WHY NOT BE A MYSTIC ? “ The only cure for the angst of life , ” wrote Thomas
Merton , “ is mysticism . " “ The gift of the mystical life is open to all who seek and
desire it , ” writes Frank Tuoti . In Why Not Be a Mystic ? Mr . Tuoti presents the ...
Author: Frank X. Tuoti
Publisher: Crossroad
ISBN: 082451503X
Category: Religion
Page: 192
View: 859
Mysticism is a phenomenon that has rapidly swept through the world during the second half of the twentieth century and will surely continue to increase as we enter into the third millennium. This book touches on prayer and spirituality and how mysticism is a way of touching God.
They might reasonably States have certified to this fact , and do so , because by
so saying they would for the Grand ... It is regular and legal . phis , why may they not also declare If the influence of the Rite of Mem . that they shall not join a ...
with God is important or even necessary for salvation, why does this union need
to be achieved with the incarnated, crucified, and resurrected Son of God? Why not a mystic union with God directly? But if mystical union with the incarnated Son
...
Author: Michael Martin
Publisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 1566390818
Category: Philosophy
Page: 273
View: 659
In this systematic philosophical critique of the major tenets of Christianity, Michael Martin examines the semantic and epistemological bases of religious claims and beliefs. Beginning with a comparison and evaluation of the Apostles' Creed, the Niceno-Chalcedonian Creed, and the Athanasian Creed, Martin discusses the principal theological, historical, and eschatological assumptions of Christianity. These include the historicity of Jesus, the Incarnation, the Second Coming, the Virgin Birth, the Resurrection, Salvation through faith in Jesus, and Jesus as a model of ethical behavior. Until now, an adequately convincing criticism of Christianity did not exist. Martin's use of historical evidence, textual analysis, and interpretations by philosophers and theologians provides the strongest case made to date against the rational justification of Christian doctrines.
I had asked, “Why don't you want to be born again?” That's a very simple
question in Jainism, because Jainism is nothing but an effort not to be born again
. It is the whole science of preventing rebirth. So I asked him the basic question, “ Don't ...
Author: Osho
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 0312274068
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 320
View: 564
Understand the life and teachings of Osho, one of the twentieth century’s most unusual gurus and philosophers, in Autobiography of a Spiritually Incorrect Mystic. In 1990, Osho prepared for his departure from the body that had served him for fifty-nine years—in the words of his attending physician—“as calmly as though he were packing for a weekend in the country.” Who was this man, known as the Sex Guru, the “self-appointed bhagwan” (Rajneesh), the Rolls-Royce Guru, the Rich Man’s Guru, and simply the Master? Drawn from nearly five thousand hours of Osho’s recorded talks, this is the story of his youth and education, his life as a professor of philosophy and years of travel teaching the importance of meditation, and the true legacy he sought to leave behind: a religion-less religion centered on individual awareness and responsibility and the teaching of “Zorba the Buddha,” a celebration of the whole human being. Osho challenges readers to examine and break free of the conditioned belief systems and prejudices that limit their capacity to enjoy life in all its richness. He has been described by the Sunday Times of London as one of the “1000 Makers of the 20th Century” and by Sunday Mid-Day (India) as one of the ten people—along with Gandhi, Nehru, and Buddha—who have changed the destiny of India. Since his death in 1990, the influence of his teachings continues to expand, reaching seekers of all ages in virtually every country of the world.
One day, his teacher asked him, “why all the questions?” Will answered, “Some
of the things you are teaching us don't feel right, and sometimes I get confused.”
The teacher said, “Don't challenge the knowledge of the ancient ones. Our great
...
Author: Sean Williams
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 9780578089966
Category: Religion
Page: 56
View: 820
Will the caterpillar, grows up in a caterpillar society, wondering why things are the way they are, and wondering what he can do to free his friends from their lack of knowledge of truth. Can he succeed in showing them the way?
Don't mean they couldn't have hired the job out, though.' Friel leaned back in his
chair. 'I've worked a lot of contract hits over the years, and this doesn't look like
one.' 'If it was a hit,' Maggie Mason said, 'why not just blast her there in the car?
