On the verge of a new millennium, in an age of unprecedented affluence, personal freedom and scientific power, millions of us--young and not so young--find ourselves emotionally and morally adrift. Even as our mastery of the material world reaches new heights almost daily, mastery of the inner world--of our own actions, emotions, and deepest hopes--often tragically eludes our grasp. As families come apart, adults become bitter and emotionally detached. Children fall prey to a "culture" of sex and drugs, cynical materialism, and self-destructive nihilism. It increasingly seems that, in the piercing words of Jesus, we have "gained the whole world, and lost our own souls." 
In A Return to Innocence, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Jeffrey M. Schwartz--a Jewish student of both Buddhist meditation and Christian philosophy--combines 3,000 years of wisdom with cutting edge brain and behavioral research to guide us in recovering our souls, our safety, our integrity and our capacity to love. After a 35-year experiment in unbridled self-gratification that has left a burden of tremendous suffering in its wake, at last we are ready to understand that innocence--in its original meaning of "not harming"--is actually the highest and most difficult of human achievements. The lost art of self-command that empowers us not to harm ourselves or one another is the core teaching of humanity's greatest spiritual masters, including Moses, Jesus, and Buddha. If we value our children, our culture, even our very freedom, we must return to true innocence as our source of inner lightness, clarity and spiritual power. A practical path to this wellspring of inner purity was mapped out 2,500 years ago by Gotama Buddha--in Dr. Schwartz's view the greatest psychologist who ever lived--whose still-fresh insights into human nature can serve as a bridge joining the wisdom of the Bible to the discoveries of 21st century science. 
 A deeply felt, thought-provoking exchange of letters between "spiritual coach" Dr. Schwartz and sixteen-year-old Patrick Buckley, the son of a single mother, frames this fascinating, powerful code for living that shows how the best in each of us can thrive. Spiritual and philosophical ideas become hands-on tools for dealing with real-life dilemmas as Dr. Schwartz addresses Patrick's urgent questions about morality, responsibility, and freedom of choice. 
 This book offers an empowering combination of hope, inspiration, accurate information about the biology of human nature, as well as desperately-needed guidance for keeping that nature on a life-affirming path. To everyone--young and old--A Return to Innocence offers dynamic, concrete solutions for the pain in our hearts, the fear in our streets, and the cynicism that has corroded our ideals. It speaks directly to our longing for a decent, meaningful, and fulfilling life. 
 The traditional values that made civilization possible were thought to be outrageously radical and daring when they were first introduced by revolutionaries like Moses, Buddha, Jesus and Mohammed. . . . Yet those codes of behavior became "traditional"--that is, they got handed down from generation to generation--for one simple reason: they work. And they work because they're based on a highly sophisticated and deeply wise understanding of human nature.
We often hear the phrase "Knowledge is power"--but nowhere is it truer than when it comes to knowledge of ourselves.
Are we humans primarily driven, or "drivers"? Are we blameless puppets of our genes, our hormones, our childhoods, or do we have the power, and so the responsibility, to choose what we will do?
In our day and age, everyone wants to be, or at least appear to be, streetwise, experienced, cool, and cynical. What people don't realize is that the source of the word "innocent" is a place of great power. It comes from the Latin words for "not" and "to harm." True innocence is the highest of human accomplishments. Not doing harm requires the utmost in awareness, effort, and courage. 
 The state of the world begins right here--in the state of your mind.

A Return to Innocence: Philosophical Guidance in an Age of Cynicism

Self-Help

GOTTLIEB, ANNIE

Schwartz, Jeffrey M.

Happiness

Harper

Best known for his celestial interiors and landscapes of the world's most beautiful places, Thomas McKnight has also been concerned with an interior world he calls Arcadia-a place where nymphs linger by ancient springs, oracles speak, and angels appear. In the past decade, in a burst of creativity, McKnight has developed a new style to best depict these interior visions. A selection of over one hundred of the new paintings has been made for this handsome new monograph. The beautiful, full color plates and myriad detials are accompanied by text and commentary by Francesco Colonna, an Italian art critic.far-ranging essay Colonna discusses how McKnight's latest work is situated in a new but traditional way of looking at and thinking about art. This enchanting new body of work by one of the major artists working today is collected here for the first time and it will transport the reader to the earthly paradise of the painter's imagination.

