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Author: Philip Thiel
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 379
ISBN-13: 9780295975214
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1951 at MIT Architect Thiel began his crusade for urban environments based on the eye-level experience of users in the course of their movement through it. That first project has now become Freedom Trail linking historical sites in Boston. He discusses such factors as the human drama, user-partic
Author: Tuvia Teldon
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Published: 2020-03-22
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781977222640
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDid you ever wonder how to connect to feeling a purpose in life with clarity and confidence? What is the difference between fulfilling 'a' purpose and fulfilling 'your' unique purpose? Why is it that humans are the only living beings that have to guess what their purpose is? Where do you look for answers about purpose, who can you trust, and how do you stay on track? The topic of Purpose is gaining popularity, but it remains somewhat of a mystery. It needs brave thinking which delves into the topic from a fresh perspective. It needs a book with new and thought-provoking ideas. Eight Paths of Purpose is an introduction to this exciting topic. It explores the 'operating system' which guides, and drives, a sense of purpose. You are now able to discover for yourself how this impacts your life. Whatever your nationality, religion, belief system, age or political leanings may be, the tools in this book will help you fulfill your purpose to a greater degree. The book does not define your individual purpose; it simply provides the general overview of how purpose 'thinks'. It then provides eight solid paths to help you flourish and stay focused - even when you face serious challenges in life. A sense of purpose is the birthright of every person. Understanding how it 'works' can help you better sync with your core purpose and achieve deeper happiness in your daily life. Isn't it time to figure this out once and for all?!
Author: Oprah Winfrey
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Published: 2019-03-26
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 1250307511
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEveryone has a purpose. And, according to Oprah Winfrey, “Your real job in life is to figure out as soon as possible what that is, who you are meant to be, and begin to honor your calling in the best way possible.” That journey starts right here. In her latest book, The Path Made Clear, Oprah shares what she sees as a guide for activating your deepest vision of yourself, offering the framework for creating not just a life of success, but one of significance. The book’s ten chapters are organized to help you recognize the important milestones along the road to self-discovery, laying out what you really need in order to achieve personal contentment, and what life’s detours are there to teach us. Oprah opens each chapter by sharing her own key lessons and the personal stories that helped set the course for her best life. She then brings together wisdom and insights from luminaries in a wide array of fields, inspiring readers to consider what they’re meant to do in the world and how to pursue it with passion and focus. Renowned figures such as Eckhart Tolle, Brene Brown, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Elizabeth Gilbert, Jay-Z, and Ellen DeGeneres share the greatest lessons from their own journeys toward a life filled with purpose. Paired with over 100 awe-inspiring photographs to help illuminate the wisdom of these messages, The Path Made Clear provides readers with a beautiful resource for achieving a life lived in service of your calling – whatever it may be.
Author: Rudolf Steiner
Publisher: Rudolf Steiner Press
Published: 2015-08-19
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 1855844729
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSpeaking to audiences in Denmark, Germany and France, Rudolf Steiner discusses a wide range of topics: from positive and negative human soul capacities, true self-knowledge and karma, to changes in human consciousness, from ancient times to the modern era – all in the context of the incarnation of Christ on earth.The lectures illustrate the diversity of Steiner's approach when speaking to different audiences. Reflecting on the polymath Novalis, for example, he is urgent about the responsibility of spiritual science to help humanity awaken to the new age. A few months later, talking of Hegel and deploring the fact that an interest in spiritual matters often fails to be accompanied by an equal interest in logical thought, Steiner uses a dispassionate, philosophical tone. But throughout the lectures he is consistent in his view that spiritual science does not reject conventional science. Trained philosophical thinking leads to different conclusions than materialism, he says, but there is nothing in the field of spiritual science that need be rejected by rigorous scientific thought.Although the lectures were given to a variety of audiences, ideas recur from different perspectives and in different contexts, with strong thematic links binding them together. These include the relationship between philosophy and science; the nature of clairvoyance; Christ's presence in the etheric realm; reincarnation and karma; the mystery drama The Portal of Initiation; Christmas and its symbols; and the transformation of consciousness that occurred when Christ incarnated physically on earth.In the final lectures, Rudolf Steiner speaks inspiringly about the Christmas festival, contrasting the feeling of inwardness that people used to experience with the hectic cultural environment of modern cities. However, this does not lead Steiner to be nostalgic about the past. Rather, he states, we should seek to recreate a mood of inwardness in a new way, appropriate to our modern age and consciousness. These lectures give us the tools to bring such a contemporary spiritual approach to our lives.
