Self Hatred: The Silent Devil


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Self Hatred as Silent and Unconscious If we are not loving ourselves, we are hating ourselves. The easiest way to learn what self love looks like is to learn what self hatred looks like. One of the reasons why self hatred is so destructive is because it is silent. Self hatred is the Silent Devil. Why silent? Because the more strongly we vibrate as self hatred the less likely we are to be aware of it. A quick test is to feel how offended we are by the suggestion that we may hold a vibration of self hatred. The stronger the feeling of anger or offence the more likely it is that we vibrate strongly in this vibration. It is the shame of this vibration which keeps it suppressed. Even though shame keeps the vibration of self hatred mostly suppressed and unconscious, we know that it is energetically impossible to feel something that is not already within us. Hence, we cannot be offended by someone or something unless we already are the feeling when we feel offended. Self Hatred is Currently The Norm It will become clearer as we explore self hatred in depth that this vibration, this vibration of self hatred, is actually held by most individuals on Earth at this time to at least some extent. It is also true that this vibration, this vibration of self hatred, is also barely understood by most people on planet Earth. This Guide does two things: 1) Shows us what it means to not love ourselves as God. 2) Shows us that happiness comes at the end of self hatred. Who Am I To Speak on Self Hatred? At the age of 4 I realised I was a girl, I had up until this point assumed that I was a boy. I grew up in a very controlled environment and regardless of my gender identification I was not allowed to express myself authentically in any way. To deal with my emotional trauma and mental pain I turned to religion at a very young age, namely at 10 or 11 years old. After experiencing the religion of Christianity I converted to Islam at the age of 18 and by the age of 21 I left religion entirely. At the age of 21 I was in a state of being which was terrified to speak in public - meaning that I would literally feel fear every time I spoke in front of people. At the age of 29 I embraced myself as male and I underwent a physical gender transformation - but my pain was far from over. In order to speak as I now can, I have had to go through the most complex and advanced spiritual becoming in the history of human civilisation. I experience pain both meta-physically and astronomically. For the purposes of this Guide and its relevance to you, I invite you to know that I have come from being a perfect embodiment of self hatred and what it means to hate oneself, to being an embodiment of peace and self love. This incredibly difficult process qualifies me to speak candidly and directly on the matter of self hatred. May this Guide serve to enrich your life abundantly.




The Silent Seduction of Self-Talk


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We speak to ourselves at a rate of 1,300 words per minute, making constant assessments and judgments often filtered through sinful and selfish agendas. Women acknowledge that they are particularly vulnerable to this temptation and dangers of self-talk as they compare and judge themselves against others. The Silent Seduction of Self-Talk provides a readable narrative and practical tools that help readers surface the inner conflicts that churn below the waterline of their awareness. These dialogues can make them blind to the Scriptural truth that the vision they hold of themselves and the reality of their walk in Christ are often polar opposites. Shelley explores real-life examples and includes tools to assist in the spiritual disciplines of self-assessment, repentance, commitment, and transformation.




From Existence to Life


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Into the Silent Land


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Sitting in stillness, the practice of meditation, and the cultivation of awareness are commonly thought to be the preserves of Hindus and Buddhists. Martin Laird shows that the Christian tradition of contemplation has its own refined teachings on using a prayer word to focus the mind, working with the breath to cultivate stillness, and the practice of inner vigilance or awareness. But this book is not a mere historical survey of these teachings. In Into the Silent Land, we see the ancient wisdom of both the Christian East and West brought sharply to bear on the modern-day longing for radical openness to God in the depths of the heart. Laird's book is not like the many presentations for beginners. While useful for those just starting out, this book serves especially as a guide for those who desire to journey yet deeper into the silence of God. The heart of the book focuses on negotiating key moments of struggle on the contemplative path, when the whirlwind of distractions or the brick wall of boredom makes it difficult to continue. Laird shows that these inner struggles, even wounds, that any person of prayer must face, are like riddles, trying to draw out of us our own inner silence. Ultimately Laird shows how the wounds we loathe become vehicles of the healing silence we seek, beyond technique and achievement. Throughout the language is fresh, direct, and focused on real-life examples of people whose lives are incomparably enriched by the practice of contemplation.




