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Thomas Armstrong: In Their Own Way In this fully updated classic on multiple intelligences, Armstrong sheds new light on the ‘eight ways to bloom’, or the eight kinds of ‘multiple intelligences’. While everyone possesses all eight intelligences, Armstrong delineates how to discover your child’s particular areas of strength among them. The
book shatters the conventional wisdom that brands our students as
‘underachievers’, ‘unmotivated’, or as suffering from
‘learning disabilities’, ‘attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder’, or other ‘learning diseases’. Armstrong explains
how these flawed labels often overlook students who are in
possession of a distinctive combination of multiple intelligences,
and demonstrates how to help them acquire knowledge and skills
according to their sometimes extraordinary aptitudes.
Po
Bronson: What
Should I Do With My Life? If
focusing on your heart brings you to the realization that you
really need some serious changes in your life, I warmly recommend
you to read this book. Change can be scary. This book covers many
stories of people who decided to face their fears and actually
make the changes. It will help you to do the same thing. It helped
me! I finally allowed myself to do what I love best: create books. Julia
Cameron: God in No Laughing Matter In
God
Is No Laughing Matter,
best-selling author Julia Cameron takes a witty, powerfully
honest, and irreverent look at the culture of “spirituality”
today and offers insight to enable readers to determine their
personal spiritual path. The important thing to remember, she
says, is that God is both more humorous and more humane than
we’ve been taught. In
a sense, Cameron has always nudged her readers to forge a more
conscious relationship with God. So it isn’t any surprise that
she would eventually tackle this topic head-on in God Is No Laughing Matter.
This inspirational book is formatted as a series of essays, and
each one ends with a suggested experiment or exercise. This essay
structure gives the book lightness and approachability, which is
fitting, considering that her main premise is that we need to
lighten up so that we can better approach God. When challenging
the notion that “God is no laughing matter”, she writes,
“I'm not so sure about that. Look at octopuses, for example. And
baboons with those hilarious bright red asses.” Sound
superficial? Don’t make me laugh. This is actually one of
Cameron’s most articulate, spirited, and ripened books yet.
Although she underscores some of the spiritual advice that’s
already being said (slow down, simplify, be still), readers will
find plenty of fresh and original essays in a book that really
matters. Highly recommended!! Jack
Canfield: Chicken Soup for the Soul It’s
like homemade chicken soup that warms the chill and heals the ill.
This collection of 101 stories is based on the belief that true
testimonies of goodness and loving transformations can nourish us
to the bone and heal the cynicism in our hearts. Indeed, most
every story seeps in deeply. It’s hard not to shed a tear of
gratitude, feeling thrilled to have been touched and soothed so
easily. Some of the authors are famous, such as Dan
Millman,
who writes an exquisite vignette on “Courage”, and Gloria Steinem,
who writes of The
Royal Knights of Harlem. Many, however, have a short, simple story to tell about an event, a
person, an everyday miracle that exemplifies the best of the human
spirit. overview books - overview movies - overview music - Go to homepage
Fritjof
Capra: The Web of Life During
the past twenty-five years, scientists have challenged
conventional views of evolution and the organization of living
systems and have developed new theories with revolutionary
philosophical and social implications. Fritjof Capra has been at
the forefront of this revolution. In The Web of Life, Capra
offers a brilliant synthesis of such recent scientific
breakthroughs as the theory of complexity, Gaia theory, chaos
theory, and other explanations of the properties of organisms,
social systems, and ecosystems. Capra’s surprising findings
stand in stark contrast to accepted paradigms of mechanism and
Darwinism and provide an extraordinary new foundation for
ecological policies that will allow us to build and sustain
communities without diminishing the opportunities for future
generations. Fritjof
Capra is a regular scholar at Schumacher
College where he’s renowned for his excellent
performances in the daily volleyball matches. I know; I’ve
played him there. Doc
Childre: From
Chaos to Coherence A
gutsy, sincere, scientifically-based business case for bringing
more heart into organizations. Presents HeartMath's impeccable
biomedical research and highly practical tools for humanizing
business, building people and organizations that respond
gracefully to change, crisis and challenge. Clients such as
Motorola, Hewlett Packard, Canadian Imperial Bank of Canada,
Nortel, Cisco Systems, Lucent, BP and Royal Dutch Shell are
empowering their talented workforce with these tools.
