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While he worked to expand the Peoples Temple, Jim Jones took a pilgrimage to Pennsylvania to meet God in Heaven.

This book is a thoroughly researched primer on the 108 Upanishads, philosophical treatises that form a part of the Vedas, the revered Hindu texts. These Upanishads contain the most crystallized bits of wisdom gleaned from Hinduism. Roshen Dalal explains the concepts at the core of each Upanishad...

"A dauntingly ambitious, obsessively researched" (Los Angeles Times) global history of music that reveals how songs have shifted societies and sparked revolutions. Histories of music overwhelmingly suppress stories of the outsiders and rebels who created musical revolutions and instead celebrate...

Learn to use your most precious commodity—time—to truly live. Arnold Bennett’s classic book, How to Live on 24 Hours a Day, has been changing the way people use and consider their time since it was first published in 1910. In the intervening century surprisingly little has changed—we...

Around 2500 years ago a thirty-five-year-old man named Siddhartha had a mystical insight under a peepul tree in north-eastern India, in a place now revered as Bodhgaya. Today, more than 300 million people across the globe consider themselves beneficiaries of Gautama Buddha’s insight, and...

The Light of Alleviation is a spark that is n't visible, which sets ablaze the mortal soul, with creativity, courage, and metamorphosis. It generally comes unannounced- in a soft study, in an easy daylight, in a story that moves the heart. This light is n't a circumstance- grounded light. rather, it glitters stylish in the blackest hours, when the course ahead is hazy. It holds out stopgap, and it brings clarity. Alleviation fire intentions, fire shadowing of dreams and makes us surpass walls. It's what drives art, invention, good deeds, and ground breaking ideas. Whether pulled from nature, a...

Connecting to Our Ancestral Past is a pragmatic, spiritual journey that introduces a variety of specific rituals and conversations in connection with Constellations work, an experiential process that explores one's history and powerful events of the past in order to understand and resolve...

Welcome to Neff Inspiration, a show dedicated to revolutionizing your health through the lens of functional medicine. Hosted by a functional medicine doctor, this platform delves into the science of healing from the inside out. Whether you’re seeking solutions for mental health, post-traumatic growth, or overcoming mental blocks and challenges, I provide actionable tools and expert insights to help you transform your life. With a focus on root-cause medicine, sustainable wellness strategies, and personal growth, I aim to inspire you to become the best version of yourself. Join me in ...

Voices of Inspiration is a travel-centered show hosted by Amelia Old, where each episode is shaped by the places she visits and the people connected to them. Amelia brings years of media and travel experience to the conversations, drawing out the moments, challenges, and perspectives that help listeners understand a destination beyond the surface.The show follows her work on the road and the kinds of interactions that give you a better sense of how people live, work, and care for their corners of the world. Some episodes come from time spent traveling, while others grow out of unexpected ...

Have you ever wondered about the "true events" that inspired your favorite horror movie? Join Insidious Inspirations every Tuesday, where we'll uncover the true tales, urban legends, and monster myths that inspired your favorite horror movies!

Just a mom looking for inspiration anywhere I can find it. My journey will cover people, groups and even animals that inspire me by making the world a better place. My search for inspiration often includes a number of tangents, but always focuses on finding goodness and kindness. Everyone can use some inspiration, come join us.

I love collecting postcards as a way to inspire my adventures and to share memories with friends. Follow along!

Not everyone falls into success with their first try. In fact, very few of us do.Life for most people is a journey of self-discovery – finding out who we are, what we’re best at, and how we can make a difference in this world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Not everyone falls into success with their first try. In fact, very few of us do. Life for most people is a journey of self-discovery – finding out who we are, what we’re best at, and how we can make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, the inescapable obstacles that plague our path can stop us in our tracks. Some of the best places to look for inspiration during times of trouble are from those who have succeeded through the tough times. Some you may have heard of, some may surprise you, but hopefully all will inspire you today.

A must-have anthology of the leading Black women and femmes shaping today’s food and hospitality landscape—from farm to table and beyond—chronicling their passions and motivations, lessons learned and hard-won wisdom, personal recipes, and more. Chef and writer Klancy Miller found her own...

TQ Senkungu is an immigrant from Uganda to the United States who has been blessed to achieve success without being born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Here you will see the personification of his philosophy for how people of color can build a powerful community to overcome obstacles, achieve their goals, and succeed beyond our wildest dreams against all the odds. The philosophy is this: 1. Learn or teach yourself what you need to achieve your goals and dreams. 2. Teach and help others do the same. 3. Publicize the success stories. 4. Ignore the haters. This show is the fulfillment of that ...

The inner workings of a writer’s life, the interplay between experience and writing, are brilliantly recounted by a master of the art. Gay Talese now focuses on his own life—the zeal for the truth, the narrative edge, the sometimes startling precision, that won accolades for his journalism...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Michael B. Oren’s memoir of his time as Israel’s ambassador to the United States—a period of transformative change for America and a time of violent upheaval throughout the Middle East—provides a frank, fascinating look inside the special relationship between...

Read by the author, Sarah Harkness. From an impoverished childhood in the Scottish highlands to Victorian London, this is the inspiring story of brothers Daniel and Alexander Macmillan who built a publishing empire - and brought Alice in Wonderland to the world. Their remarkable achievements are...

Part history, part cultural biography, and part literary mystery, The Orientalist traces the life of Lev Nussimbaum, a Jew who transformed himself into a Muslim prince and became a best-selling author in Nazi Germany. Born in 1905 to a wealthy family in the oil-boom city of Baku, at the edge...