![]() ![]() collected data from various cultures, professions, socio-economic conditions, and life stages, then discovered certain conditions present during the "flow," notably ![]() refers to the Buddha-like process of "losing oneself" and experiencing enlightenment and self-fulfillment as a state of "flow." Everyone, whether professional athletes, chess masters, or students, remembers a moment when it seemed that they disappeared as a person, fully immersed in the activity in which they are engaged. Although he briefly examines general "happiness," he is more interested in how to enjoy the moments of everyday life truly. ![]() Why ? Because we are overwhelmed with so many complicated concerns that we don't know where to focus our psychic energy. We spoiled, and idle people are the ones on the couch who complain about the lack of fulfillment and happiness in their lives. It may not be pleasant, but it is simple. The meaning of their life, the center of their energy, is simple. This explains why animals (and the people who fight for their basic survival on a daily basis) experience an almost constant flow. WHAT IS HAPPINESS?Ī human being knows happiness insofar as he can mentally order his conscience and fight against chaos (what Mr. ![]() While far from "light reading," I found the intense mental focus the book required was almost physically pleasurable. For most people, this is the "Happiness Handbook." Both scientific and philosophical, it essentially defines happiness itself and then goes into great detail about how we can achieve it every moment of our life (at least hypothetically). ![]()
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![]() Her short stories have been published by Cleis Press. She is the author of The Wicked and the Willing, a lesbian gothic horror vampire novel set in 1920s Singapore, and Captive in the Underworld, a lesbian dark romance retelling of the Hades/Persephone myth. Lianyu Tan is a Lambda Literary Award-nominated author of sapphic speculative fiction. Hades gets what she wantsalwaysand what she wants is a certain goddess of the springtime. In the land of the dead, Queen Hades word is law. Find links to her work at and on social media at Subscribe to her newsletter for bonus content and short stories: Shattered Scepter Press, 2021 Lianyu Tan A dark lesbian romance retelling of the Hades/Persephone abduction story, set in mythological ancient Greece. ![]() Lianyu Tan is a Lambda Literary Award-nominated author of lesbian dark romance and gothic horror. ![]() ![]() March needs Jax to help his small band of rogue fighters break the Corp monopoly on interstellar travel-and establish a new breed of jumper. Then a mysterious man breaks into her cell, offering her freedom-for a price. Now imprisoned and the subject of a ruthless interrogation, Jax is on the verge of madness. ![]() ![]() It’s hard for Jax to defend herself: she has no memory of the crash. But then the ship she’s navigating crash-lands, and she’s accused of killing everyone on board. Here's the blurb - you can check out an excerpt on the author's website:īy all accounts, Sirantha Jax should have burned out years ago…Īs the carrier of a rare gene, Jax has the ability to jump ships through grimspace-a talent which cuts into her life expectancy, but makes her a highly prized navigator for the Corp. I'm very much looking forward to the next book in the series. It's definitely sf, but it's also a romance. ![]() I read it a while back and really enjoyed it - couldn't put it down in fact. A couple of the comments in the previous post reminded me I've been meaning to post about Grimspace. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() During her lifetime Mistral published four Desolation, Tenderness, Clearcut, and Winepress. Translations, and even selections of her work in Spanish, have tended to underplay the darkness, the strangeness, and the raging intensity of her poems of grief and pain, the yearning power of her evocations of the Chilean landscape, the stark music of her Round Dances, the visionary splendor of her Hymns of America. The reputation of her more flamboyant and accessible friend and countryman Pablo Neruda has overshadowed hers, and she has been officially sentimentalized into a "poetess" of children and motherhood. Famous and beloved during her lifetime all over Latin America and in Europe, Mistral has never been known in North America as she deserves to be. The first Nobel Prize in literature to be awarded to a Latin American writer went to the Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It was interesting to read different viewpoints in this collection of how race, social status, economic means, upbringing, the media and more skew how women think of their bodies.įor instance, in the best of the stories, "Found Rhythm" by La-Tessa Montgomery, I learned something about African-Americans and what they think is thin and what they think is perfect. I once read that the way a person's body image is set at the age of six. 