This book delves into the principles of mindful parenting, offering practical guidance and inspiring anecdotes to help parents be more attentive, compassionate, and responsive to their children's needs. With a focus on building strong relationships and fostering emotional intelligence, Enlightened Parentingexplores the power of mindful communication, mindful discipline, and mindful play in shaping a nurturing and loving environment for children to thrive. Through mindfulness practices, parents learn how to cultivate empathy, patience, and resilience, creating a harmonious and peaceful atmosphere in the home. Drawing from a blend of Eastern philosophies and modern psychology, this book encourages parents to develop their own self-awareness and inner growth in order to become more grounded and authentic in their parenting. By embracing mindfulness, parents can break free from reactive patterns and instead approach parenting with a sense of calmness, acceptance, and mindfulness. Whether you are a seasoned parent or new to the journey of parenthood, Enlightened Parentingoffers valuable insights and practical tools to help you navigate the challenges and joys of raising children with mindfulness and presence. By fostering a deeper connection with your children and nurturing a sense of mutual respect, this book empowers parents to create a loving and supportive family dynamic that promotes well-being and harmony.

This offering is designed for people with little or no knowledge of astrology, who would like to be able to understand and interpret their own birth charts, and perhaps those of their loved ones. It is a simple but complete guide to basic chart interpretation, including Sun, Moon, planets, Chiron and the four major asteroids. The approach is holistic, with an emphasis on harmonics. The technical aspects of chart creation and analysis are avoided. If you decide to study the subject in depth, you will most likely want to learn chart calculation and other tools of astrological application which are not covered here. This is a beginning place, and if studied and applied will provide a good grasp of your chart and a foundation for deeper study. For more information, please visit: www.wizzards.net/magyan

The Manual shows you how - with the right parenting - to raise an ethical, good-natured, intelligent, empathic, creative, easy-to-love, easy-to-respect, charismatic and high-achieving child. Confronting dangerous and popular myths head on, The Manual also explains where bad behavior comes from and why modern society is overrun with behavioral problems of epidemic proportions.

Enlightenment is simply accepting and working with all the segments of the self to live a life rooted in truth, acceptance, and learning. In Angelic Enlightenment, you'll discover that the archangels have a plan to guide you to this exalted state. Michael, Raphael, Gabriel, and Uriel! Together they will gently but firmly lead you on every step of your path. You'll learn how to work with your past lives and your dreams. You'll learn the meaning of the five segments of the self: the soul, the higher self, the emotional self, the subconscious, and the conscious. You'll also learn the seven keys to self-knowledge: understanding your dreams, feelings, thought patterns, body, desires, shadow self, and mortality. By viewing the information that comes when you focus on each of these keys, you will gain an awareness and understanding of your internal processes. These will lead you on the path to enlightenment. Each of the archangels has his own particular wisdom to impart. Michael is the archangel of truth and justice. Raphael brings healing and acceptance. Gabriel will teach you strength and commitment to the path of truth. And Uriel is the archangel of love and beauty, from whom you will learn how to love the beauty of the universe. This book is filled with techniques and exercises that will help make the path of enlightenment your personal path. You'll learn dream interpretation and the keys to interpreting past lives. You'll learn how to chart your life and the secrets of the powerful L.E.A.R.N. technique for discovering the root emotions. Included for free in this book is a set of 27 angel cards which can be used to suggest ways to help you along your path. Linda and Peter Miller-Russo, authors of this book, have dedicated themselves to presenting the archangel's plan of healing and enlightenment to the world. All you need to do is take the first step and use this book.

On The Wings of Inspiration: Exploring Our Inner Life through Interpretive Symbols was written in collaboration by two authors: Cheryl Metrick, and Jeree Wade, MA. The book is based on a collection of drawings and poems Cheryl created from spontaneous inspiration where she says, They fell out of my head. These inspirational poems are descriptive of the drawings. The premise of the book is not only to explore the interpretation of the art itself, but to journey into the drawings to find more personal meaning within. The authors lead the readers to take a personal inner journey to self-awareness and inner growth. Cheryl writes interpretations and feelings about each drawing in a narrative, which at times is autobiographical, as she takes her journey through the pictures. Jeree's commentary and workbook sections delve into symbolism to guide readers through an analytical process to achieve greater awareness, become mindful, and set guidelines in the continued pursuit of a purposeful and fulfilling life. Topics from the metaphysical philosophies to spirituality, humanitarianism, ecology, and energy systems are explored. The workbook sections include a wide range of themes: compassion, intention and focus, manifestation, balance, transformation, maturation, renewal, self-knowledge, self-sabotage, self-awareness, death, letting go, and the meaning of time. A guided process supports the reader to move into a place that is more peaceful and more centered to understand and implement life's lessons.

We live in a society that ignores and disregards attachment needs and feelings. Starting from this consideration, the author describes the stages of human emotional development in a lucid narrative which is both scientifically rigorous and grounded in clinical examples. Mieli critically investigates the origins of a specific weariness towards feelings which is reflected in the history of Western philosophy and science, resulting in a cultural disregard of emotional needs. The book powerfully suggests that if undeterred, this disregard may lead to severe consequences for the future of our society. Research compellingly shows that responding to fundamental emotional needs is a psycho-biological requirement necessary for human wellbeing and survival itself. Mieli contends that its oversight has a counterpart in the dramatic rise of mental distress in contemporary society, as well as in the difficulties that are increasingly encountered around maternity, fertility, and parenting.

What are the most significant points at issue between the Reformed and Mennonite communions–Baptism, peace and church-state relations? Is there a way forward? In the hope that there may be, the contributors to this book attempt to clear the way to closer relations between Reformed and Mennonites by careful scholarly discussion of the traditionally disputed questions. The papers gathered here were presented at the second phase of the international dialogue between the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (Presbyterian and Congregational) and the Mennonite World Conference. There are Reformed and Mennonite studies of the topics, together with the responses of a philosopher of religions, a sociologist, a systematic theologian and a church historian. In the Introduction the dialogue is set in its historical and contemporary ecumenical context, and the Conclusion, drafted by the dialogue participants, has been forwarded to the two world bodies for their consideration and action. This important work will be relevant to all future scholarly research into the growing debate between Reformed and Mennonite communions.

Examines the questions raised by advances in reproductive medicine. Essays by philosophers, physicians, biologists, and women's health activists discuss the ethical, social, and practical implications of contraception, abortion, freezing of eggs and embryos, psychosocial issues of in vitro fertilization, and surrogate motherhood. Many of the contributors speak from feminist perspectives, and essays include views from advocates, practitioners, and critics. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The volume introduces the central themes in and the main figures of Japanese Buddhist philosophy. It will have two sections, one that discusses general topics relevant to Japanese Buddhist philosophy and one that reads the work of the main Japanese Buddhist philosophers in the context of comparative philosophy. It combines basic information with cutting edge scholarship considering recent publications in Japanese, Chinese, English, and other European languages. As such, it will be an invaluable tool for professors teaching courses in Asian and global philosophy, undergraduate and graduate students, as well as the people generally interested in philosophy and/or Buddhism.