Homosexuality is perhaps the most volatile topic discussed in today's church and society. A war rages that will ultimately determine how much civil liberty can be enjoyed by consenting homosexuals, and how much religious equality they will be granted.

Several books already exist attempting to demonstrate that the Christian Bible does not, in fact, condemn consenting-adult homosexuality. But God is Not a Homophobe has a unique perspective in that the author has a lifetime of experience in pastoring hard-core fundamentalist churches. His former bitter opposition to all forms of homosexuality has given way to a rational, unbiased acceptance that the Bible says hardly anything about homosexuality, and what it does say cannot honestly be used to condemn consenting same-sex unions.

In God Is Not a Homophobe, the author examines in detail every Bible verse and every Bible-based argument against homosexuality, and concludes with a view radically different from what is offered by the modern church. His conclusions will surprise many, and will surely aggravate and anger many more. But he believes the evidence in this book will stand the test of investigation. This unbiased look at homosexuality in the Bible gives much food for thought, and hopefully, much incentive for change in our attitude toward and treatment of those whose sexual orientation is "different."

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The Socratic Boogie: Creating Creativity is a conversational dance between two speakers. They begin their dance trying to understand why the rationally scientific and the emotionally creative are always in mortal combat. Their serpentine route leads them to startling discoveries: that emotion is the most sophisticated of our mental processes; that creativity is the most primal emotion after self-preservation; that intuition is the foundation of creativity; that the creative self is not singular but plural; that the creativity that all humans possess can be accessed at will.

Having drawn their road map of mental processing, the speakers then create methods for becoming intentionally creative whenever and wherever they choose to be. They are awed by the implications of their dialogic dance; however sophisticated the evolution of these methods, they can be used by anyone of high school age or older. The implications stagger them as they envision a society in which creativity is a useful everyday tool taught throughout the educational system.

The Socratic Boogie is home to myriad ideas from a number of disciplines. Its audience will come from all walks of life. Philosophers, artists, therapists, educators and college students, as well as any educated man-in-the-street will find this the book that irrevocably changed their lives. A user's guide is provided for readers who wish to focus on a part of the book -- such as creative methods -- rather than the whole.

Get your toga and join the dance...

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Goethe researcher Katharine Mommsen draws the reader into the fascinating life of Germany's greatest literary genius, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832). We discover how ordinary items such as the food we eat or the beverages we drink, and everyday activities like hiking, ice-skating, horseback riding, dancing the waltz, and music-making acquire fresh meaning within Goethe's own pantheistic life philosophy. He directed his wisdom toward keeping body and soul healthy, lively, focused, and strong as a basis for a fuller life - for him it became an essential part of the poet's worldly gospel. This book which is composed around hundreds of excerpts from Goethe's works, correspondences and conversations transcends biography, and shows us the poet's art of living in its richness in wit and wisdom, goodness, and love for humanity.

Basada en las leyes naturales que gobiernan la creación, esta obra nos acerca al conocimiento encerrado en la observación de la vida misma. La autora nos ofrece una perspectiva diferente sobre el medio que nos rodea y como este nos da las claves para descubrir aquello que resuena en nuestros corazones y nos satisface, haciendo que nuestra felicidad sea posible. Combinando la física con la filosofía, lo practico con lo espiritual y cotidiano, siempre reconociendo la importancia de trabajar desde el interior, nos enseña que para ser exitosos, debemos romper con patrones de comportamiento destructivos que radican en nuestro inconsciente y que están conectados a una energía emocional profunda. Al modificarlos, facilitamos soluciones a largo plazo en la obtención del éxito en nuestras vidas en todas sus áreas.

Death is viewed with much skepticism and distastefulness. Its often associated with excruciating pains and suffering - a bad and frightening act that is mechanical and dehumanizing. Sanctioned from scientific and scriptural viewpoints, this book will change your perceptions totally. Learn how to:

Conquer the fear of death.
Remove the trauma, anxiety and superstiion.
Make it painless and easy on yourself.
Bring the got out of you.
Feel content to die.
Come face-to-face with God.
Enjoy the ecstasy and pleasureableness.

Death is but a sweet dream - a blessing in disguise!

This unique book presents something new... and something very old.

The poems of Old Rocks, New Streams represent a concise and vivid new interpretation of the I Ching, probably the world's oldest book. These accessible poems are like extended haiku, which elegantly capture the essential meaning of each hexagram. Graceful photographs by the author enhance this work.

"The I Ching has served as a source of divination for the Chinese for more than 3000 years," notes author Ellery Littleton. "It has evolved into a unique and classic book of Chinese wisdom and tradition, the common source for both Confucianism and Taoism."

