This book is another profoundly uplifting and insightful creation by author Michelle L Geldenhuys, author of 'A Guide to Shadow Work'.'365 Shades of Love' is compilation of quotes from the author's previous blogs, articles and books. There is one quote for each day of the year. These quotes are inspirational words of wisdom and guidance for anyone who is seeking to better understand and practice love and acceptance.These words of wisdom come straight from the author's heart and are intended to guide and uplift those who struggle with self-worth, self-acceptance, mental illness or even substance abuse.Each day has a new quote that will motivate the reader or present the reader with something that they can go out and do that will bring them joy and improve their life experience. This book also inspires introspection, creativity and unity consciousness.The daily quotes in this book cover topics such as: love, acceptance, kindness, compassion, communication, friendship, romantic love, family, giving, receiving, shadow work, self-mastery and much more.It is a great companion to have by your side for the entire year and will make each day exciting and will keep you on the path of love, acceptance and self-improvement.'365 Shades of Love' teaches us how to not only love the world around us but how to fall in love with ourselves. This book teaches us how to not only accept ourselves but to also accept the diversity of life around us."There are many people inhabiting this planet who are different to us. Let us celebrate diversity and practice tolerance and acceptance. No-one wants to feel unwelcome in their own home, and Earth is home to all of us.
I can tell you that I am 40 years old, or that I am an Author, or that I am a Shadow Work coach, or that I am a qualified this or that. But none of it is really me. Who I am is a student of the Multiverse. I cannot tell you anything more about me other than I am a student. A student who truthfully has no idea or concept of what I look like, because I am beginning to suspect I am pure consciousness. I have been on a path of seeking since my late teens, so basically for just over twenty years now. I have birthed many questions during my seeking and have also found many answers. However there are still many aspects of our reality and the universe that perplex me deeply. It has always been my number one drive in this life to find the answers to the mysteries that intrigue us and to solve the riddles of our multiverse. To me there is no greater achievement in this life than the pursuit of knowledge and expanding one's understanding of the energies that make up our entire reality from atoms to galaxies. We are all intrinsically alchemists who are here to transform our pain into personal power. But of course we would first need to identify and heal our barriers we have built against unconditional love and personal power. For me this all starts with falling in love with the universe and its absolute magnificence and complexity. It starts with becoming unwaveringly intrigued with the omnipresent consciousness that surrounds us and ultimately entering a committed and passionate relationship with the universe, or life, or love... or God. My inspiration for this book has come from my eternal dance the 'Cosmic Voice'. It has gifted me with knowledge, guidance and realizations beyond my wildest imagination. This book displays my quest for the ultimate truth. I decided at a very young age that I would never worship or devote myself to any organization or person because those two elements are largely subjected to falsehoods and are intrinsically driven by some hierarchical pyramid structure that survives upon pillars of dictatorship. Instead I look for the message and I connect the dots of the web of information available both in the physical world as well as the non-physical world to create a tapestry that best resembles Universal Wisdom. In this book, amongst discussing interesting ideas and insights, I reveal the wisdom of the universal laws of balance, karma and free will. This book will without a shadow of a doubt reveal why we are here and what we are here to achieve. There is a massive planetary shift towards the balancing of energies and we have an integral part to play in this transformation. Chapters within this book are: 1. Humans and Bacteria 2. Time Travel 3. Information Technology 4. Consciousness 5. The Middle Way 6. I am God 7. Love and Desire 8. The Awakening 9. Sacred Geometry 10. The War on Intelligence 11. The Living Library 12. Celestial Hologram 13. What is Karma? 14. The Universe is Sound 15. The Shadow 16. Manifestation 17. Christ Consciousness 18. Divine Feminine Within all of these chapters lies the key to our liberation.
Once again this incredible author highlights the importance of healing our pain that we carry.Her first book "Evolution of a Battered Mind" described how she had learnt of the importance of healing through her experiences in life. Now she has put together a brief but powerful 9 step guide that will help anyone on their path towards healing their inner trauma, or 'shadow'. "I myself have been working with my own shadows for most of my life and can say with humbleness and pride that although there were times when my shadow completely overcame me, I have learnt to embrace every inch of what is me and I have found the key to liberation from the torment of this inner shadow. The 'key' to it all, that I have discovered through my journey, I have broken down into 9 separate parts.
Festivals and events are of enormous significance to many communities around the world. They can have historic, religious, cultural and traditional significance, and they are also important parts of community building. This book focuses on these small-scale, non-metropolitan events (i.e. rural, regional and peri-urban) to explore the complex relationships between place, community and identity and the ways in which festival events bring these into being. By drawing on the notion of ‘encounter’, this book examines how festivals and events can be seen primarily as spaces where different people meet. This notion of encounter helps us to understand how conviviality and social relations are developed, and what this then means in terms of social cohesion and social justice. It also draws on current theoretical and methodological approaches that can tell us about the role of festivals in contemporary life, and it includes the sensual approach, the geographies of affect and emotion, the notion of the right to the city and nonrepresentation theory. The book brings together these perspectives and examines their relevance in the community events context, identifying and discussing theoretical frameworks drawn from (including but not limited to) human geography, sociology, anthropology, leisure studies and urban planning, as well as tourism and event studies. For these reasons, Festival Encounters will be a valuable read for students and academics working on a wide range of disciplines.
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