International Religions

Collana: Passaggi di vita Un gene egoista ci abita e una pulsione primordiale ci spinge ad agire in funzione di un unico stimolo primario: procreare. Come per tutto ciò che è vivente, attraverso di noi la vita vuole vivere, rigenerarsi, replicarsi. E per sollecitare una partecipazione, nell’atto sessuale rivela sé stessa: al culmine di gesti che si fanno convulsi, di emozioni fuori da qualsiasi logica e razionalità, c’è un’esplosione che permette di percepire il nostro essere potenza creatrice.

Lo Spirito del nostro tempo sembra generare un'intima rispondenza e una predisposizione al messaggio e alla visione della vita e del mondo propri allo Zen. Infatti, mai come ora il bisogno di ritornare alla condizione originale del corpo e della mente si impone, così da essere davvero protagonisti della propria vita. Eppure, nella vastità di opere disponibili, spesso qualcosa si sente mancare: un libro da solo, infatti, non è in grado di operare quel salto di qualità, caratteristico dello Zen vero, che porta a riconoscere il proprio volto originale.

«Questo è un manifesto dell’unità di corpo e anima, una dichiarazione che l’esistenza è pregna di spiritualità e perfino le montagne sono vive, perfino i sassi hanno una sensibilità. L’esistenza è sia materia che anima – o forse è un’unica energia che si manifesta in due modi. L’energia purificata si manifesta come coscienza, come consapevolezza. L’energia allo stato grezzo, densa, ancora non raffinata, appare sotto forma di materia; ma l’intera esistenza non è altro che un immenso campo di energia. Questa è la mia esperienza, non è una mia filosofia.»

In Zen, Zest, Zip, Zap and Zing, Osho responds to questions on love, freedom, morality, women’s role in society, nostalgia, a child’s right to privacy, the purpose of life, and more. Again and again he nudges the listener back to the essential: Zen – awareness, being here and now. While responding to the concerns of the questioners, Osho also illustrates how nonessential their preoccupations are.

The ark is a representation of Christ and of how our reconciliation with God the father is made possible. The tabernacle of David depicts the heavenly realm touching the earth and is a living, prophetic parable of how we may come into a direct and personal relationship with God through Christ without intermediary clergy or religious, legalistic ritual. The once-and-for-all blood sacrifice at Calvary was required in order to put the new covenant into effect.

These teachings explore different aspects of human unawareness and emphasize Buddha's key message of raising our consciousness. Compiled by Buddha's disciples, these sutras capture the essence of his wisdom.

God calls us all to live a life of purpose—to live prepared to be on mission and go where He needs us, both locally and globally, but many of us don’t even want to get off the couch. DeAnna Sanders is an introvert who heard God's call and followed Him to unknown places despite her fears and misgivings. And what she found there will open your eyes to the needs of the many and the hearts of the unseen.

In the Jubilee Bible 2000 (JUB), the usage and context tends to define each key word so you don't need to depend on theological dictionaries or reference materials. Careful attention has been made to properly translate the first usage of each key word and through to the last occurrence. Then, as the word makes its way across the Old Testament and you make the correct match with the corresponding Greek word in the New Testament, an amazing pattern emerges.

If you are struggling with finding your calling in this copy-and-paste world, you are not alone. In I Am, Sons & Daughters calls you to stop living to the world's standard and step into the fullness and adventure that God has waiting for you, believing and living the truth that you are creative, you are holy, you are righteous, you are secure, you are called, you are confident, and you are loved.

All Americans know we are in a state of cultural crisis, but how did we get to this point? It has been said, if we seek an actual legal date for the fall of Judeo-Christian culture in America, it would be June 26, 2015, the day the Supreme Court ruled that homosexual marriage was a constitutionally protected right. But according to William D. Howard, the destruction of our country started well before that when states began changing laws and incorporating changes that had lasting repercussions on the culture as a whole.