Author: Dennis Lehane
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 9780748124794
Category: Fiction
Page: 304
View: 313
The New York Times bestselling novel from Dennis Lehane is a gripping, unnerving psychological thriller about the effects of a savage killing on three former friends in a tightly knit, blue-collar Boston neighbourhood. There are threads in our lives. You pull one, and everything else gets affected. When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car pulled up their street. One boy got in the car, two did not, and something terrible happened - something that ended their friendship and changed all three boys forever. Twenty-five years later, Sean Devine is a homicide detective. Jimmy Marcus is an ex-con who owns a corner store. And Dave Boyle is trying to hold his marriage together and keep his demons at bay - demons that urge him to do horrific things. When Jimmy Marcus' daughter is found murdered, Sean Devine is assigned to the case. His personal life unravelling, he must go back into a world he thought he'd left behind. His investigation brings him into conflict with Jimmy Marcus, who finds his old criminal impulses tempt him to solve the crime with brutal justice. And then there is Dave Boyle, who came home the night Jimmy's daughter died covered in someone else's blood...
I will do it. I will do this for all the people on the Earth. As he spoke these words in
his heart, he saw a picture in his mind. The Earth was crumbling. ... Stunned with
the speed of the change, Sean realized they could not move. Not forward, not ...
Author: Susan Ware
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9781491722879
Category: Fiction
Page: 234
View: 983
What if you could become part of a revolution that is sweeping the globe? What if you could probe the deepest core of your identity? What if you could unlock your purpose and transform your life? Would you do it? Sixteen-year-old Sean Mason thinks he has no future. Ever since his father vanished three years ago, Sean has been living in pain, haunted by his memories and in constant conflict with his mother. Worse yet, he has begun to experience chilling visions foretelling a possible future of devastation and destruction in the world. Sean feels helpless and out of control. But all of that is about to change. One day, in the throes of yet another vision, a disembodied voice tells Sean he has been given a mission that will determine his life’s purpose and quite possibly the fate of humanity. Immediately, Sean free-falls into emptiness and is drawn into another world, where he is gifted with a powerful seed that holds all the answers he needs - if he can discover its secret. Meanwhile, in a faraway dimension, a lowly castle watchman, an ancient and partially demented Knight, along with a prophetic, but ominous raven work together to lead Sean and his three friends into alternate realities where they struggle through trials and challenges that eventually reveal that it is up to their generation to help humanity rise above its self-destructive ways, no matter what the personal cost to them. Quest of a Teenage Mystic will turn the perception of your life upside down as you follow Sean into the many staggering dimensions and possibilities of the human experience.
spiritual nature , not as a matter of theory or belief , but as an experimental
science , ” I said . “ That is just it ... I asked ; " why not teach humanity the laws of
their spiritual nature , and put an end to ignorance and superstition ? ” - You cannot ...
Why not ? The struggle is open to all the world , and all men engage in it . It is
inevitable that some must go down , but the few are bound to win . Why not I ? ” “
And if you do win , what then ? ” asked Herbert , as if he had asked himself the ...
Author: Mrs. Frederick Townshend MarryatPublish On: 1900
113 “ Then why tell me stale news ? " “ In spite of the heat , you look as cool and
pale as - a cucumber . ” “ Why not a cabbage ? A cucumber is apt to per . spire
when peeled . It takes a deal to get a rise out of me . And as for a blush , can ' t do
it ...
Author: Edwin Harkness SpinaPublish On: 2011-04-12
Once they have a nuke, they don't need lots of other weapons. He laughed wryly
to himself. What's worse, they might ... “He'll do what he's told. If not, we'll leak the
fact they succumbed to extortion.” “Tata.” Chapman smiled as he hung up.
Author: Edwin Harkness Spina
Publisher: Edwin Harkness Spina
ISBN: 9780974587158
Category: Fiction
Page:
View: 820
The DaVinci Code meets The X-Files as selfless mystics use advanced psychic abilities to battle terrorists, mercenaries and the power elite, with the fate of millions hanging in the balance.Mystic Warrior won the 2005 Independent Publisher Book Award Winner for Visionary Fiction and a 2008 Nautilus Silver Book Award Winner for Fiction/Visionary Fiction. (Deepak Chopra won the Nautilus Gold that year.)Alec Thorn is a thirty-something go-getter looking to make it big. When a key business ally dies suspiciously, his dream is shattered. Sophie, an eccentric florist, mysteriously leads him to a discovery that will change his life forever -- the leader of an elite group of mercenaries has a personal vendetta against him and wants him dead.Ominously, the mercenaries are threatening to auction off a nuclear device to fanatic terrorists bent on world destruction. Aided by Sophie and a rogue bounty hunter, Thorn begins a desperate race against time to develop his "spiritual muscles" and survive in a world he had no idea even existed and where his previous beliefs about time and space no longer make sense.Thorn's spiritual transformation reveals an unknown world of selfless mystics working behind the scenes using advanced psychic abilities to battle terrorists and the power elite. This unassuming entrepreneur-turned-mystic-warrior battles against seemingly insurmountable odds with the fate of millions hanging in the balance.
