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In this revised best-selling book, Peter Scazzero outlines a road map for discipleship with Jesus that is powerfully transformative. He unveils what's wrong with our current definition of "spiritual growth" and offers not only a model of spirituality that actually works, but seven steps to change that will help you experience authentic faith and hunger for God.

Here Pema provides the tools to deal with the problems and difficulties that life throws our way. This wisdom is always available to us, she teaches, but we usually block it with habitual patterns rooted in fear. Beyond that fear lies a state of openheartedness and tenderness. This audiobook teaches us how to awaken our basic goodness and connect with others, to accept ourselves and others complete with faults and imperfections, and to stay in the present moment by seeing through the strategies of ego that cause us to resist life as it is.

Scripture reveals that the great business of life is to glorify God by enjoying Him forever. In this paradigm-shattering work, John Piper reveals that the debate between duty and delight doesn't truly exist. Delight is our duty. Join him as he unveils stunning, life-impacting truths you saw in the Bible but never dared to believe.

Humanity has become profoundly disconnected from the web of life on Earth as well as from nature as a whole. In this practical guide, Elizabeth E. Meacham details her field-tested method of shamanic ecotherapy practices to resolve this centuries-long trend toward disconnection. Through these practices, you will learn how to reconnect to Earth's systems and help restore health and balance to people and the planet.

First published in 1905, The Varieties of Religious Experience is a collection of lectures given at the University of Edinburgh in 1901 and 1902. William James was a psychologist and, as such, his interest in religion was not that of a theologian but of a scientist. In these 20 lectures, he discusses the nature and origin of religious belief. The average believer is one who has inherited his religion, but this will not do for James's inquiry.

Every day, the world seemingly invents new challenges for us in the form of new situations, new energetic exchanges, and new lessons. That also means that each day ends up screaming at us - in its own unique way - with the demand to keep up. Keep up with the cleaning, keep up with your job and your boss, keep up with your partner or your love life, keep up with your pets or your kids, keep up, keep up, and keep up. After a while, all that action and tension can certainly start to get to you.

Alan Watts examines the problem of humans in a seemingly hostile universe in ways that question the social norms and illusions that bind and constrict modern humans. Marking a groundbreaking synthesis, Watts asserts that the powerful insights of Freud and Jung, which had, indeed, brought psychiatry close to the edge of liberation, could, if melded with the hitherto secret wisdom of the Eastern traditions, free people from their battles with the self.

What drives all of your life’s priorities, values, and decisions? In the sequel to An End to Upside Down Thinking, Mark Gober builds a science-based worldview from which we can create a compass for living. In stark contrast to his prior belief system, Gober explains why life is actually full of meaning. From this perspective, he lays out how we might approach life accordingly, along with the well-traveled “awakening” path that we’re likely to encounter. Approaching life in a new way is the antidote that our civilization desperately needs.

In this courageous, leading-edge book, Jeff Brown takes us on the spiritual ride of a lifetime. In Part One, we join him on an engaging, often hilarious, and compelling personal journey through decades of tasting from a banquet of spiritual approaches. Through his direct experience, fierce exploration, and scintillating discernment, Brown exposes the fragmented, ungrounded, and dissociative notions of spirituality that have imprisoned our consciousness and obstructed our awakening since time immemorial.

Do you want to increase patience, tolerance, and reduce negative emotions? Are you feeling frustrated with your lack of results instead of trying a lot of meditation guidance? In Guided Meditations for Deep Sleep and Self-Healing Hypnosis, you will discover: The ancient and modern practices of meditation, what kind of meditation is right for you, how much meditation is enough, meditation might not be good for everyone all the time, self help exercises, deep sleep hypnosis, and how lifelong meditation can alter traits.

In 1987, a spiritual experience left Paul Selig clairvoyant. Since then, Selig has established himself as one of the foremost spiritual channels in the world. His unique connection has placed him in contact with the Guides, beings of higher intelligence, who share their voices and wisdom through him. Expanding on and transcending his previous work, Realization, the first audiobook in the Beyond the Known trilogy, is composed of the pure, unedited words of the Guides as they share their wisdom and knowledge through Selig.

The much-anticipated daily "reading" version of The Message in audio format is finally here. Designed for individuals as well as small groups, The Daily Message combines Discipleship Journal's renowned book-at-a-time reading plan with a flexible format that allows the listener go through the Bible in one year or spread out the listening with an alternate two-year plan. This version provides monthly plans for 26 readings, and allows for reflection time, minimizing frustration.

Shinn begins with the following statement: "Most people consider life a battle. It's not a battle.... It's a game. And, like most games, it can't be played successfully without understanding the rules." In a clear and accessible manner, Shinn then sets forth and explores the six key rules for the game of life, providing to listeners the user's manual for making informed decisions and fully embracing a life of success and happiness.

Dr. Hensley shares with us a sampling of her favorite examples of these principles in action in Understanding Is the New Healing. Deeply personal firsthand accounts of healing and transformation that have taken place in the lives of her patients, clients, and in her own personal life, she will have you on the edge of your seat, laughing out loud and reaching for the tissues.

This podcast brings to you some of the most beautiful stories from the life and times of one of India's most beloved spiritual master, Neem Karoli Baba. His life was full of love, warmth, acceptance, and compassion. In every episode, you will hear real stories about Neem Karoli Baba and how despite knowing everything that was going on, he remained a simple, no-frills, no-ego, saint, full of love and simplicity. He was also considered to be a true avatar or energy-incarnate of Lord Hanuman. Baba

In this groundbreaking book, world-renowned Buddhist teacher Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche invites us to join him in unlocking the secrets behind the practice of meditation. With an infectious joy and insatiable curiosity, he weaves together the principles of Tibetan Buddhism, neuroscience, and quantum physics in a way that will forever change the way we understand the human experience.

Stopping smoking isn’t easy. In fact, it can be very challenging, but with the right approach and support, it is possible. If your previous attempts to quit have failed, maybe it’s time to try a new approach? So, here’s a way to change it that can help you become a permanent non-smoker and can begin to untangled and quiet the web of subconscious thoughts that keep the addiction in place....

When you realize that it’s unnecessary to think all the time, something miraculous happens: who you are beyond the self-image in your head begins to emerge. Join Eckhart Tolle in The Secret of Self-Realization for an intensive two-session program pointing us toward the firsthand experience of our essential nature beyond the mind. After years of anxiety and depression, how was it that Eckhart came to suddenly realize a vastness of peace and inner freedom? Through the cessation of the thinking that was creating all of the drama in the first place, Eckhart discovered a sense of identity beyond “the little me.” The Secret of Self-Realization invites you to transcend the frustration and dissatisfaction of a thought-based life to experience the liberation that unfolds when the dimension of “being” takes precedence.

Life most definitely has its ups and downs. Your mindset plays a big role in determining the quality of your life. A positive mindset contributes greatly to living a fulfilling life. How would your day be if you thought more positive thoughts than negative ones? Most probably better and happier. You would thrive and enjoy living. You would feel more abundant, confident, healthy, prosperous, and successful.

The channeled literature of Paul Selig - who receives clairaudient dictation from unseen intellects called the Guides - has quickly become the most important and celebrated expression of channeling. The first two books of his new Mastery Trilogy attained popularity and praise. And now, Selig continues the "Teachings of Mastery" with the widely anticipated third volume in the series: The Book of Freedom, which tells listeners how to find full expression as the Divine Self through surrender and acquiescence to the true nature of their being.