Well-documented examples and organizational case studies
illustrate impressive changes. Mihaly
Csikszentmihalyi: Flow You
have heard about how a musician loses herself in her music, how a
painter becomes one with the process of painting. In work, sport,
conversation or hobby, you have experienced, yourself, the
suspension of time, the freedom of complete absorption in
activity. This is flow, an experience that is at once demanding and rewarding--an experience
that Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi demonstrates is one of the most
enjoyable and valuable experiences a person can have. The
exhaustive case studies, controlled experiments and innumerable
references to historical figures, philosophers and scientists
through the ages prove Csikszentmihalyi's point that
flow
is a singularly productive and desirable state.
But the implications for its application to society are what make
the book revolutionary. Masuro
Emoto: Messages
from water See
how spoken and written words change the structure of water. This
ground breaking work from Dr Masuro Emoto shows us that what we
say, and feel and well as what we listen to has an effect on
water, and because we are made up of water, it has an effect on
us. Wonderful colour photography shows how water reacts in the
presence of both spoken and written words. This imagery was
recently utilized in the movie What
The Bleep Do we Know.
This work has also been referenced by Wayne Dyer, Lee Carol, Gregg
Braden, Drunvalo Melchizedek, and Jonathan Goldman to name a few. This
is a truly awesome book – highly recommended!! overview books - overview movies - overview music - Go to homepage
Howard
Gardner, Frames
of Mind Dr.
Gardner endeavours to offer a new paradigm on how one should look
at a child's intelligence. The premise of his theory is not that
if you're smart, but how you're smart. In this book he shows that
there are seven intelligences (Keep in mind that this resource was
written in 1983). Dr.
Gardner has since come up with two more intelligences - those
being the naturalistic and existential intelligence. His theory is
different from the old paradigm that only considered the logical
mathematical and verbal linguistic intelligences. When applied,
this theory can be very productive in the classroom. Several
resources have come out since, sowing how one can incorporate the
multiple intelligences theory in ones classroom. Daniel
Goleman: Emotional
Intelligence There
was a time when IQ was considered the leading determinant of
success. In this fascinating book, based on brain and behavioural
research, Daniel Goleman argues that our IQ-idolizing view of
intelligence is far too narrow. Instead, Goleman makes the case
for “emotional intelligence” being the strongest indicator of
human success. He defines emotional intelligence in terms of
self-awareness, altruism, personal motivation, empathy, and the
ability to love and be loved by friends, partners, and family
members. People who possess high emotional intelligence are the
people who truly succeed in work as well as play, building
flourishing careers and lasting, meaningful relationships. Because
emotional intelligence isn't fixed at birth, Goleman outlines how
adults as well as parents of young children can sow the seeds. Joseph
Jaworski: Synchronicity Jaworski
(son of Leon Jaworski, the famous special prosecutor of the
Watergate scandal) tells of his personal journey from being a
successful corporate lawyer to becoming someone who works on
making leadership better for all of us. Like most personal
journeys, this one has low points (his wife falling in love with
another man and telling Jaworski to move out that day, his father
not telling him that he loved him, and the deaths of a child of
each of his two sisters) and some high points (breakthrough
meetings with great thinkers and stimulating helpful change). You
could read the book for this, and you would have the rewards of a
nicely done biography of someone who is working towards living an
exemplary life. But
there is more. Jaworski has accumulated some important insights
into leadership that are well worth knowing. He makes an appealing
case for servant leadership (the leader looks out for the group,
rather than his self-interest). He also tells a fascinating tale
of running the scenario development work at Royal Dutch Shell for
4 years. From this, he develops what seemed to me to be a profound
insight: Scenarios can be used both to prepare for the future by
helping us think through it in advance, and to create the future. Beyond
that, the book is a living testament to the importance of finding
your true self and listening to the wee small voice of intuition
that can steer you in the right direction. Jaworski to his credit
has been quite willing to do both, and it has made all the
difference. Zoev
Jho & Mission Control: E.T. 101 “One
of the best days of my life was the day in 1993 when I
‘accidentally’ found this book. Since then, I've read it
completely almost thirty times, and often use it as a reference
manual and divination tool. It's one of the funniest serious books
ever written. If you're reading this, then it's probably for you.
It's a gift of incomparable value to those of us trying to make
sense of our lives. I'm still in awe of how this incredibly
important information was delivered in such a user-friendly style.
