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  Raja Yoga - Mastery of Mind and...

  Clarice Bendleton

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  Raja Yoga, often referred to as the "Royal Path," is a systematic and disciplined approach to mastering the mind and attaining spiritual realization. It is one of the four primary paths of yoga, alongside Bhakti Yoga (the path of devotion), Karma Yoga (the path of action), and Jnana Yoga (the path of knowledge). Unlike other yogic paths that focus primarily on physical postures, devotion, or intellectual inquiry, Raja Yoga is centered on meditation and self-discipline, guiding the practitioner toward self-mastery and inner peace. 
  The foundation of Raja Yoga lies in the philosophy outlined in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, an ancient text that provides a comprehensive guide to understanding the workings of the mind and the process of achieving higher states of consciousness. Patanjali describes Raja Yoga as an eightfold path, also known as the Ashtanga (Eight Limbs) of Yoga, which serves as a structured roadmap for spiritual evolution. These eight limbs include ethical disciplines, physical postures, breath control, withdrawal of the senses, concentration, meditation, and ultimately, self-realization. 
  At its core, Raja Yoga teaches that the mind is both the greatest obstacle and the most powerful tool on the path to enlightenment. The human mind is often restless, filled with distractions, desires, and attachments that prevent one from experiencing true inner peace. Raja Yoga provides the techniques to tame this restless mind, bringing it under conscious control and aligning it with a higher state of awareness. Through meditation, a practitioner learns to transcend the fluctuations of thought, entering a state of stillness and clarity where deeper truths about existence and the self can be realized.

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  Nothing Ruins Youth Sports Like...

  John Anthony

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  "When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination." - Thomas Sowell. This is a must-read, cautionary tale for any parents with kids in youth sports or any adult considering coaching children. We have a coaching crisis in this country. Because of the parents with unrealistic assessments of how much more important their kids are to their teams or just how good (or not) their children are, coaches are putting their personal and professional reputations on the line when they coach a team for these parents: And the risks are starting to outweigh the rewards. Nothing ruins youth sports like adults is the unfortunately very true and accurate story of Coach Carlos, a once-in-a-lifetime, well-loved, and wildly successful high school girl's basketball coach in the Pacific Northwest who's reputation was unfairly destroyed by an obsessed parent who couldn't stand the rules being applied to his daughter and an inept school district who didn't have the backbone to make him stop. Written by a parent who documented everything over the three years Carlos coached the high school team, this book captures every available detail of all the lies and misinformation used by one parent as he ensnared another parent and used six sophomore girls to ultimately achieve his goal of getting rid of the coach who cut his daughter.

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  For Whom the Bell Tolls by...

  Bright Summaries

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  Unlock the more straightforward side of For Whom the Bell Tolls with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway, one of the author's most famous and widely acclaimed novels. It draws on the author's own experience as a war correspondent during the Spanish Civil War, and tells the story of Robert Jordan, a demolitions specialist who is sent to blow up a bridge and unexpectedly finds love, comradeship and a greater understanding of humanity in the three days that follow. For Whom the Bell Tolls was unanimously recommended for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1941, but and after a complaint was lodged over the novel's explicit content, no award was given that year. Hemingway won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954 and, along with contemporaries such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and John Steinbeck, is considered one of the most important writers of the so-called "Lost Generation".Find out everything you need to know about For Whom the Bell Tolls in a fraction of the time!This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you:• A complete plot summary• Character studies• Key themes and symbols• Questions for further reflectionWhy choose BrightSummaries.com?Available in print and digital format, our publications are designed to accompany you on your reading journey. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.See the very best of literature in a whole new light with BrightSummaries.com!

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  Once Upon a Tome - The...

  Oliver Darkshire

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  Some years ago, Oliver Darkshire stepped into the hushed interior of Henry Sotheran Ltd (est. 1761) to apply for a job. Allured by the smell of old books and the temptation of a management-approved afternoon nap, Darkshire was soon unteetering stacks of first editions and placating the store's resident ghost (the late Mr. Sotheran, hit by a tram). 
   
   
   
  A novice in this ancient, potentially haunted establishment, Darkshire describes Sotheran's brushes with history (Dickens, the Titanic), its joyous disorganization, and the unspoken rules of its gleefully old-fashioned staff, whose mere glance may cause the computer to burst into flames. As Darkshire gains confidence and experience, he shares trivia about ancient editions and explores the strange space that books occupy in our lives—where old books often have strong sentimental value, but rarely a commercial one. 
   
   
   
  By turns unhinged and earnest, Once Upon a Tome is the colorful story of life in one of the world's oldest bookshops and a love letter to the benign, unruly world of antiquarian bookselling, where to be uncommon or strange is the best possible compliment.

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  The Sistine Gaze - I too begin...

  Seamus Cashman

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  Like the Ceiling and Wall to which the poet is lured by Michelangelo's muse, The Sistine Gaze dances between vision and fantasy in words, images and metaphors that are muscular, tangible, sensuous, erotic or at times cold and questioning. The poem's philosophic currents in rhythmic line and verse are meditations on existence in the swell and fall of activity, of changing lives. 
  The poem's 'gaze' fixes on the creative process as mythologies, the god, the ungodly, and the corporeal luxuriate int he riches of the great Michelangelo's genius. Human certainty, death and the artist at work are central strand, discovering magnificence in the human body and tasting its destiny. 
  This ekphrastic epic is orchestral, impressionistic, thought-provoking and controversial. Indeed its raison d'être seems elegantly framed in an aphoristic line inviting us, 'To balance life with death and venture bravely to be beautiful.'

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  Swifterature - A Love Story:...

  Elly McCausland

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  A daring literary fusion of pop culture and feminism, Swifterature captures the special connection between English literature and the worldwide phenomenon of Taylor Swift. 
  Swifterature captures a unique fusion of different elements: fandom, feminism, and a defense of both literature and popular culture. 
  The narrative is split into thirteen chapters that use Swift's lyrics as departure points. The listener experiences the inspiring influence of English literature as Swift’s lens breathes new vitality and urgency into older texts. McCausland also writes about her own experiences as she copes with intense media scrutiny and is forced to defend her academic integrity. 
  She argues that Swift, through her self-conscious engagement with classic works of literature and her extraordinary popularity, invites us to reflect not only on the culture of our past but also of our present. Swifterature shows how Swift’s place on the world’s stage can teach us about many things, from feminism to politics, nature to childhood. In the process the book makes a compelling case that studying Taylor Swift also turns us into better readers, not only of literature but of ourselves and each other.

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