this is one of Max Freedom Long's latter books. One of the highlights of this book is the review of the self-help scene during the mid-50s, including a mention of Dianetics, as well as General Semantics and other belief systems. Mostly though, this is a practical manual of self-suggestion using the Huna techniques, including detailed instructions as to how the operation works. An appendix discusses the larger context of this in the Huna world.
This is one of Max Freedom Long's latter books. One of the highlights of this book is the review of the self-help scene during the mid-50s, including a mention of Dianetics, as well as General Semantics and other belief systems. Mostly though, this is a practical manual of self-suggestion using the Huna techniques, including detailed instructions as to how the operation works. An appendix discusses the larger context of this in the Huna world.
Reclaiming Freedom in Education examines the notion of ‘freedom’ within educational settings. Following an investigation of the new ‘Free Schools’ in the UK, it argues that this name is a misnomer, and instead explores the original free schools of the 1960s and 1970s, using these models as a lens through which to explore contemporary examples of radical schooling, notably those which describe themselves as democratic and/or progressive. By arguing that in radical educational contexts both ‘positive freedom’ and ‘negative freedom’ are apparent, and that the notion that ‘responsible freedom’ is more pertinent than that of ‘absolute freedom’, this book posits that freedom can be seen to operate in a number of ways including ‘freedom to be’, ‘freedom to think’, ‘freedom to choose’ and ‘freedom to self-govern’. The book: Describes how freedom can be used to inform educational structures, policies, pedagogies and practices across a range of settings Features illustrative case studies of radical free schools and alternative education spaces which have been underpinned by a commitment to freedom and to advancing social justice Critiques the current policy agenda to use ‘freedom’ to make education more competitive through claims that it correlates with higher test scores and academic success Considers some of the challenges for teachers, educators and students of offering and experiencing freedom in education, and argues that despite these, the case for advancing freedom is both urgent and compelling Creating discussions about the new meaning and role that ‘freedom’ can have in improving education, Reclaiming Freedom in Education is a practical contribution to educational activism, which will be a key point of reference for teachers, parents, researchers and students on undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Education Studies, Early Childhood Studies and doctorates.
Late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century landowners in the hinterlands of Baltimore, Maryland, cobbled together workforces from a diverse labor population of black and white apprentices, indentured servants, slaves, and hired workers. This book examines the intertwined lives of the poor whites, slaves, and free blacks who lived and worked in this wheat-producing region along the Mason–Dixon Line. Drawing from court records, the diaries, letters, and ledgers of farmers and small planters, and other archival sources, Max Grivno reconstructs how these poorest of southerners eked out their livings and struggled to maintain their families and their freedom in the often unforgiving rural economy.
Is it OK with you that DC politicians silence your free speech to make their job easier?Then they complain about it:From the 114th session, when Democrats were the minority party, a committee report said:The Rules Committee is the instrument Republicans used to break both Speakers' promises and shut out the elected representatives of half the country. From the 110th session, when Republicans were the minority party, the same congressional report said: The choice is simple: either the Democratic Majority can change its course and actually permit debate and consideration in the House, or they can continue their downward spiral of stifling the voice of any Member.The liberty of Free Speech for us has been pimped by Congress to make things easier for them and to benefit them. Look at our country today as a result. In Congress because half of us have no influence with our speech there is inequality. Hence Aristotle's warning that inequality brings instability.Majority Rule in Congress gives all the committees (115 in the House) to one political party. It is in committees that bills are drafted that eventually become law. In committees the chairperson silences the speech of the minority representatives. Thus half the citizen have no impact on the legislation that becomes law that we all have to live under. The result is placed on our children and grandchildren. Imagine now that we replace the monopoly of committee chairs with a ratio of chairs based on seated party membership in each chamber. If one party has 53% of the seats, they get 53% of the 115 committee chairs and the others get 47% of the 115 committee chairs. Then all citizen's voices would have a sword in creating new laws that we all live under. Your representative having a sword to defend your free speech will produce equality and with equality, if Aristotle is right, stability will finally be part of America and our children's future.
This story tells about a blue-collar worker named Joe. Joe takes you through his financial world. Joe tells you all about his struggles making a living as a blue-collar worker working factory, warehouse and security jobs while still trying to invest in buying and selling real estate, stocks and promissory notes. As Joe goes through the peaks and valleys of the financial world you learn the lessons that Joe learned so you can avoid the same mistakes. This book is set up so you can have income in the future when you get ready to retire. Start now so you can have a retirement income later on in retirement. Joe gives you tip bits to help give you encouragement and strength so you can do all these things that Joe did bigger and better then Joe did. You don't have to invent the wheel on real estate and investments it's already here. Joe shows you how to use different income buckets for your income. Get out of the rut and start your clear path to Financial Freedom in The Future.
