“The Way of Peace” by James Allen. The Way of Peace (free Kindle edition here) is a lovely and inspiring little book of musings on meditation, peace of mind and developing personal qualities of kindness, love and understanding. It has the typical James Allen self-help flair that inspires me to become a better version...
The Schopenhauer Cure by Irvin Yalom “One cold winter’s day a number of porcupines huddled together quite closely in order, through their mutual warmth, to prevent themselves from being frozen. But they soon felt the effects of their quills on one another, which made them again move apart. Now, when the need for warmth...
The Schopenhauer Cure by Irvin Yalom “Leaving the room did not clear the muck from Philip’s mind. He walked assailed by anxiety. What had happened to his arsenal of self-soothing techniques? Everything that had for so long provided him structure and serenity was unraveling – his mental discipline, his cosmic perspective. Struggling for equanimity,...
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde From the Pages is a category where I’d like to share passages from books that have touched me, comforted me or, maybe, changed me a little bit. I believe bibliotherapy (psychotherapy through book reading) is a powerful therapeutic force and often reach out to books to...
Parerga and Paralipomena by Arthur Schopenhauer From the Pages is a category where I’d like to share passages from books that have touched me, comforted me or, maybe, changed me a little bit. I believe bibliotherapy (psychotherapy through book reading) is a powerful therapeutic force and often reach out to books to find consonance...
