There are many books you could read. Hell - there are tons of books out there. It always amazes me that there is a finite amount of letters in the alphabet and there are new books coming out everyday. Not only that, all the publishers in the world get millions and thousands of books trying to be published per hour. It's daunting to think about!!
Trying to help you slog through the sludge, here's a llist of Books Books Books!!
Broke down into subcategories no less
New Ideas on Life:
Conversations with God Part 1, 2, and 3
- A wonderful view on the world and a new way to see our society. Many see this as Blaspemous; read before you say it.
The Secret - By Rhonda Byrne
- A great book on the positive belief that if you truly want it, you can get by asking the Universe for it. A great way to understand a new way of thinking.
Celestine Prophecy - James Refeild
- An introduction into the new ideas of the world, that are revolutionizing our world.
Walden - Henry David Thoreau (Annotated version suggested)
- The symbolic Novel of the Transcendetalist movement. A movement that believed that through Nature you could get closer to God, and that all living things are connected into one.
Fun Reading
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
- The first part of the 5 part trilogy from science fiction comedian the late Douglas Adams. If nothing else, a brand new way of looking at everything.
Restaurant at the End of the Universe - Douglas Adams
- The continued trilogy of the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
The Great Gatsby - F.Scott Fitzgerald
- The quintessential novel to explain the importance of perception and who we believe we are.
How to Read literature like a professor
- Teaching you how to see between the lines in everything, and opening your eyes to the fact that the shadows are merely shadows, not things (plato's cave)
Tell me what you think....I know you'll love them!!
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
Ghandi Death - Good or Bad part II
Part II
Gandhiji, or what has become spelled as Ghandi, was a lawyer who decided there was something that needed to be done in the miuddle of the violence that was ghoing on in his country. In the process, Gandhiji( Ghandi) has taught us how to think, view the world , and believe in the fact that one person can change the world. In his Thoreau based nonviolence, praying, and speaking protest towards the things that he saw were wrong. Many say it was his opinion he was forcing on others: This is a valid argument, but Gandhiji only stated that he thought we should treat ourselves better.
Here are a few of Gandhiji (ghandi) quotes as an example of his teachings (so you can decide):
"Be the change you hope to see in the world"
"A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes. "
A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.
"Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well. "
"A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act. " - Ghandi's view of himself. As if this was merely what he knew he was suppose to do, and he knew he would end just as he did. And that was ok!
The man who killed Ghandi walked up to him in the street. He bowed to him as if seeking advice, and shot him three times. What a full act of Betrayl many have yelled. He was and is nationally mourned. Many have been appalled of this - but I say
Gandhiji, or what has become spelled as Ghandi, was a lawyer who decided there was something that needed to be done in the miuddle of the violence that was ghoing on in his country. In the process, Gandhiji( Ghandi) has taught us how to think, view the world , and believe in the fact that one person can change the world. In his Thoreau based nonviolence, praying, and speaking protest towards the things that he saw were wrong. Many say it was his opinion he was forcing on others: This is a valid argument, but Gandhiji only stated that he thought we should treat ourselves better.
Here are a few of Gandhiji (ghandi) quotes as an example of his teachings (so you can decide):
"Be the change you hope to see in the world"
"A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes. "
A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.
"Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well. "
"A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act. " - Ghandi's view of himself. As if this was merely what he knew he was suppose to do, and he knew he would end just as he did. And that was ok!
The man who killed Ghandi walked up to him in the street. He bowed to him as if seeking advice, and shot him three times. What a full act of Betrayl many have yelled. He was and is nationally mourned. Many have been appalled of this - but I say
It wasn't a bad thing!
This man bowed to him in respect. Ghandi saw this and very well might have seen the gun as well, but the man was put in front of Ghandi for the one purpose he was on this planet for. He released the most powerful force and tool that Ghandi had left in his arsenal. Per Ghandi's belief, Ghandi's advanced and evolved soul was finally allowed to grow and add itself into the vast currents that connect us all. By his passing, it has awakened many many lines of energy to turn toward the positive. Since his death, his vision, his dreams, his thoughts, and his way of life has become a model of peace and humanity. Ghandi's soul and energy still guide us into a future filled and signified by goodness and acceptance.
What do you think? Am I completely off base?
What do you think? Am I completely off base?
Gandhiji's death - Good or Bad part I (interconnected)
Gandhiji helped get the Sikhs and the Muslims to sign a peace pact; since they were both refugees in India. After a 7 day long fast at 78 years old, constant public prayer meetings, and constantly asking for the fighting to stop; the two groups came toa n agreement.
Many saw Gandhiji as a Muslim sympathizer. They tried to kill him a number of times. Gandhiji's comment toward a bomb that was thrown into the prayer tent, and out the other side, was that "Death is our true friend. It is ignorance that makes us suffer." He had also previously stated that "Death very well might allow us to live again." Death to Gandhiji was not the sad time that we westerners make it out to be. Death is a time to allow the spirit out of its mortal cage. Gandhiji stated that the spirit is connected to the energy that connects us all. In addition he was a believer in Transcendetalism.
Transcendetalism is the 19th century belief othat through Nature we get closer to God. Ralph Waldo Emmerson, the first person to write about Transcendetalism Under Emerson's tutelidghe, Henry David Thoreau wrote the so-called "Bible" of Transcendetalism named WALDEN. The other aspect of the belief that Gandhiji understood and enjoyed, was the mere belief that every living creature was innerconnected. Gandhiji demonstrated, modeled, and showed the world that we should care about everyone equally. Additionally, there is the view that we are all connected by am energy that emits and connects all living things.
Many saw Gandhiji as a Muslim sympathizer. They tried to kill him a number of times. Gandhiji's comment toward a bomb that was thrown into the prayer tent, and out the other side, was that "Death is our true friend. It is ignorance that makes us suffer." He had also previously stated that "Death very well might allow us to live again." Death to Gandhiji was not the sad time that we westerners make it out to be. Death is a time to allow the spirit out of its mortal cage. Gandhiji stated that the spirit is connected to the energy that connects us all. In addition he was a believer in Transcendetalism.
Transcendetalism is the 19th century belief othat through Nature we get closer to God. Ralph Waldo Emmerson, the first person to write about Transcendetalism Under Emerson's tutelidghe, Henry David Thoreau wrote the so-called "Bible" of Transcendetalism named WALDEN. The other aspect of the belief that Gandhiji understood and enjoyed, was the mere belief that every living creature was innerconnected. Gandhiji demonstrated, modeled, and showed the world that we should care about everyone equally. Additionally, there is the view that we are all connected by am energy that emits and connects all living things.
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