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...The Guru Granth Sahib, or Adi Granth, is the religious text of Sikhism. It is a voluminous text of 1430 angs, compiled and composed during the period of Sikh gurus, from 1469 to 1708. It is a collection of hymns (shabda) or b...

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...Laitman's new book not only demonstrates with examples from science and Kabbalah that the ego stands behind all human suffering, but also shows how we can use it to our benefit. With clear analyses of the human soul and its problems, the book provides a 'roadmap' indicating how we can achieve a new level of ex...

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... LAITMAN KABBALAH PUBLISHERS From Chaos to Harmony The Solution to the Global Crisis According to the Wisdom of Kabbalah... ... Laitman Kabbalah Publishers E-mail: info@kabbalah.info FROM CHAOS TO HARMONY The Solution to the Global Crisis According to the Wisdom of Kabbalah... ...is book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in cri... ... Sensations of meaninglessness, frustra- tion, and emptiness engulf our lives. Family crises, a trou- bled educational system, drug abuse, personal in... ...as in simple desires, such as wanting to eat, to reproduce, and to experience family. The appearance of more advanced desires, such as craving wealt... ...of highly educated people from the Western part of the continent. 5 Even the family institution is in decline: divorce, alienation, and domestic vi... ...building this body, some of the cells give up their own lives to promote the survival of the other cells. HELPING OTHERS The primate researcher, Fra... ...t, animals live by what is beneficial to the environment, not by the law of “survival of the fittest,” as is usually believed. 16 In such a societ... ...- Chapter Three: Altruism is Life’s Law 59 ments in the ideal conditions for survival and for opti- mal use of the environment’s resources. IN NATUR...

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...The great Kabbalists, Rav Yehuda Ashlag, and his son and successor, Rav Baruch Ashlag, offer modern readers valid answers to life's most vital question: What is the meaning of my life? Their interpretations of The Book of Zoh...

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...LAITMAN KABBALAH PUBLISHERS Ka b b a l a h for the St u d e n t KABBALAH FOR THE STUDENT Copyright © 2008 by MICHAEL LA... ...ook may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical... ...r reviews. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kabbalah for the student. — — 1st ed. p. cm. ISBN 978-1-897448-15-1 1. Cabala. I... ...Godliness is implemen- ted in each generation, as our sages, whom we find trustworthy, proclaim. ThE mUl TipliCiT y of pAr TzUfim, SEfiro T, And Worl... ...o, evolves gradually. First develops love and desire to bestow upon one’s family and kin, as in the verse, “thou hide not thyself from thine own fle... ... to benefit others? After all, one must work to sustain oneself and one’s family.” The answer is that those deeds that one does out of necessity, to... ... example, in historic times, that perimeter was only the perimeter of one family, meaning the individual needed aid only from his own family members... ...ell being. Because of that, he becomes completely free of securing his own survival and can easily keep the Mitzva, “Love thy friend as thyself,” obe... ...tions given in Items 3 and 4. After all, why would he worry about his own survival when six hundred thousand loyal lovers stand by, ready with great ...

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...ok may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in criti... ................................................................. 9 PART oNE: THE HIST oRY oF KABBALAH .............................................. 13 ... ........................................................................28 The Turning Point ............................................................ ... it is for people to unite. At first, uniting Abraham’s fol- - lowers and family was enough. Then, when Moses fled from Egypt, he had to unite a who... ...rn in Jerusalem in 1534. At the age of eight, he lost his father, and his family was left destitute. Driven by despair, his mother decided to send y... ...at dreadful winter and told him, “Your end is near. Leave here; take your family and go to the town of Safed, where you are eagerly await- - ed. The... ... century, it has become evident that we depend on each other for physical survival. And now, with mil- - lions of people seeking spirituality, an eff... ... that it’s round because we think of scientists as reliable people we can trust when they say that they checked it out. We believe them; it’s faith....

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...Vol. 1: TripStone hates to kill her gods but she must feed her people. An accomplished hunter in the Masari village of Crossroads, she is charged with the ritual slaying of the sacred Yata. Her comrade Ghost tries to end Masari dependence on Yata meat by performing experiments punishable by death. His jeopardy increa...

