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CELEBRATING HUMANITY We are a divided people; We are a divided planet. What would it take to see a world transformed into a place where when we see one another, our first thought is; this is my brother; this is my sister; this is a member of my family? Jack Bloomfield, author, columnist and humanitarian believes that our divided world is rooted mainly in unchallenged prejudice, ignorance and intolerance. In Celebrating Humanity, Jack shares his insights through an assortment of his columns on: The many faces of prejudice most often found in areas of race, religion, politics, social status, and sexual orientation. The importance of getting closer to those we don't know, don't understand or who we are afraid of. The need to educate ourselves when it comes to our racial, religious, cultural or sexual differences. The hope that it is possible to change and that unity and understanding among all people is possible. He suggests that we must take our own personal inventory to see where prejudice, ignorance or intolerance are alive in our own hearts and lives and do whatever it takes to root them out. Bloomfield says, "For some, it will be little more than self awareness and a commitment to change while for others it will take a much deeper study of themselves. At whatever level, we all must take a look within and when we do, healing will be possible and unity and understanding among all people can become a reality.
René Girard (1923–2015) was one of the leading thinkers of our era—a provocative sage who bypassed prevailing orthodoxies to offer a bold, sweeping vision of human nature, human history, and human destiny. His oeuvre, offering a “mimetic theory” of cultural origins and human behavior, inspired such writers as Milan Kundera and J. M. Coetzee, and earned him a place among the forty “immortals” of the Académie Française. Too often, however, his work is considered only within various academic specializations. This first-ever biographical study takes a wider view. Cynthia L. Haven traces the evolution of Girard’s thought in parallel with his life and times. She recounts his formative years in France and his arrival in a country torn by racial division, and reveals his insights into the collective delusions of our technological world and the changing nature of warfare. Drawing on interviews with Girard and his colleagues, Evolution of Desire: A Life of René Girard provides an essential introduction to one of the twentieth century’s most controversial and original minds.
A collection of stories and poetry which celebrate the common humanity of the world.
Daily readings from Christian spiritual masters -- from Basil the Great to Evelyn Underhill -- for devotional use all year long.
For more than a century, the Olympics have been the modern world's most significant sporting event. Indeed, they deserve much credit for globalizing sport beyond the boundaries of the Anglo-American universe, where it originated, into broader global realms. By the 1930s, the Olympics had become a global mega-event that occupied the attention of the media, the interest of the public and the energies of nation-states. Since then, projected by television, funded by global capital and fattened by the desires of nations to garner international prestige, the Olympics have grown to gargantuan dimensions. In the course of its epic history, the Olympics have left numerous legacies, from unforgettable feats to monumental stadiums, from shining triumphs to searing tragedies, from the dazzling debuts on the world's stage of new cities and nations to notorious campaigns of national propaganda. The Olympics represent an essential component of modern global history. The Olympic movement itself has, since the 1990s, recognized and sought to shape its numerous legacies with mixed success as this book makes clear. It offers ground-breaking analyses of the power of Olympic legacies, positive and negative, and surveys the subject from Athens in 1896 to Beijing in 2008, and indeed beyond. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.
One girl, one painting a day...can she do it? Linda Patricia Cleary decided to challenge herself with a year long project starting on January 1, 2014. Choose an artist a day and create a piece in tribute to them. It was a fun, challenging, stressful and psychological experience. She learned about technique, art history, different materials and embracing failure. Here are all 365 pieces. Enjoy!
Intelligence begins with deciphering-acceptance of personal-collective stupidities and hypocrisies. It ain’t easy as they are embedded in the way Reality expresses itself through ‘media’ of Consciousness, which are counter-intuitive and; shame-guilt makes acceptance tough. This eBook elaborates scientifically objective knowledge, which shall make you say; It was this simple! Yes; wisdom has to be. This eBook celebrates; un-ashamedly and un-hypocritically, the elemental and pervasive stupidity-hypocrisy of humanity, to wash guilt out of its admittance. This eBook decodes how stupidity-hypocrisy is embedded in the very design of Reality, its perception; deciphering nine top stupidities everyone indulges in yet nobody feels and accepts. Strategies to fix them have also been detailed. Contemporary scientific knowledge has unraveled everything for us. Therefore, when we know and still refuse to understand, learn and correct our mistakes, we all are culprits of ‘Conscientious Stupidity’ and become eligible for being the most stupid and most corrupted living and surviving species in the universe. It is easy to dump this dubious distinction of humanity and it begins by innocent and compassionate celebration of our own stupidities and hypocrisies. The nine stupidities enumerated in holistic details in this eBook are in the domains of reality, self, purpose of life, happiness, love & relationships, sexuality, divinity & religion, politics & governance, loneliness and health & wellness. Reality in its holism and reality of humanity is complex knowledge and all stupidities and hypocrisies emanate out of most people’s insistence that ‘they know’, without making any initiative to know. The only eligibility for good riddance from all stupidities and hypocrisies is the innocence to see, identify, admit, express and even publically celebrate one’s own stupidities – conscious as well as subconscious. There has to be an honest and sincere acceptance that knowledge acquisition is a tough process and does not come gratuitously and undeservingly. Most of our stupidities and hypocrisies are not ‘conscientious’, which means, we do them and keep indulging in them as we are not even aware. This eBook deciphers and details everything about the ‘Science of Stupidities’, in all possible aspects, with utmost simplicity. You are invited…
Award winning television actress and host Belinda Lee has travelled the world in the course of her work. The bilingual thespian has met many remarkable individuals who have embraced the road less trodden and left the rat race. They volunteer their time in unusual social causes including building schools, rescuing street children and helping those suffering from the ravages of war. This collection of heart-warming stories introduces readers to these amazing people who celebrate the human spirit and restore your faith in the good of humanity.