Their answer, “No,” was followed by me saying something along the lines of, “
Well, I don't either. Go back ... I also knew that we were well-liked and that no
harm was meant by this reference—at least not by our students. ... I wondered why not?
Author: Erin Jensen
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 9781452523798
Category: Body, Mind & Spirit
Page: 190
View: 538
From Mormon to Mystic: Journey from Religious Disillusionment to Soulful Liberation chronicles the journey of a sixth-generation Mormon woman. She travels a path that takes her from a tightly knit and theologically strict religious community to the open expanses of a mystical understanding of reality. Erin Jensen weaves together the account of her transformation and the strands of insight that come from James Fowler’s Stages of Faith. By rooting her narrative in the vivid details of the steps she takes along the way, the author tells how she weathers her life’s challenges, including a federal court “witch” trial, and emerges from the depths of several “dark nights of the soul.” While From Mormon to Mystic immerses itself in the details of one life, it simultaneously offers guidance for anyone seeking to overcome the strictures of rigid systems of belief and behavior. In its pages, the reader will learn how to make his or her way toward freedom and wholeness by understanding how faith develops, learning to work with shadow qualities, practicing non-attachment, taking personal responsibility, trusting one’s ability to choose, appreciating the power of total forgiveness, connecting to inner sources of wisdom, and embracing a state of consciousness filled with hope, love, and peace. From Mormon to Mystic: Journey from Religious Disillusionment to Soulful Liberation offers both a narrative of one woman’s path to spiritual freedom and a guide for others who seek their own way from the confines of their current circumstances to the liberation they desire to envision for the own futures.
Why , our first thoughts are of oblivion . Our impulse is to fling away our one
opportunity to live , and seek to find surcease in death . But think a moment . Why
hurl our benighted selves in among that horde of malignant beings ? Why not
wear ...
“Why do you even care if I come home?" I ask. Kyle's left eye begins to twitch
nervously. Suddenly, I understand what this meeting is really about. "You don't
care," I say "You're just trying to get me to come home to save face with Dad. He
must ...
Author: Theo Lawrence
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 9781448158515
Category: Juvenile Fiction
Page: 368
View: 834
Fate brought them together, fire will tear them apart. The uprising has begun. Mystic City is in the throes of revolution, led by Hunter, rebel mystic and Aria's true love. To save the city. Aria needs to find a weapon of great power: the heart of a dead mystic. But her enemies are also searching for it, and Aria's downfall is their deepest desire. Will the rebellion destroy the city or can a renegade heart save therm all?
Why , our first thoughts are of oblivion . Our impulse is to fling away our one
opportunity to live , and seek to find surcease in death . But think a moment . Why
hurl our benighted selves in among that horde of malignant beings ? Why not
wear ...
The Lord didn't bless me with a single son to do any hard labor around here, so I
have the girls do the more delicate chores and I make a weekly shopping trip for
the essentials, as long as I can stand the ... “Why not hire a farm hand, ma'am?
Author: Erin Bernstein
Publisher: BookRix
ISBN: 9783736856769
Category: Fiction
Page: 36
View: 384
"A tantalizing love story. A story that makes you want more." "Such a love story one could never imagine, with the deepest of desire and lust." "Never has a love story ever been told with such depth, desire, and innocence." - B.J. DeCoeur "Bernstein is powerful in her vibrant depiction of love and resiliency, using irony and contrast with skill and sensitivity to the pleasure of the reader." - Tim Truzy, Author
Author: Albert Trovillo Siders BarnitzPublish On: 1857
And when that I am reinstated here , With fair Malvina for my lawful bride , You ' ll not regret the day you lent your aid To keep Duthmarno lord of Windy Hall ! Come
, let us go ... Why , here's my Uncle's seal and signatureHow's this ? Stan .
1 Why should we go on speaking about " selection ” and “ exoticism ” with regard
to these moral things ? Why not say that hope is universal , and that so is
Goodness , and that the Mystic City is without walls ? At least such is the state of ...
A. Why not ? Does sin make humanity any • better than holiness ? Were not
Enoch and Elijah translated ? Now , if the archetypal blood of Christ could be
applied to the sanctification of the Spirit , and He , by covenant , had sealed it with
his ...
This being out of the customary mode of things , caused us some little
astonishment ; but we , at last , concluded , if spirits could produce fire , why not
water also — a combination of chemical elements might produce the one as well
as the ...
