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The Maturing of Monotheism

A Dialectical Path to its Truth

By: Garth Hallett

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The Maturing of Monotheism

A Dialectical Path to its Truth

By: Garth Hallett

Tracing a dialectical path, The Maturing of Monotheism emphasises the plausibility of Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and kindred forms of monotheism and responds to anti-theistic challenges of our day. These include materialism, determinism, the denial of objective value, the pervasiveness of evil, and predictions of human individual and collective extinction. The book reviews traditional metaphysical ways of arguing for monotheism but employs a cumulative, more experiential approach. While agnosticism affects humanity's most basic beliefs, Garth Hallett demonstrates that there remains ample room for rational, theistic faith. Of keen interest to students and researchers alike, The Maturing of Monotheism offers new insights and approaches in this steadily advancing field.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350089362

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Humanity at the Crossroads

Technological Progress, Spiritual Evolution, and the Dawn of the Nuclear Age

By: Garth J. Hallett

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Humanity at the Crossroads

Technological Progress, Spiritual Evolution, and the Dawn of the Nuclear Age

By: Garth J. Hallett

Humanity now stands at a crossroads between a world of unimaginable wonders and one of unprecedented terrors. The choices we make now will determine not only the shape of our future, but whether there will be, for us as a species, a future at all. But, if we are at such a crossroads, are we even properly aware of it? Governed by instincts rooted in the past, are we prepared to see what we need to see, to do what we need to do? As technology evolves, so must we; but how and in what direction? Are we unavoidably fated to trade liberty for security in ridding the world of terror and war? Humanity at the Crossroads attempts to answer all of these critical questions, while opening the dialogue for further debate. It arrives, in the process, at the startling conclusion that the very technology which threatens to destroy us, not merely its more favorable offshoots, is itself the catalyst for that better world we may yet hope to inhabit.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0761865624

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9780761865629

One God Of All?

Probing Pluralist Identities

By: Garth Hallett

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One God Of All?

Probing Pluralist Identities

By: Garth Hallett

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0826446329

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The Battle of Magersfontein

Victory and Defeat on the South African Veld, 10-12 December 1899

By: Garth Benneyworth

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The Battle of Magersfontein

Victory and Defeat on the South African Veld, 10-12 December 1899

By: Garth Benneyworth

Magersfontein is an iconic battle, fought during the South African War of 1899–1902, also known as the Second Anglo-Boer War. Over 30 years of research informs this book, the first source referenced history about Magersfontein and the other actions, fought in the lead up to this monumental clash. It details the Kimberly Siege and the intensity of combat fought at Belmont, Graspan, and, in particular Modder River, a key battle during the opening months of the war. No shortage of publications exists on the South African War and Magersfontein. Yet myths perpetuate, legends, ideologies, hand down errors, fabrications, and sloppy research by self-appointed experts. Many contemporary sources regurgitate without analysis, and many recent publications offer no references to sources. None consult the rich and extensive archives in the Kimberley and Bloemfontein museums, instead using stock standard sources, while ignoring Dutch and Afrikaans language accounts, resulting in lopsided narratives. To address this, the author has used primary sources, never before published diaries, letters, photographs, maps, battle orders, official histories and reports, personal reflections, regimental histories of the war, and survivor interviews, collected over 30 years. The originals being lodged in archives, libraries, museums and private collections in the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Australia. Having walked the killing grounds for over three decades, the author offers insights into the archaeology and topography of the site, also detailing forgotten burial sites of human casualties, from all sides. Consequently, original findings emerge, with regards to Boer positioning and tactics, a British outflanking manoeuvre at Magersfontein Hill that almost worked, and Boer counter attacks, and the use of mobility, rather than the previously expounded notion that they sat passively parked in trenches, as most narratives present. Insights into military commanders emerge, never before published. Importantly, the war between the Generals, which this work uncovers, relying on unpublished recollections of conversations between senior officers from both sides. The loathing between two prominent Boer generals, as too the incompetence of the leading British General, glossed over for 122 years. Captured in this infighting, were loyal, efficient, and brave British and Boer commanders and ordinary soldiers from both sides. Many of whose voices speak through this narrative for the first time, doing justice and testimony to their unique, yet terrifying experiences and observations of warfare, in Victory and Defeat on the South African Veld.

