Roger Housden
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"In our culture of "get more, have more, be more," is there any place for "thanks, I'm good"? Bestselling author and acclaimed teacher Roger Housden says yes in this alternative to nonstop striving and self-criticism. Whether about our relationships, careers, or spirituality, many of us judge ourselves as not measuring up when we would certainly experience more fulfillment if we stopped struggling with ourselves. Housden came to some of these realizations...
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In this unforgettable tale, a restless young man is moved by the ecstatic poetry of the Sufi mystic Rumi to embark on a life-changing pilgrimage during which, after many challenges and strange encounters, he discovers that personal love and spiritual love can be one and the same thing. In the tradition of "The Alchemist" and "Siddartha", "Chasing Love and Revelation" story for all. "All the particles in the world are in love and looking for lovers....
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In his bestselling Ten Poems series, Roger Housden has shown an uncanny ability to choose and discuss poems that strike at the core of readers' concerns and needs. In this new volume, ten extraordinary poems, along with Housden's incisive essays, bring heartfelt insight and broad perspective both to our personal challenges and to our cultural and collective malaise. Ten Poems for Difficult Times is the perfect gift for oneself or for anyone in need...
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Roger Housden shares with us that keeping faith does not require a religious code or practice. "Faith is a wholehearted bodily knowing," he says. Faith is an aliveness that doesn't have an explanation. The purpose of life is revealed gradually. Simply by trusting the present moment as it opens up to the next, we are expressing faith, love, and generosity.
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Jane Hirshfield believes that poetry can play a transformative role in our lives. "What poems are doing is counterbalancing the mainstream tenor of our culture, which is to do, to be active, to be energetic and to prove one's self... and one of the messages underlying all poems that move us is that we have nothing at all to prove." She offers her perspective on beauty and how it cannot exist alone. She takes us behind the scenes into the mind of the...
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As a creativity coach, Dr. Maisel talks about the lineage of our creativity. There is a point in our lives when we fall in love with something - a book, a painting, a piece of music, a film, and we long to be part of the lineage of that creation. This longing emboldens us to enter the path of our “own” creative spirit. However, in the hubbub of post-modern life, it is not easy to organize our day around our creative expressions.
Maisel has some...