Voyage to Paradise: A Visual Odyssey

McKnight, Thomas

Harpercollins

One hundred and eighty enchanting McKnight paintings evoke the real and the mythical; the Italy described by Goethe, Byron and Shelley; Durrell's Egypt; classical Greece; a modern Japanese city, and more. Gottlieb's commentary connects these images to Renaissance alchemy, Jungian psychology, art, literature, history and spirituality as she traces the unforgettable three-tiered journey of physical rejuvenation, psychological introspection, and spiritual exploration that can be yours as well.

Arts & Photography

Discover the effective strategies for making real change in your life. This human, practical program puts your vague yearnings and dreams to work for you--with concrete results. You will learn to: discover your strengths and skills; turn your fears and negative feelings into positive tools; diagram the path to your goal--and make out target dates for meeting it, and much more! "I've got about four copies of WISHCRAFT. It has been very popular with all that I've suggested it to. I have now included it in PARACHUTE." Richard Nelson Bolles, Author of WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE?

Wishcraft : How to Get What You Really Want

Business & Money

SHER, BARBARA

Job Hunting & Careers

Ballantine Books

Cindy Fox was a waitress. Now she’s a pilot. Peter Johnson was a truck driver. Now he’s a dairy farmer. Tina Forbes was a struggling artist. Now she’s a successful one. Alan Rizzo was an editor. Now he’s a bookstore owner. What they have in common—and what you can share—are Barbara Sher’s effective strategies for making real changes in your life. This human, practical program puts your vague yearnings and dreams to work for you—with concrete results. You’ll learn how to • Discover your strengths and skills • Turn your fears and negative feelings into positive tools • Diagram the path to your goal—and map out target dates for meeting it • Chart your progress—day by day • Create a support network of contacts and sources • Use a buddy system to keep you on track

Wishcraft: How to Get What You Really Want

Business Culture

Describes the use of teams--comprised of colleagues, friends, or spouses--in order to provide a support group where goals can be expressed and the means to those goals analyzed, and presents evidence of "Dream Team" success

Teamworks!

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

GRAND CENTRAL PUB.

Describes the use of teams--comprised of colleagues, friends, or spouses--in order to provide a support group where goals can be expressed and the means to those goals analyzed and presents evidence of "Dream Team" success

Teamworks: Building Support Groups That Guarantee Success

Explains the problem-solving techniques and commonsense strategies developed in Sher's Women's Success Teams and Group Labs to deal with anxiety, fear, and feelings of inadequacy and to turn fantasies of success into reality

Wishcraft

Success

Viking Press

Describes an ancient visualization game, revolving around a set of simple, self-created images and seven Cube types, that provides insight into and understanding of ourselves and our relationships. Original. 75,000 first printing.

Secrets of the Cube: The Ancient Visualization Game That Reveals Your True Self

Humor & Entertainment

Pesic, Slobodan D.

Puzzles & Games

Hyperion

This exploration of the lasting psychological legacy of the Sixties examines a broad range of topics, including, drugs, travel, music, free love, politics, war, communes, and revolution, in a chronicle of a generation's search for a way of living

Do You Believe in Magic

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Crown

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Books by GOTTLIEB, ANNIE

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A Return to Innocence: Philosophical Guidance in an Age of Cynicism

Voyage to Paradise: A Visual Odyssey

Voyage to Paradise: A Visual Odyssey

Wishcraft : How to Get What You Really Want

Wishcraft: How to Get What You Really Want

Teamworks!

Teamworks: Building Support Groups That Guarantee Success

Wishcraft

Secrets of the Cube: The Ancient Visualization Game That Reveals Your True Self

Do You Believe in Magic