...easure ......................................129 41. What Is Greatness and Smallness in Faith ................................132 42. What Is the Acro... ... causing the sorrow of Divinity. One should imagine that it is as though a small organ of the person is sore. The pain is nonetheless felt primarily ... ...h faith in the Creator. We must know that there is no difference between a small illumination and a great one, which a person attains. This is becau... ....” He said that it is like some rich man who departed the train and had a small bag. He placed it where all the merchants place their baggage and t... ...ay. The porter had thought that the merchant would certainly have taken a small bag by himself and there is no need for a porter for that, so he too... ... that there is no longer reason for prayers and pleas, he then raises his voice in weeping. It is said about that: “All the gates were locked except ... ... is Pharaoh’s argument who said, “Who is the Lord that I should obey His voice?” It seems as if the “Who” argument is a rational argument. It is a ... ...hom? Hence, when the body claims, “Who is the Lord that I should obey His voice,” it is a rational argument. However, according to the rule that the... ...his is what Isaac saw and said, “the hands are the hands of Esau, but the voice was the voice of Jacob.” In other words, Isaac liked the correction ...

...ours. ________________________________________ Neo, Between Worlds: My own small vision, inspired by one of Neo's sermons. by Kee (Maryland, USA ) ___... ...elieved in me, even when I didn't believe and downright hated myself. His voice on the phone is quite powerful too. It reaches out to you and wraps a... ...out to you and wraps around you like a warm, comforting blanket. His very voice itself, when you hear it, is filled with so much love and compassion... ...illed with so much love and compassion that at times I've listened to his voice and simply wanted to weep. I close my eyes when I listen to him spea... ...rs. You could just feel the deep emotional hurt in his writing and in his voice.I was ready to rise up, along with others, and give those violent de... ...e sake of the fact that they are ALL 'batteries', walking around in their small safe bubbles -- and they don't even know it. Batteries of a machine ... ...intent, not in design. It is toward proving this end that I have built the small menagerie of rudimentary AI creatures currently "living" in my home;... ...ch them to look back, pull back, and see the whole tree. See not only how small, but also how significant they are in the grand scheme of things. It ... ... hot black snow... in the middle of this brutality, I found... one single, small creature. One tiny life form, scrambling for survival among the ruin...

...three centuries ago for the power of the ―evil eye.‖ The vulgar, both great and small, dreaded their displeasure, and sought by small gifts, and fai... ...rt the pernicious consequences of their malice. They were famed for fabricating small images of wax, to represent the objects of their persecution; ... ...irreparably, it is not for spirits to touch mortal flesh.‘ I do not mind a small blemish,‘ said I. ‗You are a woman of spirit, (said he) hold o... ... a new-grown potato, in a field near town. The formation is so perfect that the smallest fibres and ligaments are quite apparent, and by touching th... ...; eyes like a basin, fangs a dog claws like a bear, a skin like a negro, and a voice roaring like a lion, whereby we start and are afraid when we h... ...A tradesman of Paris, sleeping in bed with his wife, dreamed that he heard the voice exclaiming to him: ―I have now finished forty years, seven mont... ....—Make first a tart lye, put quicklime into a pot, whose bottom is full of many small holes, put a piece of wood or tile-shard upon it, and by degre...

... appears to be divided into bil- lions of cells. If we can perceive only a small portion of all that exists around us, and in a very limited range, is... ...arization of Kabbalah through workshops and meditation retreats are merely small signs that our time has come. We are now able to start developing the... ...ictions. —The Hafetz Chaim (1843–1933) If my generation had listened to my voice, they would have started to study the book of Zohar at the age of nin... ...lock would begin their study of the holy Book of Zohar when they are still small, nine and ten years old … and redemption would certainly come without... ... Holy Zohar are still able for the soul and good for every soul of Israel; small and great are there, each according to the root of his soul. —Rabbi T... ...ining approximately three hundred pages of text, and is about twenty times smaller than the original size, meaning that a huge amount of information i...

... essence? What is our role in the long chain of reality, which we are but small links of? When we examine ourselves, we find ourselves to be as corr... ...rld had been created for him. It is seemingly hard to grasp, that for this small human, who grasps no more than a wisp of this world's reality, much ... ... Studies For example, when an infant is born, he has a desire for the smallest things and no more. However, when the Evil Side fills up its meas... ...were not created but for man. And it seems very peculiar, that for such a small man, whose worth is no more than a wisp compared to the reality befo... ...icient movement, enough to attain what it needs. And since there is only a small will to receive, it dominates the whole of the category at once, but... ...t, although it is within you." And the secret of it is, as it says: that a voice pounds within the heart of each and every one of Israel, to pray for...

...scribes the difference between romantic love and abiding love through the voice of a philosophical Greek father having a conversation with his lovel... ...alone, weighed his options, and chose to do nothing. Ruby rejoiced in her small victory. I was impressed with her courage and conviction that she wa... ...nizations, but it rippled throughout the world: through cities, large and small, and on down to schoolchildren, who collected pennies that became te... ... certain words or phrases in every sentence and maintain a lively tone of voice for every story, no matter how routine. Without enthusiasm, you come...

