World Wisdom

Britain 1941. Still reeling from the greatest loss of his life, the Reverend Major Clement Wisdom is called on again to serve his nation in its time of need. Under the cover of taking up a new parish in far northern Scotland, Clement is sent to the remote village of Huna, in Caithness, to locate a possible enemy agent who is sending out encrypted radio messages.

Dangerous and disregarding people don't simply drop out of the sky. Nor are they born bloodthirsty and cruel. When looking at the developmental years of adult criminals and juvenile delinquents or the selfish patterns of anyone that we must rub shoulders with, the question is asked "How does one get this way?" Typically we can see the answers within their genetic mental health history which may hint of possible concern and their first 5 years after birth which is their most impressionable social training ground.

"WOW!! I didn't know that!!" - this is what I predict you will say literally hundreds of times as you listen to this book. In fact, in the humblest sort of way, I am confident that you will learn more from this book about the world we live in and interacting with our fellow human beings than you did in all your years of high school and college. I really wish someone would have given me this book before I left school and entered the real world.

Timeless Stoicism can help elevate your state of mind. Imagine a reality where you're able to manage the daily stresses, uncertainties, and setbacks life throws your way calmly and effectively. Picture a life where you're able to make strategic, informed decisions devoid of rash judgments and emotional instinct.

It seems we are always one step behind the life we truly want to live. We often swing between two seemingly opposite poles of experience: on the one side is isolation, anxiety, confusion, fear; and on the other side is unity, clarity, joy, enthusiasm, and energy. Beyond both is magical living, pointed to by such signs as serendipity, synchronicity, transcendence, grace, intuition. How can we can neutralize habitual, conditioned patterns of knowledge and perception?

Lengthen your life, succeed in your relationships, and prosper in everything that you do! Wisdom is key to health, wealth, and prosperity. Relationships succeed, healing manifests in the body, conflicts are resolved, favor is granted, and many more opportune advantages come because you have wisdom. Jesus said, "I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves." How many of us have inquired about the wisdom of the snake?

Do you believe everyone is capable of getting “unstuck?” Do you recognize your own uniqueness? Do you wonder if you have abilities which may lie deep within? If you do not, once you listen to this stimulating book, you will be convinced otherwise. Stop Depriving the World of You simply and creatively provides exercises for you to begin the journey of self-discovery. Soon you will come in contact with your own unique talents and gifts.

When we think of great events in the history of the world, we tend to think of war, revolution, political upheaval or natural catastrophe. But throughout history there have been moments of vital importance that have taken place not on the battlefield, or in the palaces of power, or even in the...

In I Am Accountable, renowned speaker and consultant Sam Silverstein explains how accountability is the secret to filling your life with more meaning, more success, and more joy - and it all starts with your mind-set. In order to create a truly meaningful life, we must first accept that the problem is never other people. “The real problem,” Sam Silverstein maintains, “is what we believe about other people.”

Knowledge without wisdom can be even more dangerous when coupled with someone talented in rhetoric. Rhetoric in this audiobook is defined as the use of knowledge and beautiful speech to achieve a political objective. Philosophy is defined as the “love of wisdom”, and the search for it among the rhetoric will prove difficult.

As an empath, it can sometimes be very confusing when people act in a certain way, the fact that you feel things deeply without even a word spoken can then leave your mind to run amok with different thoughts, feelings, and emotions. To understand WHY people behave as they do enables you to use your gift of empathy to benefit not only the lives of others, but also your own. The awareness that solid emotional intelligence can provide for someone of an empathic nature is second to none.

The ancient Stoics had something. Modern psychology proved they were right. But there's a third option nobody's talking about. Picture those people who stay weirdly calm when everything goes wrong. Not the fake-zen types pretending life's all crystals and gratitude journals. The ones who genuinely don't lose their heads when the world's on fire. They're not built different. They're running different software.

The secret to a long, healthy life? It's really very simple... Giulia Crouch always knew there was something magical about the life of her Sardinian grandfather, so she was not surprised when Sardinia was identified as one of 5 'blue zones' around the world - places where people live healthy...

En los preludios de la Primera Guerra Mundial, en pleno apogeo del colonialismo europeo, un agente del Gobierno británico se interna en la península arábiga con la finalidad de subyugar una inminente rebelión anticolonial. El emisario es cuestión recorre, bajo un sol abrasador, amplias regiones desérticas. Trata con los enemigos del Imperio Británico y se gana su confianza. Se convierte en uno de ellos... y actúa de forma subrepticia a favor de los intereses de la metrópli, aunque le repugna tanto ejercer ese papel que acaba simpatizando con la causa árabe.

What if the key to a more connected and mindful life lies in ancient wisdom, we've overlooked? This audiobook explores the spiritual traditions of Indigenous Australians, with a focus on the practice of Dadirri—a deep form of listening and contemplation. It also examines parallels between Indigenous spirituality and other global wisdom traditions, such as Zen Buddhism, Vedic traditions, and Christian mysticism.

In the dark days of 1941, Britain fights on alone. Invasion threatens and fear hangs in the air. Some yearn for peace and an end to the relentless Nazi bombing. Others are spurred on to fight for victory, no matter the cost. And some will manipulate a divided country for their own ends. On a winter’s night, a German spy parachutes into the Cambridgeshire fenland while another man is secretly murdered in the same field. Is he another enemy spy or has he been sent to his death? Either way, a killer lurks.

What if you could interview top Christian women leaders and ask their advice on how to be successful (eternally significant) and glorify God with your work? Threads of Wisdom documents the journeys and best advice of 10 women that lead marketplace and non-profit organizations, in their own words.

Drawing on life lessons from management legend Peter Drucker, journalist and scholar Bruce Rosenstein shows knowledge workers how personal and professional diversification is the key to navigating our "flat world" of zero job security, information overload, portable skills, and 24/7 work expectations.

Wisdom and the meaning of living a life through wise words, wonderings, and common sense for the sane mind in an insane world wrought with all manner of injustices, wars, social upheavals, and the need for common sense where there is none.

One of the last migratory American Indian tribes, the Tihanama people of Tennessee ranged from the Great Lakes to the Florida Panhandle. Other Southeastern peoples called them the Big Medicine tribe. They were known for their legends, antiquity, trail markings, knowledge of herbs, funeral ceremonies, songs, paints, and dyes. This collection by Donald Panther-Yates is as unique as its subject - there is no other like it. The Eighth Arrow story will completely alter your understanding of Native American spirituality. It may change your life.