Ocean Mind

On her 49th birthday, Anna Fergusson, Boston neuroscientist and dedicated introvert, arrives at an unwanted crossroads when the funding for her research lab is cut. With her confidence shattered and her future uncertain, on impulse she rents a cabin for a year on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. However Turtle Island, alive with sea birds and nesting Green turtles, is not the retreat she expected.

In Blue Mind, Wallace J. Nichols revolutionizes how we think about these questions, revealing the remarkable truth about the benefits of being in, on, under, or simply near water. Combining cutting-edge neuroscience with compelling personal stories from top athletes, leading scientists, military veterans, and gifted artists, he shows how proximity to water can improve performance, increase calm, diminish anxiety, and increase professional success.

This audiobook contains both of the very popular Lama Yeshe booklets, Becoming Your Own Therapist and Make Your Mind an Ocean. These lectures explore the general topics of Buddhism and the mind and are followed by question-and-answer sessions that include a fascinating historic exchange between Lama and a group of psychiatrists illuminating the differences between Western and Buddhist concepts of mental health.

Into the Deep is your gateway into Earth's last unexplored frontier: the ocean. With 10 captivating chapters that unravel the deep sea's most astonishing, mysterious, and mind-bending phenomena, this book is crafted for curious minds of all ages. Whether you're a budding marine biologist, a lifelong ocean lover, or someone who marvels at the wonders of nature, this journey into the abyss will leave you awestruck.

Are you fascinated by the cosmos and eager to explore the quantum realm without complex equations? Curious about wave-particle duality or how quantum theories impact everyday life, from computing to futuristic tech? Quantum Physics Simplified breaks down mind-bending concepts into engaging, easy-to-follow explanations, making the quantum world accessible to anyone with a curious mind.

A Tibetan lama tells his life story, from childhood with nomadic parents to his entrance into a monastic community, participation in Buddhist retreats, recognition as a reincarnated lama, meeting with the present 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, and studying and training in the Dzogchen tradition of Buddhism for service as a teacher to the world—based for the last 10 years in California.

You're tired—but not just tired. You're drained, overstimulated, unraveling at the edges. And when night falls, instead of rest, there's noise. Mental noise. Regret. Lists. Longing. The ache of what hasn't healed. It's not just background music—it's a safe place. A whispering presence that asks nothing of you. A gentle unraveling of the day's grip on your nervous system. It flows like warm mist, wrapping your weary mind in slow waves of stillness and softness.

Amritabindu Upanishad by Santonu Kumar Dhar “The mind is the cause of both bondage and liberation.” With this profound assertion, the Amritabindu Upanishad distills the timeless wisdom of the Vedas into a concise and powerful message: true liberation lies within. In this carefully crafted edition, Santonu Kumar Dhar—author, translator, and scholar of Indian philosophy—presents the Amritabindu Upanishad in its original Sanskrit, accompanied by transliteration, word-by-word breakdown, and accessible English translation. Each verse is further illuminated through insightful commentary ...

The ocean remembers everything. Long after wreckage is rusted through and flesh has turned to salt, something still lingers in the abyss—a frequency beneath sonar, a breath between waves. It is not a voice, not exactly. But it whispers. To those who dive deep enough, long enough, and return with their minds frayed by pressure and silence… it speaks. They say it’s the sea playing tricks. They’re wrong.

This book is a testimony to what the tide has generated in my life. It is a way to “save,” in a matter of speaking, the ocean patterns as part of my life, currents and countercurrents, the storms, and, above all, the transformation and continuous flow. Rising Tides is not only the recount of each of the Oceans Seven Challenge swims: the English Channel, the Catalina Channel, the Gibraltar Strait, the Ka-iwi Channel, The North Channel, the Tsugaru Strait and the Cook Strait, but also the recount of many other swims I have done in my life, emotional swims through grieveing moments, ...

Crutch, Abagail, the marines, and a ship full of Ironborn make their desperate escape from William Wyld and his half-dead army in Ironbay. But what waits for them in the ocean, and can they make it to Papageenar alive? Even if they make it to Papageenar, can they convince the Narafi cannibals deep in the jungle to share their spirit keeper's closely guarded secrets with Damen, the rightful king? Can they get the magic they need to fight Wyld or are the Ironborn hiding in the sewers of Ironbay doomed to be food for his half-deads? And what horrible surprise with the power to kill everyone ...

This book is designed for a fun and enjoyable experience for listeners of all ages. Perfect for car rides or family night with interesting , random facts about the animals in the ocean, you are sure to remember something fun that you can use to stand out in any conversation.

Includes 16 illustrations to help visualize the trivia. Unleash the power of curiosity with "Trivia Time: Fun Facts for Curious Minds." This captivating book is not just a collection of fun facts; it's an adventure through the fascinating world of knowledge that demands to be explored. Designed for curious young minds, it takes readers on a journey filled with astonishing trivia that will leave them awe-inspired and hungry for more. From the depths of the ocean to the mysteries of outer space, each page is brimming with intriguing insights and delightful nuggets of information that spark ...

If you want to rapidly achieve deeper levels of relaxation and relieve stress - then keep reading... One of the few constants in life is change. Our lives are so unpredictable. Jobs are lost. Health falters. Loved ones pass away. Relationships get rocky. Stress comes like a tidal wave. Is your mind always racing with an endless stream of thoughts? Are you constantly feeling stressed and overwhelmed? Do you have trouble falling asleep? Would you like to: Easily relieve stress and anxiety? Have a space where your mind will be at peace?

We live in a beautiful planet called Earth, full of secrets, natural wonders and mysterious life forms. My First Fact-o-Pedia series is the perfect choice for an amazingly simple and friendly encounter between your kids and the natural world. Explore 14 marvelous facts you probably never knew about our world's Oceans with this first book of the series! Alongside original and colorful drawings, it brings the intriguing wonders of our Oceans to curious young minds.

Alex is lonely and bored, lost at a pool party where he knows nobody. But along comes a server with an interesting history in the Navy...and a lovely pocketwatch he'd like Alex to see. Maybe the solution to Alex's indecisiveness isn't to take himself to gay pool parties in the hopes of meeting the perfect man...but to let the perfect man turn Alex into the perfect cabin boy. Join our hero on his journey of gentle hypnotic submission at the hands of a kind and passionate captain of the high seas.

Trey is an actor, beautiful and bored. Every night, he beds a different man, and every morning he wakes up looking for a new one...until Jordan comes along to find Trey relaxing on a nude beach. Little does Trey know, but he'll be relaxing a lot more soon...into a deep, obedient hypnotic trance! Even this Hollywood playboy can fall in love when his suitor discovers that he has a profound desire to submit to a powerful older man. Especially when that older man has his own sailing ship...

Bill takes his dream job as a concierge on a gay cruise line...mostly to do some "cruising" of his own! But he bites off more than he can chew when he tangles with a sexy hypnotist with his own plans for the ship...

Three men find themselves entranced by the ocean...and three men fall under the spell of sexy sailors! In three erotic short stories of the sea, gay lovers will unite over the waves and under the power of dominant hypnotists. Including full inductions and titillating trances, these are tales of the sails you'll feel compelled to read again and again!

Life is going to bring a few storms with it. Sometimes they'll be lightweight, almost refreshing, as you see them looming ahead from a comfortable distance. Other times you might feel like the sky itself has opened up above you, with the thunder the lightning threatening to overwhelm you. Islands in the Ocean contains 90 unique, encouraging devotionals to remind us that we're never alone in this life. The Bible is full of God-breathed verses to provide you with just the hope and sanctuary you need, right when you need it.