Divine Emptiness and Historical Fullness

Divine Emptiness and Historical Fullness

Author: Masao Abe

Publisher: Burns & Oates

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13:

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One of the most prominent Buddhist participants in the vigorous interfaith dialogue of the 20th century has been Masao Abe. In this book he sets forth a provocative notion of kenosis (emptying) in relation to the Mahayana Buddhist notion of Sunyata (emptiness), while also offering a Buddhist view of the Holocaust.


Beyond the Emptiness

Beyond the Emptiness

Author: Rouba Chalabi

Publisher: Balboa Press

Published: 2020-08-28

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 198225016X

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Are you constantly attacked by food thoughts? Do you struggle to stop eating? Do you use food to calm your nerves? Do you feel betrayed by your body? Would like to change your relationship with food? Do you want to stop the never-ending cycle of loosing weight then gaining it back? Would you like to make peace with your body? Overeating is not the source of the problem but rather the consequence of a deep unease. Overeaters use food to soothe discomfort. While many believe that eating less and exercising more is the solution to overeating, there is an increased body of evidence showing that a broader approach is needed. I share my personal story of recovery from food addiction from forty years of overeating. You will understand food addiction and learn how to end your struggle with food. I illustrate my journey towards sustainable weight-loss by sharing the physical, emotional and spiritual transformation involved in addressing unease with life. I hope to inspire you to befriend your body and begin to cultivate connectedness between your mind, body and soul. At a time of deep uncertainty, caring for yourself is the only certainty.


Made to Worship

Made to Worship

Author: Phil Stacey

Publisher: Focus on the Family

Published: 2022-03-08

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 1684282241

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Performing on the hugely popular American Idol television show in 2007 almost ruined Phil Stacey’s life. Fame, and the temptations that came with it, led this part-time worship pastor to a dark place. Eventually Phil cut through the confusion, realizing that he was created not for entertaining people or for fame but for one thing—to worship God. In Made to Worship, Phil shares the exciting details of his quick rise to fame as well as the resulting emptiness it offered him. You’ll be encouraged as you read how Phil escaped the lure of an empty idol and instead experienced the fullness of God. And you’ll be amazed by how God ultimately used Phil’s notoriety to spread the gospel around the world. You can use your talents and skills to worship God and to share the gospel with others in a unique way that fits you and your family. Read about Phil’s encounter with fame—and how the notoriety from this world-renowned show surprisingly opened doors for Phil to spread the gospel and minister to others. Like Phil, you’ll learn that we only find true fulfillment when we find it in Jesus Christ.


The Way Up Is Down

The Way Up Is Down

Author: Marlena Graves

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2020-07-14

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 0830846751

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For writer, professor, and activist Marlena Graves, formation and justice always intertwine on the path to a balanced life of both action and contemplation. Drawing on the rich traditions of Eastern and Western Christian saints, she describes the process of emptying herself that allows her to move upward toward God and become the true self that God calls her to.


i am through you so i

i am through you so i

Author: Brother David Steindl-Rast

Publisher: Paulist Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 1587687658

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“Brother David,” one of the most significant spiritual teachers and international speakers, tells here his incomparably rich story spanning the nine decades of his life.


Manual of Zen Buddhism

Manual of Zen Buddhism

Author: Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

Publisher: Sanctum Books

Published: 2023-06-12

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13:

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Manual of Zen Buddhism's main object is to inform the readers to various literary materials relating to the monastery life. It also tells us about those edicts which the Zen monks read before the Buddha in daily service in the different quarters of institution.


God Does His Best Work with Empty

God Does His Best Work with Empty

Author: Nancy Guthrie

Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 1496439694

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It's amazing how heavy the weight of emptiness can feel, how much room it can take up in our souls, how much pain can be caused by something that isn't even there.But while we may see the emptiness of our lives as our greatest problem, that's not how God sees it. When God looks into the empty places of our lives, He sees His greatest opportunity. God does His best work in the emptiness of our . . . Insatiable craving for things that don't satisfy Relational disappointments and loneliness Frustrated search for purpose and meaning Relentless desire for comfort and security Ongoing struggle to live with loss and unfulfilled dreams Join Nancy Guthrie in discovering why emptiness has never been, and never will be, a problem to God. As Nancy pulls back the curtain on God's work to fill up emptiness as revealed throughout the Bible, you'll experience page after page of grace and hope that your emptiness can and will be filled. You'll begin to see that God really does do His best work with empty--as he fills it with Himself.


Gifts of the Dark Wood

Gifts of the Dark Wood

Author: Rev. Eric Elnes

Publisher: Abingdon Press

Published: 2015-09-01

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 1426794142

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Have you left the faith you used to have but don’t know what to move toward? When you can’t see the road ahead, do you feel lost and alone? Do you wish you had a group of companions willing to wander with you? Welcome to the Dark Wood. As you journey through the unknown, you may feel tempted, lost, and uncertain. Though commonly feared and avoided, these feelings of uncertainty can be your greatest assets on this journey because it is in uncertainty that we probe, question, and discover. According to the ancients, you don’t need to be a saint or spiritual master to experience profound awakening and live with God’s presence and guidance. You need only to wander. In clear and lucid prose that combines the heart of a mystic, the soul of a poet, and the mind of a biblical scholar, Dr. Eric Elnes demystifies the seven gifts bestowed in the Dark Wood: the gifts of uncertainty, emptiness, being thunderstruck, getting lost, temptation, disappearing, and the gift of misfits. This is a book for anyone who feels awkward in their search for God, anyone who seeks to find holiness amid their holy mess, and anyone who prefers practicality to piety when it comes to finding their place in this world.


A Philosophy of Emptiness

A Philosophy of Emptiness

Author: Gay Watson

Publisher: Reaktion Books

Published: 2014-03-15

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 1780232853

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In this book Gay Watson offers an alternative view of emptiness via a tour of early and non-Western philosophy, taking us from Buddhism, Taoism and religious mysticism to the contemporary world of philosophy, science and art practice.


The Great Image Has No Form, Or On the Nonobject Through Painting

The Great Image Has No Form, Or On the Nonobject Through Painting

Author: François Jullien

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2009-12

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 0226415309

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In premodern China, painters used imagery not to mirror the world, but to evoke unfathomable experience. Considering this art alongside the philosophical traditions that inform it, this book explores the 'nonobject', a notion exemplified by paintings that do not seek to represent observable surroundings.