Download or read book The Grand Illusion written by Sadhu Swarup Singh and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "The Grand Illusion" professor Singh offers unbiased comments from the rationalist's point of view on the concepts of God, belief, customs and ceremonies- which we collectively call "religion." His comments are quite comprehensive, embracing worship, prayer, holy books and places, miracles and salvation, as well as the theory of karma, attributes of God and life's purpose. The author's goal is to shed light on the absurdity of certain ideas, attitudes, and activities in the spiritual realm of religion and faith, thus helping mankind free its thinking from the stifling grip of irrationality, i.e., to become its own helper and savior. His reasoning demonstrates that- just as religious followers believe that "God only helps those who help themselves"- it is humankind, and not God, who is responsible for saving itself. In other words, a spiritual entity saving mankind is an historical absurdity; humanity must be its own savior. The author wants to awaken humanity from its spiritual slumber and open its eyes so that people see for themselves how their behavior is steeped in irrationality. Man is a rational being and his cognition and behavior should confirm and justify rationality. Unfortunately, in any conflict between emotions and intellect, the former invariably wins. Why is that? Emotion (irrationality) is as old as life itself, whereas intellect (rationality) is comparatively an infant on the life's evolutionary scale. Humanity must recognize and nourish this infant so that it develops and becomes our dependable guide. It is not the author's intention to criticize or condemn any religion; religion stands condemned by the behavior of its own followers. In truth, religion has failed in raising man to any higher level and humanity has remained unsaved despite a horde of saviors. The path to progress, enlightenment or further evolutionary growth, without a doubt, lies through reason and rationality - not through religious fervor. The only religion worthy of mankind is "Rationalism and Humanism."

Download or read book Oblivion and Bliss written by Ava Hymes and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-24 with total page 635 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In desperate attempts to escape an unknown world, a young, fatuous girl, named Scarlett finds herself trapped between the crossing fumes of two of the four stratums, a place the boy called The Oblivion. A recollection of the strange tale, that no matter how hard she tried to make go away, just stuck too well to the mind. The thing was, it didn't just stick, it dwelled. The very transpiration lurked and had a mind of it's own. As the two black hands meet twelve on the beast's watch, the two of them must find a way out before it's too late, before The Oblivion itself is destroyed, with them inside. "It puts on an act. A facade. The funny part is, that the place is the exact opposite, a completely different thing than it poses as. The thing that you perceive is completely and utterly false."

Download or read book The Trail of Flame written by A.R. Knight and published by Black Key Books. This book was released on 2023-04-25 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Renewal has begun, and Wax’s journey across the seven isles with it. First up comes Foti, a lava-blasted rock known for its ale and iron. Crossing from its coasts to the Grand Forge is an adventure filled with watchful eyes, glittering creatures, and unseen knives. Deep beneath the surface, Svarde continues his quest to find where the fiends emerge, a dive into depths unknown and deadly in ways the old warrior cannot foresee. Yet, like Wax, there is no turning back from this quest, not until Svarde discovers something he cannot, will not lose, no matter what tries to tear it from his grasp. And in Noctia’s capital, beneath its stone towers, Ami searches for a way to save her friend’s life, a path pushing her into power struggles between sides both dangerous and promising. If she makes the right decision, gets the right chance, then the unending cycle might finally stop for good. The Trail of Flame is the second book in The Seven Isles, a fantasy action-adventure series. Filled with sword-and-sorcery, mysterious secrets, and magical creatures, The Seven Isles is your next ticket to a great story.

Download or read book Instant Happiness written by Vaibhav Datar and published by Vaibhav Datar. This book was released on 2018-05-17 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The difference between successful and unsuccessful people is the capacity to take action. A person who takes consistent actions reaches his goals faster than one who does not. This book gives you six powerful strategies to help you avoid reaction and get into action mode. Each strategy is carefully thought out and implementing one new strategy daily, you would be a changed person in a week. Yes, a week. Take it as a challenge. Learn each one and make them your own.

