My Philosophy and My Religion - Couverture souple

Trine, Ralph Waldo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1596059885 ISBN 13 : 9781596059887

Editeur : Cosimo Classics, 2006

Synopsis

Before "New Age" there was "New Thought," a philosophy that sought God through metaphysics and was wildly popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. American mystic and bestselling author RALPH WALDO TRINE (1866-1958) was one of the most significant writers on New Thought principles, and here, in this charming 1921 volume, Trine reveals some of the ideas that he found "true and valuable," including: . the power of intution, and the necessity of trusting it . why it's important to cultivate aloneness and silence . how to open to the vibrations of everything and everyone around us . the most vital lessons from the teachings of Jesus . and more. A commanding writer and a provocative philosopher, Trine was a man ahead of his time... and perhaps still is today.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Although I am using the word Philosophy according to the conception, or rather the definition, of Sir Wm. Hamilton—The study of effects by their causes—I am not aiming to present any “system” of philosophy as such; but rather to point out some facts of life that I have found true and valuable, that may be of help to others. So likewise in regard to Religion—truly conceived and lived, it is a tremendous force in connection with the affairs and problems of our common every day life. Were I to attempt even to use any but simple common language, it would be like the story told recently by the sister of a friend who is practising dentistry in the south. There she does not ordinarily take colored people, but sometimes does. One day a colored boy was in the chair. She reached the point where she squeezed the hot air from the little bulb into the tooth. “Do you feel that air?” she said. Looking up he said, “That air what?” We are all in life’s play whether we will or not. The other day this little incident was related by a friend at our house: There was a little gathering of friends one evening, and during the course of the evening someone proposed that they play a game—The Game of Faces. “It’s this way,” said he, “Tom, here, will be the judge, and at the end of five minutes he will tap the bell, and will award the prize to the one making the homeliest face and holding it for the greatest length of time.” At the end of the five minutes Tom tapped the bell and said, “Well, I award the prize to Mrs. McManus here.” “Oh, ’tain’t fair,” said she, “I wasn’t playing.” We are all in the play, the game, the life; and the better we know the rules—God’s eternal laws—the better equipped we are to play our parts well. In youth we dream—and it is well. Later, amid perplexities, problems, work, and even ruts, we are apt to lose the vision. There is philosophy as well as poetry in that single little stanza by Edwin Markham:

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cosimo Classics
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1596059885
• ISBN 13: 9781596059887
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 136
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible