Sacred Jewel Within


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Li-Ing (pronounced as “ Lee Ing”) Wu is a humanitarian. She has worked for and supported humanity for more than twenty years. From a young age, she has been on spiritual quest with the passion to understand and uplift humanity. Born and raised in Taiwan, coupled with her journey West to America and Australia , she has been well exposed to various esoteric heritages including Taoism, Buddhism, Naturalism , Existentialism and many New Age esoteric teachings. Observing our global crisis at hand, she wishes to help humanity by sharing many of her intuited metaphysical insights along with simple hands-on tools in our daily routines to assists us to bridge our head with our heart; our human-conditioned ego self with our Soul Self to live a happier, more balanced and fulfilling life. In her book Sacred Jewel Within, using macroscopic views outside the sheep- mind conditionings, Li-Ing (meaning “Beautiful Shining Jade”) guides us on a gentle and easy tour to: Remember our divine origin and reclaim our real divine identity Explain the origin and re-evaluate our man-made concepts and conditionings See life’s perfection, purpose and meaning from paradoxical, holistic and cosmic views beyond tick-tacks Priorities our Soul Self by shedding unnecessary justifications and burden in life’s journey Re-align with our Soul Self with Self-loyalty as the compass to life. Be a powerful creator using the Law of Manifestation Connect with all other sentient beings with Empathy and Compassion Li-Ing lives in Queensland, Australia. She enjoys a simple life with her friends and family. Li-Ing’s life thrust is, “life is a ball, and my love heals all”.




Jewels Within a Teardrop


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Poetry is the artwork of the literary world, and Jewels within a Teardrop offers both: -- 16 beautiful, evocative paintings by the author, and a fine anthology of haunting poems that explore the nature of the universe, the Creator, humanity, and our relationships with each other. Unhampered by the linearity of prose, Toni Salerno uses the poet's freedom to paint images that resonate with our deepest hopes and fears, and joys and pain -- hopes for a new age and the fear that blocks us from it, the pain of separation from our Creator or a lover, and the joy of reunion. Toni's poetry is a true roller-coaster for the emotions.




The Sea and the Sacred in Japan


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The Sea and the Sacred in Japan is the first book to focus on the role of the sea in Japanese religions. While many leading Shinto deities tend to be understood today as unrelated to the sea, and mountains are considered the privileged sites of sacredness, this book provides new ways to understand Japanese religious culture and history. Scholars from North America, Japan and Europe explore the sea and the sacred in relation to history, culture, politics, geography, worldviews and cosmology, space and borders, and ritual practices and doctrines. Examples include Japanese indigenous conceptualizations of the sea from the Middle Ages to the 20th century; ancient sea myths and rituals; sea deities and sea cults; the role of the sea in Buddhist cosmology; and the international dimension of Japanese Buddhism and its maritime imaginary.




Jewel in the Ashes


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Focusing on the ninth to the fourteenth centuries, this study analyzes the ways in which relics functioned as material media for the interactions of Buddhist clerics, the imperial family, lay aristocrats, and warrior society and explores the multivocality of relics by dealing with specific historical examples. Brian Ruppert argues that relics offered means for reinforcing or subverting hierarchical relations. The author's critical literary and anthropological analyses attest to the prominence of relic veneration in government, in lay practice associated with the maintenance of the imperial line and warrior houses, and in the promotion of specific Buddhist sects in Japan.




Japanese Art Motives


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Every Story Ever Told


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In this life-affirming novel of trauma and recovery, a girl searches for a path forward after being forced to confront the reality of gun violence, for fans of Dusti Bowling and Jasmine Warga. Stevie Jane Cohen-Kaplan’s sheltered suburban life is shattered by a mass shooting at a festival in her town. In the aftermath, her brain feels broken. She can’t bear to visit her mom, recovering in the hospital under Stevie’s dad’s watchful eye, or to be pent up in her grandparents’ nearby Manhattan apartment. To escape the apartment and her own thoughts, Stevie starts adventuring around New York City with her best friend, Avi, and a new therapy dog (in training). The trio starts chasing stories—about a neighbor’s life after the Holocaust, Stevie’s grandfathers who died of AIDS long before she was born, and even about her own mom’s activist upbringing. These stories may not bring Stevie all the way back to “normal,” but can they help her find a new version of herself? Written with compassion and care, Every Story Ever Told places readers at the center of their own story and within a larger human tapestry, as one girl tries to make sense of the unthinkable.




Nautical Magazine


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The Nautical Magazine


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The Nautical Magazine for 1833


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The 1833 Nautical Magazine includes articles on steam power, Arctic exploration, Australia, the Pacific, and detailed advice for young sailors.