Böcker av Paul James

How do top football players set up their minds? If you are an aspiring football player, what is the best mental formation for you to have? It all depends on your goals. We learn from our experiences. Mythical narratives communicate with us through imagery. The serpent is the symbol of death and rebirth. As the snake sheds its skin, we must shed our former selves. The shape of the serpent appears in the framework of this book, based on the configuration of numbers that are used to provide an analogy of concepts, based on football positions. From one to 11, in a 1-3-3-3-1 formation, we observe many patterns. We also see how passing lanes connect these numbers in formation, represented by letters from the alphabet. The plot thickens as we go further. A position is a state of mind. A state of mind is an attitude, a state of experience with a body of beliefs which you live by. Always expressing a state, you identify yourself with it by saying: "I am good or I am bad. I am quick or I am slow. I am rich or I am poor." "BE YOUR HERO" is tattooed on Neymar's back. The current screensaver (in October 2022) on his iPhone is a photo of the World Cup trophy. Why is this? Because he understands the power of visualisation. For the same reason, you must organise the ideas from which you think and the dominant beliefs you possess. When you are able to categorically organise the way you process information, both on and off the pitch, you will know what it means to control the space in your own mental field, and this is ultimately how you can win the game. The game of life, like football, is played within the framework of certain rules, and any violation of those rules carries a penalty. You and I are playing this game from morning to night, and should therefore learn its rules in order to play it well. The game of life is won by those who compare their thoughts and feelings within to what appears on the outside. And the game is lost by those who do not recognise this fact. Being consumed by anger, they see no change in their world. But if they would change their mood, their results would change. Then they would understand the nature of reality. To possess this knowledge is to live in a state of SUPERPOSSESSION.

A celebration of Gloucester's rich heritage and identity - its special events, achievements, people, industry and landmarks.

The deliberate use of the title 'President' for the celebrant of the eucharist in the modern language rites of the Church of England demonstrates a change in understanding of not only the role of the priest/bishop, but of the whole people of God in the liturgical assembly.

Globalization has brought with it many difficult and contradictory phenomena: violence, deep national insecurities, religious divisions and individual insecurities. This book takes a critical look at three key areas - globalism, nationalism, and state-terror - to confront common mythologies and identify the root causes of the problems we face. *BR**BR*Too many commentators still argue that globalization is predominantly a neo-liberal economic phenomenon; that nation-states are on the way out, and that terror is something that primarily comes from below. Global Matrix exposes the limitations of this argument. *BR**BR*Written by two leading scholars, this is a lucid study of what place the nation-state has in a globalizing world that will appeal to students across the political and social sciences.