This book is about how one of the leading intellectual architects of Chinese modernization, Yan Fu (1854 - 1921), introduced the Chinese intellectual world to the liberalism of John Stuart Mill partly by grasping Mill's ideas, but also by misunderstanding and projecting them onto indigenous Chinese values, which in turn led to criticism and resistance. Rather than bending Western liberalism to the purposes of Chinese nationalism, Yan initiated a distinctively Chinese liberal tradition that became a major component of China's modern political culture.
This novel deals with the struggle since the times of the conquest of most Latin American countries to achieve peace, democracy and liberty. For the last 500 years, most of these countries have experienced the exploitation, repression and oppression from the hands of national and international forces. That situation has forced some of these countries to attempt to achieve democracy, freedom and peace through armed revolutions. Unfortunately, those countries have learned the hard way that violence is not the proper avenue to achieve the desired liberation.
Recovering the Ancient Magic presents the results of an 18-year-long study of Huna magic, detailing examples of fire-walking, spiritualism, levitation, mind-reading, instant healing, and changes in physical material. Max Freedom Long spent 14 years in Hawaii studying the secrets of the kahunas of magic. His attempts to discover the secrets behind magical ability are detailed in this volume containing his collected data and assimilated theories. Long examines the various examples of ancient magic that he witnessed and presents profuse philosophical thoughts. This volume features chapters on many elements of ancient magic including: - Fire-walking - Ghosts - Hypnosis, mind reading, and telepathy - Crystal gazing - Voodoo - Incantation rituals - Materialisation and levitation First published in 1936, Recovering the Ancient Magic was the first book on Huna, and Max Freedom Long’s study would make the perfect read for those interested in the secrets of magical power.
First published in 1955, this book follows on from author Max Freedom Long’s previous publications on Huna magic, here providing the reader with a workbook to strengthen their skills through daily practice. Long offers powerful teachings that are reinforced with exercises and affirmations at the end of each chapter—teachings that were passed down verbally through the ages by Polynesian kahunas, or “Keepers of the Secret,” and preserved by those Long had met. By practicing the lessons in this book, the reader can truly grow in positive spiritual ways. Max Freedom Long is a masterful storyteller and employs many inspiring lessons and true stories that demonstrate the power of Huna at work. Anyone with a general interest in Huna magic will benefit from this powerful book. It represents the next step for those who want to benefit from practical instructions, now at their disposal, and move beyond having a general reading interest in the subject.
Using self-suggestion is a simple process which may be divided into three steps: First, quite naturally, one must decide what is to be suggested to the low self by the middle self - to the subconscious by the conscious mind self. Second, one relaxes the body, stills the trains of thought that may be running through the mind, and, when the low self is in this way made ready to accept suggestion, the third step is taken. This third step is to give the suggestion to the low self either aloud or silently. One may succeed in getting some response from the low self on the very first attempt to use self-suggestion, but usually it takes a little period of practice before one gets a full and swift response. One learns to crawl, then to walk, and then to run. An attempt to reverse the process and start with the running cannot help but be a waste of time. (From Chapter 4) Get Your Copy Today!
The Huna Way of Life contains elements of philosophy, psychology, and religion, offering practical, easy-to-learn methods of personal goal attainment and spiritual growth. First published in 1959, this book by Max Freedom Long, founder of The Huna Fellowship—an organization which co-ordinates the teaching, research, and practice of this ancient system recovered during over fifty years of research by Long himself from the ancient traditions of Hawaii—serves as a technical manual on the special aspects of his many years of research. The Huna Way of Life contains elements of philosophy, psychology, and religion, offering practical, easy-to-learn methods of personal goal attainment and spiritual growth. An enlightening read. “Huna is not an ‘occult’ system—that is, hidden from all but a few ‘favored’ adherents or ‘initiates.’ It is based on knowledge of human psychology and of how the various parts of the human personality function. When you learn how the psyche works, you will be able to see how it functions properly and with the greatest effectiveness. Huna emphasizes normal living in every way and makes everyday life more liveable. In times of stress, Huna offers effective relief in any situation. As Max Freedom Long put it, ‘If you are not using Huna, you are working too hard!’”—Huna Research, Inc.
This open access book aims to show which factors have been decisive in the rise of successful countries. Never before have so many people been so well off. However, prosperity is not a law of nature; it has to be worked for. A liberal economy stands at the forefront of this success - not as a political system, but as a set of economic rules promoting competition, which in turn leads to innovation, research and enormous productivity. Sustainable prosperity is built on a foundation of freedom, equal opportunity and a functioning government. This requires a stable democracy that cannot be defeated by an autocrat. Autocrats claim that "illiberalism" is more efficient, an assertion that justifies their own power. Although autocrats can efficiently guide the first steps out of poverty, once a certain level of prosperity has been achieved, people begin to demand a sense of well-being - freedom and codetermination. Only when this is possible will they feel comfortable, and progress will continue. Respect for human rights is crucial. The rules of the free market do not lean to either the right or left politically. Liberalism and the welfare state are not mutually exclusive. The "conflict" concerns the amount of government intervention. Should there be more or less? As a lawyer, entrepreneur, and board member with over 40 years of experience in this field of conflict, the author clearly describes the conditions necessary for a country to maintain its position at the top.
