These reflections are mere experiences that are common to most human beings. When life happens whether we are conscious or unconscious of these events, it brings us to a reality that some things in life happen randomly. There are noticeable constraints inherent to our existence, but ultimately we realize that we need to master ourselves, our emotions and embrace one truism that some of our pain is self-chosen.
Gregory the Great was pope from 590 to 604, a time of great turmoil in Italy and in the western Roman Empire generally because of the barbarian invasions.Gregory s experience as prefect of the city of Rome and as apocrisarius of Pope Pelagius fitted him admirably for the new challenges of the papacy. "The Moral Reflections on the Book of Job" were first given to the monks who accompanied Gregory to the embassy in Constantinople. This first volume of the work contains books 1 5, accompanied by an introduction by Mark DelCogliano."
"We live in a reflective age." That is Soren Kierkegaard's overall conclusion when evaluating the time he lives in. But his appraisal contains both approval and criticism. On the one hand reflection is a necessary category to deal with the dynamics and the qualities of the modern age, on the other hand it bears a great danger. It is Kierkegaard's firm conviction that reflection should always relate to a kind of immediacy that safeguards it from becoming hollow and detached from our existential reality. Throughout the voluminous and complex work of Kierkegaard, the notions of 'immediacy' and 'reflection' play a crucial role. They appear in such an early work as From the Papers of One Still Living as well as in the late Anti-Climacus writings, and indeed their significance or influence can be felt in all philosophical texts published in between. That is not to say that the meaning of the notions is unequivocal. After all, Kierkegaard not only uses the terms in very divergent contexts, but his own understanding of them appears to evolve quite strongly in the course of his oeuvre. Moreover, in spite of their clearly philosophical character, the two notions play an unmistakable role in Kierkegaard's understanding of religion. They appear frequently in the religious discourses indeed. In short, Kierkegaard's use of the notions of 'immediacy' and 'reflection' covers a broad array of meanings and interpretations. The dialectics of immediacy and reflection, of reflection killing immediacy and raising the question of the possibility of a new immediacy is the main theme of Immediacy and Reflection in Kierkegaard's Thought. The book contains contributions authored by a number of well known Kierkegaard scholars. Kierkegaard's theory of the 'existence spheres of life' provides a first viewpoint on the interplay of immediacy and reflection. Here the philosophical and pseudonymous writings are the main subject of research. If on the other hand one pays a closer look at the significance of a 'second immediacy' for a religious attitude to life, The religious discourses come into play when the possibility of a 'second immediacy' is taken into consideration. In conclusion the theme of immediacy and reflection is connected to some important trends in the modern and contemporary era. On the one hand it is linked to the philosophical influences Kierkegaard underwent (e.g. from Hegel); on the other hand Kierkegaard is confronted with later thinkers (Heidegger in particular).
"The God in You" is a collection of essays written by American "New Thought" pioneer Prentice Mulford. The goal of the book is to help the reader to discover how to get to know his inner forces and how to get in touch with the god and its' spirit using those forces and possibilities from within himself. "Thoughts are Things" serves as a guide to this new belief system. Contents: The God in You POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE THOUGHT SOME PRACTICAL MENTAL RECIPES SELF-TEACHING; OR, THE ART OF LEARNING HOW TO LEARN LOVE THYSELF THE ART OF FORGETTING SPELLS; OR, THE LAW OF CHANGE REGENERATION; OR, BEING BORN AGAIN Thoughts are Things THE MATERIAL MIND V. THE SPIRITUAL MIND WHO ARE OUR RELATIONS? THOUGHT CURRENTS ONE WAY TO CULTIVATE COURAGE LOOK FORWARD! GOD IN THE TREES; OR, THE INFINITE MIND IN NATURE SOME LAWS OF HEALTH AND BEAUTY MUSEUM AND MENAGERIE HORRORS THE GOD IN YOURSELF THE HEALING AND RENEWING FORCE OF SPRING IMMORTALITY IN THE FLESH THE ATTRACTION OF ASPIRATION THE ACCESSION OF NEW THOUGHT Prentice Mulford (1834-1891) was a noted literary humorist, comic lecturer, author of poems and essays, and a columnist. He was also instrumental in the founding of the popular philosophy, New Thought, along with other notable writers including Ralph Waldo Emerson. Mulford coined the term Law of Attraction.
