Young people are not future leaders. Young people lead everyday through their actions and attitudes, influencing friends and family. Learn how to use this influence in a positive way, to point others to Christ through Servant Leadership. Begin the life-changing journey today to become the leader God wants you to be. It won' t always be easy. It will require time, dedication, and hard work. But, as you learn to use the influence you have already been given to become a Christ-centered, Spiri...

American author and philosopher Henry David Thoreau wrote, " The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." God placed with you the strength to make you come alive. The world needs your contribution – something no one else can offer. That might be expressed in a song or a poem. Maybe you' ll produce the world' s next architectural marvel. Perhaps your gift to the world will be a medical breakthrough or a new discovery. Whatever it is, people everywhere deserve to receive what God has eq...

A holistic guide to improving one’s vision both physically and spiritually• Explains how blurred vision is a reflection of other imbalances in the body, mind, and spirit• Offers natural methods for improvement of poor eyesight and stress-related difficulties, including dyslexia and ADHD• Combines the core values of the Bates method of natural vision improvement and TaoismFewer than three percent of children in North America are born with visual defects, yet ...

A fundamental Taoist practice for enhancing and utilizing chi• Includes breathing and movement exercises to promote vitality and healing through the cultivation of chi in the tan tien and perineum areas• Presents the foundational exercises that are essential for more advanced practices such as Iron Shirt Chi Kung and Cosmic HealingTan Tien Chi Kung is the art of cultivating and condensing chi in the lower abdomen--the tan tien--the fundamental power storehouse of th...

Martial artists, great warriors, coaches, generals, and successful corporate CEOs have all effectively used the strategies for winning found in Sun Tzu's Art of War.Authors Jerry Lynch and Chungliang Al Huang, using lessons from the The Art of War, as well as other ancient Taoist books such as the I Ching and Tao Te Ching, teach readers to develop the capacities and qualities that make a champion-such as high self-esteem, courage...

From the author of 365 Tao and a leading authority on Taoist practice and philosophy comes a completely innovative translation of the classic text of Eastern wisdom, the I Ching.The I Ching, or Book of Changes, is an ancient manual for divining the future. Its basic text is traditionally attributed to the Chinese King Wen, the Duke of Zhou, and the philosopher Confucius. By tossing coins, rolling dice, using a computer, or, more traditionally, counting yarrow stalks, one can create...

Over the course of nineteen essays, Alan Watts ("a spiritual polymatch, the first and possibly greatest" —Deepak Chopra) ruminates on the philosophy of nature, ecology, aesthetics, religion, and metaphysics.Assembled in the form of a “mountain journal,” written during a retreat in the foothills of Mount Tamalpais, CA, Cloud-Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown is Watts’s meditation on the art of feeling out and following the watercourse way of nature, known in Chin...

A guide to nourishing the body through bone marrow rejuvenation exercises• Presents exercises to “regrow” bone marrow, revive the internal organs, and prevent osteoporosis• Explains the use of bone breathing and bone compression, “hitting” to detoxify the body, and sexual energy massage and chi weight lifting to enhance the life force withinMost Westerners believe that a daily physical exercise program helps slow the aging process. Yet those whose bodies appear most...

A guide to the practice of Inner Alchemy, which allows you to control the energies of your inner universe to better connect with energies of the outer universe• Teaches the essential first-level meditations in Taoist practice, also known as Fusion of the Five Forces, for self-healing and emotional and spiritual development• Shows step-by-step how to remove negative emotions from the organs in which they are lodged by neutralizing and transforming the negativity back into po...

Here is an introduction to the magical and mystical realm of Taoism through biographical and historical sketches of Taoist adepts over two thousand years. This panoramic view of the many faces of Taoism and its intimate connection with Chinese culture and society includes intriguing accounts of the Taoist secret societies that carried out mystical exercises and powerful consciousness-altering techniques, including sensory deprivation, incantation, visualization, and concentration.T...

Developing healthy visual‑motor abilities is more difficult in the complex stimulus of today's world than ever before. Our visual experiences can be overwhelmed by the vast complexity of artificial colors and sounds which did not exist in our ancestors' lives. Much more time is spent indoors, exposed to a myriad of unnatural colors, movement and imagery. We hibernate inside, interacting with machines instead of being out in the sunlight, looking at the far horizons, exploring natural envir...

This is the fi rst work devoted to an expositi on on Daoist metaphysics and presenti ng Dao as a feminine principle. The work should be of interest to scholars and general readers in many disciplines: Comparati ve philosophy, religious studies, metaphysics, Asian studies, Chinese studies... etc.