Spiritual Emerson
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Emerson: The Ideal in America List Price: $29.95 Sale Price: $29.95  |
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The first video biography of "America's Founding Thinker," Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emerson's belief in "the infinitude of the private man" still resonates with spiritual seekers today. Most people know Emerson's essay, "Self-Reliance," but there is much more to the fascinating life of the man and his circle, which included Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, and Margaret Fuller... |
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More than any other Persian poet--even Rumi--Hafiz expanded the mystical, healing dimensions of poetry. Because his poems were often ecstatic love songs from God to his beloved world, many have called Hafiz the "Invisible Tongue... |
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Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson List Price: $1.99 |
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Featuring:- Authentic illustrations and Emerson photos- Custom cover art- Active table of contents- A biography on EmersonEmerson is considered to be one of the founding fathers of the Transcendentalism movement, and "Self-Reliance" is among his most popular and read essays... |
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Love and Respect for a Lifetime: Women Absolutely Need Love. Men Absolutely Need Respect. Its as Simple and as Complicated as That... List Price: $15.99 |
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Husbandsand wives will learn simple and effective keys for talking to, thinking about,and treating each other to build their relationship into one that is all thatGod intended.Basedon over three decades of counseling, and scientific and biblical research, Dr... |
A Hard Decree by Hafiz
For those of you who don’t know, or have never heard of, Hafiz, you MUST Google him and check him out. He’s a Persian poet and spiritual rebel (c. 1320 – 1389) who is thought to have written 5,000 poems. His works have been enjoyed by the likes of Goethe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nietzsche, Pushkin, Turgenev, Carlyle and even Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock himself quotes the great Hafiz).
Poets, entrepreneurs, women, self-help junkies … you owe it to yourself!
A Hard Decree
Last
Night
God
Posted
On the Tavern wall
A hard decree for all of love’s inmates
Which read:
If you heart cannot find a joyful work
The jaws of this world
Will probably
Grab hold of your
Sweet
Ass
From the collection entitled The Gift by Hafiz, translated by Daniel Ladinsky.
To your perpetual joy (minding your own business!),
Britt Santowski
PS If you want a preview of a review, this is from Amazon.com (link above) "Less well known in the U.S. than his Sufi predecessor, Rumi, Hafiz (Shams-ud-din Muhammad) is also worthy of attention, and Ladinsky's free translations should help see that he gets it. Hafiz is so beloved in Iran that he outsells the Koran. Many know his verses by heart and recite them with gusto. And gusto is appropriate to this passionate, earthy poet who melds mind, spirit, and body in each of his usually brief pensees. Ladinsky has deliberately chosen a loose and colloquial tone for this collection, which might grate on the nerves of purists but makes Hafiz come vividly alive for the average reader. "You carry / All the ingredients / To turn your life into a nightmare--/ Don't mix them!" he advises, and "Bottom line: / Do not stop playing / These beautiful / Love / Games." Nothing is too human for Hafiz to celebrate, for in humanity he finds the prospect of God. In everything from housework to lovemaking, he celebrates the spiritual possibilities of life. A fine and stirring new presentation of one of the world's great poets. Patricia Monaghan"
About the Author
Founder of I’m Allowed.com (http://www.imallowed.com : ”Helping People Start Again”) and owner of the Chickrag.com blog (http://www.chickrag.com ), Britt has a dark and stormy work history that includes motorcycle instruction, cartooning, counseling (unrelated to the previous two), and civil service (information architect … completely unrelated to anything else, but hey, it was for the money!) Three years ago, she was laid off for the third time. And then, finally, she figured this little thing out about herself: she makes a LOUSY employee! Since then, she's been working as a contractor and a coach to other new entrepreneurs.