It never fails to bring me to laughter and tears...sometimes at
the same time. I turn to it when I'm feeling down, and I turn to
it when I'm exultant. If I could only have five books in my life,
this would be one of them.” This
is the review on Amazon and though it isn’t mine, I
whole-heartedly subscribe to these words myself! overview books - overview movies - overview music - Go to homepage Kryon:
The Journey Home A
wonderful story that really brings home the meaning of why we are
here, and the search to find happiness. This book really helped me
reassess the relationships and experiences in my life and to be
grateful for the opportunities they have presented. Satish
Kumar: No
destination Satish
Kumar is one of my favourite scholars on ecological matters.
He’s the founder of Schumacher
College in Devon, U.K. where you can participate in a wide
variety of ecological courses. He’s also editor of Resurgence,
a magazine covering the latest developments in quantum sciences,
ecological highlights and other heart matters. His book covers the
amazing story of his life, including his peace walk from New Delhi
(India) to Washington D.C. Instructed by his spiritual master to
trust God in providing all he needed; he walked for over two years
without a penny in his pocket. A must-read for everyone who is in
search of some more trust in life. Drunvalo
Malchizedek: Living
in the Heart “Long
ago we humans used a form of communication and sensing that did
not involve the brain in any way; rather, it came from a sacred
place within our heart.
What
good would it do to find this place again in a world where the
greatest religion is science and the logic of the mind? Don’t I
know this world where emotions and feelings are second-class
citizens? Yes, I do. But
my teachers have asked me to remind you who you really are. You
are more than a human being, much more. For within your heart is a
place, a sacred place where the world can literally be remade
through conscious co-creation. If you give me permission, I will
show what has been shown to me.” – Drunvalo Melchizedek.
Joy
Messick & Maggie Sanderson: Resonance
Healing Working
with Resonance energy is the most efficient way I know to day to
get you heart focused. I’m a Resonance Healer myself. I don’t
cover it in my books, because it cannot be taught from a couple of
pages in words. It needs to be experienced. But Joy and Maggie,
two dear friends of mine, have written a comprehensive book about
the basics of Resonance Healing. It can become available every day
now! So check out the website if you
want to learn more about this amazingly simple yet effective way
to focus on your heart. It will also tell you where you can take
courses in Resonance. Facilitators live in the U.S., the U.K., the
Netherlands and Belgium. overview books - overview movies - overview music - Go to homepage
Oriah
Mountain Dreamer: The Invitation Shared
by word of mouth, quoted on the World Wide Web, recited over the
radio, and read aloud at spiritual conferences and other
gatherings, The
Invitation
has been passed along by thousands who have discovered and
treasured its unique message. Now Oriah Mountain Dreamer expands
on her beloved prose poem, presenting a powerful and inspirational
challenge to all of us who long for true intimacy and joy. Speaking
from the heart, Oriah Mountain Dreamer invites us to confront the
varieties of human experience, from desire and commitment to
sorrow and betrayal, and challenges us to open repeatedly to love
and life. Unique, practical, and often surprising, The
Invitation is
an invaluable guide to living the ecstasy of everyday life,
learning to recognize true beauty in ourselves and the world, and
finding the sustenance our spirit longs for.
Robert
Muller: Most
of all they taught me happiness A
little known book filled with inspiration from the former secretary of the
United Nations and founder of the University of Peace in Costa
Rica. The way you perceive your life all depends on whether you
look for the highlights or the lowlights. Robert
Muller shares with you his highlights in small anecdotes from his
life that include the difficult times during the second world war
and short after. One
of my favourites!
Sheila
Ostrander: Superlearning
2000 This
book covers an amazing array of the little known brain capacities
for remembering. You’ll find many practical ideas to help you
learn faster and with more fun, to program your brain for positive
thinking and to make practical use of music, meditation techniques
and more.
