Writing Meditation

When actress and activist Brittany Snow was a teenager, she read an article about another woman’s hardship that made her feel seen and less alone. She carried that story in her back pocket for a long time. This experience was a gift that Brittany then paid forward when she revealed her own experience in a published article. Brittany’s story resonated with a young reader, who kept that story in her back pocket, where it was when the two crossed paths serendipitously.

The Epistle of Barnabas, penned between 70 and 132 AD, is a fascinating early Christian text that delves into the deeper meanings of the Old Testament. It reinterprets Jewish laws and rituals as allegories foreshadowing Christ and the new covenant. With its exploration of themes like the spiritual essence of Jewish laws, the transformative contrast between Judaism and Christianity, and powerful ethical teachings centered on Christ's central role, this epistle offers a vivid snapshot of early Christian thought.

In 2016, journalist Tara Henley was at the top of her game working in Canadian media. She had traveled the world, from Soweto to Bangkok and Borneo to Brooklyn, interviewing authors and community leaders, politicians and Hollywood celebrities. But when she started getting chest pains at her desk in the newsroom, none of that seemed to matter. The health crisis - not cardiac, it turned out, but anxiety - forced her to step off the media treadmill and examine her life and the stressful 21st century world around her.

This book will help you write great and effective eulogies to be used in funerals and memorial services. You will be given practical teaching on how to construct and what to include in your message so that those in the audience will leave the service with their spirits uplifted. You will know how to give a message that truly celebrates the life of the person.

Marcus Aurelius was Emperor of Rome from 161 to 180CE. He was also a Stoic philosopher and is best known for his ‘Meditations.’ This new book from the author of ‘Level Steps’ and ‘Hiram’s Way’ explores some of these Meditations from a Masonic perspective and offers deep and contemplative insights into the place and value of Freemasonry in today’s world.

Pamela Mulloy has always loved train travel. Whether returning to the Maritimes every year with her daughter on the Ocean, or taking her family across Europe to Poland, trains have been a linchpin of her life. As COVID locked us down, Mulloy began an imaginary journey that recalled the trips she has taken, as well as those of others.

The secret to my happiness started during my high school days (yes, drugs were involved) and continued through hitchhiking across the country, through the suicide of my girlfriend, through bartending in many cities around the country, and then a move to Japan. I lived there for nine years, helping start a $500 million business, including a LARKINS (my last name) line of product, and all the life lessons that come with the following statement: I get to do this!

Your thoughts are so powerful that they can move you forward or hold you back. They drive your actions, feelings, and habits. You may praise yourself or criticize yourself. You could just think about finishing that half-written song - or you can use the power of your mind to imagine the outcome, then take focused steps to finish it. Everything you manifest in your life is the direct result of what you think about on a consistent basis. This includes your success as a songwriter!

Essential life lessons from the world's most famous monk. Through a beautiful collection of autobiographical stories and teachings, At Home in the World tells the remarkable life of the beloved Zen Master, Thich Nhat Hanh. With his signature clarity and warmth, he shares tales from his childhood in rural Vietnam through to his travels teaching the world the art of mindfulness.

Unlock the transformative power of poetry as both artistic expression and spiritual practice with this comprehensive guide to finding your authentic voice. "Rising Wings" takes you on a seven-step journey through the landscape of your emotions, memories, and observations, providing concrete techniques to transform raw experience into resonant verse. Written with lyrical wisdom and practical insight, this book combines inspirational guidance with actionable exercises designed to develop every aspect of your poetic craft—from awakening deep listening and embracing difficult emotions to ...

A Magical Creativity is the collected magical journals of Taylor Ellwood from 2018 to 2020. In these magical journals he shares his ongoing works with practical magic, but also shares how to connect with the spiritual forces of stability and creativity. In this collection you'll find discussions of Taylor's work with the archangels, the sphere of art, identity work, and the ongoing development of cutting edge magical techniques. Taylor shares how real magic can change your life and shape the results you obtain, as well as exploring the ongoing necessity of internal work.

Meditation brings balance into our lives, providing us a refuge of profound rest and renewal that we can carry with us into all of our daily activities.

We are now moving forward on completing this series of books that share the lectures of my teacher and the founder of the Enkyoji Buddhist Network, Rev. Kanto Tsukamoto. As with many projects it takes lots of energy and time to bring them to completion. So as you can imagine, it is a great accomplishment to fulfil such a wish that started many years ago. The most powerful reason that I wish to share these lectures with everyone is because of their simplicity and the easy-to-grasp explanations that Tsukamoto Sensei uses to share many very profound teachings. In being his student, he has ...

Learn how to find fulfillment and still your mind through the teachings of Buddha. This book contains a brief overview of Buddhism. Like many heroic stories, the tale of this religion starts with one man's quest. Siddhartha Gautama was no ordinary man. He was a prince who gave up riches and a life of comfort in order to pierce the veil of body, mind, and spirit. With his fearless confidence and deep compassion for others, he achieved what few before him had ever known.

Inspired by the ruins of an ancient Cistercian abbey at the bottom of her garden in Norfolk, she begins to research the monks' lives who once resided there and realises how much we may have to learn from monasticism. Renouncing the world, monks and nuns have acquired a hidden knowledge of how to live: they labour, they learn and they acquire 'the interior silence'. Monk's Medicine is a quest for that hidden knowledge - a pilgrimage to 10 monasteries round the world, from a Coptic desert community in Egypt to a retreat in the Japanese mountains.

Daily Mindfulness: Meditate along with these verses daily. Learn from the bountiful bunny to be true in body and mind. If you appreciated the mindfulness encouragement from Peace Is Every Step, The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching and Together Is Better, you will love the quotes in Zen Bunnies. Let your inner Zen Bunny guide you to enlightenment.

Through this audiobook, I will help you understand what Buddhism is, not only as a religion, but also as a spiritual path of life. As this audiobook is for beginners, it will guide and help you to understand all you need to know about the fundamentals of Buddhism. I have also shared a few Buddhism meditation techniques you can try while you practice the teachings of Buddhism.

Need help sleeping? Look no further than Sleep Stories. In Cycle Rides Round London, we'll guide you on a soothing bicycle journey around the outskirts of London and it's rural neighbors. This relaxing travelogue is designed to help you to gently fall asleep and stay sleeping through the night. Each sleep story comes with a unique sleep introduction to help you relax your body and mind and get you ready for a great night's sleep. Then, let yourself unwind to the soothing voice of Rachael Meddows as she guides you through the sights of the hills of Essex, Hever Castle, and more.

Write your way to spiritual and emotional wholeness! Using a combination of journal writing and guided chakra meditations, Journaling the Chakras takes you on a guided, eight-week journey to deeper personal discovery, growth, and spiritual/emotional healing. You'll uncover previously hidden aspects of yourself and increase your understanding of why you respond and make decisions the way you do. When you journal the chakras you gain clarity and empowerment to create your life the way you want it to be, to become the person you want to become. An amazingly effective, fun, and enlightening ...

On most days, the mother’s soul is threadbare from serving her precious family. She doesn’t complain or begrudge the honor of motherhood, but she desperately longs for words of reassurance that are bathed in truth. This book represents a collection of faith writings (Volume III), reaching out to the mother’s emptiness with the hope, peace and comfort of the Father through his son, Jesus.