Portuguese Camino In Search Of The Infinite Moment
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Portuguese Camino In Search Of The Infinite Moment
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Author : Terence Callery
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-12-04
Portuguese Camino In Search Of The Infinite Moment written by Terence Callery and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-04 with categories.
Walking the lesser traveled Portuguese Camino route, author Terence Callery makes the arduous 400-mile sacred pilgrimage from Lisbon to the tomb of Saint James in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. At a crossroads in his life, the former Maine aquaculture executive and alpaca farmer describes the personal quest as "the most intensely spiritual seven weeks of my life." Portuguese Camino-In Search of the Infinite Moment is the adroitly told story of two journeys taken in tandem. The first story focuses on how his walking meditation brings him into the "infinite moment" where he finds his spiritual center, as well as healing from personal loss. The second story is a well-researched account of the geography, history and culture that he encountered along the Way. There is a palpable sense of place evoked as he writes about 12th century monasteries, Gothic cathedrals and Templar castles.He sets out alone with an eighteen-pound backpack in the winter well before the start of the pilgrim season which peaks in the summer months. He travels solo in silent meditation for weeks until he arrives in Porto where he finally begins to encounter other pilgrims making Christianity's most important pilgrimage. The author finds his fellow seekers to be fearless and profoundly open. There is Ron, the war veteran from Zimbabwe, who is seeking healing from the Camino whose world view had evolved from accepting God in the halls of AA to now studying ancestor worship with African shamans. There is Katja who had recently lost her partner to bone cancer who shares with her plan to deposit her wedding ring in the poor box at the great Santiago Cathedral at the end of her Camino. And there is Numi a twenty-nine-year-old Muslim business consultant for whom Callery becomes a mentor. He urges the young man to discover his "foundational self" through the practice of mindfulness. At a small albergue, the owner Marlene speaks of the "grand sense of wonder" that she found as a pilgrim. The author becomes increasingly buoyant from the restorative power of mindful walking. However, it is a chance meeting with Ophelia, a Portuguese artist, and the prospect of romantic love that makes his adventure so memorable.The author embeds his writing with little gemstones of philosophy such as the Epicurean belief that "it is not what we posses, but rather what we experience that is the measure of our abundance." Callery writes about relishing new experiences "like sucking the juice from a ripe fruit." He tries roast suckling pig in Mealhada, octopus in Padron, salt cod or baccaleau in Vilafranca-de-Xira. He learns about the Gnostic beliefs of the Templar knights in Tomar. He takes time to visit the beautiful Se Cathedral in Porto. He dances to the pulsating rhythms of a nine-piece Fado band in the streets of Coimbra.His daily practice of "Chi Walking", focusing on balance instead of strength, is emblematic of a decidedly Zen approach to the Camino pilgrimage. For the author, the process of enlightenment is not about the Western idea of adding more and more knowledge to the self. This author's voyage of self-discovery is a "winnowing" where the clutter of one's person narrative is sifted out revealing the "foundational self" fully experienced in the present moment in mindfulness.
The Road Ahead
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Author : Bill Gates
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Group
Release Date : 1996
The Road Ahead written by Bill Gates and has been published by Penguin Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Business & Economics categories.
In this clear-eyed, candid, and ultimately reassuring
Northward To Santiago
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Author : Patrick Tierney
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-06-22
Northward To Santiago written by Patrick Tierney and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-22 with categories.
Every year hundreds of thousands of pilgrims make their painful, blister-popping way to the shrine of St James in Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain. Most follow the celebrated Camino Francés over the Pyrenees then westward for nearly 780 kilometres; fewer choose to walk the quieter, lesser-known and - let's be honest - much shorter Camino Portugués which winds from Lisbon, north through Porto, into Galicia. Always a man to do things by halves, Patrick Tierney - a product of that gift that keeps on giving: a 1950s Irish Catholic upbringing - set out to walk the upper section of the Portuguese route. After a few heady days sampling the city's eponymous liquor, he skulks out of Porto into the shimmering heat of July, intending to reach Santiago in time for the city's annual celebration of its patron saint. On the way, our wanderer wrestles with many important issues. Can an atheist really go on pilgrimage? Could a two-week solitary hike help him adapt to life on his own following the death of his beloved wife? Is walking alone a good way to meet people? Who knew a combination of Compeed and Vaseline could ease the path to salvation? And can a thirsty Irishman find a decent beer anywhere in Iberia?Punctuated by creaking knees and a daily battle against chafing in unmentionable places, 'Northward to Santiago' is part memoir, part rumination on grief and loss, and in no way a reliable guide to hiking anywhere. Written by a man happy to describe himself as 'a mere pond skater on the meniscus of life', it offers neither insight nor profundity. It is instead an honest attempt to map the internal and external journey of a grumpy cynic, ageing and aching his way to some sort of reconciliation with what he has lost, gratitude for what he has had and, perhaps, picking up along the way faint hints of a future still to be explored. And - trigger alert - its pages contain splutterings that purport to be 'poetry'. You have been warned.