Paul
Pearshall: The Heart's Code A
fascinating synthesis of ancient wisdom, modern medicine,
scientific research, and personal experiences that proves that the
human heart, not the brain, holds the secrets that link body,
mind, and spirit. You
know that the heart loves and feels, but did you know that the
heart also thinks, remembers, communicates with other hearts,
helps regulate immunity, and contains stored information that
continually pulses through your body? In The Heart’s Code,
Dr. Paul Pearsall explains the theory and science behind energy
cardiology, the emerging field that is uncovering one of the most
significant medical, social, and spiritual discoveries of our
time: The heart is more than just a pump; it conducts the cellular
symphony that is the very essence of our being. Full
of amazing anecdotes and data, The Heart’s Code presents
the latest research on cellular memory and the power of the
heart’s energy and explores what these breakthroughs mean about
how we should live our lives. By unlocking the heart’s code we
can discover new ways of understanding human healing and
consciousness and create a new model for living that leads to
better health, happiness, and self-knowledge. overview books - overview movies - overview music - Go to homepage
Candace
Pert: Molecules
of Emotion Why
do we feel the way we feel? How do our thoughts and emotions
affect our health? Are our bodies and minds distinct from each
other or do they function together as parts of an interconnected
system? Candace Pert provides startling and decisive answers to
these and other challenging questions that scientists and
philosophers have pondered for centuries. Her
pioneering research on how the chemicals inside our bodies form a
dynamic information network, linking mind and body, is not only
provocative, it is revolutionary. By establishing the bio
molecular basis for our emotions and Karen
Salmansohn: How to be Happy, dammit This
book contains 44 life lessons to save you years of time, effort
and humiliation. Think love and happiness have passed you by?
Think no schmaltzy book can help you capture the life-joy you’re
looking for? This book is different. Peek within its colourful,
uniquely designed pages, and you really will find pearls of wisdom
to help you discover more satisfaction every day. Martin
Seligman: Authentic
Happiness In
this national bestseller - Martin Seligman’s most stimulating,
persuasive book to date - the acclaimed author of Learned
Optimism introduces yet another revolutionary idea. Drawing on
groundbreaking scientific research, Seligman shows how Positive
Psychology is shifting the profession’s paradigm away from its
narrow-minded focus on pathology, victimology, and mental illness
to positive emotion and mental health. Happiness, studies show, is
not the result of good genes or luck. It can be cultivated by
identifying and nurturing traits that we already possess --
including kindness, originality, humour, optimism, and generosity.
Joe
Vitale: The Attractor Factor Do you work hard, do everything right, and yet rarely achieve the results you had hoped for? As you struggle to make ends meet, do you sometimes wish you could be one of those lucky people who seem to smile their way through life and have success handed to them? Actually, you can.
In The Attractor Factor, renowned author, Internet marketing pioneer, and spiritual guide Joe Vitale reveals that success of any kind doesn't depend on what you're doing, it depends on what you're being! Building on the phenomenal success of his two-time #1 Amazon bestselling e-book Spiritual Marketing, Joe combines time-honored practices of spiritual self-discovery with proven marketing principles into an extra- ordinary how-to manual for happy living both in and out of business. I
too think this is a great book. Must read. Sign up for
Joe’s newsletter too, he never ceases to inspire me. (www.mrfire.com)
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Neale
D. Walsch: Conversations
with God Blasphemy!
Heresy! Who does this man think he is, claiming to speak directly
to God?! Jesus did it, Muhammad did it, the Jewish prophets did
it, but none of their Gods had the sardonic wit or raw verve of
Prophet Walsch’s God. Neale Donald Walsch isn’t claiming to be
the Messiah of a new religion, just a frustrated man who sat down
one day with pen in his hand and some tough questions in his
heart. As he wrote his questions to God, he realized that God was
answering them... directly... through Walsch’s pen. The result,
far from the apocalyptic predictions or cultic eccentricities you
might expect, turns out to be matter-fact, in-your-face wisdom on
how to get by in life while remaining true to yourself and your
spirituality. Marianne
Williamson: A Return to Love Williamson
reveals how we each can become a miracle worker by accepting God
and by the expression of love in our daily lives. Whether psychic
pain is in the area of relationships, career, or health, she shows
us how love is a potent force, the key to inner peace, and how by
practicing love we can make our own lives more fulfilling while
creating a more peaceful and loving world for our children. Danah
Zohar & Ian Marshall: SQ Traditional intelligence tells us about our capacity for rational thinking and knowledge retrieval. Emotional intelligence helps us to deal with our feelings and function in society. But we need spiritual intelligence to make decisions between good and evil, to find meaning in life and to connect with the higher forces in the universe. overview books - overview movies - overview music - Go to homepage
