New Self, New World
New Self, New World

Author: Philip Shepherd

Publisher: North Atlantic Books

Published: 2011-05-31

Total Pages: 514

ISBN-13: 1583944028

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In the tradition of Quantum Healing and Guns, Germs and Steel, Philip Shepherd's New Self, New World makes an intellectual inquiry into how we might restore freedom, creativity, and a sense of presence in the moment by rejecting several fundamental myths about being human New Self, New World challenges the primary story of what it means to be human, the random and materialistic lifestyle that author Philip Shepherd calls our “shattered reality.” This reality encourages us to live in our heads, self-absorbed in our own anxieties. Drawing on diverse sources and inspiration, New Self, New World reveals that our state of head-consciousness falsely teaches us to see the body as something we possess and to try to take care of it without ever really learning how to inhabit it. Shepherd articulates his vision of a world in which each of us enjoys a direct, unmediated experience of being alive. He petitions against the futile pursuit of the “known self” and instead reveals the simple grace of just being present. In compelling prose, Shepherd asks us to surrender to the reality of “what is” that enables us to reunite with our own being. Each chapter is accompanied by exercises meant to bring Shepherd’s vision into daily life, what the author calls a practice that “facilitates the voluntary sabotage of long-standing patterns.” New Self, New World is at once a philosophical primer, a spiritual handbook, and a roaming inquiry into human history.

Becoming a New Self
Becoming a New Self

Author: Moshe Sluhovsky

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 022647299X

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In Becoming a New Self, Moshe Sluhovsky examines the diffusion of spiritual practices among lay Catholics in early modern Europe. By offering a close examination of early modern Catholic penitential and meditative techniques, Sluhovsky makes the case that these practices promoted the idea of achieving a new self through the knowing of oneself. Practices such as the examination of conscience, general confession, and spiritual exercises, which until the 1400s had been restricted to monastic elites, breached the walls of monasteries in the period that followed. Thanks in large part to Franciscans and Jesuits, lay urban elites—both men and women—gained access to spiritual practices whose goal was to enhance belief and create new selves. Using Michel Foucault’s writing on the hermeneutics of the self, and the French philosopher’s intuition that the early modern period was a moment of transition in the configurations of the self, Sluhovsky offers a broad panorama of spiritual and devotional techniques of self-formation and subjectivation.

A New Self-image
A New Self-image

Author: Peter M. Kalellis

Publisher: Thomas More Association

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9780895050762

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Abstract: An inward journey explores the personality examining habits, patterns, character traits, and strengths. Fear and self-doubt can sap energies. Procrastination paralyzes and makes one passive and pessimistic. Instead choose lofty thoughts that can carry the mind away from painful and obsessive worrying. To be without pain, fill the mind with painless ideas. Learn to smile, act well; walk tall; and face the world with confidence. Personal image is never finished or static; it is always evolving. Humans possess their own healing powers (physical and psychological) and can restore themselves by refraining from habits that interfere with health. (kbc).

Crazy Love
Crazy Love

Author: Francis Chan

Publisher: David C Cook

Published: 2013-04-01

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0781411033

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Revised & Updated Edition! God is love. Crazy, relentless, all-powerful love. Have you ever wondered if we're missing it? It's crazy, if you think about it. The God of the universe—the Creator of nitrogen and pine needles, galaxies and E-minor—loves us with a radical, unconditional, self-sacrificing love. And what is our typical response? We go to church, sing songs, and try not to cuss. Whether you've verbalized it yet or not, we all know something's wrong. Does something deep inside your heart long to break free from the status quo? Are you hungry for an authentic faith that addresses the problems of our world with tangible, even radical, solutions? God is calling you to a passionate love relationship with Himself. Because the answer to religious complacency isn't working harder at a list of do's and don'ts—it's falling in love with God. And once you encounter His love, as Francis describes it, you will never be the same. Because when you're wildly in love with someone, it changes everything. Learn more about Crazy Love at www.crazylovebook.com.

