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December 2024

The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are by Alan Watts

By |2024-12-23T13:24:51-05:00December 23rd, 2024|Categories: Motivation|

At the root of human conflict is our fundamental misunderstanding of who we are. The illusion that we are isolated beings, unconnected to the rest of the universe, has led us to view the “outside” world with hostility, and has fueled our misuse of technology and our violent and hostile subjugation of the natural world. To help us understand that the self is in fact the root and ground of the universe, Watts has crafted a revelatory primer on what it means to be human—and a mind-opening manual of initiation into the central mystery of existence. In The Book, Alan Watts provides us with a much-needed answer to the problem of personal identity, distilling and adapting the Hindu philosophy of Vedanta. A revelatory primer on what it means to be human, from "the perfect guide for a course correction in life" (Deepak Chopra)—and a mind-opening manual of initiation into the central mystery of existence. Sources: Goodreads/Amazon Read more from this author in my new book: 🚀 250 Quotes That Will Make You A Better Person 📕 Hardback – Large Print | Available now at Amazon 🏷️ https://www.amazon.ca/Quotes-That-Will-Better-Person/dp/B0DNZFB9HS/ #DailyMotivation #InspireChange #Dostoevsky #CarlJung #FriedrichNietzsche #MarcusAurelius #LeoTolstoy #OscarWilde #Philosophy #Plato #Socrates #Stoic #Stoicism #Wisdom #InspireChange #AncientWisdom #BetterPeople

The Way of Zen by Alan Watts

By |2024-12-22T16:42:57-05:00December 22nd, 2024|Categories: Motivation|

The Way of Zen begins as a succinct guide through the histories of Buddhism and Taoism leading up to the development of Zen Buddhism, which drew deeply from both traditions. It then goes on to paint a broad but insightful picture of Zen as it was and is practiced, both as a religion and as an element of diverse East Asian arts and disciplines. Watts's narrative clears away the mystery while enhancing the mystique of Zen. Since the first publication of this book in 1957, Zen Buddhism has become firmly established in the West. As Zen has taken root in Western soil, it has incorporated much of the attitude and approach set forth by Watts in The Way of Zen, which remains one of the most important introductory books in Western Zen. Read more from this author in my new book: 🚀 250 Quotes That Will Make You A Better Person 📕 Hardback – Large Print | Available now at Amazon 🏷️ https://www.amazon.ca/Quotes-That-Will-Better-Person/dp/B0DNZFB9HS/

Become What You Are by Alan Watts

By |2024-12-21T15:30:14-05:00December 21st, 2024|Categories: Motivation|

"Become What You Are" is a selection of writings by Alan Watts dealing with the dilemma of man seeking to discover himself. This becomes possible only if we manage to see our life "as it is", freed from illusions and expectations. To immerse yourself in the harmony of life and its eternal now is to become what you are. Read more from this author in my new book: 🚀 250 Quotes That Will Make You A Better Person 📕 Hardback – Large Print | Available now at Amazon 🏷️ https://www.amazon.ca/Quotes-That-Will-Better-Person/dp/B0DNZFB9HS/ #DailyMotivation #InspireChange #Dostoevsky #CarlJung #FriedrichNietzsche #MarcusAurelius #LeoTolstoy #OscarWilde #Philosophy #Plato #Socrates #Stoic #Stoicism #Wisdom #InspireChange #AncientWisdom #BetterPeople

The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety by Alan Watts

By |2024-12-20T14:43:37-05:00December 20th, 2024|Categories: Motivation|

In this fascinating book, Alan Watts explores man's quest for psychological security, examining our efforts to find spiritual and intellectual certainty in the realms of religion and philosophy. The Wisdom of Insecurity underlines the importance of our search for stability in an age where human life seems particularly vulnerable and uncertain. Watts argues our insecurity is the consequence of trying to be secure and that, ironically, salvation and sanity lie in the recognition that we have no way of saving ourselves. Read more from this author in my new book: 🚀 250 Quotes That Will Make You A Better Person 📕 Hardback – Large Print | Available now at Amazon 🏷️ https://www.amazon.ca/Quotes-That-Will-Better-Person/dp/B0DNZFB9HS/

The Farther Reaches of Human Nature by Abraham Maslow

By |2024-12-19T14:15:05-05:00December 19th, 2024|Categories: Motivation|

Abraham H. Maslow was one of the foremost spokespersons of humanistic psychology. In The Farthest Reaches of Human Nature , an extension of his classic Toward a Psychology of Being , Maslow explores the complexities of human nature by using both the empirical methods of science and the aesthetics of philosophical inquiry. With essays on biology, synergy, creativity, cognition, self-actualization, and the hierarchy of needs, this posthumous work is a wide-ranging synthesis of Maslow's inspiring and influential ideas. Read more from this author in my new book: 🚀 250 Quotes That Will Make You A Better Person 📕 Hardback – Large Print | Available now at Amazon 🏷️ https://www.amazon.ca/Quotes-That-Will-Better-Person/dp/B0DNZFB9HS/

