Contemplations: A Different Path To The Sacred by Aenga Besceawung (1 Review)    Price verified 24 minutes ago

Contemplations is a radical departure from mainstream thought on matters of culture, religion, and philosophy for the simple reason that it offers to one who chooses to see as I have seen, an experiential, open, and earnest path to the Sacred in this time of spiritual deception, blind grasping for purchase on purpose, and chronic longing for a crumb of dignity and for a taste of meaning in life. Set your expectations from the beginning: Contemplations is not an instruction manual to health, wealth, and happiness. It does not moralize at you or wield the whip of shame to force you to conform. It will not give you the means to unlock mysterious or ethereal magic of ancients as all such things are lures for the simple, crutches for the foolish, and deceit for the gullible. Contemplations earnestly offers another path based upon experience and observation. It avails you of the choice to benefit from what you will build upon its teachings within your life rather than to be bound to only what is approved. It leads to a path of your own should you choose to make it so.

Genre: Politics & Social Sciences

A Drop of Tears by Tadashi Kojima (4 Reviews)    Price verified 24 minutes ago

This book depicts the world as seen through the main character, Tatsuya, who supported his wife during her nine-year battle with cancer. The story unfolds during the last four years of her life. This is a love story that intimately depicts those four years he spent desperately searching for the meaning of life while facing life and death with his wife. Tatsuya has many inner dialogues as he continues to wonder about God's existence and plan for his life. Tatsuya also questions the discrepancy between his conception of God and what actually happens in the real world. It is often said that we are now in "Kaze No Jidai (Era of the Wind)." Tatsuya believes that his wife's spirit is blowing across the sky like the wind, watching over and guiding her loved ones with her love. What happened after Tatsuya received something important at the end of the story is not described in this book. Readers will surely want to know what happens in the next part of the story.

Genre: Politics & Social Sciences

Indian Home Rule by Mahatma Gandhi (27 Reviews)    Price verified 24 minutes ago

In 'Indian Home Rule', Mahatma Gandhi provides a powerful critique of British colonial rule in India and advocates for nonviolent resistance as a means to achieve self-governance. Written in a simple and straightforward style, this book highlights Gandhi's belief in the principles of truth, nonviolence, and self-sufficiency. Drawing on his own experiences and observations, Gandhi analyzes the political, social, and economic conditions of India under British rule, offering a vision for an independent and self-reliant nation. The text reflects Gandhi's commitment to Swaraj, or self-rule, and his role as a prominent leader in the Indian independence movement. 'Indian Home Rule' serves as a foundational text in the history of Indian nationalism and provides valuable insights into Gandhi's philosophy of Satyagraha, or passive resistance.

Genre: Politics & Social Sciences

Self, Society, and Spontaneity by Erik Davis (5 Reviews)    Price verified 24 minutes ago

Frankfurt School Critical Theory is influential on the left; Austrian School Neoliberalism is influential on the right. Their differing perspectives are analogous to the different notions of the unconscious held by Freud and Jung. Freud thought that the unconscious was our enemy to be brought under control of the conscious; Jung thought that the unconscious was our friend to be respected through a kind of dialogue. Analogously, Karl Marx tended to think that social systems are our enemy, to be overcome through rationality and conscious activity; while Friedrich Hayek tended to think that the spontaneous and unconscious processes of social systems (especially, market and law) are our friends, to be embraced through respect for complexity and liberty. The approach here is an integral one involving the synthesis of opposites by appreciating the truth in both. The result is the ongoing development of two major projects: an interdisciplinary social science via the general praxeology of the Austrian School, and an interdisciplinary system of liber(aliz)ation and human flourishing via the critical theory of the Frankfurt School. Join us in exploring the quartet of Freud:Marx::Jung:Hayek.

Genre: Politics & Social Sciences