The Voice of Knowledge: A Practical Guide to Inner Peace .A spiritual guide to overcoming negative emotions offers advice on saying what one means, refusing to speak against oneself, and ending self-deprecating thoughts and attitudes as part of realizing true knowledge and being true to oneself
| Title | : | The Voice of Knowledge: A Practical Guide to Inner Peace |
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (326 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1878424548 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
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A spiritual guide to overcoming negative emotions offers advice on saying what one means, refusing to speak against oneself, and ending self-deprecating thoughts and attitudes as part of realizing true knowledge and being true to oneself.
Editorial : As little children we know how to live in the moment and be completely authentic. But then something damaging happens to us, according to author Don Miguel Ruiz: we are given "knowledge" about how to live in the world. Parents tell us how to behave in order to be a "good" boy or girl. Teachers tell us what it takes to be a "winner" or a "successful" adult. This collective "voice of knowledge" is not only false--it is often poisonous, explains Ruiz, bestselling author of The Four Agreements. It makes us believe that "I am not the way I should be; it is not okay to be me." Drawing upon the story of Adam and Eve, Ruiz refers to the forbidden tree of knowledge and likens the abandonment of the true self to the fall from heaven. What Ruiz calls "the voice of knowledge" others spiritual teachers might call ego--the hidden and carefully defended belief system that prevents us from living and expressing who we really are. "The structure of our knowledge makes us feel safe….When w
For the rest of us, with jobs, children, and other contingencies in life, hiking a long distance trail is mostly fantasy. This is a great story about a close friend of mine from High School. William's windmill comes to the attention of an engineer working in the capital city, who blogs about it, inspiring others to take a four hour bus journey to find William, who then quickly comes to the attention of international entrepreneurs and technologists. But otherwise you'll find yourself thinking you'd seen the topics put better elsewhere.
For my needs, I think Weiss spends WAY too much time dwelling on the frustration and "abuse" that ADDers have. Over and over, I was astonished at William's creativity in finding uses for things I would have considered useless junk. I had 3 days, choose 3 hikes based on book. I think that the exercise descriptions are easy to understand, which is really important when a book does not have any pictures to show what is being described. What is most impr
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