Social Consciousness

Cuando su marido la abandonó, Rosemary Altea se dio cuenta de que el miedo había sido su compañero desde la cuna. Miedo a un padre con la severidad propia del militar y a una madre incapaz de mostrar ternura; miedo a los rostros y las voces que poblaban las noches de su niñez, a las extrañas percepciones que la estremecían, a todo cuanto la acercara a su abuela Eliza. No fue fácil para ella aceptar que poseía un don para comunicarse con los espíritus.

For more than a century, Sun Tzu's writings in The Art of War have been studied by millions of people from business leaders to military strategists. It occurred to me that Sun Tzu's writings not only provide guidance in warfare strategies, but also for individuals who are battling their own personal demons and desire greater peace. This small audiobook was made with the purpose of recovery in mind - whether it be from addiction, broken relationships, or suffering from attachment wounds. It models Sun Tzu's format while focusing on the art of finding peace.

Do racing thoughts keep you awake night? Do you find it hard to focus? Does constant mental chatter hinder your concentration? Do you have difficulty relaxing your mind. Do you feel like you can't control your thoughts. Do you feel like you can't get out of your head? Is your attention span shorter than a gnome with ADD?

Le Lagom, c'est l'art de la simplicité à la suédoise. Pas vraiment traduisible, le mot signifie "ni trop, ni trop peu". Anne Thoumieux, journaliste, propose une approche à 360° de ce phénomène de modération tout sauf ennuyeuse qui pourrait bien aider à construire une société meilleure pour demain. Elle étudie le Lagom à travers les différents aspects de notre vie : qu'est-ce qu'éduquer, travailler Lagom ? Recevoir Lagom ? À quoi ressemble la mode, la beauté, le bien-être Lagom ?

The Tao Te Ching is a compilation of meditations, comprised of 81 short chapters. Each chapter reflects on the beauty and mystical nature of the Tao (the Way). Tao Te Ching (Book of the Way) is one of the oldest written works that provides advice and guidance on perspective, inner strength, divine power, and moral excellence, among other principles of the universe. This 21st-century edition has been translated so that ancient text (originally written in classical Chinese in the fourth century BC) can be understood and enjoyed by the average listener.

Un ricercatore e una studentessa, pur non conoscendosi direttamente, iniziano una fitta corrispondenza epistolare. Nel rapporto si inserisce il protagonista-narratore che, entrato in contatto con il ricercatore, instaura con lui un intenso dialogo, dal quale emergono le paure, le angosce e i desideri più reconditi che attanagliano l'uomo moderno, mai come in questo inizio millennio bisognoso di certezze.

Ce voyage au fin fond de la dépendance, cette invitation au gai acquiescement de soi emprunte deux versants. Sous la forme d'un traité, sont explorées les voies qui conduisent à la grande santé, au joyeux dire oui. En contrepoint, dans des fragments, une autre voix se donne à entendre. À la troisième personne, lointaine et pourtant si intime, l'auteur narre sa singulière quête de liberté en plein chaos. Chemin faisant, Alexandre Jollien nous livre un carnet de route, un véritable traité de déculpabilisation.

In his first audiobook, As Many Reps as Possible (AMRAP), Jason reveals the invaluable principles that helped him and his wife dedicate every minute of their lives to Ava's battle against leukemia.

Книга современного философа, изучающего смысловые структуры действительности, доктора философии и профессора НИУ ВШЭ Георгия Чернавина посвящена феномену "подобия совести": совести ложной и/или заблуждающейся. Автор предлагает концепцию "подобия совести" – паразитарной формы внутреннего голоса, подпитывающего невротическое чувство вины и нашептывающего требования выморочного долга. Тема раскрыта на материале классической русской литературы (Достоевский, Толстой, Шкловский и др.), а также с опорой на средневековые типологии совести и разработки этой темы у Гуссерля, Хайдеггера, Сартра, Колнаи.

Paul Thagard explores the physiological workings and metaphorical resonance of balance in the brain, the body, and society. He describes the neural mechanisms that keep bodies balanced and explains why their failures can result in nausea, falls, or vertigo. Thagard connects bodily balance with leading ideas in neuroscience, including the nature of consciousness.

Much of the world's landmass is already known. Deep sea and outer space are beyond most people's reach. It feels like there are fewer places left to discover. Psychedelics, on the other hand, reveal worlds that remain largely obscure. Altered states offer modern, 21st-century audiences boundless opportunities to explore what a human being can experience. In this book, I show you how to become a capable discovery-maker, sample-collecting naturalist, and rational thinker of visionary phenomena.

Realizing your life is pointless is not the motivational advice you might expect—but it could be the advice that sets you free. Sweet Nothing offers an unorthodox and radically liberating approach to creating real peace in your life.

Among primers on meditation, this audiobook is exceptional in how it guides listeners who treasure inner growth and are looking for reliable direction on how to achieve it in an authentic and sustainable way. The author, a student of the Indian yogi Paramahansa Yogananda, distills the teachings of many other spiritual traditions and religions, including Christianity, into an interfaith perspective that will appeal to all seekers of the divine.

A new field of collective intelligence has emerged in the last few years, prompted by a wave of digital technologies that make it possible for organizations and societies to think at large scale. This "bigger mind" - human and machine capabilities working together - has the potential to solve the great challenges of our time. So why do smart technologies not automatically lead to smart results?

An unflinching and luminous memoir that explores a father’s philosophical transformation when he must reconsider the questions what makes us human? and whose life is worth living? Before becoming a father, Chris Gabbard was a fast-track academic finishing his doctoral dissertation at Stanford. A disciple of Enlightenment thinkers, he was a devotee of reason, believed in the reliability of science, and lived by the dictum that an unexamined life is not worth living. That is, until his son August was born.

Our ecological, social, and political issues all stem from the ideologies that drive our collective actions. In contrast to our innate humanity, which is rooted in unity, these ideologies have led us to believe that we are separate from each other, separate from nature, and separate from the results of our actions. Such a worldview encourages individuals to maximize self-interest, which then causes fragmentation, conflict, pollution, and the depletion of natural resources.

Does free will exist? The question has fueled heated debates spanning from philosophy to psychology and religion. The answer has major implications, and the stakes are high. To put it in the simple terms that have come to dominate these debates, if we are free to make our own decisions, we are accountable for what we do, and if we aren't free, we're off the hook.

"كتاب مفعم بالحيوية.. مثير للاعجاب.. وغزير بالمعرفة على نحو مدهش" - "نيويورك تايمز"

A guide to deprogramming yourself from thoughts.

ورواية "متاهة الأنبياء" آخر أعماله، يستكمل بها رحلته في متاهة النفس، صاعداً بها إلى الطبقة الثامنة من معمار المتاهة محاكياً بها بشكل مضاد "جحيم" دانتي أليجييري ذي الطبقات التسع. وبرهان شاوي متاهاته السابقة: متاهة آدم، متاهة حواء، متاهة قابيل، متاهة الأشباح، متاهة إبليس، متاهة الأرواح، ومتاهة العميان، يجعلها تجتمع في خط سير واحد لتتجه نحو الختام في المتاهة القادمة، وهي متاهة العدم العظيم.