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Discovering Your God Self...The Incredible Secrets of Your Spiritual Nature Revealed What if I told you that there is a God but it's not what most think? That the idea of an omnipotent, all seeing, all knowing being sitting somewhere on a thrown as he/she directs every aspect of everyone's life is a fantasy? (It seems a little 'ambitious' to believe that one single entity, regardless of what form it may take, or how powerful they may be, would even be interested in planning, directing, and judging the lives of the billions of people, animals, plants and everything else. Overwhelming!) Not only would this be an impossible task, but if you had that power, would you want to spend your time doing all that? Wouldn't it be more loving, and productive and fun, to simply create more? Does that mean there is no God, that God doesn't exist? Well, that depends on your definition of God. If you buy into the idea that there is a single being that directs everything in the universe... That God does not exist. Another Perspective>There is another perspective of God which my experience shows absolutely does exist. That perspective, or definition of God, is that of an energy. It is the energy that gives existence to everything living and everything not living. We are ConsciousnessGod is an essence, a consciousness, that is the foundation of all things in the Universe, including you, me, and all animals, plants, trees, and even the concrete and steel made to build the structures here on our lovely planet. And for we humans, that consciousness is made up of several components we all have in common within ourselves. Understanding what these are and how they work can change your life. We Get to Choose>The choice is yours. But you must make it consciously and then you must follow through with a consistent effort that is tempered with honesty (with yourself) and deep integrity. There are 5 distinct spiritual components we all have within. These consist of the Individualized Self, which is made up of the True Self and the Ego self; the Communicator; and the God Self. "Discovering Your God Self... The Incredible Secrets of Your Spiritual Nature Revealed" provides a roadmap to these essential, inner aspects of our humanness. Here's some of what you will learn in "Discovering Your God Self"The five inner spiritual elements and their importance in creating your best lifeThe Duality within - the hidden factor that controls our lives and is the root of our struggles, disappointments, and failuresA path to deepened awareness, inner peace, and higher consciousnessMuch, much moreNote: For those familiar with the work of Dr. David R. Hawkins', this book has been measured to calibrate at level 856 on Dr. David R. Hawkins' scale of the Map of Consciousness(R), which goes from zero, (the lowest level), to 1,000, (the highest). (Map of Consciousness is a registered Trademark owned by the "Institute for Spiritual Research, Inc.")

A massive panorama of Native American art from Navajo weaving to Apache basketrySpanning nearly 1,000 years of artistic creativity, this wide-ranging volume brings together 206 artworks that exemplify both exquisite aesthetics and rich cultural histories. The majority of the collection is from the American Southwest-19th-century Navajo weavings, ancestral and historical Pueblo pottery, Hopi and Zuni carved figures, and Yavapai and Apache basketry-along with art from the Pacific Northwest and the first Plains ledger drawings to enter the museums' collections. This book, which features new research and specially commissioned essays and extended captions, developed in collaboration with cultural advisors, reflects the complex and multilayered nature of the artworks in the field of Native American art. Contributions from more than 80 authors from different disciplines and cultural backgrounds, including scholars, culture-bearers, artists, collectors and museum professionals, illuminate details about the living histories of the works. With striking new photography and full-color reproductions, this is a cornerstone publication in the field of Native American art history.

Life keeps knocking 12-year-old Alan down. Can he find the courage to get back up? Orphaned at a young age, all Alan Michaels wants is a place to belong. But the independent, streetsmart kid, who lacks self-confidence, has no clue how to deal with disappointment or a formidable bully who won't back down. And New York City is a tough town to grow up in if you are a kid who doesn't have much. But when he starts training at Sensei Hideki's School of Karate, he hopes his life will change forever. Determined to prove he's got what it takes to become a true warrior, he pushes his body and mind to the limit. But just when the karate school starts to feel like home, tragedy strikes again. Does Alan have the courage and inner strength to overcome the odds stacked against him? ';When you get knocked down, you just keep getting back up You never give up.' Sensei paused for a moment and spoke louder. ';That's what takes real guts.' He stared at Alan intently. ';You know, sometimes failures are your steppingstones to success.'

Each August, one hundred thousand people attend Indian Market in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the nation's largest and most anticipated Native arts event. One thousand artists, representing 160 tribes, nations, and villages from the United States and Canada, proudly display and sell their works of art, ranging from pottery and basketry to contemporary paintings and sculptures. The history of Indian Market as related in this new publication is the story of Indian cultural arts in the twentieth century beginning with Edgar L. Hewett and the founding of the Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe in 1909. At the turn of the last century, the notion of Indian art as art in its own right and not ethnography was a foreign concept. With the arrival of the railroad and tourism in New Mexico, two thousand years of utilitarian Pueblo pottery tradition gave way to a curio trade intended for visitors to the area. The curators and archaeologists at the Museum of New Mexico began to collect prehistoric and historic pottery and encouraged potters to make pottery modeled on traditional ideas thought to represent authentic culture. Maria and Julian Martinez countered the idea that art was a matter of studying the past when in 1922, at the first "Indian Fair,"they introduced their revolutionary Black-on-black pottery. Bruce Bernstein links these early developments to Indian Market's ninety-year relationship with Native arts, cultural movements, historical events, and the ever-evolving creativity of Native artists to shape their market.

Kansas-born educator Dorothy Dunn established America''s first Indian art school, thus ushering in the flat-art style by which Native American painters have been celebrated as the first modernists. Reproduced here are over ninety paintings by such prominent artists and former students as Pablita Velarde, Joe H Herrera, Allan Houser and Pop Chalee.