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Helion and Company

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1804516120

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The Maturing of Monotheism

A Dialectical Path to its Truth

By: Garth Hallett

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A Dialectical Path to its Truth

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1350089370

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A Companion to Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations

By: Garth Hallett

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A Companion to Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations

By: Garth Hallett

One of the most impressive pieces of scholarship I have ever encountered."-W. E. Kennick, Amherst College There is nothing in the literature on the Philosophical Investigations comparable to this learned and exhaustive commentary. Offering both information and interpretation, it is a remarkable book that fills a recognized need for a close study of one of the world's major works of philosophy. After a general introduction, Father Hallett divides the text of the Investigations into forty-one units, and then provides an introduction to each section, along with detailed comments on individual paragraphs, statements, and expressions. His use of paragraph numbers in the general introduction and in the sectional introductions permits ready reference downward, for detailed development or illustration of a general observation, or upward, from a particular passage to its wider context. To clarify the philosophical point of Wittgenstein's remarks, Father Hallett makes frequent references to other parts of the Investigations; to Wittgenstein's other writings, both published and unpublished; and to the works which Wittgenstein knew and often had in mind, such as those of Frege, Russell, Moore, James, Augustine, Plato, Schlick, and Kohler. Father Hallett also cites and quotes secondary sources, and he includes an appendix relating Wittgenstein to more than 150 authors, particularly those of his own generation or earlier whom he read, or knew personally, and who are mentioned in this commentary. Written in straightforward and lucid prose, this outstanding book reveals continuities in Wittgenstein's thought over long periods of time. It is an indispensable guide for those preparing courses on the Investigations and a useful tool for students taking those courses.

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Cornell University Press

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1501743406

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Linguistic Philosophy

The Central Story

By: Garth Hallett

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Linguistic Philosophy

The Central Story

By: Garth Hallett

Explores the role language plays in the relationship between reality and utterance.

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SUNY Press

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0791473627

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A Career in Accountancy

By: Garth Pedler

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A Career in Accountancy

By: Garth Pedler

The highs and lows of working as a Chartered Accountant in London and Devon. Garth Pedler realized he had a penchant for figures when, having been given a Bradshaw Railway Timetable in 1957, he found he enjoyed recasting railway branch line timetables to make them more efficient. Despite having a huge interest in the railways, he came to the conclusion that a career in railway management was not for him. Instead in 1964 he joined a firm of chartered accountants in the City of London. This book describes the still Dickensian setup he found there as well as some of the amusing incidents and clients he encountered at the firm. After one job move Garth joined Touche Ross & Co. While here he saw the first introduction of electronic calculators which removed the need to do most of the calculations in one’s head. After qualifying as a chartered accountant himself he started his own firm specializing in music clients. In 1980 Garth left London to take his firm to Devon where he worked from home until his eventual retirement. His business continued to prosper and reached a peak in 1984 when he took on 104 new clients, mainly through personal recommendation. He also developed an encyclopedic knowledge of tax law which lead to several amusing encounters with various tax inspectors. The book gives an enlightening view of a career largely spent in the pre-computerized age, and when interesting characters could still be found in the business world.