A New Self
A New Self

Author: Sadie Thatcher

Publisher: Sadie Thatcher

Published:

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13:

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Aidan has made the discovery of a lifetime. The multiverse is not only real, but he has devised a way to tap into other universes and bring an aspect of that universe into this one. But he needs someone to test it on. Seeing Juli getting teased despite her position as college cheerleader captain, Aidan wants to help. He sees her as the perfect test case for his new machine. Only, he discovers that making a single change to someone’s life is not so easy. After giving Juli larger breasts, she does not just get a boost to her bust. The rest of her life changes to accommodate the new her. How far will Aidan go with Juli? Will larger breasts be enough? Or will he find himself making additional changes that radically transform Juli into someone else entirely? Will Aidan face any consequences for meddling with the universe? Find out in A New Self. This short story is 6,600 words long. It is the first book in The Multiverse Series. This story includes a character that was commissioned. Deviations from Sadie’s usual style can be attributed to the commission aspect of this story.

New Seeds of Contemplation
New Seeds of Contemplation

Author: Thomas Merton

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1590300491

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A collection of thirty-nine short essays in which Thomas Merton examines what true contemplation is and how it can impact one's spirituality.

Self-Deception
Self-Deception

Author: Herbert Fingarette

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2000-02-23

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9780520923638

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With a new chapter This new edition of Herbert Fingarette's classic study in philosophical psychology now includes a provocative recent essay on the topic by the author. A seminal work, the book has deeply influenced the fields of philosophy, ethics, psychology, and cognitive science, and it remains an important focal point for the large body of literature on self-deception that has appeared since its publication. How can one deceive oneself if the very idea of deception implies that the deceiver knows the truth? The resolution of this paradox leads Fingarette to fundamental insights into the mind at work. He questions our basic ideas of self and the unconscious, personal responsibility and our ethical categories of guilt and innocence. Fingarette applies these ideas to the philosophies of Sartre and Kierkegaard, as well as to Freud's psychoanalytic theories and to contemporary research into neurosurgery. Included in this new edition, Fingarette's most recent essay, "Self-Deception Needs No Explaining (1998)," challenges the ideas in the extant literature.

Note to Self
Note to Self

Author: Connor Franta

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2017-04-18

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1501158090

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From the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of A Work in Progress comes a collection of Connor Franta's most intimate, raw, honest, and inspiring reflections on his own life as he's living it right now, as well as his observations about contemporary culture. Told through narrative, poetry, photography, and illustrations, this is a must-have for every fan. In his New York Times bestselling memoir, A Work in Progress, Connor Franta shared his journey from small-town Midwestern boy to full-fledged Internet sensation. Exploring his past with humor and astounding insight, Connor reminded his fans of why they first fell in love with him on YouTube—and revealed to newcomers how he relates to his millions of dedicated followers. Now, two years later, Connor is ready to bring to light a side of himself he’s rarely shown on or off camera. In this diary-like look at his life since A Work in Progress, Connor talks about his battles with clinical depression, social anxiety, self-love, and acceptance; his desire to maintain an authentic self in a world that values shares and likes over true connections; his struggles with love and loss; and his renewed efforts to be in the moment—with others and himself. Told through short essays, letters to his past and future selves, poetry, and original photography, Note to Self is a raw, in-the-moment look at the fascinating interior life of a young creator turning inward in order to move forward.

The Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency
The Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency

Author: John Seymour

Publisher:

Published: 2023-11-02

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780241593394

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Embrace off-grid green living and imagine a more sustainable future with the original guide to self-sufficiency. For over 40 years, John Seymour has inspired thousands to make more eco-friendly choices with his advice on living sustainably. The New Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency offers step-by-step instructions on everything from chopping trees to harnessing solar power; from growing fruit and vegetables, and preserving and pickling your harvest, to baking bread, brewing beer, and making cheese. Seymour shows you how to live off the land, running your own smallholding or homestead, and raising (and butchering) livestock. In a world of mass production, intensive farming, and food miles, Seymour's words offer an alternative: a celebration of investing time, labour, and love into the things we need. While we won't all be able to move to the countryside, we can appreciate the need to eat food that has been grown ethically or create things we can cherish, using skills that have been handed down through generations. This bestselling classic is a balm for anyone who has ever sought solace away from the madness of modern life.