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About This Candle As someone who spends way too much mental energy worrying, fretting and feeling anxious, in hindsight I'm surprised this wasn't the first candle I ever made. Thank heaven it's here now! Scented with yummylicious honeydew melon, each candle contains a jade gemstone. Jade is a cleansing, healing, comforting stone that encourages patience, calmness and being less reactive. My thanks to Judy G for suggesting this candle! —Carla Blazek, creator, zena moon |
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Our Recommended Books, Music & Movies for Peace of Mind zena moon sells books, CDs and DVDs in association with Amazon.com. To order, click on the item's title or image, then add it to your Amazon shopping cart. Orders are then filled and shipped by Amazon. Send us your recommendations for this page--we may post them here.
Last updated 1/24/2005
1. The Voice of Knowledge: A Practical Guide to Inner Peace
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From Amazon.com: As little
children we know how to live in the moment and be completely authentic. But
then something damaging happens to us, according to author Don Miguel Ruiz: we
are given "knowledge" about how to live in the world. Parents tell us how to
behave in order to be a "good" boy or girl. Teachers tell us what it takes to
be a "winner" or a "successful" adult. This collective "voice of knowledge" is
not only false--it is often poisonous, explains Ruiz, bestselling author of
The Four Agreements. It makes us believe
that "I am not the way I should be; it is not okay to be me." Drawing upon the
story of Adam and Eve, Ruiz refers to the forbidden tree of knowledge and
likens the abandonment of the true self to the fall from heaven. What Ruiz
calls "the voice of knowledge" others spiritual teachers might call ego--the
hidden and carefully defended belief system that prevents us from living and
expressing who we really are. "The structure of our knowledge makes us feel
safe….When we discover that we are not what we believe we are, the foundation
of our entire reality begins to collapse." In the Toltec tradition, Ruiz says
every human is an artist, "and the supreme art is the expression of the beauty
of our spirit." He explains that there are two kinds of artists: "the ones who
create their story without awareness, and the ones who recover awareness and
create their story with truth and love." The recovering of awareness is what
this fourth book in the Toltec Wisdom series is all about. This makes for a
good bedside spiritual growth book. Each chapter closes with "Points to
Ponder"--summary thoughts to sleep upon as you create the more authentic story
of your life.
2. Meditation 24/7 : Practices to Enlighten Every Moment of the Day
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From Amazon.com: Many misunderstand meditation as an ethereal state only achieved by the likes of monks and yoga experts. But its power is available to everyone, if they know how to tap into it. For those who have been curious, fascinated, or intimidated by the practice of meditation, Meditation 24/7 is the perfect guide for mastering practical techniques for getting the most out of your daily walk through life. Just imagine... Eating a simple meal and taking great delight in each bite. Lying down and relaxing so deeply that in a few minutes you are rested and ready for action. Walking and feeling the simple joy of movement as you stride along. Drinking your morning beverage with intense pleasure, as if it were an elixir of life. Rich moments like these slip past people every day because they're too distracted, fatigued, or stressed-out to notice or enjoy them. This book and CD ensemble gives you the easy-to-follow practices that will enable anyone to tap the full enjoyment from moments in time that too often flash by without being fully appreciated. With patented, easy-to-follow techniques such as "Fill Your Cup," "Wait Up," and "Groom and Zoom," Meditation 24/7 offers readers of all generations the chance for profound physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual enhancement.
3. Until Today!: Daily Devotions for Spiritual Growth and Peace of Mind
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From Amazon.com: This book of 365 daily devotionals supports the time-honored adage, "Why put off until tomorrow what you can do today?" The charismatic spiritual leader Iyanla Vanzant knows how easy it is to stay stuck in "old sentiments, resentments, beliefs, decisions, agreements, judgments, and ideas that may have become habitual." Through these devotions Vanzant hopes to show readers that the easiest way to create change is to simply shift your attitude--today. "We often work so hard to get the things we want that we miss the fact that it is the landscape of the inner world that stands between us and true happiness."
In the closing paragraph of each one-page devotional, Vanzant names an old way of thinking and offers readers a new attitude to try on "just for today." For example, Vanzant writes, "Until today, you may have believed that you had to stay in the painful hole of hurt caused by the loss of a loved one. Just for today, make a conscious effort and choice to cover the hole and move on." Some might consider these devotions a fancy term for affirmations. Vanzant scoffs at the notion. Time spent in devotion is not a "New Age trick through which you can impose your will on God, the universe, or those around you," she writes. "Devotion is the reverent, personal act of surrendering your will to the Divine will."
