Years ago, I noticed my first wrinkles. My face was a physical record of a life spent in the California sun. Disturbing, yes, but what could I do to make myself feel better about them? My solution was to draw a self-portrait accentuating every wrinkle on my face. While drawing my forehead, I became curious as to why the 'frown lines' between my eyebrows were of different lengths. I saw a deep, long vertical line on one side and another deep vertical line, only half as long, on the other. Why were they different from each other? Why were they so much deeper than my other wrinkles? From that moment on, I was fascinated by these wrinkles. Enthusiastically, I plunged into research and found that there were multiple formations. Some people, even the elderly, had no pattern of lines. Some children, even toddlers, had deep lines. Today I call them BrainLines. Comparing my friends' BrainLines with what I knew of them, I began to see relationships between the differences in their lives and their BrainLines patterns. I began to find similar personality traits in people with similar 'readings.' During the 1960's and '70's, the scientific research into left and right brain hemisphere functions and how they influenced behavior became popularized. I began to wonder if there was a correlation between BrainLines and the personality. When I started thinking in terms of left-brain and right-brain processes, as defined by researchers, they became an effective way to describe the behavior patterns of my friends and myself. I had stumbled across the BrainLines connection! I noticed that my 'right-brained' friends had a pronounced vertical frown line on the left-hand side, while my more 'left-brained' friends had one on the opposite side. So, my life began to change as I spent more and more time interviewing people. I would read people's BrainLines and ask them pertinent questions about their lives and their perceptions. Soon, I could tell them their basic personality traits. The accuracy of these basic readings made people think that I was psychic. I felt I was really on to something, a method of reading everyone I met, even strangers on the street. Eventually, it became apparent that there were seven basic personality types that were discernible from BrainLines patterns. By combining this knowledge with the solid scientific research into left- and right-brained behavior traits, I realized I had found a personality identification tool. BrainLines has developed into an extremely efficient, emotionally satisfying method of helping the average person relate to their inner and outer worlds. Through the years of research and observation, I was encouraged by the example of another pioneer in the typology field, Katharine Briggs. Without formal training in psychology, she developed a system which later became the respected and widely-used Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Her courage and ability to fill a human need were an inspiration to me. I have been told by Dr. Randy Thornhill, of University of New Mexico, that the development of a system in isolation, free from the academic world, gives it strong accreditation. Some skeptics have said they find any kind of personality typing restrictive, that I'm trying to fit people into little boxes. A BrainLines reading is not a box, but a launching pad for the preferences and talents with which we are all born. By looking at a person's face I feel universally connected with a stranger. With my new sense of knowing my own strengths and weaknesses, I finally have some insight into the old questions, "Who am I?" and "Who are you?" Discovering BrainLines has been a momentous addition to my life. But, were it not for my partner and writer, Paul Reffell, BrainLines would not be recorded. He has played a major role in the development of the BrainLines system. It gives us great pleasure to now share this gift with you and may it give you the comfort and insight it has given both of us. Donna Sheehan
This is the handbook for Redefining Seduction workshops, which teach women about men, seduction and Darwin's theory of sexual selection. When women begin to take the lead in courtship and in choosing their mates, as in almost all species, they are fulfilling their biological role as the drivers of civilization. Redefining Seduction gives women the skills and confidence to allow themselves to meet, choose and seduce the men they know are right for them. Relationships formed by women last longer than those in which men make all the choices. This book will take the pressure off men to be the initiators of partnership, something for which they are less suited than women. That will end the damaging pattern of rejection that makes men hide their true selves behind Male Masks. Redefining Seduction enables women to create the perfect relationships to allow men to be themselves, not their Masks, thus paving the way to a more peaceful, sustainable existence for future generations.
There are only two problems on the planet - Women and Men! With science, intuition and lessons from their co-creative partnership, Donna & Paul reveal their solutions: Darwin's Sexual Selection theory and its importance for women as rightful initiators Seduction is a biological gift from women to men Political and business leadership needs Female/Male partnership The health and romance benefits of 'Sunday Sex' New brain science beats the Blame Game How-to seduction workouts Seduction is as natural as breathing, as human as laughing and as vital as water. It is simply the persuasive, soothing and enthralling influence that women have in men's lives. Once seduced, a man is adaptable to a woman's needs for partnership, peace and social stability. That's the big secret to the success of the human species. Seduction Redefined asks women to awaken the power they all possess - the seductive power of the Feminine. It has been both deified and denied, because it is a force for change, and change is scary. But it is still there, in every woman, awaiting the awakening. When we found out about Charles Darwin's theory of Sexual Selection, and the relatively new branch of study called Evolutionary Psychology, we understood that Donna's intuitive use of her biological power to select and seduce the mate of her choice was completely natural. And we saw that women's ability to guide men into true partnership is the foundation for forming stable, co-creative cultures in which the Feminine and the Masculine use their separate, complementary skills in unison, rather than in competition and with unrealistic expectations of each other. We believe that humans have become the victims of their own males' mating displays. We think that women, or the Feminine essence in all of us, are the keys to changing those displays by making it obvious that such traits are less desirable than men believe them to be. That means women making conscious selections of their mates, and women guiding the men in their lives towards less destructive behavior, with kindness, love, understanding and no blame.
This book explains how reparative self-sacrificial righteousness is at the heart of Paul's gospel, and how divine self-sacrifice authenticates that gospel via human reciprocity toward God in reconciliation. Paul Moser explores the controversial matters regarding Paul's message in a way that highlights the coherence and profundity of his message.
Minear puts forward the significance of using the information uncovered from the last three chapters of Romans (14-16) to reconstruct the picture of the situation in Rome and to interpret the letter as a whole accordingly. He challenges the assumption held by many commentators that there was a single Christian congregation in Rome where different groups of Christians worshipped side by side. Minear proposes that Paul is trying to unite the strong and the weak communities in Rome. Paul does this by employing twelve axioms in efforts at reconciliation in 14.1-15.13. According to Minear, it is the purpose of the rest of Romans to explain, support, and defend these axioms.
Rhetorical criticism seeks to understand and comment on the way texts function in their social and cultural contexts. Holloway puts Paul's letter in the context of ancient theories and literary practices of "consolation" and argues that Paul wrote to the Philippians in order to console them. He shows that the letter has a unified overall strategy and provides a convincing account of Paul's argument.
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