Old Rocks, New Streams gives the I Ching yet another form in this group of poems that are faithful to the traditional elements of these ancient philosophies, such as the paramount importance of family, the cyclical nature of life, and certain key symbolic elements of nature such as earth, thunder, fire, water, and mountain.

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In Wonderpages we embark on a journey of exploration into the wonderous world we live in. The journey will be divided into four stages of discovery.

We will seek answers to the following questions:

I wonder: "Where are we?"
I wonder: "Where did we come from?"
I wonder: "What are we?"
I wonder: "Where are we going?"

During our first quest we will search out the best information, theories and understanding that science has to offer today in order to discover where we are in the universe. It will take us back in time almost to the beginning of the universe. And then, out into space as far as the Hubble space telescope has been able to see.

On the second voyage we will journey back in time to find where we came from and how we developed into the human organism.We will see that the way has been laced with creative growth, ferocious competition, and great uncertainty.

Our third exploration, to find what we are, will take us inside own own body - all the way into the amazing, microscopic world of the cell. We will see how cooperation ultimately created Homo sapiens - thinking man. An amazing creature who is able to ask questions - questions that involve unlimited space, infinite complexity, eons of time and a multitude of possibilities.

In conclusion, during our last stage we will look into the future. Using all of the background information we have collected and digested we will attempt to create some meaningful pattern and to predict where the process might be going. Then we will try to foresee the direction and consequences of our present course. Finally, using our creative powers, we will envision possible alternatives and decide the way we should be going to insure the survival and improvement of our generation and the future generations to come.

This anthology of poetry by Greg Pilgrim collects his verse, conversational and accessible in style and always readable, at times both familiar and delightfully unexpected; Mr. Pilgrim is concerned with the big issues here. He is full of unapologetic yearning for a better world while he teaches us how to be content with those most important things we already have-our relationship to the natural world, self awareness, love. His lines are insightful in their observation and sensitive in their subject matter, as well as indicting of the injustice he sees in an impersonal society. "One Stone Unturned" journeys through and maps out the vicissitudes of being human but is ultimately concerned with coming home to the quiet and stillness of the self.

In 1967 a discovery occurred that this book contends was the greatest discovery mankind ever made or, will ever make. That discovery led to the formulation of a theory laid out in brief in this book in Part 1. In so doing it defines, for the very first time in the history of mankind, neurosis and contends that if this theory is valid then the consequences for mankind are enormous.

Part II starts by looking at the subconscious minds and then goes on to postulate the nature of thinking, based on the evolution of language - the beginnings of civilization. Benjamin Lee Whorf in 1941, suggested that we think in our language. That language evolved, suggests that thinking is not innate to us humans but rather is a factor of our neurosis - our disease.

Part II then continues, by implication, to "fell the pillars of civilization", suggesting that civilization is a factor of our neurosis; having only been around for, at most, 10 millennia, whereas mankind has been around for about 100 millennia. The subsequent chapters are thus "slaughtering many sacred cows".

Part III suggest how we might regain our 'feeling-full selves--the antithesis of neurosis--by some understanding of our nature, not our behavior which is all we've had prior to this discovery, and how we could transition out of our neurosis. It is a very profound and thought provoking book and if correct, could have as profound an effect as Copernicus and Galileo did in their field of astronomy.

"Effective Living is a dynamic and practical Art that can be learned, practised and mastered and then brought into our daily modes of behaviour." How can you live fully and effectively? How did your present personality develop? How can you locate "beliefs" that limit your growth and how can you change them? These questions are answered in Geoff Smith's remarkable book, The Art of Effective Living, in which Geoff outlines a revolutionary new method of self-understanding called "Vision Renaissance." Drawing from classical teachers and the latest discoveries in personality dynamics The Art of Effective Living provides a powerful and practical tool for personal growth. This groundbreaking book tells you how to construct a highly effective framework for living by isolating and changing those beliefs that limit you from living a full and effective life. In this remarkable book you will learn about: - Understanding and strengthening your relationships - Understanding childhood perceptions - Changing inner conflict into growth - Eliminating personal fears - Building confidence "The Effective Life is lived with a passionate belief that it is worthwhile. It is lived with a self-induced enthusiasm, an all-consuming appetite for living and with an all-transforming determination to savour life to the full. It tastes the sweets of existence and, as it progressively achieves its own worthy ideals, lives vigorously and to the limits of its physical, mental and emotional capacities From: The Art of Effective Living