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...s is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any... ...ssa Malcohn. All rights reserved. This e-book edition has been prepared by the author for a limited, free-distribution offer to the reading public.... ... a limited, free-distribution offer to the reading public. Author reserves the right to withdraw the offer at any time. Commercial and derivative u... ...he thought of home, remembered why she was here. Today was Meat Day and her family table was bare of flesh. It was her turn to dress in heavy canvas... ...oom. TripStone's dining chair, removed from the table, sat empty beside her family's shrine of ancestral keepsakes. On any other day her mouth would... ...s her back. Her boot heels thudded on polished wood as she stepped into the family den. Her relatives ceased their talk and stood, then bowed as one... ... where we can condemn just enough of them to death to ensure the rest of us survival—and idolization. And that idolatry is the deadliest game of all... ...ation. The Covenant was supposed to create a mythos that assured our mutual survival." The teachings had described village dyads everywhere. Crossro... ...ding places. They must have learned strategies to maximize their chances of survival once they came of age. Many more Yata entered the forest than d...

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...Kabbalah Revealed: The Ordinary Person’s Guide to a More Peaceful Life is a clearly-written, user-friendly guide to making sense of the surrounding world while achieving inner peace. Each of the six chapters in this book focuses on a different ...

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...n by: Professor Ervin Laszlo LAITMAN KABBALAH PUBLISHERS Kabbalah Revealed The Ordinary Person’s Guide to a More Peaceful Life Rav Michael Laitm... ...hael Laitman, PhD Introduction by: Professor Ervin Laszlo KABBALAH REVEALED The Ordinary Person’s Guide to a More Peaceful Life Copyright © 2006 by... ...s book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in c... ...ression, economic inequity, and gender inequality will all give way to mutual trust and respect. People and communities will readily cooper- ate and... ...e forward, we must cultivate a mindset that enables us to form a united human family, a planetary civilization. However, this civilization should no... ...living in Babylon, helping his father build little idols and sell them in the family shop. It’s not hard to see that Abraham was right in the middle... ...g physical existence. Especially today, altruism has become essential for our survival. It has become evident that we are all con- nected and depende... ...e can- The first level of desire relates to physical desires such as food, sex, family, and home. These are the most elementary desires, shared by all... ...became obvious that we 134 KABBALAH REVEALED are dependent on each other for survival, effectively uti- lizing our societal dependency has become vi...

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... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 12. Eradicating Egoism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 The Search for the Creator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 13. The Way of Kabbalah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 The Desire To Receive Pleasure . ....

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....kabbalah.info Laitman Kabbalah Publishers Email: info@kabbalah.info ATTAINING THE WORLDS BEYOND Copyright 2003 by MICHAEL LAITMAN. All rights reserv... ...ts Introduction ................................................ 9 How To Read the Text ..................................... 11 1. Perceiving the Cre... .... 11 1. Perceiving the Creator .................................. 15 Window to the Heart ....................................... 19 Faith above Reason... ...eople to give, but it is not true giving. It is simply a way of assuring one’s survival. Guest:Ireallydon’tthinkthiskindofgivingisgenuine.All our "gen... ...erience to support us. It is also as if we have abandoned our own environment, family, and friends for the sake of being united with the Creator. Thes... ...normal suffering, caused either by materialistic difficulties, or ailments, or family troubles. However, just as the Creator built the surrounding env... ...ety can be divided into several types: status symbols (wealth, fame), natural (family), criminal (pleasures experienced at the expense of others’ live... ...dy is egoistic by a simple test: If we want to be free from a thought, but our survival depends on it, then such a thoughtoractionisconsideredtobeinvo... ...the other hand, does not receive any reward, but only the bare necessities for survival. A slave owns nothing; the master owns all. Therefore, if a sl...

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...Kabbalists state that there is no reality at all, but something called His Essence, the Upper Force, and this is what we perceive as our world. As uncanny as it sounds, this notion hides in its wings the very prospect of freedom, for every person, for every nation, and for the entire world. The structure an...

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... By Rav Michael Laitman PhD The Path of Kabbalah By Rav Michael Laitman PhD LAITMAN KABBALAH PUB... ...The Path of Kabbalah By Rav Michael Laitman PhD LAITMAN KABBALAH PUBLISHERS The Path of Kabbalah Executive Editor: Benzion Giertz Editor: Claire G... ...site: www.kabbalah.info Laitman Kabbalah Publishers E-mail: info@kabbalah.info THE PATH OF KABBALAH Copyright © 2005 by MICHAEL LAITMAN. All rights re... ... leads to the spiritual world. The problem lies in our habits and our lack of trust. PA RT O N E : T H E B E G I N N I N G 45 We are not accustomed ... ...y. Here is where one is compelled (willingly or unwillingly) to take society, family, and oneself into consideration. The highest spiritual degree is... ...ir two or three free hours a day, the ones in which they are not committed to family or work. Those are the hours that they must examine themselves ... ...It is therefore clear that according to Kabbalah, there can never be a “real” family, with a “real” relationship between the sexes unless it is betw... ...son in the jungle who needs just enough wisdom to provide the necessities for survival. The more we want, the smarter we become, because the mind mu... ...ver, students can see their teachers, talk to them, and learn from them. They trust and respect their teachers. Because of that, they can do things ...

