Dreams, Illusion, and Other Realities

Dreams, Illusion, and Other Realities
Author: Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2015-05-14
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 022630809X

"Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty . . . weaves a brilliant analysis of the complex role of dreams and dreaming in Indian religion, philosophy, literature, and art. . . . In her creative hands, enchanting Indian myths and stories illuminate and are illuminated by authors as different as Aeschylus, Plato, Freud, Jung, Kurl Gödel, Thomas Kuhn, Borges, Picasso, Sir Ernst Gombrich, and many others. This richly suggestive book challenges many of our fundamental assumptions about ourselves and our world."—Mark C. Taylor, New York Times Book Review "Dazzling analysis. . . . The book is firm and convincing once you appreciate its central point, which is that in traditional Hindu thought the dream isn't an accident or byway of experience, but rather the locus of epistemology. In its willful confusion of categories, its teasing readiness to blur the line between the imagined and the real, the dream actually embodies the whole problem of knowledge. . . . [O'Flaherty] wants to make your mental flesh creep, and she succeeds."—Mark Caldwell, Village Voice

Good Neighbors

Good Neighbors
Author: Sarah Langan
Publisher: Atria Books
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2021-02-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 198217143X

“A modern-day Crucible….Beneath the surface of a suburban utopia, madness lurks.” —Liv Constantine, bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish “Sarah Langan is a phenomenal talent with a wicked sense of wry humor. Good Neighbors knocked me out. Like Shirley Jackson, Langan’s work blends a bleak streak with an underlying sense of the humane that wrung my heart.” —Victor LaValle, author of The Changeling Celeste Ng’s enthralling dissection of suburbia meets Shirley Jackson’s creeping dread in this propulsive literary noir, when a sudden tragedy exposes the depths of deception and damage in a Long Island suburb—pitting neighbor against neighbor and putting one family in terrible danger. Welcome to Maple Street, a picture-perfect slice of suburban Long Island, its residents bound by their children, their work, and their illusion of safety in a rapidly changing world. Arlo Wilde, a gruff has-been rock star who’s got nothing to show for his fame but track marks, is always two steps behind the other dads. His wife, beautiful ex-pageant queen Gertie, feels socially ostracized and adrift. Spunky preteen Julie curses like a sailor and her kid brother Larry is called “Robot Boy” by the kids on the block. Their next-door neighbor and Maple Street’s Queen Bee, Rhea Schroeder—a lonely community college professor repressing her own dark past—welcomes Gertie and family into the fold. Then, during one spritzer-fueled summer evening, the new best friends share too much, too soon. As tensions mount, a sinkhole opens in a nearby park, and Rhea’s daughter Shelly falls inside. The search for Shelly brings a shocking accusation against the Wildes that spins out of control. Suddenly, it is one mom’s word against the other’s in a court of public opinion that can end only in blood. A riveting and ruthless portrayal of American suburbia, Good Neighbors excavates the perils and betrayals of motherhood and friendships and the dangerous clash between social hierarchy, childhood trauma, and fear.

Neighbors

Neighbors
Author: Jacob August Riis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 248
Release: 1914
Genre: Poor
ISBN:

Astral Planes and Your Other Realities

Astral Planes and Your Other Realities
Author: Valentin Matcas
Publisher: Valentin Leonard Matcas
Total Pages: 96
Release: 1900
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1310674949