Silent Days, Silent Dreams


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Caldecott Medal winner Allen Say brings his lavish illustrations and hybrid narrative and artistic styles to the story of artist James Castle. James Castle was born two months premature on September 25, 1899, on a farm in Garden Valley, Idaho. He was deaf, mute, autistic, and probably dyslexic. He didn't walk until he was four; he would never learn to speak, write, read, or use sign language.Yet, today Castle's artwork hangs in major museums throughout the world. The Philadelphia Museum of Art opened "James Castle: A Retrospective" in 2008. The 2013 Venice Biennale included eleven works by Castle in the feature exhibition "The Encyclopedic Palace." And his reputation continues to grow.Caldecott Medal winner Allen Say, author of the acclaimed memoir Drawing from Memory, takes readers through an imagined look at Castle's childhood, allows them to experience his emergence as an artist despite the overwhelming difficulties he faced, and ultimately reveals the triumphs that he would go on toachieve.




A New Order of Meditation


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Banish Your Inner Critic


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“Gives you the practical tools you need to own the room by owning yourself. Banish that inner devil’s advocate and become as powerful as you can be.” —Alan Cooper, software alchemist, cofounder of Cooper As the Founder and Chief Creativity Evangelist of “The Creative Dose,” Denise Jacobs teaches techniques to make the creative process more fluid, methods for making work environments more conducive to personal productivity, and practices for sparking innovation. Now, in her book, Banish Your Inner Critic, Denise shows you how to defeat those barriers that are holding you back and achieve success through a positive mental attitude. Banish Your Inner Critic shows you how to move beyond that mental block to your creative ideas, realize instant relief and lasting insight, and: · Identify and quiet the voice of self-doubt in your head · Master 3 powerful practices that will transform how you relate to yourself and your creativity forever · Overcome the fear of not knowing enough or not being original enough · Free yourself from comparisons, overwhelm, high self-criticism and self-sabotage · Transform your self-talk into a tool for success · Generate more creative ideas than ever before · Embrace your expertise and share your brilliance with the world Banish your Inner Critic to start doing your best work, achieving excellence, and contributing meaningfully to the world! “If you’re interested in diving deep into your own creative genius, this book will give you an abundance of ways to do that.” —Michelle Villalobos, “The Superstar Activator” & founder of The Women’s Success Summit “A book I believe will inspire a new generation to step out of the shadows and shine.” —Paul Boag, author of User Experience Revolution




Silencing The Self


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"This book is relevant to anyone grappling with the central challenge of relationships: how to achieve connections to others without losing oneself."--Deborah Tannen (author of You Just Don't Understand), New York Times Book Review




The Silent Path


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"The Silent Path" is an invitation to dive into the deep mysteries of life. It is an invitation to take an adventurous journey into the depths of your inner being. Every insight and understanding in this writing comes from the innermost recesses of a human heart that went in search of the ultimate Truth. This book is a reflection of an Awakened mind; a mind that transcended the confines of all known boundaries of human conception. Some of the questions this book attempts to answer: What is the true nature of my mind, body, and Self? What is meditation and how do I practice it? How can I attain to my inner peace, certainty, and happiness? What is life and how do I understand it fully? How can I go beyond my daily strife and struggle? What is spirituality and how do I pursue it? What exactly is Enlightenment and how do I attain it? This book is transcribed from talks delivered by Avi, answering personal questions of spiritual seekers. Your journey through these pages will be like taking a bite from a rare, succulent fruit of some far-off land, where it has been growing and waiting for years, just for you. May the freshness of this new taste linger in your soul forever.




Self and Wisdom in Arts-Based Contemplative Inquiry in Education


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By foregrounding a first-person perspective, this text enacts and explores self-reflection as a mode of inquiry in educational research and highlights the centrality of the individual researcher in the construction of knowledge. Engaging in particular with the work of Thomas Merton through a dialogical approach to his writings, Self and Wisdom in Arts-Based Contemplative Inquiry in Education offers rich examples of personal engagement with text and art to illustrate the pervasive influence of the personal in reflective, narrative, and aesthetic forms of inquiry. Chapters consider methodological and philosophical implications of self-study and contemplative research in educational contexts, and show how dialogic approaches can enrich empirical forms of inquiry, and inform pedagogical practice. In its embrace of a contemplative voice within an academic treatise, the text offers a rich example of arts-based contemplative inquiry. This unique text will be of interest to postgraduate scholars, researchers, and academics working in the fields of educational philosophy, arts-based and qualitative research methodologies and Merton studies.