
Download or read book Dimensions of Aesthetic Encounters written by Robert E. Innis and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2022-04-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We encounter in our lives things and situations that elicit from us special forms of attention. They affect and inform us in various ways, drawing us in and holding us in their grasp or turning us away. Works of art of all sorts, and nature in its myriad manifestations, exemplify these luring and repelling qualities and potencies. Dimensions of Aesthetic Encounters explores central perceptual, interpretative, and semiotic dimensions of these encounters, combining a wide range of examples and intellectual resources from pragmatist, hermeneutical, and semiotic frameworks. Practicing a kind of "method of rotation" Robert E. Innis breaks down barriers in aesthetic theory and shows their complementary powers. Recurring themes link each chapter, throwing a powerful light on aesthetic encounters by foregrounding such pivotal notions as play, fundedness and the role of memory, the defining quality of an artwork, energies of objects, potencies, rhythm, form, presentational abstraction, medium, symbolization, intuition, role of the body, and the non-argumentative nature of art.
Download or read book FOUNDATIONS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE A COMPREHENSIVE INTRODUCTION written by Dr. Smriti Pareek and published by Thakur Publication Private Limited. This book was released on 2024-01-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: e-Books for the first semester of all undergraduate courses in the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, following the syllabus in accordance with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, including skill enhancement courses, have been published by Thakur Publication Pvt. Ltd.
Download or read book Time s Convert written by Deborah Harkness and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Discovery of Witches and The Black Bird Oracle comes a novel about what it takes to become a vampire—the fourth in the All Souls series. Look for the hit series “A Discovery of Witches,” now streaming on AMC+, Sundance Now, and Shudder! On the battlefields of the American Revolution, Matthew de Clermont meets Marcus MacNeil, a young surgeon from Massachusetts, during a moment of political awakening when it seems that the world is on the brink of a brighter future. When Matthew offers him a chance at immortality and a new life free from the restraints of his puritanical upbringing, Marcus seizes the opportunity to become a vampire. But his transformation is not an easy one and the ancient traditions and responsibilities of the de Clermont family clash with Marcus's deeply held beliefs in liberty, equality, and brotherhood. Fast-forward to contemporary Paris, where Phoebe Taylor--the young employee at Sotheby's whom Marcus has fallen for--is about to embark on her own journey to immortality. Though the modernized version of the process at first seems uncomplicated, the couple discovers that the challenges facing a human who wishes to be a vampire are no less formidable than they were in the eighteenth century. The shadows that Marcus believed he'd escaped centuries ago may return to haunt them both--forever. A passionate love story and a fascinating exploration of the power of tradition and the possibilities not just for change but for revolution, Time's Convert, the fourth books in the All Souls Series channels the supernatural world-building and slow-burning romance that made the previous books instant bestsellers to illuminate a new and vital moment in history, and a love affair that will bridge centuries.
Download or read book Affective Encounters written by Di Wu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-08-17 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Against the background of China's rapidly growing, and sometimes highly controversial, activities in Africa, this book is among the first of its kind to systematically document Sino-African interactions at the everyday level. Based on sixteen months of ethnographic fieldwork at two contrasting sites in Lusaka, Zambia—a Chinese state-sponsored educational farm and a private Chinese family farm—Di Wu focuses on daily interactions among Chinese migrants and their Zambian hosts. Daily communicative events, e.g. banquets, market negotiations, work-place disputes, and various social encounters across a range of settings are used to trace the essential role that emotion/affect plays in forming and reproducing social relations and group identities among Chinese migrants. Wu suggests that affective encounters in everyday situations—as well as failed attempts to generate affect—should not be overlooked in order to fully appreciate Sino-African interactions. Deeply researched and with rich ethnographic detail, this book will be relevant to scholars of anthropology, international development, and others interested in Sino-African relations.