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...ction. Whether as children we were taught at a church Sunday school or some other religious institution, or weabsorbed simple social assumptions from the culture we live in, none of us grow up in a religious vacuum. Through most of history the majority of people appear to have been reasonably satisfied with the religious culture which went hand in hand with their social st...

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...THE RELIGIOUS DIMENSION THE RELIGIOUS DIMENSION by DONALD BROADRIBB With contributions by Marilyn H... ...contributions by Marilyn Holly and Norma Lyons Second Edition Published by the Author York, Western Australia 2006 The first edition of this book was... ...Western Australia 2006 The first edition of this book was published under the title The Mystical Chorus by Millennium Books [an imprint of E.J. Dwyer... ...ous Divergence Unconditional Love Versus Eternal Punishment The Spiritual “Family” Karma And Predestination Mysticism 118 “Union” And “Communion” Myst... ...jective as possible. As a child I was reared in a fundamentalist Christian family which had little by way of formal affiliation with any particular ch... ...example, let us look at Figure 1 which is a highly simplified sketch of a “family tree” of one interrelated group of religious systems, each of which ... ...em, like Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, expect a resurrection (a bodily survival after physical death) either immediately (perhaps in heaven) or at... ...ns and churches are for the most part consistent in holding that belief in survival after death is an integral part of being a Christian. We saw that ... ...gs. The land was known intimately because such knowledge was necessary for survival. Tribal land was within a physical boundary, such as a ridge or wa...

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... What is the source of our personal suffering and the suffering of humanity? The vicious circle of human suffering has been idly turning for thousands of years as if without cause, and with no escape. Is this really so? Today we are l...

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...Preface: Part 1: A Science to Understand Reality // 1. A Hidden World // 2. Gravity // 3. The Power of a Directed desire // 4. Proper Development // 5. The sin of Creation and the Correction // A. The Sin // B. The Laws of Correction // 6. In the End of Days // 7. The Spiritual Gene and the Reshimot ......

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...1 of 263 Interview With The Future PREFACE Part 1: A Science to Understand Reality 1. A Hidden Wor... ... Part 1: A Science to Understand Reality 1. A Hidden World 2. Gravity 3. The Power of a Directed desire 4. Proper Development 5. The sin of Creati... ...er of a Directed desire 4. Proper Development 5. The sin of Creation and the Correction A. The Sin B. The Laws of Correction 6. In the End of Day... ...ssing generation, because the pains do not decrease and the struggle for survival continues. Hence, it is quite possible that the answer is not wit... ...an gained experience and reached a better understanding of the problem of survival in this world. But among all sciences, there is one that develops... ...t physical pleasures, on an animal level, the enjoyment of food, sex and family ties. Then, they desire satisfaction on a human level, seeking weal... ...e want to receive from nature around us the necessary information for our survival, and all the other things that we need. In the near future, it wi... ...he people we meet in this life. We did not choose our time of birth, our family; in fact, we fell into an environment we never chose. All my chara... ...pect. At first, we fight for freedom from the burdens of parents and the family. We try to escape circumstances that were forced on us, and the dut...

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...escriptive novel in search of a feature-length, animated film, Fire and Fur might more properly be called "Smart Dragons, Dumb Choices.? It is set in the pre-human Gobi desert and draws on Chinese mythology. Its major characters are dragons and cats. Of course, the cats do speak (often caustically) since a few dragons are interesting enough (cats can still speak but no one...

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...n FIRE AND FUR: FIRE AND FUR: FIRE AND FUR: FIRE AND FUR: THE LAST SORCERER DRAGON THE LAST SORCERER DRAGON THE LAST SORCERER DRAGON ... ...nd humor in a fantasy novel…painfully beautiful…passionate, sensual…loved the sarcastic cat…bittersweet…full of action…awesome love scene in the thu... ...e in the thunderstorm…heartbreaking…best adolescent hero since Catcher in the Rye.” Originally published in 1994 by Omnimedia. It is the firs... ...r: The Last Sorcerer Dragon. When not writing or teaching, he enjoys his family; tinkers with “Baby” (his souped-up 1977 Datsun 280Z); is president... ...s happening at the terraforming today." "Ch'ang-o would tell me that was trust." "Blind faith is a better description." "Maybe, but I am a li... ...es pecked at the bounty that spilled from their packed cheeks. Nearby, a family of hedgehogs were eating some grubs from a rotten log. All nature ... ...r 22 1275 words Han Chung-li scrambled into the vaults of the chorten. Survival, raw life, were his only thoughts. He'd watched in disbelief as ... ... cruelty of the highest order. They may be purposeless, dreaming only of survival, but they're not stupid and they are immensely destructive. You,... ...it. So many are satisfied with the short term. All they ever achieve is survival and breeding." "Survival, busyness, mindless activity should nev...

