Dreams

All that we see or seem, is but a dream within a dream. ~ Edgar Allan Poe

Yet it is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top.

 ~ Virginia Woolf

Dreams are more real than reality itself, they're closer to the self. ~ Gao Xingjian

Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions. ~ Edgar Cayce

In dreams, we enter a world that's entirely our own. ~ Steven Kloves

The best reason for having dreams is that in dreams no reasons are necessary. ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

Inspirational Books

Inspiration Your Ultimate Calling.

Wayne Dyer explains how to connect to the knowledge and understanding that we had in the spirit realm before we chose to incarnate in physical form. From this all knowing place of spirit; we choose our physical body, our parents and the nature of the life we would lead on the earth. We made these choices co-creatively with the Source and now here on earth if we can reconnect to that Source energy it can transform our lives. Living our lives inspired by Source energy is a powerful antidote to the feelings of emptiness that disconnection from our soul creates. This book contains Wayne Dyer's personal blueprint for living an inspired life and finding your true calling.

In this extraordinary book Dr. Wayne Dyer explains how to connect to the knowledge and understanding that we had in the spirit realm before we chose to incarnate in physical form. From this all knowing place of spirit; we choose our physical body, our parents and the nature of the life we would lead on the earth. We made these choices co-creatively with the Source and now here on earth if we can reconnect to that Source energy it can transform our lives. Living our lives inspired by Source energy is a powerful antidote to the feelings of emptiness that disconnection from our soul creates. This book contains Wayne Dyer's personal blueprint for living an inspired life and finding your true calling.

Abstracts: 50 Inspirational Projects

Review

This is a nice change of direction in the literature of abstract painting. When it comes to abstracts, it's the ideas behind the work that mainly count and it's difficult to come up with a strictly instructional approach because you're not simply representing a subject but interpreting it and, if you don't have something to say, there's not really any point in even getting started. However, there are various muscles you can develop and working from a set of ideas and exercises based on what other artists have done will help you get the idea of where you're supposed to be going and how you might get there. Rolina has come up with a good range of approaches such as the interplay of lines, monochrome working, even painting from photographs and to music. This latter is something that's cropped up before and is an intriguing idea - you use a favourite piece to put yourself in a specific frame of mind and then simply (well, I say, "simply") transfer that creativity to paper. As well as the projects, Rolina has some useful comments on where you might look for sources of inspiration and, in her conclusion, a list of do's and don'ts that every artist should have taped to their studio wall.-Artbookreview.net --Artbookreview.net

Product Description

Whether you want to purely abstract your ideas, thoughts and feelings into colour and mood, or whether you want to base your pictures on subjects that interest you, such as landscapes, flowers, or music, you will find much to guide and fascinate you here. Rolina van Vliet is an enthusiastic teacher, and she offers a brilliant insight into what makes good paintings, with 50 stunning projects, each accompanied by expert tips and a full palette of exciting and fun techniques. With help on what materials to use and how to use them, she includes many photographs illustrating different ways to create smooth, textured, collaged, vibrant, powerful and atmospheric abstract art. Beginners will love the way Rolina encourages experimentation - there are no rules, and more experienced artists will find much here to inspire them.

Man's Search For Meaning: The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust.

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl is among the most influential works of psychiatric literature since Freud. The book begins with a lengthy, austere and deeply moving personal essay about Frankl's imprisonment in Auschwitz and other concentration camps for five years and his struggle during this time to find reasons to live. The second part of the book, called "Logotherapy in a Nutshell" describes the psychotherapeutic method that Frankl pioneered as a result of his experiences in the concentration camps. Freud believed that sexual instincts and urges were the driving force of humanity's life; Frankl, by contrast, believes that man's deepest desire is to search for meaning and purpose. Therefore, Frankl's logotherapy is much more compatible with western religions than Freudian psychotherapy. This is a fascinating, sophisticated and very human book. At times, Frankl's personal and professional discourses merge into a style of tremendous power. "Our generation is realistic, for we have come to know man as he really is", Frankl writes. "After all, man is that being who invented the gas chambers of Auschwitz; however, he is also that being who entered those gas chambers upright, with the Lord's Prayer or the Shema Yisrael on his lips." --Christine Buttery --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.   John W. Gardner

“Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.”  John W. Gardner

 

“Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality.”

John W. Gardner

“We are all faced with a series of great opportunities - brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.” John W. Gardner

“Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.”  Alexander Graham Bell  “Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.”  Alexander Graham Bell  “If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.”  John D. Rockefeller

“A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown.” Denis Waitley

“If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.” Denis Waitley “Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.”  Denis Waitley “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it”  Charles R. Swindoll “One day at a time--this is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful it will be worth remembering.” “Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.”  John W. Gardner

“It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.”  Brian Tracy

“The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.”  Brian Tracy “Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.”  Brian Tracy

“Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.”

Brian Tracy  “Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'”  Brian Tracy “You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.” Brian Tracy

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Where there’s life, there’s hope. ~ Terence

When the world says, "Give up," Hope whispers, "Try it one more time." ~ Author Unknown

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
Albert Einstein

If you knew that hope and despair were paths to the same destination, which would you choose? ~Robert Brault

All it takes is one bloom of hope to make a spiritual garden. ~Terri Guillemets