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Troubador Publishing Ltd

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1788032861

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The Challenges of Fiscal Consolidation and Debt Reduction in the Caribbean

By: Charles Amo Yartey,Mr.Machiko Narita,Mr.Garth Peron Nicholls,Mr.Joel Chiedu Okwuokei

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The Challenges of Fiscal Consolidation and Debt Reduction in the Caribbean

By: Charles Amo Yartey,Mr.Machiko Narita,Mr.Garth Peron Nicholls,Mr.Joel Chiedu Okwuokei

This paper examines debt dynamics in the Caribbean and discusses policy options for reducing the high debt levels. Based on empirical studies of factors underlying global large debt reduction episodes, important policy lessons are drawn for the Caribbean. The analysis shows that major debt reductions are associated with strong growth and decisive and lasting fiscal consolidation efforts. Since growth in the current environment is virtually nonexistent, significant fiscal consolidation is inevitable in the region. Better control of the public wage bill, increasing public sector efficiency and tackling transfers are the obvious targets to reduce spending. On the revenue side, there is ample room to reduce tax expenditures, eliminate distortions while broadening the tax base. Fiscal consolidation needs to be complemented by a comprehensive debt reduction strategy including tax policy reforms and structural reforms to boost competiveness.

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International Monetary Fund

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1475536119

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Pariah in the Desert

The Heroic and the Monstrous in Horacio Quiroga

By: Todd S. Garth

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Pariah in the Desert

The Heroic and the Monstrous in Horacio Quiroga

By: Todd S. Garth

This is the first book in English on Horacio Quiroga (Uruguay 1878-Argentina 1937), a canonical author whose works are read by all advanced students of Spanish in the US and many other countries. The study examines Quiroga’s work through the theoretical lens of the heroic—a lens elaborated in part by means of Quiroga’s own disquisitions on the subject—and the complementary phenomenon of the monstrous. This lens serves to elucidate many evidently obscure and self-contradictory aspects of Quiroga’s work and its relation to the context in which he lived. That context included the neo-colonial social and economic milieu of Argentina’s fast-changing, immigrant-charged, increasingly materialistic society; the growing influence of foreign cultural discourses, particularly Hollywood film; the conflict between the genders in a society that embraced modernity but resisted changes in gender roles; the weight of new scientific discourses, especially Darwinian evolution, in social and political thought; and the impact on pedagogical theory and practice of these multiple changing discourses. This study discloses the extraordinary range of Quiroga’s work, which includes erotic romance, science fiction and fantasy, psychological occult, social satire, a great variety of juvenile literature, outdoor adventure and—most familiar to readers in the United States—gothic and naturalist horror. The book concludes that Quiroga’s consistent imperative of the heroic is essential to reconciling these various, evidently incompatible aspects of Quiroga’s poetics, revealing its theoretical and ethical coherence.

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Bucknell University Press

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1611487684

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Travel and Transformation

By: Garth Lean,Russell Staiff

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Travel and Transformation

By: Garth Lean,Russell Staiff

Travel and tourism have a long association with the notion of transformation, both in terms of self and social collectives. What is surprising, however, is that this association has, on the whole, remained relatively underexplored and unchallenged, with little in the way of a corpus of academic literature surrounding these themes. Instead, much of the literature to date has focused upon describing and categorising tourism and travel experiences from a supply-side perspective, with travellers themselves defined in terms of their motivations and interests. While the tourism field can lay claim to several significant milestone contributions, there have been few recent attempts at a rigorous re-theorization of the issues arising from the travel/transformation nexus. The opportunity to explore the socio-cultural dimensions of transformation through travel has thus far been missed. Bringing together geographers, sociologists, cultural researchers, philosophers, anthropologists, visual researchers, literary scholars and heritage researchers, this volume explores what it means to transform through travel in a modern, mobile world. In doing so, it draws upon a wide variety of traveller perspectives - including tourists, backpackers, lifestyle travellers, migrants, refugees, nomads, walkers, writers, poets, virtual travellers and cosmetic surgery patients - to unpack a cultural phenomenon that has captured the imagination since the very first works of Western literature.