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... K. Kandasamy e-mail: dr.k.kandasamy@gamil.com Translation of the speeches and writings of Periyar from Tamil by Meena Kandasa... ...anslated from Tamil by Meena Kandasamy Many books can be downloaded from the following E-Library of Science: http://www.gallup.unm.edu/~smaran... ... ISBN: 1931233-00-4 Standard Address Number: 297-5092 Printed in the United States of America 3 PERIYAR, THE PROP... ...women. Also they take into account the fact that men are breadwinners for the family. Even if women work like men, parents think that her efforts i... ...s think that her efforts is going to end once she is married and enters a new family. Studies have consistently shown that girl babies in India ar... ...cond son of Venkata (Naicker) and Chinna Thayammal. They were a very affluent family; his father was a popular, rich merchant known for his religiou... ...min Raj, is in force, they will not be afraid to torture these people. How to trust them? Over seven crore people who are very calm are treated wor... ...o not follow anything because God said so, Vedas says so or Manu says so and trust them. What your mind says believe that alone. [Viduthalai, 19-4... ...ities forced them to be economically dependent on the caste-Hindus for their survival. They continue to be agricultural labourers who are daily wag...

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...Martin Luther goes through the seven sacraments of the medieval Catholic Church with his interpretation of the Bible. He teaches his opinions on the different pratices taken place within the Catholic Church and what they should or do represent. The b...

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... THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY OF THE CHURCH 1520 Translated by A. T. W. Steinhäuser and revised by Fred... ...äuser and revised by Frederick C. Ahrens and Abdel Ross Wentz INTRODUCTION The primary importance of this treatise for the present-day reader of Lut... ...r the present-day reader of Luther lies in its courageous interpretation of the sacraments. But it is important also for its place in Luther’s progre... ...[Ps. 23:2], in order that you might esteem this word above everything else, trust in it supremely, and cling to it most firmly, even through death an... ... unwavering faith, and take the greatest care to approach the sacrament not trusting in confession, prayer, and preparation, but rather, despairing ... ...g a good work for all those whom they intend to benefit, for they put their trust in the work which the mass accomplishes, and they do not ascribe t... ...ngle word here about a victim or an offering. But this elevation is either a survival of that Hebrew rite of lifting up what was received with thanks... ...ce these most astute and idle men have worked out, if you please, a kind of family tree of relationships and affinities even among sins— so prolific ...

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...ey collide, we must deal with calamities and crises of great magnitude, says Prof. Michael Laitman. These forces are at work in every aspect of life: family, economy, politics, ecology, and health. Bail Yourself Out: How You Can Emerge Strong from the World Crisis is a guide to mastering these forces on the personal, national, and global levels. With this knowledge, we hol...

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...978-1-897448-27-4 50500 Bail Y ourself Out How Y ou Can Emerge Strong from the w orld Crisis Bail Y Ourself Out Michael l aitman, PhD m ichae... ...nd puts him in a unique position to offer a broad, hopeful perspective on the current world crisis. a Professor of o ntology, a Ph.d . in Philosophy... ...bio-cybernetics, laitman combines all three felds of expertise to address the extraordinary challenges facing us today. i n this book, d r. laitman i... ...ed to burn Abraham at the stake. However, Abraham escaped along with his family and fled from Babel. Now leading a nomad’s life, Abraham set up his... ...e creatures learned to cooperate so they would increase their chances of survival. Some cells excelled in breathing and 24 B ail Yourself o ut bec... ...t, Chapter 3: The Currents of Desire 25 which enhanced their chances of survival even more. Thus, gradually, the human race became ruler of the e... ...ve her? She would have to take care of herself. what would the chances of survival be for such a poor child? Ever since that fateful day when Nimrod... ...ow about our world. Even the informa- tion we receive from friends or from family usually arrives via the media. It is the modern version of the gra... ... Money, Money 77 Thus, until we learn to function as one big united human family, we will not recover from the recession. But when we do, we will no...