1. Canyon Trilogy: Native American Flute Music
Original Release Date: 1993
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From Amazon.com: Nakai's free improvisations on this album are based on his impressions of the Anasazi and Sinagua sites, ancient cliff dwellings that were home to communities of Native people thousands of years ago. By using the Roland SDE 3000 Digital Delay system, Nakai is able to play duets with his own echo, in an effort to emulate the echoes of the past that haunt these ruins. On this recording, Nakai's flute sounds even more plaintive than usual, as if the spirits of these forgotten ancestors had entered into the studio to fill his playing with the whispered reverberations of their ancient ways. This is one of Nakai's most deeply felt recordings, one that resonates with a deep, melancholy yearning.
Original Release Date: 2001
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From Amazon.com: Peace of Mind was intended to simply introduce Julie's music to American tastemakers. Instead, it struck a chord deep within America's burgeoning soul music scene. The combination of Julie's classical and jazz training, and her lovers' rock reggae roots, created a sound that was both classic and modern. Peace of Mind provided a glimpse into the future of soul music. Released in 2001, it has inspired an international grass-roots cult following which includes the biggest names in modern soul music. From the breathtaking lyrical journey of "Ketch A Vibe" to the freestyle call and response of "Sweet Melodies of Jupiter" to the percussive rapture of "Burning," Peace of Mind takes listeners on a mind-blowing adventure into the depths of retro-modern soul.
3. Dear Heather
Original Release Date: 2004
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From Amazon.com: Leonard Cohen must be the envy of countless singer-songwriters. Who else has been cozily buffered from the ravages of pop music than this eminent but never particularly prominent Canadian wordsmith? Nearing four decades as a recording artist, Cohen has never left his original label, despite failing to ever register anything resembling a commercial hit. Long ago shed of the "new Dylan" trappings that greeted his first recordings, Cohen now cushions his carefully wrought lyrics in smooth keyboard-and-vocal-heavy arrangements that owe far more to MOR pop and cabaret then folk-rock. His words and delivery have become more nuanced and playful as he's grayed. Listen to the sexy self-deprecation of "Because of" ("Because of a few songs/ Wherein I spoke of their mystery/ Women have been/ Exceptionally kind in my old age") or the weary resolve of his 9-11 statement, "On That Day" ("Did you go crazy or did you report/ On that day…they wounded New York?"). Dear Heather, likes its creator, is at once new and old, familiar and fresh.
(2003) ~ DVD
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From Amazon.com: Like a good dream, Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation envelops you with an aura of fantastic light, moody sound, head-turning love, and a feeling of déjà vu, even though you've probably never been to this neon-fused version of Tokyo. Certainly Bob Harris has not. The 50-ish actor has signed on for big money shooting whiskey ads instead of doing something good for his career or his long-distance family. Jetlagged, helplessly lost with his Japanese-speaking director, and out of sync with the metropolis, Harris (Bill Murray, never better) befriends the married but lovelorn 25-year-old Charlotte (played with heaps of poise by 18-year-old Scarlett Johansson). Even before her photographer husband all but abandons her, she is adrift like Harris but in a total entrapment of youth. How Charlotte and Bill discover they are soul mates will be cherished for years to come. Written and directed by Coppola (The Virgin Suicides), the film is far more atmospheric than plot-driven: we whiz through Tokyo parties, karaoke bars, and odd nightlife, always ending up in the impossibly posh hotel where the two are staying. The wisps of bittersweet loneliness of Bill and Charlotte are handled smartly and romantically, but unlike modern studio films, this isn't a May-November fling film. Surely and steadily, the film ends on a much-talked-about grace note, which may burn some, yet awards film lovers who "always had Paris" with another cinematic destination of the heart.
(1987) ~ DVD
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From Amazon.com: Watching this film after several years was something of a bittersweet experience. It looks wonderful on DVD--it's beautifully photographed and has a subtle, haunting musical score. But its reason for being is as the final showcase for the acting of two screen legends to whom everyone in Hollywood today owes their careers: Lillian Gish, who invented screen acting during the silent era, and Bette Davis, who reinvented it after sound came in. "Life fools you," Davis says in the film, and she could have been referring to herself. It's hard to believe this is the Bette Davis of Jezebel and Dark Victory, of The Little Foxes, Now, Voyager and All About Eve, even of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Age, illness and, yes, life had taken their toll on her. But, she has her moments here. Oddly enough, her best are without dialog, such as when she brushes a lock of her dead husband's hair across her cheek, while Gish has the lovely "passion and truth" monologue. Ah well, they don't make 'em like these gals anymore!
(2003) ~ DVD
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From Amazon.com: Sarah Polley stars as Ann, a young wife and mother who's recently been diagnosed with a terminal illness. After vowing to keep her terrible news a secret, Ann begins living with an intensity she never thought possible. With senses heightened and passions rekindled, she quickly begins putting her life in order. Gripping, joyful and sensitive, My Life Without Me is a touching tale for today that challenges us to live as if there were no tomorrow. | |||||||||
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