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Routledge

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1317006577

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Brain Trust

93 Top Scientists Reveal Lab-Tested Secrets to Surfing, Dating, Dieting, Gambling, Growing Man-Eating Plants, and More!

By: Garth Sundem

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Brain Trust

93 Top Scientists Reveal Lab-Tested Secrets to Surfing, Dating, Dieting, Gambling, Growing Man-Eating Plants, and More!

By: Garth Sundem

Blind Them…with SCIENCE! How much better would your life be if you had an army of Nobel Laureates, MacArthur ‘geniuses’ and National Medal of Science winners whispering tips in your ear about your body language, or how to resist that impulse purchase you’ll regret tomorrow, or when to sell your car—or even helping you trick your spouse into doing the dishes? With this mighty little tome, you can have the next best thing--because Brain Trust is packed with bite-sized scientific wisdom on our everyday challenges, hand-delivered to you direct from the galaxy’s biggest brains. Based entirely on interviews with an incredible lineup of luminaries from the fields of neuroscience, economics, anthropology, music, mathematics, and more, Brain Trust is full of cutting-edge science that’ll help you see the real world better—and smarter. Discover: --what advanced math can teach you about getting all your chores done today --how creating a ‘future self’ can help you shop smarter at the grocery store --what prairie voles can teach us about love --how the science of happiness can help you trick lawyers into doing charity work --the components of gullibility, and how they can help you scam-proof yourself --the secrets to building your very own army of cyborg beetles --how memetic information can help you exploit altruism for good…or evil --why eating for eight hours can help you lose weight --the behavioral economics behind selling your junk for big bucks on eBay --how to get more plasure for less price …And much, much more.

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Crown

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0307886131

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A Middle Way to God

By: Garth L. Hallett

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A Middle Way to God

By: Garth L. Hallett

Charting a "middle way" between the extremes represented by Alvin Plantinga and Richard Swinburne, Garth Hallett explores the thesis that if belief in other minds is rational and true (as it surely is), so too is belief in God. He makes a strong case that when this parity claim is appropriately restricted to a single, sound other-minds belief, belief in God and belief in other minds do prove epistemically comparable. This result, and the distinctive path that leads to it, will interest students and scholars in philosophy of religion and theology.

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Oxford University Press

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0195351037

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Everything is Useful

Turning Obstacles Into Opportunities on the Road to Enlightenment

By: Garth Hallett

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Everything is Useful

Turning Obstacles Into Opportunities on the Road to Enlightenment

By: Garth Hallett

Everything is Useful encourages readers to transform obstacles and challenges into opportunities for success and growth. It draws on the spiritual wisdom of the past as a means of living effectively in the present"--

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0761873910

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9780761873914

Invisible Language

Its Incalculable Significance for Philosophy

By: Garth L. Hallett

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Invisible Language

Its Incalculable Significance for Philosophy

By: Garth L. Hallett

Invisible Language: Its Incalcuable Significance for Philosophy reveals that although the use of language is visible or audible, the medium employed boasts neither of these attributes. Garth L. Hallet suggests that from Plato until now, the intangibility of language has exercised a far more profound influence in philosophy than even Wittgenstein came close to demonstrating. Indeed, without that pervasive factor of language, the history of philosophy would have been undeniably different. Yet philosophy is, and can legitimately aspire to be, much more than a struggle between language and human comprehension of it. Ultimately, this book suggests that philosophy’s positive possibilities, so often obscured by linguistically-inattentive practice, reach as far as human thought can reach.

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Lexington Books

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0739182870

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Linguistic Philosophy

The Central Story

By: Garth L. Hallett

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The Central Story

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Explores the role language plays in the relationship between reality and utterance.

