contemplation establishments transformations

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Transformation and Healing: Sutra on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness

5 reviews
Thich Nhat Hanh

Parallax Press, 2006

Excellent guidance on mindfulness
Thich Nhat Hanh's structure of how he presents and reviews the suttas of the Pali cannon is very easy to follow and broken down into manageable portions. For a novice Buddhist like myself, I find this format very helpful. So many other discussions on the suttas make my head spin! In this text, as in others, the sutta in its entirety is presented in the Therevada translation. He then follows this ...

The Great Transformation

13 reviews
Karl Polanyi

Beacon Press, 2001

A masterpiece of economic history that is as relevant as ever sixty years on
Although this book was published in 1944, the same year as Hayek's THE ROAD TO SERFDOM, it remains as relevant as ever. Some say that it is dated and it is true that many of the historical references are not the ones that would spring to mind today, but the critique of the myth of the self-regulating free market remains as relevant and to-the-point as ever. One of the main targets of his book ...

The Social Transformation of American Medicine

11 reviews
Paul Starr

Basic Books, 1984

Great history of American medicine
For anyone interested in the healthcare as a profession or area of study, I can't recommend this book highly enough. Despite the 20 years since its publication, Paul Starr's Pulitzer prize winner is still relevant today and in retrospect his projections made of the future of healthcare in America are surpisingly prescient. The first book describes the development of the medical profession in ...

Transformation: How Glocal Churches Transform Lives and the World

23 reviews
Bob Roberts Jr.

Zondervan, 2006

A must read
Bob Roberts takes a core truth of the Christian faith and does a superb job in expanding on it through fascinating personal stories and practical examples from his 20 years at Northwood Community. Transformation is a word used in scripture only three times, but as Bob Roberts makes clear, the message of transformation is more about love in action than cold theology. I personally found the book ...

Rapid Transformation: A 90-day Plan for Fast and Effective Change

7 reviews
Behnam N. Tabrizi

Harvard Business School Press, 2007

A brilliant analysis of "the ultimate power of transformation"
With regard to this book's title and to the model that Behnam N. Tabrizi proposes in this volume, it is important to note at the outset that he does not believe that organizational transformation can be completed in only three months. What he offers is a framework with which to formulate a program that, once implemented, may require 6-12 additional months (or more) to achieve the desired ...

The Transformation of the Inner Man

8 reviews
John Loren Sandford, Paula Sandford

Victory House Publishers, 1982

Opening Your Eyes to Healing the Inside
This book is incredible. It should be read slowly and carefully, taking the time to pray and digest all the material within. I think I will read and re-read it many times. I have already bought 4 copies for other people. It is for the Christian who wants the true answers to why we continually do the stupid things we do - even though we 'know better'. It deals with relationships - all of our ...

The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions

48 reviews
Karen Armstrong

Vintage Canada, 2007

Lucid reading
Extremely well-written record of the Axial ages, of the Axial people and the Axial spirituality. This book traces the history of the Aryans, the vedic people in India; the Greeks and their times; the Jews and their spirituality and rituals; the Chinese people and their history. This book is the precursor of Karen Armstrong's book "The history of God". See my detailed review at [..]

World Politics: Trend and Transformation

8 reviews
Charles W. Kegley

Wadsworth Publishing, 2008

Well Done
I took an international relations course awhile ago, and this book was part of the required reading. While it does not provide a complete overview of IR, it does a very good job at the intro level. Specifically, the text does a very thorough job of adressing globalization, the global south, and introductory political economy. I would suggest buying this book and then reading the works of the ...

Core Transformation: Reaching the Wellspring Within

17 reviews
Connirae Andreas

Real People Press, 1994

A Method That Really Works
I have been an NLP Master Practitioner since 1996 and I recommend the Core Transformation method from personal experience. It is a powerful technique, based on reframing, that goes more or less like this: 1) You identify a behavior/feeling/response you want to change 2) You find a 'part' of yourself that is responsible for the behavior/feeling/response 3) You recognize that the part actually has ...

The West: Encounters & Transformations, Atlas Edition, Volume 1 (to 1715) (2nd Edition)

1 review
Brian Levack, Edward Muir, ...

Longman, 2007

Fantastic textbook
This textbook is not only written in a conversational tone which holds the reader's attention, but it brings in art, personalities of historical figures, and other tidbits to enhance a student's learning experience. The illustrations used are fantastic and can spur students to delve further into many subjects. History should be exciting as evidenced by this book!

