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New Release- 300 Dollars and 3 Suitcases: What’s Next? by Dwayne Thomas

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Title:                                                      300 Dollars and 3 Suitcases: 

Subtitle:                                               What’s Next?

Author:                                             Dwayne Thomas

Genre:                                                 NonFiction/Spiritual/Faith

Format:                                               Paperback/eBook

Publisher:                                         Christian Faith Publishing

Publication Date:                            October 2023

Synopsis:                                        

This was my journey leaving home at age twenty-three up until this current time at age sixty-one, writing this book. All that I could bring to California was my faith in God, a few dollars, my clothes, and a deeper calling in my life! How could I walk away and leave everyone behind in Connecticut like Abraham did? Was I right or wrong? Could I make it, or would I fail? My book will challenge you to see further than the natural things that you can imagine.

Little should not be determined as not enough in your hands but revealed as sufficient, to begin with as I learned to steward it well, to grow exponentially into much more in my life for his glory! My story tells of the traps of the enemy, jumping over hurdles, healing, restoration, and victories in God if we just obey his Word and apply it to our lives. This is not “a step as easy as one, two, and three, I’m all better now” book. You must have and need the Holy Spirit to guide you into all truth (John 16:13-15). I believe in my heart that your life will be challenged and changed. I’m being transparent so that you or someone you may know can walk in the greater person of your calling without the fear and reservation of what the world thinks about your epistle life versus what God has mandated us to do!

Buying Link:     https://www.christianfaithpublishing.com/books/?book=300-dollars-and-3-suitcases

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Featured Book: Compassion and Meditation by Jean-Yves Leloup

COMPASSION AND MEDITATION BY Jean-Yves Lelop

COMPASSION AND MEDITATION                           by Jean-Yves Leloup

Title: Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic Between Buddhism and Christianity

Author: Jean-Yves Leloup

Genre: Non-Fiction/Spirituality

Format:  Paperwork

Publisher: Inner Traditions

Publication Date: June 25, 2009

Synopsis: 

A profound reflection on how complementary themes in Buddhism and Christianity could serve as the basis for a truly ecumenical faith

• Compares Zen meditation with the Greek Orthodox practice of Hesychasm (prayer of the heart)

• Shows how Buddha and Jesus represent the distinct yet complementary values of meditation and compassion

In Asian spiritual traditions the mountain traditionally symbolizes meditation while the ocean signifies compassion. Jean-Yves Leloup uses this metaphor to compare Buddhist and Christian approaches to meditation and compassion to reveal the similarities and divergences of these profound practices. Emphasizing their complementary nature, Leloup describes how Jesus and Buddha are necessary to one another and how together they form a complete system: Jesus as awakening through love, and Buddha as awakening through meditation. Where Buddha represents the forests, Jesus represents the trees. Buddha is brother to the universe, whereas Jesus is brother to humanity.

Nevertheless, these two religious traditions have a profound common ground. Compassion is central to Buddhism, and meditation practices have been central to many Christian traditions. Both view murder, theft, and the destructive use of sexuality as great barriers to realizing our essential being, and both agree on the need to rise above them. Here, however, Leloup suggests that both faiths could benefit from the precepts of the other. The complementary aspects of Christianity and Buddhism offer the possibility for a truly profound ecumenical religion whose interfaith relations are based on deep understanding of the true meaning and practice of meditation and compassion and not merely shared goodwill.

Amazon Link:  http://www.amazon.com/Compassion-Meditation-Spiritual-Buddhism-Christianity/dp/1594772770/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1443042504&sr=8-2&keywords=jean-yves+leloup

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