This book is about how one of the leading intellectual architects of Chinese modernization, Yan Fu (1854 - 1921), introduced the Chinese intellectual world to the liberalism of John Stuart Mill partly by grasping Mill's ideas, but also by misunderstanding and projecting them onto indigenous Chinese values, which in turn led to criticism and resistance. Rather than bending Western liberalism to the purposes of Chinese nationalism, Yan initiated a distinctively Chinese liberal tradition that became a major component of China's modern political culture.
This open access book aims to show which factors have been decisive in the rise of successful countries. Never before have so many people been so well off. However, prosperity is not a law of nature; it has to be worked for. A liberal economy stands at the forefront of this success – not as a political system, but as a set of economic rules promoting competition, which in turn leads to innovation, research and enormous productivity. Sustainable prosperity is built on a foundation of freedom, equal opportunity and a functioning government. This requires a stable democracy that cannot be defeated by an autocrat. Autocrats claim that “illiberalism” is more efficient, an assertion that justifies their own power. Although autocrats can efficiently guide the first steps out of poverty, once a certain level of prosperity has been achieved, people begin to demand a sense of well-being – freedom and codetermination. Only when this is possible will they feel comfortable, and progress will continue. Respect for human rights is crucial. The rules of the free market do not lean to either the right or left politically. Liberalism and the welfare state are not mutually exclusive. The “conflict” concerns the amount of government intervention. Should there be more or less? As a lawyer, entrepreneur, and board member with over 40 years of experience in this field of conflict, the author clearly describes the conditions necessary for a country to maintain its position at the top.
- This edition is unique;- The translation is completely original and was carried out for the Ale. Mar. SAS;- All rights reserved.The Secret Science Behind Miracles is a book by New Age author Max Freedom Long, first published in 1948. Purported to be a book about the religious beliefs and practices of the ancient Hawaiian kahunas, Long apparently never spoke to any of the ceremonial people whilst he was working in Hawaii as a teacher. After leaving the country, convinced that he would never learn these secrets, he woke one day with a revelation that the secrets were encoded into the Hawaiian language itself. He called the religious system he developed from this revelation 'Huna' (the Hawaiian word for secret), and wrote his first book in 1936 to chronicle his beliefs. However, it is worth noting, that contemporary scholars consider the system to be his invention, designed through a mixture of a variety of spiritual practices from various cultures, with roots in New Thought and Theosophy, rather than in traditional Hawaiian beliefs.
This story tells about a blue-collar worker named Joe. Joe takes you through his financial world. Joe tells you all about his struggles making a living as a blue-collar worker working factory, warehouse and security jobs while still trying to invest in buying and selling real estate, stocks and promissory notes. As Joe goes through the peaks and valleys of the financial world you learn the lessons that Joe learned so you can avoid the same mistakes. This book is set up so you can have income in the future when you get ready to retire. Start now so you can have a retirement income later on in retirement. Joe gives you tip bits to help give you encouragement and strength so you can do all these things that Joe did bigger and better then Joe did. You don't have to invent the wheel on real estate and investments it's already here. Joe shows you how to use different income buckets for your income. Get out of the rut and start your clear path to Financial Freedom in The Future.
Reclaiming Freedom in Education examines the notion of ‘freedom’ within educational settings. Following an investigation of the new ‘Free Schools’ in the UK, it argues that this name is a misnomer, and instead explores the original free schools of the 1960s and 1970s, using these models as a lens through which to explore contemporary examples of radical schooling, notably those which describe themselves as democratic and/or progressive. By arguing that in radical educational contexts both ‘positive freedom’ and ‘negative freedom’ are apparent, and that the notion that ‘responsible freedom’ is more pertinent than that of ‘absolute freedom’, this book posits that freedom can be seen to operate in a number of ways including ‘freedom to be’, ‘freedom to think’, ‘freedom to choose’ and ‘freedom to self-govern’. The book: Describes how freedom can be used to inform educational structures, policies, pedagogies and practices across a range of settings Features illustrative case studies of radical free schools and alternative education spaces which have been underpinned by a commitment to freedom and to advancing social justice Critiques the current policy agenda to use ‘freedom’ to make education more competitive through claims that it correlates with higher test scores and academic success Considers some of the challenges for teachers, educators and students of offering and experiencing freedom in education, and argues that despite these, the case for advancing freedom is both urgent and compelling Creating discussions about the new meaning and role that ‘freedom’ can have in improving education, Reclaiming Freedom in Education is a practical contribution to educational activism, which will be a key point of reference for teachers, parents, researchers and students on undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Education Studies, Early Childhood Studies and doctorates.
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