Download or read book A Heart of Stillness written by Rabbi David A. Cooper and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2013-04-11 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to meditation for people of all faiths, from the best-selling author of God Is a Verb. The only complete nonsectarian guide to meditation, A Heart of Stillness is a comprehensive guidebook to its basic principles and practices. By showing the way to what mystics have experienced for thousands of years, David Cooper's accessible, clear advice provides invaluable guidance both for students already studying with a meditation teacher, and for those who want to develop a meditative practice on their own. Drawing from the wisdom of the world's great spiritual traditions, Cooper teaches basic meditative principles and practices to lead us onto the path of self-discovery.

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Download or read book A Void written by Georges Perec and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 2005 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...a daunting triumph of will pushing its way through imposing roadblocks to a magical country, an absurdist nirvana of humor, pathos, and loss."--Time magazine A Void is a metaphysical whodunit, a story chock-full of plots and subplots, of trails in pursuit of trails, all of which afford Perec occasion to display his virtuosity as a verbal magician. It is also an outrageous verbal stunt: a 300-page novel that never once employs the letter E. The year is 1968, and as France is torn apart by social and political anarchy, the noted eccentric and insomniac Anton Vowl goes missing. Ransacking his Paris flat, his best friends scour his diary for clues to his whereabouts. At first glance these pages reveal nothing but Vowl's penchant for word games, especially for "lipograms," compositions in which the use of a particular letter is suppressed. But as the friends work out Vowl's verbal puzzles, and as they investigate various leads discovered among the entries, they too disappear, one by one by one, and under the most mysterious circumstances . . .

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Download or read book Living to Die Dying to Live written by Michael W. Shirey and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christianity is dying--in parts of the world it is already dead. Yet there is hope, but it will require radical surgery that many are unprepared to accept as necessary. The vast behemoth that calls itself institutional Christianity must die if the Jesus Movement upon which it was founded is to live. The essential message of the Christian gospel is that death leads to new life. Is Christianity ready to embrace this truth and die so that it can live?

Download or read book Under the Shadows written by Gwen Florio and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2018-03-08 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Florio's flawed, complex, compelling heroine faces challenges that are both gut-wrenchingly difficult and all too common today...Far above the crowd."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Grief has nearly consumed journalist Lola Wicks, but her latest assignment leads to a darkness she may never escape. Lola Wicks is in bad shape—a family tragedy has nearly broken her in a way that her years reporting from war zones never did. Her friends, alarmed by signs that Lola is in the grip of a destructive addiction, hope that a freelance assignment will get her back on her feet. Only the threat of having her child removed persuades Lola to head to Salt Lake City to work on a puff piece about overseas adoptions. But the assignment takes a dark turn when the teenager at the center of her story lands in jail facing a murder charge. Setting out to prove the youth's innocence takes Lola to her own dark place, and she's not sure if she'll ever be able to find her way back. Praise for the Lola Wicks Mysteries: "Compelling, realistically flawed characters and a timely story line...make this one of Florio's hardest-hitting mysteries yet."—Library Journal (starred review) "A gutsy series."—The New York Times "Florio captures the culture and poverty on reservations still suffering from greed and mismanagement in a ripped-from-the-headlines story with a shocking ending."—Kirkus Reviews