"Effective Living is a dynamic and practical Art that can be learned, practised and mastered and then brought into our daily modes of behaviour." How can you live fully and effectively? How did your present personality develop? How can you locate "beliefs" that limit your growth and how can you change them? These questions are answered in Geoff Smith's remarkable book, The Art of Effective Living, in which Geoff outlines a revolutionary new method of self-understanding called "Vision Renaissance." Drawing from classical teachers and the latest discoveries in personality dynamics The Art of Effective Living provides a powerful and practical tool for personal growth. This groundbreaking book tells you how to construct a highly effective framework for living by isolating and changing those beliefs that limit you from living a full and effective life. In this remarkable book you will learn about: - Understanding and strengthening your relationships - Understanding childhood perceptions - Changing inner conflict into growth - Eliminating personal fears - Building confidence "The Effective Life is lived with a passionate belief that it is worthwhile. It is lived with a self-induced enthusiasm, an all-consuming appetite for living and with an all-transforming determination to savour life to the full. It tastes the sweets of existence and, as it progressively achieves its own worthy ideals, lives vigorously and to the limits of its physical, mental and emotional capacities From: The Art of Effective Living

Según la concepción de la realidad que viene reflejada en el I Ching, la vida es la viviente manifestación de la energía del Tao y la debemos al principio Yin-Yang. El orden del Tao que mantiene la vitalidad de la Creación, posibilita que los seres se regeneren y evolucionen. Y este orden lo debemos a la dinámica que las fuerzas vitales primordiales mantienen entre sí.
La Medicina Tradicional China se fundamenta en este concepto vital. El equilibrio Yin-Yang equivale a la salud. Se mantiene este equilibrio gracias a la dinámica que los Cinco Elementos mantienen entre sí. Y las normas que rigen esta dinámica determinan nuestro estado de salud.
Como estas normas y los principios terapéuticos de la medicina china son muy sencillos, no hace falta estudiar ésta para aplicarlos a la vida humana. En el I Ching se dan a entender las características de las fuerzas vitales primordiales Yin y Yang en la vida humana y asimismo las de los Cinco Elementos cuya dinámica mantiene el equilibrio Yin-Yang.
La información recogida en dicha obra milenaria permite aplicar los principios fundamentales de la medicina china al equilibrio emocional y al desarrollo de nuestras potencialidades. Basándose en dichos principios, en el libro La Vida Es… se hace una exploración metódica de las influencias que las fuerzas vitales primordiales ejercen en la vida humana.
Estas influencias están omnipresentes y, aunque se manifiestan de una infinidad de modos diferentes, la información del I Ching y de la medicina china esclarece su procedencia, facilitándose de esta manera ver el bosque entre los árboles. Y la dinámica que las fuerzas vitales mantienen entre sí, facilita reconocer las leyes universales que determinan la expresión de sus influencias en nuestras vidas.

Según la concepción de la realidad que viene reflejada en el I Ching, la vida es la viviente manifestación de la energía del Tao y la debemos al principio Yin-Yang. El orden del Tao que mantiene la vitalidad de la Creación, posibilita que los seres se regeneren y evolucionen. Y este orden lo debemos a la dinámica que las fuerzas vitales primordiales mantienen entre sí.
La Medicina Tradicional China se fundamenta en este concepto vital. El equilibrio Yin-Yang equivale a la salud. Se mantiene este equilibrio gracias a la dinámica que los Cinco Elementos mantienen entre sí. Y las normas que rigen esta dinámica determinan nuestro estado de salud.
Como estas normas y los principios terapéuticos de la medicina china son muy sencillos, no hace falta estudiar ésta para aplicarlos a la vida humana. En el I Ching se dan a entender las características de las fuerzas vitales primordiales Yin y Yang en la vida humana y asimismo las de los Cinco Elementos cuya dinámica mantiene el equilibrio Yin-Yang.
La información recogida en dicha obra milenaria permite aplicar los principios fundamentales de la medicina china al equilibrio emocional y al desarrollo de nuestras potencialidades. Basándose en dichos principios, en el libro La Vida Es… se hace una exploración metódica de las influencias que las fuerzas vitales primordiales ejercen en la vida humana.
Estas influencias están omnipresentes y, aunque se manifiestan de una infinidad de modos diferentes, la información del I Ching y de la medicina china esclarece su procedencia, facilitándose de esta manera ver el bosque entre los árboles. Y la dinámica que las fuerzas vitales mantienen entre sí, facilita reconocer las leyes universales que determinan la expresión de sus influencias en nuestras vidas.