Dictionary of World Mysticism by M.G. Gupta

This dictionary is about terms used in literature of mysticism in all Parts of the world. It seeks to show that mysticism is acceptance of the Supernatural essence of the phenomena of Nature and society-the explanation of various Events and occurrences in people's Lives with reference to predestination or fate.

It throws light on the interpretation of various discoveries in Natural sciences as demonstration of the existence of mysterious forces, e.g. scientology, which gambles on mystical interpretations of man's consciousness. It also seeks to cover religious-cum-philosophical idealist teachings such as theosophy (knowledge of God) and anthroposophy (knowledge of man).

It explains various beliefs and Cults in East and West: Buddhism, Hinduism, Radhasoami Faith, Sant Mat, Sufism, Yoga, Taoism, Zen, Judaism, Cabbala, Hasidism, vestiges of primitive beliefs in spirits in the form of spiritualism, in magical impersonal Forces in the form of occultism, magical healing, "pynergy" Revolution and pyramidyantra, Vastu shastra and so on. It explains superstitions, soothsaying, omens, stones, and jewels and sheds light on all forms of life and man's activities from Sex to eating.

It seeks to analyse how mysticism implies a belief in the direct supersensory communication of man with his Maker. After all, all mysticism is Religious and all Religion is mystical. In this context, the reader will find here references to terms used in Hinduism, Vedanta, Sufism, Sant Mat, Buddhism, Jainism, Islam, Christianity, Parsism, Judaism, Neoplatonism, Philosophy of Spinoza, cosmic mysticism of Goethe, Taoism, Shintoism, and Zen Buddhism, and by all most major saints in the East and the West.

Any serious Student of Comparative religion and philosophy will find this work immensely useful, stimulating, and an indispensable reference work.

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How to win friends and influence people by dale carnegie

First published in1937, Carnegie’s book became an instant hit overnight by eventually selling 15 million copies across the world. The book was initially designed for professional people to help them do better in their business by making social contacts and improving upon their speaking skills. Carnegie believed that financial success is due 15 percent to professional knowledge and 85 percent to “the ability to express ideas, to assume leadership and to arouse enthusiasm among people”. Carnegie emphasizes various fundamental techniques for handling people without seeming to them has manipulative.

The book is written with highly personalized and colloquial style with certain earnestness in mind. The best part is that one doesn’t need to spare a lot of time for this book. It’s an unusual short book that has been divided into six broad sections where each section is devoted to a particular principle and is well illustrated with certain examples. It’s an easy to understand book that is highly effective for people of all ages and in all areas. It apart from stating the objectives gives personal stories on how a particular virtue can be learned and put to use and then goes on to the different virtue.

Whether you are dealing with a conformist or a non conformist individual, the book will provide you with vital tips to go smoothly on your way. You can apply it in any aspect of your life- in your marriage, for children, work areas and etc. In short, it’s a well researched and one of the best communication books anyone would have ever come across.

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THE SHACK by William P. Young

The Shack is a story of a man Mackenzie (Mack) Allen Philip whose youngest daughter Missy got abducted during a family vacation. Though her body was never found but the police found out evidences to prove that she had been brutally murdered by a serial killer in an abandoned shack.

 The story begins four years after this incident when Mack who has been living in the shadow of his Great Sadness gets an invitation from God to meet in the shack for a get together. Although Mack is apprehensive in the beginning but still he visits the Shack and there he spends a long weekend with God.

The Shack has become an all time favorite book which is full of dialog and has very little action. Young never wrote this book for the plot or story. His main focus was always on content and the teachings that it contains. The book does not seem to be boring even after long passages of dialog. Through this book William shows himself to be a skillful writer and struck a chord with Christians. Young covers a wide range of theological topics all of which are related to theme of Mack’s immense suffering and his inability to trust god who made him and his daughter suffer so brutally. The main theme of the book is the absolute nature of good. Young makes his readers understand that good exists only in relation to the evil. He explains that people can have true faith in god only when they believe him to be good.

The book besides having many flaws managed to become a bestseller as it has the potential to change the life of the readers as Mack’s life gets completely transformed at the end. It is not only a book; it’s a phenomenon, an invitation to take you on to the journey to the very heart of god.

SERIOUS MEN by : Manu Joseph

It is always observed that the novel by the Indinovelists, the protagonist of which belongs to lower class carries the risk of caricature along with it.  Mostly the characters like servant, driver or any other member of lower class is either shown very warm hearted or extremely intelligent and sly. Similar is Manu Joseph’s character Ayyan Mani but in the character and literary execution, his boss Arvind Acharya overshadows him.

 Ayyan Mani –the anti hero of the novel is a Tamil Dalit who lives in Mumbai’s chawl. Working in the Institute of Theory and Research as a Personal Assistant to its director, Arvind Acharya, Mani is the man who dares to think beyond his grim circumstances. For this he weaves a plan that involves turning his son Adi into a genius at least for a short span of time. He feeds his son formidable questions to pose at school so that he can be proved as a genius. The staff of his son’s school is deceived into believing that Adi is a genius that even includes bigoted Christian Headmistress, sister chastity and soon the deception starts getting out of hand. 

While Acharya is a head astronomer at the Institute of Theory and Research is a brilliant and a self absorbed man who is carried away by his own genius that proves as his saving grace at the end. Joseph’s book shines the brightest at the point when Acharya’s life crumbles into a sad heap as he was accused of fudging the scientific data.