In this insightful book, David Sliker helps listeners understand and prepare for a future filled with glory and victory for the church, unfolding in the context of unprecedented rage, rebellion, and resistance by the world around us. Full of practical application, this book connects listeners to the current storm that is upon us, contextualizing today's news, current events, and cultural narratives through the lens of biblical prophecy and the return of Jesus.

Though she'd loved, taught, and protected him when he was younger, Tony Weedor's Muslim mother, Manifah, disowned him after he abandoned his imam training to follow Jesus. Tony finished college and went to work for a missionary agency. After barely escaping civil war in his native Liberia, he spent three years in a refugee camp with his wife and daughter before being brought to America, where he graduated from seminary and began a career in international ministry. Now, Pastor Tony Weedor returns in the wake of 9/11 to a Liberia devastated by war hoping to reconcile with "Mama".

The organized religions have exploited humanity’s insecurity in the face of life’s mysteries by providing readymade sets of beliefs. But in an increasingly sophisticated, globalized society, the consolation of belief has been losing its appeal. And a purely materialistic science that denies consciousness, or that makes it merely a byproduct of matter, has nothing to offer as an alternative.

In passato la persona creativa è sempre stata costretta a ribellarsi contro la società. Oggi la situazione sta cambiando, e questo perché l'intero contesto in cui viviamo sollecita nuove sfide che richiedono "risposte creative" funzionali al mondo liquido sorto intorno a noi. Per non lasciarsi travolgere dagli eventi, occorre spostarsi dall'abitudine a rispettare le certezze culturali e della tradizione, la propensione a dipendere dagli insegnamenti e dai comportamenti convenzionali, per avvicinare e coltivare le proprie qualità essenziali ed esistenziali.

Dies ist Teil 4 einer vierteiligen Ausgabe. Das Buch der Geheimisse ist in zwei Formaten erhältlich – eine Gesamtausgabe aller 80 Kapitel und eine Ausgabe in 4 Teilen, die in Reihenfolge veröffentlicht werden. Diese Audiobuch Serie ist ein spirituellen Reiseführer – den Weg zu umfassendem Erwachen mit dem Ziel der vollen Entfaltung unserer Menschlichkeit und unseres Bewusstseins. »Das Buch der Geheimnisse« wird von Kennern als Oshos große Synthese seiner spirituellen Weltsicht betrachtet.

Jesus’ parables. They are widely known–or at least often referenced. But does that mean they are well understood? Having slipped into the lingua franca of our day, we could be missing some of what He was communicating. If familiarity breeds contempt, perhaps our sense that we know these stories insulates us from what Jesus was saying about life with God.

The continuing crisis in Syria has raised a question mark over the common perception of Middle Eastern affairs as an offshoot of global power politics. To Western intellectuals, foreign-policy experts, and politicians, "empire" and "imperialism" are categories that apply exclusively to the European powers and more recently to the United States of America. Lacking an internal dynamic of its own, the view of such people is that Middle Eastern history is the product of its unhappy interaction with the West.

Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon began working on this book shortly after leaving the National Security Council, where, as director and senior director for counterterrorism, they watched the rise of al-Qaeda and helped coordinate America’s fight against Usama bin Laden and his organization. They warned in articles and interviews about the appearance of a new breed of terrorists who were determined to kill on the grand scale.

Journalist Krithika Varagur's Da'wa chronicles the House of Saud as it systematically transforms the Muslim world in its own image, in one of the major imperial projects in today's world, on par with China's economic diplomacy. Since 1979, Saudi Arabia has spent $1.8 billion per year, by one estimate, to propagate its puritanical brand of Islam, called Salafism or Wahhabism. It has kept scrupulous records of its religious activity in 27 countries, with over 4,000 Salafi preachers on its payroll worldwide.

Are you searching for an audiobook that looks beyond the inspirational? Learn how to gain new insights for aligning personal evolution with professional development. When busy people are overlighted by spiritual purpose, they naturally manifest the heroism needed to uplift our imperiled world. Spirituality for Busy People shines light upon how our daily busyness can be effectively fused with our eternal livingness, to the benefit of individuals, groups to which we belong, and even to planetary life as a whole.