https://library.abs.org.nz/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=ccl=an%3A852&sort_by=acqdate_dsc&format=rss 2 0 50 ISBN:97819318476056 https://library.abs.org.nz/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=27442 By Abdu’l-Missagh Ghadirian.
Wilmette Baha'i Publishing Trust 2009 , Creative Dimensions of Suffering is an intriguing combination of psychiatry and spirituality that illustrates the power of creativity to treat suffering. An examination of the lives of many famous artists who suffered - including Van Gogh, Tchaikovsky, and Beethoven - gives insight into how they dealt with their adversity through creativity. Dr. Ghadirian explores how various conditions such as alcoholism, depression, bipolar disorder, and dementia can influence a person's creative impulse and how creativity and spirituality can help a person deal with trauma. He describes the courage of many other well-known figures, such as Helen Keller and Christopher Reeve, who were able to overcome their suffering and emerge victorious over daunting odds. Finally, drawing on principles found in the teachings of the Baha'i Faith, Ghadirian attempts to explain suffering, its place in human society, and how it can lead us to a closer, happier relationship with God, as well as a better relationship with ourselves and with others. Indeed, many of those who have suffered the most have found new meaning through adversity and have emerged victorious. 97819318476056

]]> https://library.abs.org.nz/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=27442 ISBN:978-1-61851-162-1 https://library.abs.org.nz/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=30148 Wilmette Ilinois One Voice Press 2020 .
160 p. , Pause & Reflect is a new series that presents meditative passages from the Baha'i sacred texts arranged around particular themes. While the Bahá’í Faith places a great deal of importance on meditation and the cultivation of spirituality, it is also a religion that calls for action and societal transformation. Meditation is not exclusively a means for personal growth, but a tool that should equip us with insights and awareness that can be translated into action in our lives and in the communities in which we live. For so many artists, creators, and change makers, meditation and mindful living are practices interwoven with the creative process. There is a deep well of spiritual insight from which we can all draw in moments of quiet reflection, and the first book in the Pause & Reflect series, Meditations for Creativity, has been compiled with such moments in mind. 978-1-61851-162-1

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