The Mystery of True Self-recognition
Author: Zensho W. Kopp
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2024-06-04
Total Pages: 129
ISBN-13: 375973734X
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Author: Zensho W. Kopp
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2024-06-04
Total Pages: 129
ISBN-13: 375973734X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Bruce Hood
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012-06-15
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 0199969892
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMost of us believe that we are unique and coherent individuals, but are we? The idea of a "self" has existed ever since humans began to live in groups and become sociable. Those who embrace the self as an individual in the West, or a member of the group in the East, feel fulfilled and purposeful. This experience seems incredibly real but a wealth of recent scientific evidence reveals that this notion of the independent, coherent self is an illusion - it is not what it seems. Reality as we perceive it is not something that objectively exists, but something that our brains construct from moment to moment, interpreting, summarizing, and substituting information along the way. Like a science fiction movie, we are living in a matrix that is our mind. In The Self Illusion, Dr. Bruce Hood reveals how the self emerges during childhood and how the architecture of the developing brain enables us to become social animals dependent on each other. He explains that self is the product of our relationships and interactions with others, and it exists only in our brains. The author argues, however, that though the self is an illusion, it is one that humans cannot live without. But things are changing as our technology develops and shapes society. The social bonds and relationships that used to take time and effort to form are now undergoing a revolution as we start to put our self online. Social networking activities such as blogging, Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter threaten to change the way we behave. Social networking is fast becoming socialization on steroids. The speed and ease at which we can form alliances and relationships is outstripping the same selection processes that shaped our self prior to the internet era. This book ventures into unchartered territory to explain how the idea of the self will never be the same again in the online social world.
Author: Charles J. Rzepka
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 158348440X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Romantic poetas exemplified by Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Keatsis attracted to and made anxious by two opposite ideas of the self. On the one hand, he identifies with the inner self as a mind wholly at one with its perceptions and with the world as an image within it. On the other hand, since this inner self is wholly private, the poet turns to others for confirmation of its reality, either literally in direct confrontations, or figuratively, in the "voice" and workmanship of his text. Because his dependence on others for a sense of his own reality jeopardizes the poet's feelings of self-possession, however, he tries to minimize this threat by manipulating of preempting others' responses to him. Previous discussions of the Romantic self have focused on the self as a mental power immanent in the vision of the world it shapes. Charles Rzepka now draws our attention to the poet's attitude toward the self as socially formed and confirmed, and the effects of this attitude on Romantic poetry and perception.
Author: Gina Lake
Publisher: Gina Lake
Published: 2008-08-18
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 0615240682
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe now-this moment-is the true source of happiness and peace and the key to living a fulfilled and meaningful life. Embracing the Now is a collection of essays whose common thread is the now. Full of clear insight and wisdom, it explains how the mind keeps you from being in the now, how to move into the now and stay there, and what living from there is like. It also explains how to overcome stumbling blocks to being in the now, such as fears, doubts, judgments, misunderstandings, distrust of life, desires, and other conditioned ideas that are behind human suffering.
Author: Bernadette Roberts
Publisher: Sentient+ORM
Published: 2005-01-15
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 1591812259
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe renowned contemporary mystic and author of The Experience of No-Self presents her philosophical treatise on the nature of Self and God. As a Carmelite nun, Bernadette Roberts pursued a life in union with God. She wrote compellingly about her contemplative spiritual journey in her memoirs The Experience of No-Self and The Path of No-Self. Now she builds on the wisdom she gained, exploring the ultimate consciousness that transcends self and experience. In What Is Self?, Ms. Roberts explains her conceptions of the ego, the self, and the revelations of the contemplative life. Deeply personal and profoundly spiritual, this latest effort puts all of Bernadette’s insights into clearer and sharper perspective—as though her own journey has grown clearer with distance.
Author: Charles Don Keyes
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006-06-07
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 1134678827
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBrain Mystery Light and Dark examines scientific models of how the brain becomes conscious and argues that the spiritual dimension of life is compatible with the main scientific theories. Keyes shows us that the belief in the unity of mind and brain does not necessarily undermine aesthetic, religious, and ethical beliefs.
Author: David Francis Germano
Publisher:
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 740
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Donna E. Knight
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2018-04-11
Total Pages: 79
ISBN-13: 1483482944
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMen and women believe their mate is going to come prepackaged in perfection of love. However, this theory is far from the truth. It takes a conscious effort to build a solid foundation in any relationship and maintain the true essence of love. Donna Knight, founder of a nonprofit girl empowerment network, is a passionate advocate for love. While leading single love seekers on a journey of self-evaluation and exploration, she utilizes facts, case studies, Christian and New Age spirituality concepts, and personal commentary to analyze why and how we love; examine why marriage is misunderstood; and provide hope that it is possible to create lasting love within a fulfilling romantic relationship. Through it all, Knight teaches that we hold the power within ourselves to create the reality we want, not just in life but also in our relationships. Unlock the Mystery of Love provides step-by-step guidance that helps single people attain their relationship goals and find the kind of love that lasts a lifetime.
Author: Dominic Arcamone
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2024-02-29
Total Pages: 375
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA New Awareness is an endeavor of affection and generosity toward Sebastian Moore. The book examines his key theological insights and themes over seventy years and proposes that they are still relevant today for the Christian Community. He was a theologian and poet. He wrote about many theological topics: the significance of Jesus, the experiences of the disciples and their meaning for us, redemption, the Trinity, sexuality and ecclesiology, and original sin. But he is mainly known for being the theologian of desire: self-love to self-gift, desire is love trying to happen, to be myself for another, and the insight that there is no more wonderful reality than to be desired by the one you desire.
Author: Yohanan Grinshpon
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2010-12-17
Total Pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9004189262
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers a new perception and reading of one of the most well-known documents of Indian philosophy and theology, Sankara's Brahmasutrabhasya. the author's presentation of the self as a subject free of any trace of (disturbungly real) objectivity recieves a fresh explication.