World Politics: Trend and Transformation, 2007-2008 Update
Charles W. Kegley

Wadsworth Publishing, 2007

WORLD POLITICS: TREND AND TRANSFORMATION is the best selling text in International Relations, because of its trusted balance in coverage and approach, unmatched by any other text for the course. By analyzing both historical and contemporary trends and developments, utilizing theoretical concepts, and weaving in the interactions of global actors, WORLD POLITICS: TREND AND TRANSFORMATION resists the temptation to overly simplify world politics, ...

Transformations: Identity Construction in Contemporary Culture
Grant McCracken

Indiana University Press, 2008

Self reinvention has become a preoccupation of contemporary culture. In the last decade, Hollywood made a 500-million-dollar bet on this idea with movies such as Multiplicity, Fight Club, eXistenZ, and Catch Me If You Can. Self reinvention marks the careers of Madonna, Ani DiFranco, Martha Stewart, and Robin Williams. The Nike ads of LeBron James, the experiments of New Age spirituality, the mores of contemporary teen culture, and the ...

The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society (Studies ...

5 reviews
Jürgen Habermas

The MIT Press, 1991

One of the most influential studies on the subject
Habermas' work, though written more than four decades ago, still retains most of its original relevance for the study of the public sphere. If you are interested in this subject, and if you are into critical thinking, then this book is certainly worth reading. Why? Well, if you take in consideration the fact that no other book has been written so far on the subject that has been able to surpass ...

Spirituality, Contemplation & Transformation: Writings on Centering Prayer
Thomas Keating

Lantern Books, 2008

In Spirituality, Contemplation & Transformation, leading practitioners of centering prayer--the contemporary expression of the Christian contemplative tradition as developed by the desert fathers and mothers and elaborated by mystics such as saints John of the Cross and Teresa of Avila--write about the many and varied benefits of this dynamic and intimate means of connecting with the Divine. Thomas Keating and David Frenette examine the ...

Transformation (Rai-Kirah)

80 reviews
Carol Berg

Orbit, 2001

A slave's dilemma
Seyonne has been a slave for sixteen years, half his life, since his people were defeated by the Derzhi. He has had several masters, some worse and more brutal than others, but know he has come onto the hands of Crown Prince Aleksander, heir to the Derzhi ruled Empire, an impetuous and powerful warrior. Seyonne is literate, and so is employed directly by Aleksander as his scribe, but this does ...

Transformation: Change the Marketplace and You Change the World

2 reviews
Ed Silvoso

Regal Books, 2007

Fulfilling Gods plan for my life
This is a great extension to Anointed for Business, which I have been implementing on a daily basis since reading it 5 years ago. The lessons learned from others experience is encouraging and empowering. Ed's fluid way of writing and style for making it simple to follow the steps to success is truly a blessing. I look forward to implementing these additional tools in my daily walk so that I am ...

What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 (Oxford History of the United States)

20 reviews
Daniel Walker Howe

Oxford University Press, USA, 2007

Jacksonian Racism
Can you imagine a U.S. president who forces the country into an unpopular war, and when some members of Congress express doubt, he calls them unpatriotic? Hard to believe, right? Okay, maybe not. How about a president who never doubts he is right and never apologizes when he is wrong? Who ignores the Constitution and the Supreme Court? Impossible, right? Okay, okay, so it isn't. ...

The Pathwork of Self-Transformation

10 reviews
Eva Pierrakos

Bantam, 1990

This is worth more than the bible ever could to me.
This book totally answered almost all of my questions about life. It CHANGED my life. I introduced it to my roommate, and we kept stealing it back and forth from each other. It is the single most important book I've ever read. It seriously changed my life- how I saw things, how I lived. It's background may make people a little skeptical, but I swear, if you read it, you will know... I don't care ...

Symbols of Transformation (Collected Works of C.G. Jung Vol.5)

5 reviews
C. G. Jung

Princeton University Press, 1977

like a work of art, this opus needs to be read by the soul..
Jung has put forth his concept of the libido in this book and has presented it in a very clear way. This work also points the way towards psychic maturity, that of liberating ourselves away from the protective womb of the mother and embarking on our individual journey towards wholeness. Reading this book is a learning experience indeed!

Learning as Transformation: Critical Perspectives on a Theory in Progress (Jossey Bass Higher and Adult ...

1 review
Jack Mezirow and Associates

Jossey-Bass, 2000

understanding transformation
Jack Mezirow et al have provided an excellent resource book for helping us to change attitudes and tackle difficult situations. As a LearningSupport Tutor in further education (16 years and over) the reviewer is often in contact with students who have challenging behaviour and finds herself in situations that require a shift in perspective, 'epistomology' and 'frame referencing'. This book ...

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