A Sense Of Direction
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Author : Gideon Lewis-Kraus
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2012-05-10
A Sense Of Direction written by Gideon Lewis-Kraus and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In medieval times, a pilgrimage gave the average Joe his only break from the daily grind. For Gideon Lewis-Kraus, it promises a different kind of escape. Determined to avoid the kind of constraint that kept his father, a gay rabbi, closeted until midlife, he has moved to anything-goes Berlin. But the surfeit of freedom there has begun to paralyze him, and when a friend extends a drunken invitation to join him on an ancient pilgrimage route across Spain, he grabs his sneakers, glad of the chance to be committed to something and someone. Irreverent, moving, hilarious, and thought-provoking, A Sense of Direction is Lewis-Kraus's dazzling riff on the perpetual war between discipline and desire, and its attendant casualties. Across three pilgrimages and many hundreds of miles - the thousand-year-old Camino de Santiago, a solo circuit of eighty-eight Buddhist temples on the Japanese island of Shikoku, and, together with his father and brother, an annual mass migration to the tomb of a famous Hasidic mystic in the Ukraine - he completes an idiosyncratic odyssey to the heart of a family mystery and a human dilemma: How do we come to terms with what has been and what is - and find a way forward, with purpose?
The First Pilgrim
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Author : Terence Callery
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-10-28
The First Pilgrim written by Terence Callery and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-28 with categories.
They were long-shot underdogs and if they were to survive, they needed a miracle.The armies of Islam had swept like wildfire into the Iberia peninsula. By the beginning of the 9th century, King Alfonso's Kingdom of Asturias was one of a couple of enclaves of Christianity remaining in Espania. It was the year 814 and King Alfonso II had just received word that Charlemagne, the Frankish conqueror and protector of the Catholic Church, was dead. Alfonso's small northern kingdom was no match for the Caliphate of Cordoba which had orchestrated a vast economic revival known as the Andalusian Enlightenment in the south. The sophisticated Arabs minted silver coins, printed paper, read poetry, funded massive libraries, reconfigured the old Roman trading routes and created a far reaching Islamic legal system. The armies of Islam were large, disciplined and well-armed.By contrast, King Alfonso's kingdom was a land of small farms with little in the way of urban culture, learning, industry or secular institutions. His people were resigned to a meager subsistence economy based on agriculture, fishing and herding. The standing army was small, but the men of Asturias were excellent horsemen and skilled at "hit and run" mountain warfare. The miracle they sought arrived with the news that the beheaded body of Saint James the Apostle was found by a wandering hermit in a Roman cemetery in Galicia. Alfonso's kingdom might now have the powerful protection of a patron saint. The local Catholic bishop asked King Alfonso to make a pilgrimage to the burial site to confirm the identity of the body and to grant royal protection to the shrine that would be built there. In time, the place would become the holy city of Santiago de Compostela and the path to it would be known as the Camino.This is the story of the first pilgrimage.Accompanying King Alfonso is his Benedictine confessor Father Julian who foresees how Saint James would unite the Christian kingdoms and help to drive the Moors out of Spain. Musa is Alfonso's foreign minister, born to an Arab father and a Jewish mother - he is a worldly traveler and is married to Doctor Ruth, a skilled herbalist and physician. All four characters are transformed by the inner journey of their spiritual pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. But Musa is skeptical about the beheaded body that was found in an unmarked grave with no clues left behind to identify it. If it is not the remains of Saint James, then who is buried in the grave?The First Pilgrim is an account of the aspirations of a nation, the determination of its King and the faith of its people. It is also a medieval detective mystery.
Slow Camino
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Author : Terence Callery
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-06-09
Slow Camino written by Terence Callery and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-09 with categories.
"A marvelous reflective meditation!" At 63 years of age, Terence Callery sets out on a personal quest to conquer the grueling 500 mile Camino de Santiago pilgrimage which ends at the tomb of St. James the Apostle in northwest Spain. After months of diligent preparation, including daily three-hour training walks on coastal Maine roads near his home, he arrives in the spectacular Pyrenees Mountains. By the time he reaches Pamplona on the third day of his seven-week spiritual journey, he empties his backpack of several pounds excess belongings and begins the pilgrim's fearless exercise of also shedding psychological baggage along the way. The author spins the riveting tale of two odysseys taken in tandem; one is the story of a walking meditation where he learns to live more in "the infinite moment" and the other is a well-researched and detailed account of the geography, history, and culture that he encounters on the Route Frances of the Camino de Santiago. He bravely writes about both the regrets of his past and his false illusions about the future which pull him away from mindfulness in the present. He finds his fellow pilgrims to be profoundly open and the impactful and often humorous dialogue with his walking companions acts as a microscope revealing the intimate inner universal voyage they are taking together. He writes of the deep sense of place he experiences as he walks along Roman roads, sleeps in a 12th century monastery, visits massive Gothic cathedrals, and walks in the foot steps of Charlemagne, Dante, Queen Isabella and Saint Francis of Assisi. By the time he reaches the Rioja wine-growing region, he has learned to Chi walk. Walking correctly aligned and in balance, he slows down his pace to conserve energy so that he can walk all day. The author is taking a decidedly Zen approach to Christianity's most important pilgrimage. The Camino become a metaphor for life's journey and he begins to think of this approach as "Slow Camino." "It is not a race to the end but rather it is about finding the 'Easter eggs' along the way." And so he takes time to stop and to visit the magnificent Cathedral in Leon and Gaudi's Bishop's Palace in Astorga. He gets off the Camino route to find regional foods such as octopus and to find funky casas rurales accommodations. Finally after the difficult walking through the wheat fields of Spain's bread basket, he arrives in the mountains of Galicia, his favorite section of the journey. Mr. Callery was educated by Benedictine monks before going to Yale where he received a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy.
