Layered Reality is a candid dialogue between a truth seeker, a semi-fictional character who personifies the author, and a highly evolved channelled spirit entity, Zachariah.

Multi-Layered Reality is a non-fiction book that provides a comprehensive perspective of reality. It provides a New Age belief system that offers answers to the most fundamental questions that all religions attempt to answer. The Multi-Layered Reality (MLR) view of the universe integrates key consensus beliefs from the world's major religions with those of science, forming a new belief system that is more comprehensive than that found in existing religions. MLR is the most inclusive view of physical and metaphysical reality in that it considers all significant metaphysical and paranormal phenomena that are supported by a preponderance of evidence as real and as part of the reality model. The MLR model is a layered one of multiple layers of physical and metaphysical reality. The MLR belief system should be helpful to all individuals that are seeking alternatives to traditional religions, and also to those that would like to supplement their present religion with an open and progressive worldview. Traditional belief systems are generally tied to the past, and are often in conflict with modern science and are not open to modern day evidence of metaphysical and paranormal phenomena. New systems that accept the existence of intelligent design but are not tied to a particular religion are needed. The Multi-Layered Reality belief system is for the 21st Century and beyond.

Volume 184 in the North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures series.

Join Jody Seymour as he leads us on a journey through the Gospel of Mark. A Senior Minister in the United Methodist Church for many years, Jody has drawn from his learning and his lively imagination to introduce-or reintroduce-you to the hero of this Gospel. This devotional commentary will, when read alongside the Gospel itself, give you the opportunity to immerse yourself in the story of Jesus' life and come closer to the heartbeat of God. Let the words of this first and oldest Gospel make a mark on you, as you discover in a fresh way its power to transform. Includes a guide for personal reflection or group discussion.

The pursuit of happiness is a defining theme of the modern era. But what if people aren't very good at it? This and related questions are explored in this book, the first comprehensive philosophical treatment of happiness in the contemporary psychological sense. In these pages, Dan Haybron argues that people are probably less effective at judging, and promoting, their own welfare than common belief has it. For the psychological dimensions of well-being, particularly our emotional lives, are far richer and more complex than we tend to realize. Knowing one's own interests is no trivial matter. As well, we tend to make a variety of systematic errors in the pursuit of happiness. We may need, then, to rethink traditional assumptions about human nature, the good life, and the good society. Thoroughly engaged with both philosophical and scientific work on happiness and well-being, this book will be a definitive resource for philosophers, social scientists, policy makers, and other students of human well-being.

Volume # 31 of "The IT Revolution in Architecture," "Moving Layers" explores the stratified language of the electronic image and its ability to redefine architectonic space, giving it new meaning. From the prehistory and genetics of Video Art to the origins of video installations, site specific installations, interactive environments and Public Video Art, all the way to the applications of advanced technology in the new media.This is an artistic study of the elasticity of video surfaces, of the possibility of rethinking and re-dimensioning the experience of space through the use of images in motion. The authors Alexandro Ladaga, and Silvia Manteiga founded ELASTIC Group of Artistic Research in 1999. Their contributions to the international art scene are works with highly conceptual aspects, the fruit of careful analysis of their surroundings.

An exploration of the implications of developments in artificial intelligence for social scientific research, which builds on the theoretical and methodological insights provided by "Simulating societies".; This book is intended for worldwide library market for social science subjects such as sociology, political science, geography, archaeology/anthropology, and significant appeal within computer science, particularly artificial intelligence. Also personal reference for researchers.

“Gardenmaking, in its finest form, is a celebration of life and of love. David and his book epitomize this.” —Lauren Springer Ogden Brandywine Cottage is David Culp's beloved two-acre Pennsylvania garden where he mastered the design technique of layering—interplanting many different species in the same area so that as one plant passes its peak, another takes over. The result is a nonstop parade of color that begins with a tapestry of heirloom daffodils and hellebores in spring and ends with a jewel-like blend of Asian wildflowers at the onset of winter. The Layered Garden shows you how to recreate Culp's majestic display. It starts with a basic lesson in layering—how to choose the correct plants by understanding how they grow and change throughout the seasons, how to design a layered garden, and how to maintain it. To illustrate how layering works, Culp takes you on a personal tour through each part of his celebrated garden: the woodland garden, the perennial border, the kitchen garden, the shrubbery, and the walled garden. The book culminates with a chapter dedicated to signature plants for all four seasons.

Relax. Do not take things too seriously. For the “things” are not what you think them to be. Even you are not just your body, the body with which you have identified yourself all along. The renegade scientist sage Dr. Amit Goswami, Ph.D., in this book, takes a close look at our ‘own self; so close a look that it can change our perception of reality quite dramatically. In his inimitable style, Dr. Goswami connects quantum physics with old wisdom traditions and scientifically explains that we are not limited to our physical bodies, we are much beyond that. Once one realizes the enormity of the concept, a wonderful thing happens. It changes the context of life. And that, dear reader, is the beginning of a transformation. This book is a treasure trove of information for both the curious and the committed. Even if you are neither right now, it does not matter, you might just turn into one if you read it.

This book is a combination of poetry I have been writing since I was 16, 7 years of poetry all rolled into one book. There will be poems of love, of inspiration, of confusion, intensity. Passion, a little fear. And some that will push the line of censorship. There is also poems written for people as an analytical view of those individuals as well as people in general. This is a book for all people to read understand and hopefully want to see more of. This is not your typical rhyme poetry, this is free verse in it's fullest.