Download or read book Babur written by Farzana Moon and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 1997 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is The Book Where History Meets The Bride Of Fiction. In This Loveless Union, Both Striving For The Kernels Of Truth. Sixteenth Century Is The Time Period In Which This Saga Unfolds. The Scenario Opens At Kabul In Afghanistan, Down The Slope Of One Small Hill, Called Gulkhaneh. This Hill Lies Against The Majestic Range Of The Himalayas, Where The Biblical Cain Is Believed To Be Buried. Babur Is A Poet, A Mystic, And A Scholar. He Is Dauntless To A Verge Of Recklessness, Loving His Moun¬Tain-Brides, And Indulging In Pleasures Even Amidst The Extremities Of Wars. The Plot And The Characters Follow The Bride¬Groom Of History Like The Phantoms Of The Fate. Yet, The Bride Of Fiction Feeds The Very Lips Of The Words With Exotic Dialogues. The Scenic Splendors Along The Way Shun The Dull Bridegroom Of History, And Welcome The Bride Of Fiction On A Swift, Pleasant Journey Toward The Stairway To India. Babur Is The True Heir Of Tamerlane Sixth In Line From Him As His Paternal Ancestor, And From Genghis Khan As His Maternal Ancestor. After Thirty-Six Years Of Turbulent Rule (Only Five Years In India), When Babur Died At Agra, At The Age Of Forty-Eight, His Empire Extended Eastward From Badakhshan And Kabul Through The Punjab To The Borders Of Bengal. He Died As He Lived ! Like A True Mystic, Espousing Gaiety And Laughter. And Living In The Warmth And Sunshine Of His Great, Great Loves. And Welcoming Death Without Fear ! Rather, Immolating His Life, To Save The Life Of His Beloved Son, Humayun. Thus, Dying In Conformity With His Belief To Live Joyfully And To Die Happily. Farzana Moon Is A Native Of Pakistan. She Is A Teacher And A Writer. Her Poetry And Prose Have Appeared In Literary Journals In The United States. She Is A Citizen Of The United States, And Is Residing In Ohio With Her Husband And Daughter. Her Literary Pursuits Range From Religion To Philosophy, From Politics To History. Her Plays, Includ¬Ing The One Based On The Mahabharata, Are Being Considered By Us And Canadian Publishers. She Plans To Write Six Moghul Sagas, Three Of Which Are Complete. Her Third Moghul Saga, Divine Akbar And Holy India, Is Being Considered By Us And Foreign Publishers.

Download or read book Transformational Embodiment in Asian Religions written by George Pati and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-28 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines several theoretical concerns of embodiment in the context of Asian religious practice. Looking at both subtle and spatial bodies, it explores how both types of embodiment are engaged as sites for transformation, transaction and transgression. Collectively bridging ancient and modern conceptualizations of embodiment in religious practice, the book offers a complex mapping of how body is defined. It revisits more traditional, mystical religious systems, including Hindu Tantra and Yoga, Tibetan Buddhism, Bon, Chinese Daoism and Persian Sufism and distinctively juxtaposes these inquiries alongside analyses of racial, gendered, and colonized bodies. Such a multifaceted subject requires a diverse approach, and so perspectives from phenomenology and neuroscience as well as critical race theory and feminist theology are utilised to create more precise analytical tools for the scholarly engagement of embodied religious epistemologies. This a nuanced and interdisciplinary exploration of the myriad issues around bodies within religion. As such it will be a key resource for any scholar of Religious Studies, Asian Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, Philosophy, and Gender Studies.

Download or read book Am I written by Ratan Lal and published by Sai Towers Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is The Story Of One Woman'S Journey To Find Her Answer To 'Who Am I Really?' The Author Was Born Near Rosslyn Chapel In Scotland, However Now Resides In Australia. Since Childhood Her Search To Find 'The Meaning Of Life' Began In Earnest, Leading Her To Varied Experiences And Travel To Many Countries Of Spiritual Significance. Finally Her Journey Took Her To India Where She Discovered 'The Jewel In The Crown'- Sri Sathya Sai Baba. This Book Is A Record Of Baba'S Answers To All Areas Of Universal Understanding.

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Download or read book Sleep as a State of Consciousness in Advaita Ved nta written by Arvind Sharma and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indian philosophy bases itself on three states of consciousness: waking, dreaming, and deep sleep. Deep sleep, or susupti, plays an important role in Advaita Vedanta, the major philosophical school that advocates a doctrine of pure consciousness. Explaining and savoring this paradox, this book shows how the concept of deep sleep can be used in Advaita Vedanta to reveal a philosophical insight, validate an argument, illustrate a moral, or adorn a tale. Arvind Sharma explores why sleep is a phenomenon that philosophers should be interested in and examines it in classical Hindu religious texts, including the Upanisads, and in foundational, early, and modern Advaita Vedanta.