This is a life story of two spiritual mentors in the Eastern Christian Orthodox tradition, St. Leo of Optina (Nagolkin) and St. Theodore of Neamts (Polzikov). St Theodore was a disciple of St. Paisios (Velichkovsky). St Paisios re-established in several monasteries on Athos and in Romania, where he was father superior, the practice of incessant prayer to Jesus Christ. This practice is known as ‘Jesus prayer’ and he had discovered this practice in the writings of ancient Christian ascetics.

St. Leo and St. Theodore established the schools of inner prayer and revelation of thoughts amongst the monks in Optina and several other monasteries at the end of the 18th – beginning of the 19th century. Inner prayer, revelation of thoughts and admonishing through acting, amongst other methods of purifying and elevating the soul for the sake of receiving the Holy Spirit, were almost forgotten by that time. In the life of the clergy the stress was put on the obedience to the superiors in the hierarchy, strict complying to the church rules and following church services and the work of penance. The inner core of the monks remained often untouched by this, they couldn’t open it to the light of the Gospel...

In The Power of Choice, her most personal book to date, bestselling Dutch author, psychologist and former model Kelly Weekers invites readers into her private life and shares her thoughts on friendship, ambition, parenting, love, loss, self-esteem and more. The book feels like a nice chat with a good friend: without telling you what to do, Kelly helps you explore how to make your own right choices and take back control of different aspects in your life.

In this guide, all aspects of ombuds work in higher education are discussed clearly and thoroughly, from the implementation and context of the ombuds function, the everyday practice of an ombudsman (m/f/x) to international differences in terms of the ombudsman’s mandate and powers.

How can ombudsmen carry out their work correctly and effectively? What kinds of complaints do they investigate? How do they deal with complainants and respondents? Should complaints of students and employees be h...

Navigating Pluralities marks a break in understanding the history of Roman-Dutch law in Sri Lanka. Methodologically, it challenges socio-legal studies that concentrate on major jurisdictional conflicts alone, emphasizing the lived experience of everyday practices of judicial forums. It uncovers the navigation of plural practices in the Landraad, a judicial forum set up by the Dutch East India Company in seventeenth-century Sri Lanka. A choice of laws came into play in that forum, that choice ...

Diplomacy is a series of crises, and the navigational beacon for a nation is international law. This book is a collection of articles on six selected international legal issues concerning Japan. It addresses various issues, including self-defence, post-war legal issues, chemical weapons, the law of the sea, consular immunities, and hijacking. It is a legal documentary through which the reader can look into the minds of Japanese officials challenged by one crisis after another.

As a coherent wh...

De talrijke lezingen van Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927), de grote Indiase mysticus, filosoof en musicus vertegenwoordigen een belangrijke bijdrage aan de filosofische tradities van het soefisme.

Deel III en deel IV vormen de laatste twee uitgaven van de volledig nieuwe transcripties van alle lezingen in de periode 1922-1926, uitgaande van de oorspronkelijk in steno genoteerde verslagen. Zodoende worden in deze serie uitgaven de lezingen van Hazrat Inayat Khan gepresenteerd zoals ze feitelijk ...

Never knew she had no clue who she really was. What did she really want for her life. At the age of thirty three Charlene was forced to stop and reorganize her life. After being intermittently unwell for nine months with various vague complaints, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. A proactive, creative person with many goals and ambitions. This was very hard for her to fathom. The doctors, specialist and other professionals saw no hope for positive changes. Her lifestyle had to be ada...