Learning Religion

Zen self-cope and Zen self-love yourself mentally and physically. True love requires trust, and trust requires honesty. Never, ever, forget that you are important, too.

An audiobook about our travels in a motor home across America and life. An inspirational audiobook about this great country, its people, our faith, selling everything we own, and following His plan, picking up the pieces after a death of a child, even going to heaven and living to tell about it...a story for everyone! At the end, a segment to answer questions as to the costs of RVing full-time, a how-to-do-it, and other important information before hitting the road.

Author of the international best seller I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie, Pamela Des Barres shares with women the art of memoir writing. For the last 14 years, Pamela Des Barres has been teaching an eight-week women's "femoir" writing workshop. She found that the music-loving ladies who showed up at her door had pent-up stories to tell. Many of them had read her two memoirs, which were wildly personal and deeply confessional, and felt comfortable opening up and experiencing that same freedom of expression.

Shabana Mir's powerful ethnographic study of women on Washington, D.C., college campuses reveals that being a young female Muslim in post-9/11 America means experiencing double scrutiny—scrutiny from the Muslim community as well as from the dominant non-Muslim community. i>Muslim American Women on Campus illuminates the processes by which a group of ethnically diverse American college women, all identifying as Muslim and all raised in the United States, construct their identities during one of the most formative times in their lives.

It doesn’t matter what faith group you do or don’t belong to--spirituality has phenomenal power…and you can use it to heal yourself. Whether your pain is emotional, physical, or psychological, you can use your spirituality to reconnect with a version of yourself that existed long before that pain ever took hold. No matter what pain you’re living with, you can harness the power of spirituality to bring back your childhood self…and that long-lost sparkle!

We are called to live a life obedient to God. But what does this look like? And how can we live in a way that's pleasing to Him? The answer is found in faith. Long considered the father of faith, Abraham sets the standard for what it means to be obedient. The book of Genesis holds the remarkable story of Abraham, a man who would give birth to a nation, and make the way for our Savior. Part of Dr. Warren W. Wiersbe's best-selling "BE" commentary series, Be Obedient has now been updated with study questions and a new introduction by Ken Baugh.

Many of us are battling depression, anxiety, mental illness, or personality disorders. We feel anxious, frustrated, and overwhelmed. We don't have the support systems to help lift us up and to help us cope with the stressors of daily life. We want to make things better for ourselves, but we may be at a loss as to how to do so. One of the first steps in fixing your life and your anxiety is to learn how to regulate your emotions. Our emotions cause us to feel out of control sometimes.

Memorization through story and song was the only way folks like us had of studying and pondering God's word at all for almost half of our recorded existence before Moses ever began writing it all down. And for most folks, that tradition continued on millennia after that, before literacy became as common as it is now. But whether or not you believe any of that, one thing I do know is that I myself have experienced unprecedented power in my own walk with the Lord since beginning to treat long-passage Scripture memorization as devotion.

This audiobook puts a future into perspective using texts found in our history's ancient artifacts describing extraterrestrial intervention.

The question "What is good and evil?" may seem simple, but as the book shows, it's more complex than you might think. This sort of philosophical thinking, though often reserved for college students, can broaden the thinking of younger children. The works of different philosophers are used to explore this important question in clear, simple language and in terms that children ages 10 and older can understand.

Acclaimed by scholars for its authenticity and clarity, Bhagavad-gita: A Summary Study reveals and brings to life the Gita's spiritual wisdom and its beautiful themes of harmony and purpose, work and attitude, love and reciprocation. We're challenged and inspired through its answers to probing questions. For those who dare to think of aligning their consciousness with that of the Divine's, the Gita's wisdom offers a fulfilling life of inner serenity, balance, and love.

Author Elizabeth R. Romans clarifies the true meaning of grace. Woman of Grace documents her experiences in an effort to encourage others to rely on God's grace to sustain them during any circumstance in their lives.

"How many hours did you meditate?" the monk asks Gustav. "Five hours. I am finding meditation boring," he confesses. "Accept, accept," the monk tells him. I can't believe he shared this with the teacher. It makes me smile. I appreciate his honesty. I am slightly jealous because I don't think I would ever have the audacity to confess something like that. At the same time, I don't find the mediation practice boring. In fact, I find it anything but boring.

If you have ever desired to become a more attentive, compassionate, and liberated human being...now is the time. In this book you will learn to overcome your ego-centric mind patterns, and discover the path to finding your true self. You will develop a practice of mindful driving in the current moment with dynamic awareness, and reveal the truth of your higher self.

Playful Mindfulness brings together wisdom from the worlds of mindfulness (paying attention to the present moment with curiosity and kindness) and improvisation (making life up courageously as you go along) so listeners can find greater confidence, calm, and connection.

Nearly a decade in the making, this unique compendium summarizes dozens of core Chabad teachings that explain and inspire Jewish faith and observance. Drawn from the vast body of works of the Rebbes of Chabad, it will engage, educate, and inspire readers from all backgrounds. A concise bottom-line, plus an extensive list of follow up references round out this encyclopedic collection that can be read in minutes, yet inspire for a lifetime.

Have you ever longed to explore the depths of your True Self - to touch the Eternal? This is your chance to learn the Way. The ability to do, to act in the Now and not fall into fear, doubt, or other self-limiting states is the same as the power to live in the perfectly present moment. What unseen forces are working within us to keep us from realizing a relationship with our own secret heart?

Learn to see the higher gift hidden in every moment. The divine life, and the possibility of your connection to it, already lives within you; all that is missing is how to align yourself with all that you are intended to be. The good news is that every event you meet is intended to help you do just that, providing you know how to use it. In these powerful talks, best-selling self-realization author Guy Finley helps you discover how to use each moment to connect to your divine essence.

To realize the power of living in the Presence moment requires entering into its flow. The nature of these living waters is a timeless intelligence that knows, regardless of how things appear, that everything is exactly as it must be in that moment, even as it carries within it the seed of a creation destined, at the outset, to become something further perfected.

Learning to Float is a life preserver when you find yourself adrift in the midst of your faith journey. When waves of doubt and anxiety threaten to rise above your head, or when you simply find yourself weary of swimming in the midst of unending waters, this book is your buoy. It's the gentle arms of friends holding you up so that you can breathe, even as currents of questions continue to sweep you up and move you along. It's the comforting whisper in your ear when you need it the most: "It's okay; I've got you. You're not alone."