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Her meeting would have involved liquors imported from the Flower Worlds and delectable canapés and candies, some of which she would pocket to give to her nieces when she returned home. In years past, as the duelist prime of House Elaya, she would have journeyed with an honor guard to the much-feted Gray Manse. The bazaar on the moon that wandered Transitional Space did not meet Kestre sa Elaya’s exacting requirements for a safe transaction. ![]() ![]() It's a far cry from fantasy fiction like Game of Thrones, an often cited comparison, but the influence of this 1950s work on George Martin is clear in large and small ways: nobility caught up in earthly pleasures, people in high positions experiencing grim and dramatic falls, the recitation of enemies' names. ![]() There are some fantastic end notes well worth reading, that I wish more fiction authors playing with the past would trouble themselves to include. Occasionally his narrator's voice offers comment, speaking from a perspective 700 years in the future, but for the most part he stands back and merely portrays. Druon explores the thoughts and feelings of real people who experienced these events, embellishing only where it serves to fill in the blanks. This is written in the style of my favourite historical fiction, steering close to the actual record. It offers some closure but leaves several balls in the air for the rest of the series to untangle. The story quickly progresses to illicit affairs among the princesses in line for the throne, and the subsequent fallout. Given the preponderance of Templars in fiction, I was happy that they don't long hold the stage. Philip IV of France is putting an end to the Templars, in a bid to grasp their fortune for the crown, and he gets his lineage cursed in the process. ![]() ![]() ![]() Stephen Mitchell is a best-selling author, who hails from New York. Tao Te Ching: The Classic Manual On The Art Of Living was published in 2011. Readers will gain plenty of philosophical wisdom and practical guidance on how to lead a life that is both meaningful and balanced. Stephen Mitchell’s version of the Tao Te Ching: The Classic Manual On The Art Of Living is a widely accepted boon to the modern age. Principles such as doing something for the benefit of things, which becomes an effortless skill when one behaves in accordance with the Tao, are mentioned. ![]() Originally written by Lao-Tzu, this 81 chapter text attempts to teach readers how to lead a balanced life by following life principles that are in line with the universe, also called Tao. The book was first written over 2,500 years ago, and is the philosophical foundation for the followers of the Taoist faith. The author, Stephen Mitchell, has adapted the original text for the modern audience.Īfter the Bible, the Tao Te Ching is one of the most translated texts in the world. ![]() Tao Te Ching: The Classic Manual On The Art Of Living is the translated version of an ancient Taoist text, which prescribes the art of leading a balanced and serene life. Tao Te Ching: The Classic Manual On The Art Of Living is a well-respected translation by Stephen Mitchell, of the ancient Chinese text Tao Te Ching. ![]() ![]() Not even at the worldwide demonstration March for Our Lives. She was hopeless at times, feeling as if no one was listening. Every time Kindra took a step toward peace and wholeness, a new mass shooting devastated her again. This empathetic and ultimately hopeful graphic memoir recounts Kindra's journey forward from those few minutes that changed everything. Over the span of a few minutes, on October 1, 2015, eight students and a professor lost their lives. And then, one day, it happend: a mass shooting shattered her college campus. But now she lived in Oregon, where she spent her time swimming in rivers with friends or attending classes at the bucolic Umpqua Community College. ![]() Sure, she'd sometimes been close to gun violence, like when the house down the street from her childhood home in Texas was targeted in a drive-by shooting. Kindra Neely never expected it to happen to her. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() imposed anti-dumping duty for aluminum products like foils, on countries such as Oman and China, to safeguard the domestic manufacturing industry. The country is trying the boost the manufacturing of the various end-use industries, which is anticipated to propel the demand for aluminum foils in the said forecast period. The product is extensively used in the food & beverage, automotive, and FMCG industries. was the largest market in North America in 2022 and this trend is anticipated to continue over the forecast period. For instance, in November 2021 Polfarmex invested in a new packaging line of blister packs, which will increase its production capacity by 60%. Surging demand from the pharmaceutical industry has augmented the product’s manufacturing. ![]() Furthermore, the increasing demand for electric vehicles (EVs) and the growing requirement for air conditioning systems are expected to further augur growth for aluminum foils. Growth of the global packaging industry is anticipated to augment market growth as the product is widely used for the packaging of several products such as food, beverages, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical. The global aluminum foil market size was valued at USD 25.79 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.5% from 2023 to 2030. ![]() |