Author: Robert Moor
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2017-07-04
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 1476739234
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"In 2009, while thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail, Robert Moor began to wonder about the paths that lie beneath our feet: How do they form? Why do some improve over time while others fade? What makes us follow or strike off on our own? Over the course of the next seven years, Moor traveled the globe, exploring trails of all kinds, from the miniscule to the massive. He learned the tricks of master trail-builders, hunted down long-lost Cherokee trails, and traced the origins of our road networks and the Internet. In each chapter, Moor interweaves his adventures with findings from science, history, philosophy, and nature writing--combining the nomadic joys of Peter Matthiessen with the eclectic wisdom of Lewis Hyde's The Gift. Throughout, Moor reveals how this single topic--the oft-overlooked trail--sheds new light on a wealth of age-old questions: How does order emerge out of chaos? How did animals first crawl forth from the seas and spread across continents? How has humanity's relationship with nature and technology shaped the world around us? And, ultimately, how does each of us pick a path through life? With a breathtaking arc that spans from the dawn of animal life to the digital era, On Trails is a book that makes us see our world, our history, our species, and our ways of life anew"--Book jacket flap.
Author: James M. Davy
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2008-12
Total Pages: 266
ISBN-13: 0595497691
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a book that honors and celebrates the compassion of people who serve the needs of others in very positive, meaningful, and sometimes, life changing ways. Why do people who serve others open their hearts so freely? This book features sixteen stories of everyday, ordinary people who have become truly extraordinary by helping others. These people have extended themselves by helping vulnerable people in need not for glamour or glory but because they simply observed hurt and pain and felt compelled to take positive action. In this book, the experiences, events and circumstances of their lives are examined through the lens of Appreciative Inquiry-a strength based perspective that focuses our attention on the conditions and factors that enable us to act at our very best. Learn how you can use the process of 'Appreciative Life Reflection' to examine the Noble Path of your own life with all of its twists and turns and apply what you learn to the discovery of your Noble Purpose-Serving the Needs of Others.
Author: Peter Morville
Publisher:
Published: 2018-02-08
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9780692059951
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWe can't predict the future, yet we do it all the time. We organize projects, events, days, weeks, and years. We plan to buy a home, build a career, travel, get married, raise children, teach a class, retire, or get in shape. Our ability to model the world as it is and might be is a gift, but mental time travel is also really hard. Fortunately, since planning is a skill, everyone from playful improviser to rigorous planner can greatly improve, if they are ready to learn: The principles and practices of nonlinear planning. How to grow and sustain hope with willpower and waypower. When to pivot or persist with paths, goals, values, and metrics. How myths, memories, fears, and feelings shift the future. Why the plans of an octopus are the product of evolution. How artificial intelligence is poised to transform what we plan. If you hate planning, you're doing it wrong. The uncertainty of change makes us crave chaos or control, but it's as dangerous to be rigid as it is to move fast and break things. To organize the future, we will find better ways, because happiness is a prediction, and it's also the freedom you'll feel upon realizing there is no one right way to plan.
Author: Beth Gallagher
Publisher:
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9781895418910
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Finally, an approach that puts the person at the helm and offers concrete ideas for genuine support, pride, dignity and personalized participation of a labeled person and their support staff. You are going to love this book - and give it to everyone with whom you work." -- Publisher's website.
Author: Charles Tripp
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013-02-25
Total Pages: 411
ISBN-13: 1139851241
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is about power. The power wielded over others – by absolute monarchs, tyrannical totalitarian regimes and military occupiers – and the power of the people who resist and deny their rulers' claims to that authority by whatever means. The extraordinary events in the Middle East in 2011 offered a vivid example of how non-violent demonstration can topple seemingly invincible rulers. This book considers the ways in which the people have united to unseat their oppressors and fight against the status quo and probes the relationship between power and forms of resistance. It also examines how common experiences of violence and repression create new collective identities. This brilliant, yet unsettling book affords a panoramic view of the twentieth and twenty-first century Middle East through occupation, oppression and political resistance.
Author: Nancy Guthrie
Publisher: Crossway Books
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781433511851
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis exceptional collection of twenty-five short readings drawn from classic and contemporary theologians, Bible teachers, and missionaries will encourage anyone going through a period of suffering.
