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020			_a97819318476056
040			_cNew Zealand National Baha'i Reference Library
100			_aAbdu’l-Missagh Ghadirian _91937
245	1	0	_aCreative Dimensions of Suffering
260			_aWilmette _bBaha'i Publishing Trust _c2009
500			_aCreative 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.
505			_a_Introduction -- Understanding suffering -- Dimensions in creativity -- Resilience as a creative response to suffering -- Dimensions of resilience and environmental factors -- Creativity, the mind, and mood -- Creativity as a ompensatory advantage -- Neurological disability and creativity -- Vulnerability versus capability -- Suffering, change, and transformation -- Life crises, trauma, and growth -- Spiritual dimensions of suffering and creativity
650		0	_aAdversity _vBaha'i Faith _9552
650		0	_aTests and Difficulties _vBaha'i Faith _9891
650		0	_aSuffering _vBaha'i Faith _91289
650		0	_aCreativity _vBaha'i Faith _9852
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