Just when you thought you had Law of Attraction mastered, you find someone who wrote before it was popular and "everybody knew". Prentice Mulford was ages ahead of his time. Factually, what he wrote in the 1800's is still being discovered today: "When we dread a misfortune, or live in fear of any ill, or expect ill luck, we make also a construction of unseen element, thought, - which, by the same law of attraction, draws to it destructive, and to you damaging, forces or elements. Thus the law for success is also the law for misfortune..." When you read his philosophy, you see a man who tempered his writing with a great deal of hands-on "people study". The advise you get here has been weighed against results. So it's great stuff - and useful. If you want the highly polished stuff that hypes your world, this author isn't for you. But if you want the pitch straight, with no curves - then Mumford is the way to get the straight bottom line. Get Your Copy Now.
"The God in You" is a collection of essays written by American "New Thought" pioneer Prentice Mulford. The goal of the book is to help the reader to discover how to get to know his inner forces and how to get in touch with the god and its' spirit using those forces and possibilities from within himself. "Thoughts are Things" serves as a guide to this new belief system. Contents: The God in You POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE THOUGHT SOME PRACTICAL MENTAL RECIPES SELF-TEACHING; OR, THE ART OF LEARNING HOW TO LEARN LOVE THYSELF THE ART OF FORGETTING SPELLS; OR, THE LAW OF CHANGE REGENERATION; OR, BEING BORN AGAIN Thoughts are Things THE MATERIAL MIND V. THE SPIRITUAL MIND WHO ARE OUR RELATIONS? THOUGHT CURRENTS ONE WAY TO CULTIVATE COURAGE LOOK FORWARD! GOD IN THE TREES; OR, THE INFINITE MIND IN NATURE SOME LAWS OF HEALTH AND BEAUTY MUSEUM AND MENAGERIE HORRORS THE GOD IN YOURSELF THE HEALING AND RENEWING FORCE OF SPRING IMMORTALITY IN THE FLESH THE ATTRACTION OF ASPIRATION THE ACCESSION OF NEW THOUGHT Prentice Mulford (1834-1891) was a noted literary humorist, comic lecturer, author of poems and essays, and a columnist. He was also instrumental in the founding of the popular philosophy, New Thought, along with other notable writers including Ralph Waldo Emerson. Mulford coined the term Law of Attraction.
Spirit is a force and a mystery. All we know or may ever know of it is that it exists and is ever working and producing all results in physical things, seen of physical sense - and many more not so seen. What is seen, of any object - a tree, an animal, a stone, a man - is only a part of that tree, animal, stone or man. There is a force which, for a time, binds such objects together in the form you see them. The spiritual mind today sees, belonging to itself, a power for accomplishing any and all results in the physical world, greater than the masses dream of. Life means the development in us of powers and pleasures, which fiction, in its highest flights, has never touched. This ever-acting, ever-varying force, which lies behind and, in a sense, creates all forms of matter, we call "spirit." We have, through knowledge, the wonderful power of using or directing this force, when we recognize it, and know that it exists, so as to bring us health, happiness and eternal peace of mind. Prentice Mulford (1834-1891) was born in Sag Harbor, New York and was known as a comic lecturer, author of poems and essays. Mulford was instrumental in the founding of the popular philosophy, New Thought, along with other notable writers including Ralph Waldo Emerson. Mulford's book, Thoughts are Things served as a guide to this new belief system and is still popular today. Cover Photography by Paul Spremulli