 ‘Serious Men’ is a smart novel in which Joseph has very intelligently and brilliantly captured the social tension in the post mandal India and racial as well as class divisions that alarm and frighten the Brahmins. The book falls into the category of ‘must reads’ as it continuously explores the many different areas of small politics around us whether it’s between the small man in a chawl and the more laid back one, between the poor but brilliant boy in school and the more prosperous ones.

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ECLIPSE by Stephenie Meyer



ECLIPSE by Stephenie Meyer

Bella and Edward-the dashing vampire are back again in another installment of Stephenie’s addicting Twilight Saga. Eclipse opens up with the reunion of Bella and Edward who had gone through tortuous parting in NEW MOON. Though in this book Bella’s eventual transformation into a blood sucking immortal is now guaranteed but Jacob, the American werewolf who wants to win Bella all over for himself will not let that happen so easily. Meanwhile, the vengeful vampire Victoria is still out to get Bella and the Seattle is ravaged by a plague of mysterious killings.

Between all this Bella has to make a most difficult decision of her life when she has to choose between her lover Edward and her best friend Jacob. But the readers will be impressed when ancient enemies, vampires and werewolves join forces to protect Bella and the town of Seattle from vampires.

Meyer knows what her fans want and she delivers that on all counts. Her book offers plenty of thrills, chills and romantic drama to entertain her fans. Those teens who don’t consider themselves readers may also find themselves racing through this long romantic fantasy. Though the book is slow at the beginning with the first few chapters stifled with the issues of jealousy which develop very slowly but the plot picks up steam with the tensions of love and romance between Jacob and Bella. Despite its shortcomings ECLIPSE is an absorbing read that managed to become the 4^Th bestselling Book of 2008 and was on rank one on Publisher’s weekly list of “Best Selling Hardcover Back list Children’s Books” in 2008 with over 4.5 million copies sold.

 All those readers who enjoy reading moody fantasy romance will find the book extremely interesting and will appreciate author’s writing style that makes them turning pages even when there is nothing much happening in the story. Readers get so engrossed in the characters of the story that they will touch places deep inside themselves. It’s not just about the Bella or Edward but every other character will capture reader’s attention.

FAULT LINES- How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy.

FAULT LINES

The title of the Raghuram Rajan’s new book Fault lines refers to the hidden and extremely destructive fissures present in our world’s economic system that was the primary cause of the financial collapse of 2007 and the Great Recession. Theses culprits are none other than greedy bankers, sleepy regulators and irresponsible borrowers whose individual choices that collectively brought about the economic meltdown.

Raghuram Rajan was one of the few economists who warned the world of the global financial crisis before it even hit. In the book Rajan warns us of the serious flaws in the economy that need to be fixed to prevent potentially more devastating crisis that awaits us. According to Rajan there were two main causes that led to initial breakdown-One was stagnant wages and the other was growing inequality in the U.S. All this led to the reduced purchasing power of many middle class households which gave birth to an urgent demand for credit. The financial industry that had already gained encouragement from the government responded back by supplying home equity loans, subprime mortgages and auto loans. Most economists had failed to consider that the side effects of this unrestrained credit growth would turn out to be more devastating.

Raghuram writings are always well reasoned and based on sound set of facts. While the book is worth it even for the explanation of why we had a crisis and is even the most thought provoking contribution in the aftermath of the financial crisis. Readers will find that the book is full of great examples and cases and will certainly question some long held biases about current economic conditions in western countries. Raghuram in his book also lays out some common patterns of global economic behavior in households , markets and governments and shows that when economic conditions become so demanding the difference of behavior between developed and developing countries becomes negligible.

Why is online book buying so popular?

Online shopping for books is a trend that has gained immense popularity today. There are many reasons for that. To start with, we must agree that shopping online saves time and energy. 

No wandering from one book store to another to look for a book or to compare the prices. This can be done in few minutes while sitting at home. One can choose from the huge collection of books, compare their prices online. These days many book stores have highly developed search features that will help you locate the book of your choice in few seconds.

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What more a buyer need than shopping in the comfort of his/her home and saving time, efforts and of course few bucks.

Benefits of an online book store

From ancient libraries to exclusive bookshops, the growth in technology has shifted the trend to online book stores. You will get numerous reasons as to why an online store has replaced the brick and mortar stores of bygone era. The first and the foremost reason is that shopping online always helps in saving time and energy. Now, you don’t need to walk from one store to another to look for a particular book. Simply log in to the website of an online store and check the availability of the book from the comforts of your home. 

These days many online book stores have highly developed search features that will help you locate the book of your choice in few seconds. The database of an online book store comprises of thousands and thousands books but the clearly defined categories of books like Fiction, Romance, Biographies and kids does not let users face any trouble while browsing for their favorite book.

Apart from time and energy, an online book store also helps you in saving lot of bucks as well as many stores keep coming up with attractive offers from time to time and usually offer books at discounted prizes.

The best part about buying books online is that the users can go through the reviews of the book by those who have already read them that gives the users fair idea about the book they are about to buy. Theses web portals are also a good option as they even suggest particular books according to their tastes and on the basis of their previous purchase from the store. They regularly communicate and keep the buyers updated through social media sites like Facebook pages, twitter profile and even newsletters.

Other factors like delivery of the books at the doorsteps, availability 24/7, prices can be compared easily, huge collection under one roof and safe and secure mode of payment make an online book store score over a conventional one.