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In simple and straightforward language, Bhante Gunaratana shares the Buddha's teachings on mindfulness and how we can use these principles to improve our daily lives, deepen our mindfulness, and move closer to our spiritual goals. Based on the classic Satipatthana Sutta, one of the most succinct yet rich explanations of meditation, Bhante's presentation is nonetheless thoroughly modern.

It originated in Asia, moved to Europe, and is now consumed worldwide — a slightly-fermented tea that is purported to cure everything from indigestion to cancer. We’re talking about kombucha, which has exploded in popularity in the last quarter century. While the exact health benefits of kombucha remain unproven, it’s quite certain that the effervescent elixir provides its worldwide fans with a spiritual lift unlike any other drink.

Evil threatens human reason, for it challenges our hope that the world makes sense. For 18th-century Europeans, the Lisbon earthquake was manifest evil. Today we view evil as a matter of human cruelty, and Auschwitz as its extreme incarnation. Examining our understanding of evil from the Inquisition to contemporary terrorism, Susan Neiman explores who we have become in the three centuries that separate us from the early Enlightenment. In the process, she rewrites the history of modern thought and points philosophy back to the questions that originally animated it.

Why the law of attraction hasn’t given you the life of your dreams yet...and what to finally do about it once and for all to easily manifest your desires faster than you ever thought possible. You’re about to learn firsthand why every other Law of Attraction book never actually worked for you. You’re going to understand how to make the Law of Attraction “do” what you always wanted. And you’re going to stop wasting years of your life wishing for a better way...and finally attract and manifest the money, relationships, health, and success you’ve always dreamed of.

Heal Your Body is a fresh and easy step-by-step guide. Just look up your specific health challenge and you will find the probable cause for this health issue and the information you need to overcome it by creating a new thought pattern.

Michael Jordan credits George Mumford with transforming his on-court leadership of the Bulls, helping Jordan lead the team to six NBA championships. Mumford also helped Kobe Bryant, Andrew Bynum, and Lamar Odom and countless other NBA players turn around their games. A widely respected public speaker and coach, Mumford is sharing his own story and the strategies that have made these athletes into stars in The Mindful Athlete: The Secret to Pure Performance.

If your mind won’t shut off, your body feels stuck in fight-or-flight, and emotional pain gets louder at night… keep reading. Do racing thoughts keep you awake long after your body is exhausted? Do anxiety and depressive emotions feel heavier at night? Do you wake up drained, tense, and already overwhelmed before your day even begins? If so, this deep sleep program is the reset your nervous system has been waiting for.

Modern history tells a simple story: humanity rose slowly from ignorance to progress, advancing in a straight line from primitive beginnings to modern civilization. This narrative is familiar, orderly—and increasingly difficult to reconcile with the evidence. In The Lost History of Humanity, Dr. Erik Gray reexamines the foundations of that story. Drawing on archaeology, ancient texts, comparative mythology, and historical records from across the world, he explores a different possibility: that human history is not linear, but cyclical—marked by repeated rises, collapses, and long ...

Providence continues to illuminate humanity in The Sapiential Discourses, Book III, a continuation of The Sapiential Discourses Universal Wisdom book series. The information contained within is both fundamental and essential. This book is designed to help our species handle the changes that are being felt and witnessed on Earth now in its history. Source’s delivery is both direct and loving at the same time. Revealed to us in the first chapter are the new I AM declarations, a spiritual epiphany that will change your life. This book provides fascinating information on what happens after ...

Kaleidoscopic culture critic Chuck Klosterman rewrites the history of reality in an “ingenious” (Kirkus Reviews) work of speculative fiction based on a question that has never been considered or (in all likelihood) even asked: What if The Beatles had only developed a cult following while the...

Do your emotions keep you stuck on an endless cycle of ups and downs, stopping you from moving on and living your best life? Constantly thinking negative thoughts and feeling negative emotions naturally leads to more negative experiences. When you master the energy that creates your reality, you find more ease in manifesting your desires.

It's 11 p.m. and a thought just grabbed you by the throat. Most anxiety books hand you a bigger toolkit: 40 techniques, 16 thought patterns, a workbook's worth of homework to sort through in the exact moment your brain is worst at sorting anything. The Reframe Method does the opposite. It gives you one five-step sequence, the same five moves every time, until running it is as automatic as reaching for a seatbelt. Catch. Name. Check. Reframe. Anchor. That's the whole method, and you'll have it memorized by Chapter 4, condensed onto a single card you can keep on your phone lock screen or in ...

People with harm OCD - a form of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) - suffer from violent, unwanted thoughts and a crippling fear of harming others. They may also resist seeking treatment for fear of being judged. In Overcoming Harm OCD, psychotherapist and OCD expert Jon Hershfield offers powerful cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and mindfulness tools to help listeners break the endless cycle of pain and self-doubt caused by their disorder, and overcome their most debilitating symptoms.

New findings reveal working up a sweat has untold benefits: Building up a daily sweat in some manner, with or without exercise, heat related, such as sauna, can boost your body functions and immune system. What you never knew about “Sweating” you will discover within the chapters of this book. Once you understand the powerful benefits of sweat, you'll never head back to a "sweat-less" life. Try it and you'll be amazed at the results. There are no age barriers to the benefit of generating sweat. Everyone deserves to move from a "sweat-less" default mode to a new program that tends to ...

Does your mind seem to wake up the moment your head touches the pillow? Thoughts racing. Worries replaying the day. A feeling of tension that makes rest feel just out of reach. If anxiety and overthinking tend to show up at night, you’re not alone. Many people struggle not because they don’t want to sleep—but because their mind never truly slows down. This program was created for those moments.

Descubre el equilibrio energético del universo a través de conversaciones transformadoras con Haru Escárcega, especialista en sanación energética. En este Audible Original, Haru te invita a un viaje íntimo donde la armonía, el balance y diferentes conciencias se encuentran moviéndose al mismo ritmo. Bailando con el Universo es una experiencia de crecimiento personal y despertar espiritual. Haru comparte herramientas prácticas para acceder al infinito mar de posibilidades que el universo tiene para ti.

Feeling trapped by unwanted thoughts and emotions can seem an inevitable part of life. But Eknath Easwaran, who taught meditation for 40 years, teaches us a way to break free. Just as a fitness routine can create a strong, supple body, spiritual disciplines can shape a secure personality and a resilient, loving mind. Easwaran takes the timeless teachings of the Buddha and other mystics and tells how we can train the mind not just during meditation but throughout the day.

Do not worry because you cannot follow the course exactly to the letter. Do what you can of it, adapt it to your life, and do the best you can in present circumstances. The principal thing is to get twice daily into what is called the Silence, to quieten the senses, and get in touch with the Unseen, i.e., God, Divine Mind, the Infinite, Principle of Good, First Cause, the Absolute, the name does not matter, they all mean the same. Another vital thing is to use affirmations and denials, these will be explained more fully later. Yet another is meditation.

When pharmaceutical scientist David R. Hamilton, PhD observed the results of tests on new drugs, he noticed that patients receiving the control placebo pills reported the same level of improvement as people receiving the actual drug. Seeing this result repeat itself time and time again, he...

Become the master of yourself and your emotions. Find the you that you really are. We spend nearly 50 percent of our time thinking about something other than what we’re actually doing. Our past experiences keep us from living in the moment. Anxiety forces us to cling to our predetermined beliefs about ourselves, hold onto previous traumas, and live shackled in the chains of our past. But it doesn’t have to be this way....