Religions, Values, and Peak-Experiences by Abraham Maslow

By |2024-12-18T10:29:17-05:00December 18th, 2024|Categories: Motivation|

Religions, Values, and Peak Experiences is a 1964 book about psychology by Abraham Maslow. Maslow addressed the motivational significance of peak experiences in a series of lectures in the early 1960s, and later published these ideas in book form. Read more from this author in my new book: 🚀 250 Quotes That Will Make You A Better Person 📕 Hardback – Large Print | Available now at Amazon 🏷️ https://www.amazon.ca/Quotes-That-Will-Better-Person/dp/B0DNZFB9HS/

Toward a Psychology of Being by Abraham Maslow

By |2024-12-17T19:04:58-05:00December 17th, 2024|Categories: Motivation|

"If we wish to help humans to become more fully human, we must realize not only that they try to realize themselves, but that they are also reluctant or afraid or unable to do so. Only by fully appreciating this dialectic between sickness and health can we help to tip the balance in favor of health." Abraham Maslow's theories of self-actualization and the hierarchy of human needs are the cornerstone of modern humanistic psychology, and no book so well epitomizes those ideas as his classic Toward a Psychology of Being. A profound book, an exciting book, its influence continues to spread, more than a quarter century after its author's death, beyond psychology and throughout the humanities, social theory, and business management theory. Read more from this author in my new book: 🚀 250 Quotes That Will Make You A Better Person 📕 Hardback – Large Print | Available now at Amazon 🏷️ https://www.amazon.ca/Quotes-That-Will-Better-Person/dp/B0DNZFB9HS/

Motivation and Personality by Abraham Maslow

By |2024-12-16T12:58:33-05:00December 16th, 2024|Categories: Motivation|

Motivation and Personality is a book on psychology by Abraham Maslow, first published in 1954. Maslow's work deals with the subject of the nature of human fulfillment and the significance of personal relationships, implementing a conceptualization of self-actualization. Read more from this author in my new book: 🚀 250 Quotes That Will Make You A Better Person 📕 Hardback – Large Print | Available now at Amazon 🏷️ https://www.amazon.ca/Quotes-That-Will-Better-Person/dp/B0DNZFB9HS/

Hierarchy of Needs: A Theory of Human Motivation by Abraham Maslow

By |2024-12-15T14:43:21-05:00December 15th, 2024|Categories: Motivation|

When Abraham H. Maslow introduced the world to Humanistic Theory, a 'third force' in psychology was born (Behaviorism & Psychoanalytical theory being the first and second). As the name suggests, humanistic theory concerns itself with characteristics which are distinctly human. Arguably the best known example of such a characteristic is Self-Actualization, an innate motivating force unique to the human species. It was in this landmark publication that Maslow provided the first published representation of Self-Actualization at the pinnacle of a hierarchy of human needs. According to Maslow Self-Actualization refers to the desire for self-fulfillment, in essence to become everything that one is capable of becoming. This classic publication is essential reading for psychology students, educators and professionals. Hierarchy of Needs: A Theory of Human Motivation (Kindle Edition) forms part of an initiative by the website www.all-about-psychology.com to make important, insightful and engaging psychology publications widely available. Read more from this author in my new book: 🚀 250 Quotes That Will Make You A Better Person 📕 Hardback – Large Print | Available now at Amazon 🏷️ https://www.amazon.ca/Quotes-That-Will-Better-Person/dp/B0DNZFB9HS/ #DailyMotivation #InspireChange #Dostoevsky #CarlJung #FriedrichNietzsche #MarcusAurelius #LeoTolstoy #OscarWilde #Philosophy #Plato #Socrates #Stoic #Stoicism #Wisdom #InspireChange #AncientWisdom #BetterPeople

The Great When: A Long London Novel by Alan Moore

By |2024-12-14T16:49:46-05:00December 14th, 2024|Categories: Motivation|

If this London is what they call the Smoke, then that place is the Fire... The year is 1949, the city London. Amidst the smog of the capital stumbles Dennis Knuckleyard, a hapless eighteen year-old employed by a second-hand bookshop. One day, on an errand to acquire books for sale, Dennis discovers a novel that simply does not exist. It is a fictitious book, a figment from another novel. Yet it is physically there in his hands. How? Dennis has stumbled on a book from the Great When, a magical version of London beyond time and space, where reality blurs with fiction and concepts such as Crime and Poetry are incarnated as wondrous, terrible beings. But this other, magical London must remain a secret: if Dennis cannot find a way to return this book to where it belongs, he risks repercussions, such as his body being turned inside out (or worse). So begins a journey delving deep into the city's occult underbelly and tarrying with an eccentric cast of sorcerers, gangsters, and murderers – some from legend, some all too real, and all with plans of their own. Soon Dennis finds himself at the centre of an explosive series of events that may alter and endanger both Londons forever... Read more from this author in my new book: 🚀 250 Quotes That Will Make You A Better Person 📕 Hardback – Large Print | Available now at Amazon 🏷️ https://www.amazon.ca/Quotes-That-Will-Better-Person/dp/B0DNZFB9HS/ #DailyMotivation #InspireChange #Dostoevsky #CarlJung #FriedrichNietzsche #MarcusAurelius #LeoTolstoy #OscarWilde #Philosophy #Plato #Socrates #Stoic #Stoicism #Wisdom #InspireChange #AncientWisdom #BetterPeople

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