Practicing Transcendence - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Practicing Transcendence write by Christopher Peet. This book was released on 2019-06-05. Practicing Transcendence available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book introduces readers to the concept of the Axial Age and its relevance for a world in crisis. Scholars have become increasingly interested in philosopher Karl Jaspers’ thesis that a spiritual revolution in consciousness during the first millennium BCE decisively shaped world history. Axial ideas of transcendence develop into ideologies for world religions and civilizations, in turn coalescing into a Eurasian world-system that spreads globally to become the foundation of our contemporary world. Alongside ideas and ideologies, the Axial Age also taught spiritual practices critically resisting the new scale of civilizational power: in small counter-cultural communities on the margins of society, they turn our conscious focus inward to transform ourselves and overcome the destructive potentials within human nature. Axial spiritualities offer humanity a practical wisdom, a profound psychology, and deep hope: to transform despair into resilience, helping us face with courage the ecological and political challenges confronting us today.
Transcendence
Transcendence - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Transcendence write by Norman E. Rosenthal. This book was released on 2012-02. Transcendence available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Norman E. Rosenthal, MD, a twenty-year researcher at the National Institute of Mental Health and the celebrated psychiatrist who pioneered the study and treatment of Season Affective Disorder (SAD), brings us the most important work on Transcendental Meditation since the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Science of Being and Art of Living - and one of our generation's most significant books on achieving greater physical and mental health and wellness. Transcendence demystifies the practice and benefits of Transcendental Meditation for a general audience who may have heard about the method but do not necessarily know what it is, how it is learned, or what they stand to gain, physically and emotionally, from achieving transcendence. Dr Rosenthal clearly and practically explains the basic ideas behind Transcendental Meditation: It is a nonreligious practice that involves sitting comfortably for twenty minutes twice a day while using a silent mantra, or nonverbal sound, to attain a profound state of aware relaxation. Alongside exclusive celebrity interviews-where figures like Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Martin Scorsese, Russell Brand, Laura Dern, Moby and David Lynch openly discuss their meditation - Dr Rosenthal draws upon experience from the lives of his patients and a wealth of clinical research amassed on TM over the past generation (340 peer-reviewed published articles). He provides the fullest and most accessible book ever on the broad range of benefits of this remarkably simple practice, from relief of anxiety, stress and depression to new hope for those experiencing addiction, attention-deficit disorder, or post-traumatic stress disorder.
Interpreting and Explaining Transcendence
Interpreting and Explaining Transcendence - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Interpreting and Explaining Transcendence write by Robert A. Yelle. This book was released on 2021-09-07. Interpreting and Explaining Transcendence available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this volume, an interdisciplinary group of scholars uses history, sociology, anthropology, and semiotics to approach Transcendence as a human phenomenon, and shows the unavoidability of thinking with and through the Beyond. Religious experience has often been defined as an encounter with a transcendent God. Yet humans arguably have always tried to get outside or beyond themselves and society. The drive to exceed some limit or condition of finitude is an eduring aspect of culture, even in a "disenchanted" society that may have cut off most paths of access to the Beyond. The contributors to this volume demonstrate the humanity of Transcendence in various ways: as an effort to get beyond our crass physical materiality; as spiritual entrepreneurship; as the ecstasy of rituals of possession; and as a literary, aesthetic, and semiotic event. These efforts build from a shared conviction that Transcendene is thoroughly human, and accordingly avoid purely confessional and parochial approches while taking seriously the various claims and behavioral expressions of traditions in which Transcendence has been understood in theological terms.
An Opportunity for Transcendence
An Opportunity for Transcendence - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook An Opportunity for Transcendence write by W R Heustis. This book was released on 2021-08-24. An Opportunity for Transcendence available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For a time, The compassionate One had wandered from one village to the next. His purpose or intent was veiled from those who often viewed him as nothing more than a simple beggar. But for those with eyes to see, they recognized his importance to their community. And on this day, and at this particular moment, those in this village knew a man deeply enfolded in samadhi had appeared. But with time and exposure, this man of considerable insight provoked the village elders' conscience. His words bit into their souls. His example put theirs to shame. But when a dark motive began to stir, and the elders chose to be rid of someone of the light, a girl not quite in her teens intervened. She would prove to be the one that saved the holy man's life. And with that, he finally accepted her as his student but not without reluctance. Their paths, however, would eventually part. But with time and further experience, they would reunite once again when the time was most appropriate and the girl was finally prepared to listen.
The Gift of Adversity
The Gift of Adversity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Gift of Adversity write by Norman E Rosenthal MD. This book was released on 2014-09-04. The Gift of Adversity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Now in paperback—this acclaimed book from Norman Rosenthal, the New York Times–bestselling author and research psychiatrist, shows how life’s disappointments and difficulties provide us with the lessons we need to become happier and more resilient human beings. Winner of the 2014 Nautilus Award represents “Better Books for a Better World”—the Silver Award in the category of Heroic Journeys. Adversity is an irreducible fact of life. Although we can and should learn from all experiences, both positive and negative, bestselling author Dr. Norman E. Rosenthal, believes that adversity is by far the best teacher most of us will ever encounter. Whether the adversity one experiences is the result of poor decision-making, a desire to test one’s mettle, or plain bad luck, Rosenthal believes life’s most important lessons—from the value of family to the importance of occasionally cutting corners—can be best learned from it. Running counter to society’s current prevailing message that “excellence” must always be aspired to, and failure or mistakes of any sort are to be avoided at all costs, Rosenthal shows that engaging with our own failures and defeats is one of the only ways we are able to live authentic and meaningful lives, and that each different type of adversity carries its own challenges and has the potential to yield its own form of wisdom. Using stories from his own life—including his childhood in apartheid-era South Africa, his years after suffering a violent attack from a stranger, and his career as a psychiatrist—as well as case studies and discussions with well-known figures like Viktor Frankl and David Lynch, Rosenthal shows that true innovation, emotional resilience, wisdom, and dignity can only come from confronting and understanding the adversity we have experienced. Even when life is hardest, there are meanings to be found, riches to be harvested, and gifts that can last a lifetime. Rosenthal illustrates his message through a series of compact, memorable chapters, each one drawn from episodes in the lives of his patients, colleagues, or himself, and concluded with a take-away maxim on the lesson learned.
