Sunday, January 1, 2012

The Art of Happiness - Dalai Lama

In this unique and important book, one of the world's great spiritual leaders offers his practical wisdom and advice on how we can overcome everyday human problems and achieve lasting happiness.


                   'The Art of Happiness' is a highly accessible guide for a western audience, combining the Dalai Lama's eastern spiritual tradition with Dr Howard C Cutler's western perspective.Covering all key areas of human experience, they apply the principles of Tibetan Buddhism to everyday problems and reveal how one can find balance and complete mental and spiritual freedom.
                    
                      For the many who wish to understand more about the Dalai Lama's approach to living, there has never been a book which brings his beliefs so vividly into the real world.


First sentence:''I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness''.

Flow - Mihaly csikszentmihalyi

Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihaly's famous investigations  of 'optimal experience' have revealed that what makes an experience genuinely satisfying is a state of consciousness called 'flow'. During flow,people typically experience deep enjoyment,creativity, and a total involvement with life. In this new edition of his groundbreaking classic work, Csikszentmihayi demonstrates the ways this positive state can be controlled,not just left to chance. 'Flow:The Psychology of optimal experience' teaches how, by ordering the information that enters our consciousness, we can discover true happiness and greatly improve the quality of our lives.




First sentence:''Twenty-Three Hundred years ago Aristotle concluded that, more than anything else, men and women seek happiness.''

The Secret - Rhonda Byrne

It has been passed down through the ages, highly coveted,hidden,lost,stolen, and bought for vast sums of money.This centuries-old Secret has been understood by some of the most prominent people in history:Plato,Galileo,Edison,Carnegie,
Einstein-along with other inventors,theologians,scientists,and great thinkers.Now the secret is being revealed to the world.


                                ''As you learn The Secret, you will come to know how you can have, be,or do anything you want. You will come to know who you really are. You will come to know the true magnificence that awaits you in life.''




First sentence:''The greatest teachers who have ever lived have told us that the law of attraction is the most powerful law in the Universe.''

Manual of the warrior of light - Paulo Coelho

Paulo Coelho is one of the most beloved storytellers of our time.Now, in the long-awaited English translation of 'Manual of the warrior of light',he presents a collection of philosophical thoughts and stories that will delight his readers everywhere.


                       'Manual of the warrior of light' is an invitation to each of us to live our dream, to embrace the uncertainty of life, and to rise to meet our own unique destiny.In his inimitable style, Paulo Coelho helps us to discover the warrior of light within each of us.


                       With inspiring short passages, we are invited to embark upon the way of the warrior: the one who appreciates the miracle of being alive, the one who accepts failure and the one whose quest leads him to become the person he wants to be.


First sentence:'A warrior of light knows that he has much to be grateful for'.

Saturday, December 31, 2011

New man for the new millennium - Osho

In 'New man for the new millennium', Osho tells us why it is imperative that we become new human beings as we enter the new millennium. Osho says that only a new consciousness can deliver man from his bondage. Here,he explains how this new consciousness can come only through us, from within ourselves.He shows us how to let go of the past, to go beyond ancient beliefs and to trust only in our own experiences.


            Osho elucidates the 7 essential qualities of Homo Novus,the New man.He takes a new look at issues that have eternally bedeviled generations: love and relationships, marriage and family, money, power, politics, work, and morality. He examines the challenges and opportunities of education, science and technology, the generation gap, government, and the quality of life itself. For Osho, change, moving forward, and religion as a revolution is the way. And here he invites us to wake up to our enlightenment and revel and rejoice in life.

First sentence: 'Man is coming to a very unique point where a quantum leap will be possible'.