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...Beside a riverbed, an old man sits lost in his thoughts; he is SEATTLE, Chief of the Suqamish Indians. He remembers his boyhood when his grandfather foretold him of his destiny, when he was told of the Web Of Life and his duties as it's protector. The Web of Life, they believe, is the symbiotic connection...

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...Pope Francis lithely entered into the small chapel next to his private quarters. The dark chapel was dimly lit by a row of flickering votive candles that cast a soothing splay of shadows across the ancient altar. The Pope knelt his thin, angular body before i...

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...onathan Cross 2 J.Cross/Artemis THE VATICAN CONSPIRACY A Novel by Jonathan Cross ... ...s 3 J.Cross/Artemis CHAPTER 1 THE VATICAN Pope Francis lithely entered into the small chapel n... ...pe Francis lithely entered into the small chapel next to his private quarters. The dark chapel was dimly lit by a row of flickering votive candles th... ... formed on his brow. “No, no. Just personal,” he said, shaking his head. “Family?” “No, Alfredo. A personal favor. Nothing to do with family or... ...d several Popes, and your loyalty has been unique. I know you’ll maintain the trust I place in you.” Alfredo began to feel uneasy. “Of course, Your... ...t an early age. My mother believed it was a good idea to have a priest in the family, so I was encouraged.” “And your father?” “He thought it mig... ...,” the Pope paused and looked intently at the handsome young priest, “is your family Mafioso?” Antonio squirmed. “Holy Father, everyone in Sicily h... ...ather is dead." "As we would have all been, if we need not cooperate. It was survival, Michael. Survival," Cardona said making a fist. "It was beca... ... you want. I have nothing, not even a place to sleep. I fight everyday for my survival.” “If what you say is true, I will make a deal with you.” ...

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Excerpt: The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James.

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...ROLOGY............................................................................................................. 11 Lecture II: CIRCUMSCRIPTION OF THE TOPIC ................................................................................................ 34 Lecture III: THE REALITY OF THE UNSEEN ...............................................................................

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...ture by William James A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William J... ...s Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ligions” can only suggest, not proclaims a religious creed— Is religion a “survival” of primitive thought?— Modern science rules out the concept of pe... ...man has an advan- tage, not to be estimated, who is born, as I was, into a family where the religion is simple and rational; who is trained in the the... ...ay I commenced accordingly to take a little of every food provided for the family, constantly saying to myself: ‘The Power that created the stomach mu... ...d of calling themselves—who will tell you that religious thought is a mere survival, an atavistic reversion to a type of consciousness which humanity ... ...in which I was about to float, I turned with them towards my childhood, my family, my country, all that was dear and sacred to me: the inflexible curr... ...orking principles. It is but the elimination of the humanly unfit, and the survival of the humanly fittest, applied to religious beliefs; and if we lo...

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...Table of Contents IN THE HOTEL 8 LOOKING FOR HAPPINESS 10 WE MUST THINK MORE DEEPLY—AND UNDERSTAND OUR THINKING 20 OUR BASIC ASSUMPTIONS 24 -- THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR VALUES -- 24 SELF-CENTEREDASSUMPTIONS 32 GODBASEDASSUMPTIONS 41 CONCEPTS OF GOD ...

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...UR REASONS FOR DOING ........................................................................................................... 10 FREUD--AND THE NE... ...REUD--AND THE NEED FOR PLEASURE ........................................................................................................... 12 The Po... .............................................................................................................................................. 17 The Ne... ... purpose and dynamic leadership, they stop growing when the individual selfishness of greed pulls down the necessary bulwarks of the culture--family... ...lamus it could well have the effect of an orgasm or a cocaine high.‖ —―I wonder if that explains the violence we see so commonly see in family... ...ity in having mama take care of you. When do they start becoming responsible for themselves and the society? Italy‘s tight society and strong family... ...eed the powerful nations to follow our lead. But it seems that they are using their time to pursue riches rather than human values and human surviv... ...s supposed to be a masculine imperative. We stress that when secrets are shared they must be held in strictest confidence. It breaks a sacred trust ... ... 104 positive transference. If one says ‗He is a Christian, and you know I‘ve never truste...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. The Foreigner At Home. ?This is no my ain house; I ken by the biggin? o?t.? Two recent books* one by Mr. Grant White on England, one on France by the diabolically clever Mr. Hillebrand, may well have set people thinking on th...

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...Contents CHAPTER I: THE FOREIGNER AT HOME ..................................................................................... 5 CHAPTER II: SOME COLLEGE MEMORIES................................................................................ 1...

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