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The Way That Lives in the Heart

Author : Jean Elizabeth DeBernardi

Publisher : Stanford University Press

Page : 404 pages

File Size : 11,1 MB

Release : 2006

Category : Religion

ISBN : 9780804752923

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The Way That Lives in the Heart is a richly detailed ethnographic analysis of the practice of Chinese religion in the modern, multicultural Southeast Asian city of Penang, Malaysia. The book conveys both an understanding of shared religious practices and orientations and a sense of how individual men and women imagine, represent, and transform popular religious practices within the time and space of their own lives. This work is original in three ways. First, the author investigates Penang Chinese religious practice as a total field of religious practice, suggesting ways in which the religious culture, including spirit-mediumship, has been transformed in the conjuncture with modernity. Second, the book emphasizes the way in which socially marginal spirit mediums use a religious anti-language and unique religious rituals to set themselves apart from mainstream society. Third, the study investigates Penang Chinese religion as the product of a specific history, rather than presenting an overgeneralized overview that claims to represent a single "Chinese religion."



The Way of the Heart

Author : Henri J. M. Nouwen

Publisher : Megabooks

Page : 81 pages

File Size : 31,6 MB

Release : 1983-01-01

Category : Apophthegmata Patrum

ISBN : 9780345305305

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Illuminating four spiritual disciplines, the distinguished theologian shares his inspiring wisdom in this handsome new gift-sized volume.



A Path with Heart

Author : Jack Kornfield

Publisher : Bantam

Page : 383 pages

File Size : 33,37 MB

Release : 2009-10-21

Category : Body, Mind & Spirit

ISBN : 0307573737

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“This important guidebook shows in detail and with great humor and insight the way to practice the Buddha’s universal teachings here in the West. Jack Kornfield is a wonderful storyteller and a great teacher.”—Thich Nhat Hanh “Jack is helping to pave the path for American Buddhism, bringing essential basics into our crazy modern lives. And the language he uses is as simple and as lovely as our breath.”—Natalie Goldberg Perhaps the most important book yet written on meditation, the process of inner transformation, and the integration of spiritual practice into our American way of life, A Path with Heart brings alive one by one the challenges of spiritual living in the modern world. Written by a teacher, psychologist, and meditation master of international renown, this warm, inspiring, and expert book touches on a wide range of essential issues including many rarely addressed in spiritual books. From compassion, addiction, and psychological and emotional healing, to dealing with problems involving relationships and sexuality, to the creation of a Zen-like simplicity and balance in all facets of life, it speaks to the concerns of many modern spiritual seekers, both those beginning on the path and those with years of experience. A Path with Heart is filled with practical techniques, guided meditations, stories, koans, and other gems of wisdom that can help ease your journey through the world. The author’s own profound—and sometimes humorous—experiences and gentle assistance will skillfully guide you through the obstacles and trials of spiritual and contemporary life to bring a clarity of perception and a sense of the sacred into your everyday experience. Reading this book will touch your heart and remind you of the promises inherent in meditation and in a life of the spirit: the blossoming of inner peace, wholeness, and understanding, and the achievement of a happiness that is not dependent on external conditions. Sure to be a classic, A Path with Heart shows us how we can bring our spirituality to flower every day of our lives. It is a wise and gentle guidebook for an odyssey into the soul that enables us to achieve a deeper, more satisfying life in the world.



The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart

Author : Alice Walker

Publisher : Ballantine Books

Page : 211 pages

File Size : 32,32 MB

Release : 2012-02-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0307816966

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"These are the stories that came to me to be told after the close of a magical marriage to an extraordinary man that ended in a less-than-magical divorce. I found myself unmoored, unmated, ungrounded in a way that challenged everything I'd ever thought about human relationships. Situated squarely in that terrifying paradise called freedom, precipitously out on so many emotional limbs, it was as if I had been born; and in fact I was being reborn as the woman I was to become." So says Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker about her beautiful new book, in which "one of the best American writers today" (The Washington Post) gives us superb stories based on rich truths from her own experience. Imbued with Walker's wise philosophy and understanding of people, the spirit, sex and love, The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart begins with a lyrical, autobiographical story of a marriage set in the violent and volatile Deep South during the early years of the civil rights movement. Walker goes on to imagine stories that grew out of the life following that marriage—a life, she writes, that was "marked by deep sea-changes and transitions." These provocative stories showcase Walker's hard-won knowledge of love of many kinds and of the relationships that shape our lives, as well as her infectious sense of humor and joy. Filled with wonder at the power of the life force and of the capacity of human beings to move through love and loss and healing to love again, The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart is an enriching, passionate book by "a lavishly gifted writer" (The New York Times Book Review).



A Heart Like Jesus

Author : Max Lucado

Publisher : Thomas Nelson

Page : 96 pages

File Size : 16,68 MB

Release : 2009-06-21

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1418515590

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The heart of Jesus is sacred, and the lessons and examples it provides to us are paramount in our daily mission to follow in His footsteps. Max Lucado poses the question "what if, for one day and night, your heart was replaced by the heart of Christ?" That thought-provoking question leads to many personal revelations demonstrating that we can recast our hearts to be more like that of Jesus, and the blessings created by the transformation will unleash ripples to the widest edges of our lives and those around us.