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Everything is Useful

Turning Obstacles Into Opportunities on the Road to Enlightenment

By: Garth Hallett

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Turning Obstacles Into Opportunities on the Road to Enlightenment

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Humanity at the Crossroads

Technological Progress, Spiritual Evolution, and the Dawn of the Nuclear Age

By: Garth J. Hallett

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Humanity at the Crossroads

Technological Progress, Spiritual Evolution, and the Dawn of the Nuclear Age

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A Middle Way to God

By: Garth L. Hallett

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A Middle Way to God

By: Garth L. Hallett

This conclusion, and the distinctive path that leads to it, will interest students and scholars in philosophy of religion and theology. A Middle Way to God will also be enlightening reading for general readers with an interest in the question of God's existence."--BOOK JACKET.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195132688

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Theology within the Bounds of Language

A Methodological Tour

By: Garth L. Hallett

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Theology within the Bounds of Language

A Methodological Tour

By: Garth L. Hallett

In this wide-ranging work, Garth L. Hallett offers a guided tour through fundamental issues regarding the use of language in theology. His preliminary discussions—on language and thought, language and truth, the authority of language, making sense, the relationship between sense and possibility—prepare linguistic reflection on such topics as inference and argument, universal factual and moral claims, defining and saying what things are, verbal versus nonverbal agreement and disagreement, interfaith dialogue, theological language, and metaphor. Hallett employs a wealth of distinctly Christian examples in these considerations, including love, faith, God, religion, the Eucharist, the afterlife, divine law, evil, the Incarnation, the Trinity, the holy, and many others. In the course of this fascinating exploration, readers should learn to find their way more surely in a vast, complex terrain, and mystery will emerge both diminished and deepened. In addition, at the end of each chapter Hallett provides a series of intriguing quotations that invite further reflection.

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State University of New York Press

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1438433719

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Priorities and Christian Ethics

By: Garth L. Hallett

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Priorities and Christian Ethics

By: Garth L. Hallett

This book provides a full treatment of an issue which is particularly pressing: when the claims of the nearest (e.g. parents, children, spouses, friends) conflict with the claims of the neediest, as they constantly do, where should preference go? Professor Hallett focuses first on a specific, representative case, pitting the lesser need of a son against the greater need of starving strangers. He brings to bear on this single paradigm all the resources of theological and philosophical reflection - scriptures, patristic teaching, the Thomistic tradition, current debates - and from this single example he sheds light on a wide range of comparable cases, both private and public. This distinctive strategy leads to distinctive and challenging results, and at the same time helps to clarify the traditional 'order of charity' and the celebrated 'preferential option for the poor'.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521623510

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Guideposts to the Heart

Observations from the Spiritual Path

By: Garth J. Hallett

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Guideposts to the Heart

Observations from the Spiritual Path

By: Garth J. Hallett

The book you are now examining can radically change your life, or if you are already a serious practitioner in one of the world's meditative traditions, it can accentuate the value of the changes you may have already experienced. It is for such rare individuals, unflinching in their commitment to truth, and uncompromising in their personal values, that this book has been lovingly written. Composed in the time-honored style of The Tao Te Ching, and The Golden Sayings of Epictetus, Guideposts to the Heart is a wise collection of individual "thought-nuggets" that can be easily read in a day, yet absorbed only through the course of a lifetime. It is best read slowly, a bit at a time, on a bus or train, at a lake or park, or during the interstices of a busy day. If you are sincere, you will discover the best of yourself in its pages. Garth J. Hallett is a nonfiction book and article writer, and a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). His official credentials also include an MA in Political Science from the University of Connecticut, and a BA in History and English from Fairfield University. His spiritual quest began in earnest during his early-to-mid twenties, when he became an avid practitioner of insight meditation, and of the teachings and techniques of Paramahansa Yogananda, as imparted through The Self-Realization Fellowship Lessons. He came to experience, through his dedicated efforts, and through the insistent promptings of an evidently cooperative universe, the shock and wonder of a kundalini awakening. He thus became intensely aware, in a manner reminiscent of Hamlet in his words to Horatio, of how much more there was to life than was dreamt of in the world's (materialistic) philosophies. Though immersed in Eastern practices, he retains a respectful regard for his earlier Catholic training, and seeks to live his life from that spiritual center from which all true religions are one.

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