Argues that unearned privilege has damaged the psyche of whites and made it more difficult for them to understand racism.

By beginning a conversation that encourages self-examination and compassion, Combined Destinies invites its readers to look at how white Americans have been hurt by the very ideology that their ancestors created. Editors Ann Todd Jealous and Caroline T. Haskell, both experienced psychotherapists skilled at facilitating dialogue about racial issues, are cognizant of the challenges that even the thought of such conversations often presents. Their book is based on the premise that for positive and lasting change to occur, it is necessary to open hearts as well as minds. This courageous anthology posits that unearned privilege has damaged the psyche of white people as well as their capacity to understand racism. Using intimate stories, some from writers who have never before spoken of these highly charged issues, Jealous and Haskell offer readers a chance to explore their own experiences. Drawing on the personal and heartfelt stories of diverse contributors, including Robert Zellner, Bettina Aptheker, Deb Busman, Deborah Burke, Joe Ruklick, and Alisa Fineman, Combined Destinies is organized thematically, with individual chapters that focus on, for example, guilt, shame, silence, or resistance. The book includes an extensive reader's guide, posing questions for discussion pertaining to each chapter. Anyone who is interested in mental health and spiritual healing will benefit from reading this book, but it's especially suitable for teachers, professors and students of teacher education, the social sciences, and U.S. history, as well as social activists, members of community groups, therapists, clergy, and other members of the counseling profession.

"Imperiled Destinies" examines the evolution of Daoist beliefs about human liability and redemption over eight centuries and outlines ritual procedures for rescuing an ill‐starred destiny. From the second through the tenth century CE, Daoism emerged as a liturgical organization that engaged vigorously with Buddhism and transformed Chinese thinking about suffering, the nature of evil, and the aims of liberation. In the fifth century, elements of classical Daoism combined with Indian yogic practices to interiorize the quest for deliverance. The medieval record portrays a world engulfed by evil, where human existence was mortgaged from birth and burdened by increasing debts and obligations in this world and the next. Against this gloomy outlook, Daoism offered ritual and sacramental instruments capable of acting on the unseen world, providing therapeutic relief and ecstatic release from apprehensions of death, disease, war, spoilt harvests, and loss. Drawing on prayer texts, liturgical sermons, and experiential narratives, Franciscus Verellen focuses on the Daoist vocabulary of bondage and redemption, the changing meanings of sacrifice, and metaphoric conceptualizations bridging the visible and invisible realms. The language of medieval supplicants envisaged the redemption of an imperiled destiny as debt forgiveness, and deliverance as healing, purification, release, or emergence from darkness into light.

Life is a continuing series of decisions and consequences. The consequences of this series of decisions constitute the lives we live and have brought us to this exact moment. This process is called destiny, and it controls all aspects of our lives. In this memoir, author Ryan James uses the events and experiences of his life to explore the concept of destiny. He shows how all of his lifes actions have affected who he is todayhis birth on a farm during a raging blizzard, the death of his mother two days after his birth, attending college in the 1960s, enlisting in the US Army, serving in England, graduating from engineering school, working as an engineer, traveling within the United States and abroad, and enjoying retirement. Where Destiny Led: What If? examines the consequencesthe what ifsof changes in the stream of events. What would be the result? What would life be like today? It examines Jamess past and present from the perspective of his own destinythe mystical force that weaves our lives together, the universal control that makes us who we are at any given time.

Have you ever wondered about your life’s purpose? The next step in the life-changing Human Design system, The Book of Destinies presents in-depth profiles of the 192 Life Themes that encompass humanity. Based on the place, date, and time of your birth, your Life Theme reveals a remarkably detailed portrait of your true nature, allowing you the peace of knowing who you really are so you can live your life with clarity and fulfillment. Instead of struggling to achieve unsuitable goals, you can align yourself with a deeper plan for your relationships, career, and decision making. Many passages include a list of noted people who share that Life Theme. The culmination of the authors’ twenty years of research, practice, meditation, and readings, The Book of Destinies is for anyone who has ever stopped to wonder, “What is my life purpose, and how do I realize it?” To determine your Life Theme, visit www.humandesignforusall.com

Numerology has continually fascinated people since ancient times, from Egypt to the Roman Empire, India and Scandinavia. Numbers are a universal language that can help make sense of the seemingly chaotic world we inhabit. Cosmic Numerology is numerology with an extra dimension. Numerologist and astrophile Jenn King pairs mystical mathematics with planetary power so you can tap into deeper levels of self-knowledge, access your talents and enhance your relationships. Chart your cosmic course with the numbers and planets by your side. Each chapter includes a section on making the most of a particular day's unique energy, as well as plants and oils, meditations, power colours and body zones that enhance a planet's power. Use this magic manual to tune into the number and planet energies at play in your life, and use this knowledge to maximise the gifts bestowed on you by your birth chart.

As the ruthless rulers of the Malwa Empire dominate sixth-century India, assisted by an abomination from the future, peacemakers from the future send a crystal, Aide, to stop their advance, with the help of Count Belisarius of Byzantium.

A Gift To Humanity True Leaders will be the book in the 21st century that will create a storm in our society because of the demands from large numbers of people interested in bettering themselves in order to better the conditions in this world. This book will provide a clear direction for those individuals who are desperately seeking some answers in their lives and a better way to solve their problems without tapping into religious texts. At the same time, it teaches the basic principles of psychology and sociology to help readers explore who they are and to empower them to become leaders in their own right. True Leaders is a daily guide that covers topics that concern readers in all aspects of life, in areas such as Personal, Family, Workplace, Community, and Country. It provides moral solutions to our day-to-day issues on friendship, parent and child relationships, man and woman relationships, employer and employee relationships, leader and follower relationships and, most importantly, our relationship with ourselves. This book makes the idea of "doing the right thing at all times" the motto for everyday living in mainstream society. It will forever change the lives of those readers who are touched by this book due to the author's practical wisdom, compassionate message, and inspirational voice. This material will benefit readers from teenagers, college students, and housewives to working professionals. Readers will include those with very little education to intellectuals, from everyday people with very little psychology background to mental health counselors, from atheist and agnostic to spiritual believers, and last but not least, from the average citizen to leaders in our governmental sector. This is to show that leaders are among us all. Please visit the author's web site for more information at www.trueleadersthebook.com