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Movies that touch you in the heartShine
(Scott Hicks) This tearjerker by Australian filmmaker Scott Hicks is a surprising story about real-life classical pianist David Helfgott, an Australian who rose to international prominence at a very young age in the 1950s and '60s, and suffered a psychological collapse after enduring years of abuse from his father (Armin Mueller-Stahl). Hicks has three very fine actors portraying Helfgott at different stages of his life, including the adorably wry and goofy Noah Taylor (Flirting), who takes up the character's teen years, and Oscar winner Geoffrey Rush, giving a great performance playing the musician as a schizophrenic adult. Despite the Helfgotts' compromised psychological health, Shine is hardly a depressing experience. If anything, the story is really about how long one person's life can take to make glorious sense of itself. Sir John Gielgud, in golden form, plays Helfgott's teacher. Dead
Poets Society (Peter Weir) Robin
Williams stars as an English teacher who doesn't fit into the
conservative prep school where he teaches, but whose charisma and
love of poetry inspires several boys to revive a secret society
with a bohemian bent. The script is well meaning but a little
trite, though director Peter Weir (The Truman Show) adds
layers of emotional depth in scenes of conflict between the kids
and adults. (A subplot involving one father's terrible pressure on
his son--played by Robert Sean Leonard--to drop his interest in
theatre reaches heartbreaking proportions.) Williams is given
plenty of latitude to work in his brand of improvisational humor,
though it is all well-woven into his character's style of
instruction. Patch
Adams (Tom Shadyac) Patch
Adams
raises two schools of thought: There are those who are inspired by
the true story of a troubled man who finds happiness in helping
others--a man set on changing the world and who may well
accomplish the task. And then there are those who feel manipulated
by this feel-good story, who want to smack the young medical
student every time he begins his silly antics. Patch
Adams, who is a real person with a hospital in Virginia,
provides the tears, the giggles, and the kooky folks who will keep
you smiling at the end. Buying
this movie will help Patch finance the hospital. overview
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Recommended MusicThe
Mozart Effect Volume1
– Strengthen the Mind Volume
I of the immensely popular Mozart Effect series of music attempts
to do no less than "strengthen the mind." One thing is
for certain: the music chosen on the disc by author and scholar Don
Campbell--excerpts
from Mozart's Piano
Concerto No. 1;
Violin
Concerto, No. 3;
Ein
kleine nachtmusik;
and others--includes some of the strongest pieces the composer
wrote. Though the performers on this disc (Capella Istropolitana,
Northern Chamber Orchestra, and violinist Takako Nishizaki) are
far from world-class, this is still a delightful collection and
one that--at least according to the liner notes--will increase
your alertness and perhaps your IQ. Similar
comments can be made about the other volumes. With music this
entertaining, who can dispute these claims? This four-song instrumental energizes & relaxes listeners. Improves autonomic nervous system balance & immune response, as documented in the Journal of Stress Medicine. Enjoy while driving, exercising, working at the office or at home. Calms & relaxes, while increasing vitality & mental clarity. Doc
Childre composed this music as part of his work in helping people
to access their heart intelligence in times of stress or emotional
disturbance. It is also designed to help counteract fatigue and
access intuitive intelligence. Much of New Age music is relaxing,
but this music is relaxing and energizing at the same time. I find
it delivers on the above promises, especially when combined with
simple exercises devised by Doc Childre. This album is beautiful
listening music with a variety of tempos and styles. Speed
of Balance Blends
the soul & rhythm of jazz, the heartfelt qualities of
classical and the drama & excitement of a movie soundtrack. A
controlled study showed Speed of Balance played a significant role
in slowing the aging process while reducing stress. How many
things have you found that are totaly enjoyable & at the same
time actually good for you? Try this musical delight & feel
the tension melt away. both
by Theresa Schroeder-Sheker Listening
to any of Therese's works invites us to leave the busy world for a
moment, not to escape, but to focus on the greater truths of
peace, hope and charitable service to others. All of her
recordings are true spiritual medicine, and are in such need in
today's world. overview
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Largo
Selection The
largo in the baroque music is known for helping your brain wind
down and producing more alpha brain waves. This helps you to
relax, learn faster and be more creative. You can read all about
this in Superlearning
2000. The problem with largos is that they are
usually part of a bigger composition. Take a classic baroque album
by Händel or Vivaldi and you’ll find two, perhaps three largos
at most. So here are some handy albums that did the copying, pasting
and burning already for you. overview
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