Plugged In
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Author : Patti M. Valkenburg
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2017-01-01
Plugged In written by Patti M. Valkenburg and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-01 with Psychology categories.
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Youth and Media -- 2 Then and Now -- 3 Themes and Theoretical Perspectives -- 4 Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers -- 5 Children -- 6 Adolescents -- 7 Media and Violence -- 8 Media and Emotions -- 9 Advertising and Commercialism -- 10 Media and Sex -- 11 Media and Education -- 12 Digital Games -- 13 Social Media -- 14 Media and Parenting -- 15 The End -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z
Caf Neandertal
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Author : Beebe Bahrami
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2017-03-21
Caf Neandertal written by Beebe Bahrami and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-21 with Social Science categories.
"Award–winning writer Bahrami is a delightful guide in this thoroughly enjoyable look into the research and recovery of a group of Neandertal remains in the French Dordogne region . . . Her wide interests in travel, memoir, food, wine, and more make this exceedingly engaging title more like a French version of Under the Tuscan Sun." —Booklist (starred review) Centered in the Dordogne region of southwestern France, one of Europe’s most concentrated regions for Neandertal occupations, Café Neandertal features the work of archaeologists doing some of the most comprehensive and global work to date on the research, exploration, and recovery of our ancient ancestors, shedding a surprising light on what it means to be human.
Moldy Strawberries
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Author : Caio Fernando Abreu
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2022-06-14
Moldy Strawberries written by Caio Fernando Abreu and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-14 with Fiction categories.
Caio Fernando Abreu is one of those authors who is picked up by every generation. Surreal and gripping stories about desire, tyranny, fear, and love, from one of Brazil’s greatest queer writers, whose work is appearing in English for the first time. In 18 gripping and daring stories filled with tension and intimacy, Caio Fernando Abreu navigates a Brazil transformed by the AIDS epidemic and stifling military dictatorship of the 80s. Tenderly suspended between fear and longing, Abreu’s characters grasp for connection: A man speckled with Carnival glitter crosses a crowded dance floor and seeks the warmth and beauty of another body. A budding office friendship between two young men turns into a surprising love, “a strange and secret harmony." One man desires another but fears a clumsy word or gesture might tear their plot to pieces. After so many precarious offerings--a salvaged cigarette, a knock on the door from withing the downpour of a dream, or a tight-lipped smile--Abreu’s schemes explode and implode. Junkies, failed revolutionaries, poets, and conflicted artists face threats at every turn. But, inwardly ferocious and secretly resilient, they heal. For Caio Fernando Abreu there is beauty on the horizon, mingled with luminous memory and decay. Translated by Bruna Dantas Lobato, currently an Iowa Arts Fellow and MFA candidate in Literary Translation at the University of Iowa.
I Guess I Ll Just Keep On Walking
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Author : Noel Braun
language : en
Publisher: Sid Harta Publishers
Release Date : 2018-11-01
I Guess I Ll Just Keep On Walking written by Noel Braun and has been published by Sid Harta Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Since the suicide of Maris, his beloved wife of forty-two years, Noel Braun struggled to find himself. All his life assumptions were overturned and he lost his sense of identity. Endeavouring to find some anchorage, he embarked on a spiritual quest of self-discovery. He decided to walk the most popular routes of the Camino; the ancient pilgrimage route that lead across France and Spain to Santiago de Compostela in the north-west of Spain. This journey is described in his earlier book The Day was Made for Walking. The journey was far from over. Noel felt compelled to resume his quest. At the age of eighty, he returned to France to pursue a less popular Camino route that took him across France and into Spain. Two years later, the urgent need to continue has him walking through Portugal into Spain. Despite his ageing body and his many doubts, he has a confidence and faith in himself to face the arduous physical demands and reach Santiago de Compostela. Woven into his spiritual and emotional journey are fascinating stories of the people he meets. I Guess I'll Just Keep on Walking is a sequel. The physical and the spiritual merge with the ancient and modern. It delves into history and, at the same time, is a memoir and travel guide.