Can you visit other planes and realities? But can you live other lives there, in your other planes and realities? People can always tell beautiful paranormal stories, or who knows, you might have already been there yourself, saw them, felt them, and now this is why you search through all higher knowledge to learn more about your experience. But was it real? Are your other worlds real, as real as this world? All realities are real, in a rather trivial manner. And even more, all realities are objectively real, but only as long as you are there. Since existence defines them similarly, determining closely your continuous firsthand experience. Furthermore, many realities are part of life, part of this life that we have here in this world. And now, if you have found your way into these other planes of existence in a conscious manner, it might have been a natural process altogether, and not exactly a random experience. It had a purpose, while you might have missed fulfilling it, and now it is certainly meaningful to know everything that you can ever discover. Yet if you have never had a paranormal experience yourself, and now you simply wonder what is going, there are very powerful drugs that you take regularly with your food, drinks, drugs, and medicine, meant to hold you forcefully in this world. And now this is exactly what you do, you remain here nicely, for life. And it happens with everybody, or almost, depending on where you live, or depending on your development and genetic background. There is a difference between astral planes, the natural human environment, and your other realities. Because existence comes in three distinct levels, used to distinguish between your higher and lower realities. While you can understand all your realities through your mind, reasoning, awareness, and imagination, since even this world makes sense to you only as part of your reasoning, awareness, mind, and imagination, and not exactly directly, as anyone may expect. And this is the case because there is no other way to experience anything in life and in the wider world, but through your perception, reasoning, and understanding, and through the multitude of your selves, intelligences, and identities present throughout all your realities. And this is why you cannot understand astral planes, along with your other realities, if you do not understand your cognitive system first, along with your intelligences, selves, memories, and expectations, since everything is interconnected. This interesting entanglement of meanings and constraints causes the ultimate truth of your wider existence to remain hidden beneath strong consensual conditions, and within tedious loops of reasoning, remaining inaccessible in this manner to the ignorant and to the unconditional follower of common ideologies, while allowing the truth only to those living life freely, consciously, and in full awareness and understanding of the wider world, through the fulfillment of all natural, higher level needs and meanings. Because these are your developmental opportunities that you experience in each one of your worlds and realities, while following the fulfillment of your natural, intelligent human needs for higher experience and higher development. This book studies you and your life and existence throughout all your realities that you employ, encounter, inhabit, create, and co-create throughout your wider existence, helping you understand who you are through all your selves and intelligences, as you live your life throughout all your worlds and realities. If you seek to gain wider understanding of who you truly are, this book is for you.

Significant Others

Significant Others
Author: Monte Cox
Publisher: ACU Press
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2017-09-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0891125280

A generation ago, most Americans had little or no contact with Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, or any other adherents of non- Christian religions. Now our culture is much more pluralistic. In addition to these “others,” many Westerners, disenchanted with Christianity, are more inclined than they were a generation ago to dabble in new spiritual alternatives that were not as readily available here before. Many Christians feel intimidated by these changes. Many Christians don’t know how to engage their newest non- Christian neighbors in conversation, partly because they feel ignorant about the religions practiced by others. Significant Others seeks to fill this knowledge gap so readers will become more acquainted with the religious backgrounds of devout non- Christians they are meeting, as well as with the growing number of American people who claim no religious affiliation at all. Each chapter outlines the major world religions according to their significant founders or leading figures, significant beliefs and practices, significant sects and developments, and significant points of contact and points of contrast with Christian faith.

Handbook on Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor, Ad Hoc Wireless, and Peer-to-Peer Networks

Handbook on Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor, Ad Hoc Wireless, and Peer-to-Peer Networks
Author: Jie Wu
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 896
Release: 2005-08-08
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0203323688

The availability of cheaper, faster, and more reliable electronic components has stimulated important advances in computing and communication technologies. Theoretical and algorithmic approaches that address key issues in sensor networks, ad hoc wireless networks, and peer-to-peer networks play a central role in the development of emerging network

Global Neighbors

Global Neighbors
Author: Douglas A. Hicks
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2008-08-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0802860338

How can people of faith meet the challenge of living morally and faithfully within an increasingly globalized society? Much of the debate about the global market economy is polarized between pro-market ideology and anti-globalization activism. Global Neighbors sidesteps that dichotomy, presenting instead a nuanced, constructive approach. Leading theologians, ethicists, economists, and church leaders here examine the Christian call to live morally, faithfully, and responsibly in today's global marketplace and offer alternative perspectives to such utilitarians as Peter Singer. Contributors: Robert D. Austin Rebecca M. Blank Lee Devin William Goettler Eric Gregory Douglas A. Hicks Janet Parker Rebecca Todd Peters Shirley J. Roels Mark Valeri Jeff Van Duzer Kent Van Til Thomas W. Walker