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• Living Consciously

  Collected essays by Jorge Waxemberg
  

  "Love is a companion in a work done alone
  in the intimacy of each person's heart, mind and soul"
  
  
    There are moments in life when we become consciously aware of the mystery of existence: when we witness the birth of a child, the unexpected death of a close friend, the discovery of a relative's need for comfort, the awakening to the realization that a lifetime of possibilities and choices lies ahead. Such moments may occur when everything seems to be going along fine, or when we encounter the inescapable sorrows of human life.
  
  These are the moments in which we begin to ask about the meaning of our lives. We may ask such questions as: "Where am I headed? What should I be doing with my life? What is the meaning of my experiences?" For most of us, the answers to these questions remain a mystery, but this does not preclude a search for an answer, and it does not mean that we cannot come closer to an understanding, step-by-step. This search for meaning, this yearning toward the unknown, is the foundation of spiritual life.
  
  In Jorge Waxemberg's book, Living Consciously, we find these questions reflected upon in a remarkable collection of essays on spiritual life. Chapter subjects range from such diverse topics as Physical Health, Moving beyond Prejudices, and Finding the Road, to Mysticism in Our Lives.
  
  Each chapter, in fact, appeared at one time in Seeds of Unfolding, and this new book makes possible an overview of many of his thought-provoking articles written over a 14-year period.
  
  Living Consciously brings together an accessible and inspiring anthology of ideas for enriching our inner lives and concrete means by which to work for the good of humanity.

  This book is available through online booksellers or for free download at https://www.cafh.org/en/publicaciones.html

  

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• The Art of Living in Relationship by Jorge Waxemberg

  Relationships are the great fabric of life; to unfold them consciously and methodically is to learn to love through a work that includes all of life. It is to transform living into an art. Spiritual life and the art of living are, therefore, two ways of referring to the same thing" To learn to live well, with harmony, peace, companionship, and love, is to learn to live in relationship-with ourselves, with our circumstances, with people, with life itself. Relationship, we read in this thought-provoking book, is what connects us with all of life, and here we find practical ideas, suggestions, and tools for working on the many ways relationships work in our lives. We learn here ways to explore the relationship we have with ourselves, with our problems and difficulties, with our shortcomings and strengths. We meditate on a greater dimension of relationship as well-our relationship with society, with life, with ideas, with vocation. We find, too, ways to contemplate the ultimate relationship-our relationship with God, or the Divine. Written as a kind of guidebook to life, this valuable little book brings us many new ideas to deepen our spiritual lives and unfold more profound relationships with ourselves, our families, our society, and ultimately, our human destiny.   Available from Amazon at www.amazon.com and from Barnes & Noble at www.bn.com.

• Walking With Contemplation

  What do Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton and Maria Montessori have in common? What are Marie Curie and Martin Luther King, Jr. doing in the same book? How did George Washington Carver happen to have his biography alongside Eleanor Roosevelt's? All of these people and more are found in this book based on a series of walks in San Francisco Bay Area parks where, under the shade of magnificent redwood trees, biographies of great contemplative lives are presented.
  
  The series of hikes, known as Walking with Contemplation, continues to be a valuable tool in learning about meaning in life through the study of great lives. It is also a wonderful time to share the joys of companionship while exercising through walking. Out of this experience came the idea for a book: inspirational biographies to read while walking, to accompany times of introspection, reflection and meditation.
  
   
  

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