Ecology at the Heart of Faith

Author : Denis Edwards

Publisher :

Page : 174 pages

File Size : 40,41 MB

Release : 2006

Category : Nature

ISBN :

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"In a world born of the "big bang," Edwards shows that humanity and the world are together being made into the image of God. The heart of faith is an ecological communion that holds together and grows in love toward the fullness of life imaged in the Resurrection of Jesus. Denis Edwards helps the general reader, the preacher, the spiritual director, the student, and the theologian tear down the walls that too often separate mysticism, theology, prophecy, poetry, and science." -- Book jacket.



Minding the Heart

Author : Saucy, Robert

Publisher : Kregel Publications

Page : 292 pages

File Size : 23,27 MB

Release : 2013-09-13

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0825479908

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The heart is the most important biblical term for the person's nature and actions. Indeed, the heart is the control center of life. It is the very place where God works to change us. But how does this growth take place? How are Christians to discover the steadfast spirit of David's psalm? In Minding the Heart, Robert L. Saucy offers insightful instruction on what spiritual transformation is and how to achieve it. He shows how renewing one's mind through meditation, action, and community can begin the process of change, but ultimately the final change—the change that brings abundant life—can only come through a vital relationship with God. "The renewing of the heart is an inescapable human need," writes Saucy, "but the solution lies only within the realm of the divine." Drawing from inspiring Bible passages as well as selected scientific studies, Saucy demonstrates how to make lasting change so Christians can finally achieve the joys of becoming more like Christ.



The Way of Heart and Beauty

Author : Deng Ming-Dao

Publisher : Hampton Roads Publishing Company

Page : 228 pages

File Size : 49,54 MB

Release : 2019

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 1571748393

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"This is a book that draws on ancient Chinese wisdom to explore the critical life issues: What is our place in nature? How do we make right decisions? How do we respect the earth? How are we to view life and death? What is the path we should live to truly achieve a good and meaningful life? For Deng Ming-Dao, the two entry points for this exploration are two words: The first is the Chinese word for "heart"--which means heart, mind, intention, center, core intelligence, and soul. And the second is the word beauty--which connotes the pleasure we take in art, design, fashion, and music. Our hearts love beauty, and beauty opens our hearts. In this profound collection of fresh and contemporary translations of ancient texts, Deng Ming-Dao gathers over 220 selections that deal with the essence of heart and beauty. Topics include: how to be great, how long it takes to follow your heart, how to bring order to the world, how to know everything, how to pacify the heart, and much more. Here are stories, fables, poems, and epigrams that delight, inspire, and inform."--Amazon.com.



The Way of the Traveler's H.E.A.R.T.

Author : Julie A. Zolfo

Publisher : Gatekeeper Press

Page : 150 pages

File Size : 39,38 MB

Release : 2021-11-01

Category : Travel

ISBN : 1662919476

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“And so the adventure begins…” Do you love travel? Adventure? Excitement? And do you find daily everyday life… lackluster, tiresome, or too regimented? You feel the most alive and free when you’re traveling so the days and nights at home feel like you’re just biding your time until your next trip. Then you need Julie A. Zolfo and “The Traveler’s H.E.A.R.T.” This concept is an approach to living everyday a life filled with connection, curiosity, courage, clarity, and co-creating. Join Julie as she travels the world, loses herself, and ultimately finds that while travel fuels her, her H.E.A.R.T. is what guides her every day. With the Wisdoms and Desires of The Traveler’s H.E.A.R.T., you’ll be able to explore new possibilities, step in and experiment without expectations, and step out and expand beyond what you know – at home or in your travels. www.juliezolfo.com



The Heart and Other Monsters

Author : Rose Andersen

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Page : 228 pages

File Size : 45,51 MB

Release : 2020-07-07

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 163557515X

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"Impossible to put down. It haunts me still.” -Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, author of The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir A riveting, deeply personal exploration of the opioid crisis-an empathic memoir infused with hints of true crime. In November 2013, Rose Andersen's younger sister Sarah died of an overdose in the bathroom of her boyfriend's home in a small town with one of the highest rates of opioid use in the state. Like too many of her generation, she had become addicted to heroin. Sarah was 24 years old. To imagine her way into Sarah's life, Rose revisits their volatile childhood, marked by their stepfather's omnipresent rage and their father's pathological lying. As the dysfunction comes into focus, so does a broader picture of the opioid crisis and the drug rehabilitation industry in small towns across America. And when Rose learns from the coroner that Sarah's cause of death was a methamphetamine overdose, the story takes a wildly unexpected turn. As Andersen sifts through her sister's last days, we come to recognize the contours of grief and its aftermath: the psychic shattering which can turn to anger, the pursuit of an ever-elusive verdict, and the intensely personal rites of imagination and art needed to actually move on. Reminiscent of Alex Marzano-Lesnevich's The Fact of a Body, Maggie Nelson's Jane: A Murder, and Lacy M. Johnson's The Other Side, Andersen's debut is a potent, profoundly original journey into and out of loss.