...hers. Confucius wrote: "What the great man seeks is in himself. What the small man seeks is in others." So, look inside yourself and decide what yo... .... I was reunited with the delectable morsels when I moved into my aunt's small apartment in New York City several years later. Years after that, b... ...th you called "lAM LOVE," a story of unconditional self, love. lAM was a small, furry brown caterpillar sitting on a limb of a bush munching on a g... ...e because we are all created with the element of greatness. Discard the "small self" so often seen and get in touch with the "magnificent self" tha... ...ly and completely. You know what's right and best for you. Listen to your small inner voice, don't ignore its urgings. Above all, love yourself who... ...etely. You know what's right and best for you. Listen to your small inner voice, don't ignore its urgings. Above all, love yourself wholeheartedly ... ...ough a lecture by a speaker who delivered his speech in a dull, monotone voice where the only benefit you received from the talk was a good sleep? ... ... the thing they all have in common is a "Burning Desire. " Listen to the voice of desire within you. Interpret it positively. Then fasten your seat... ...believe in YOU. Have faith in the God in you. Listen to that still, small voice called "instinct" or "intuition" that not only tells you when to act...

... particularly thin. His skin was swarthy and rather coarse. His hands and feet were small …a woman might have envied them. His expression, when he w... ...militiamen. He then reconquered Caracas, Venezuela's capital, at the head of a small army and declared himself a dictator. He made Congress awa... ...de 5) to cause property damage but no casualties. The maximum frequency was 6,780 small earthquakes on April 17, 1966." The Pacific ocean is the... ...ml Foreign Accent Syndrome The brains of stroke victims play odd tricks on them. A small group of stroke survivors develops a speech impediment kno... ...ndian family. His father was dewan (chief minister) of Porbandar, the capital of a small principality in Gujarat in western India under British su... ...nyone over 20 years of age could vote. A system of proportional representation gave voice and presence in the Reichstag to even the smallest politic...

... But when I keep going, when I ignore the little (but vehement) discouraging voice in my head, wonderful words often begin to bloom. In fiction, my c... ...te. And perhaps, on later reflection, I may decide the little discouraging voice was right. What I wrote doesn’t work at all. Most of the time, how... ...her a series of stories about Christmas and mailed them to the editor of our small-town weekly newspaper. A month later, almost out of my office for T... ...ly, have made a difference in the life of another human being, no matter how small, like teaching my sister to pray as a child. Writing can bring you ... ...atured on several web sites; I designed my own web site; I manage and edit a small newsletter; I write devotionals for Rest Ministries; and I write cr... ...ld me so, and that worrying doesn’t help a thing. I stop and listen: for His voice to His word. And I start to trust the Creator of the Universe to su... ...es and homes are loaded with them. There are book stores galore; even in the smallest town there is likely to be a library or a book store. Books are ... ..., is that I be certain I have something worth writing. (For of course only a small proportion of the great masses of books produced are memorable, a v...

...served www.behappyinlife.com/books much. Then Mister Marsden said with a firs voice “Jason, have you finished with the excersize?” and Jason said “... ...es Heart’s office: “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but really great ones, make you feel tha... ...ia to eat my sandwich and go over my exam paper again. “Hi Jessie,” I heard a voice, when I was drawing a cerly line on my exam. It was Jason. He...

...ng enmeshed with the devouring mother). If we decide to constantly take small steps forward, we will be able to bring forth freedom, serenity, un... ...wollen, much saltwater poured from his mouth and nose: without breath or voice he lay exhausted, prostrated by a terrible tiredness. 31... ...haca, he will have to leave again, and undertake a new voyage, this time a small part of it by sea and a great distance by land. He will be able to ... ... have transgressed, I constantly tried to improve myself, by following the voice of my SELF within me. I centered my life on my Personal SELF and ... ...of the book “Hypotheses on Ulysses”). I did not listen passively to the voice of my SELF. I talked to it, I reasoned with it, and only when I was...

...search in your heart; be honest with yourself. Agree to nothing, not even the smallest thing, if you do not think it’s right, because the soul must ... ...used all our powers and desires correctly, there will be no room for even the smallest hint of pain. On the contrary, we will feel wholeness, pleasu... ...ng, and use those torments for spiritual progress. Any pain we feel, from the smallest to the greatest, reflects a sensation of the absence of Light... ... a book until they receive a warning. A person who experiences pain, even the smallest possible pain, can already increase it through the imaginatio... ...reater pain and suffering in the future. After finding ourselves in even the smallest of troubles, we should start asking, “What is the meaning of ... ...put it this way: there is only one case in which a person should not obey the voice of the Creator -- if He shows you the way out and says, “Go away... ...st the Creator, or as Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should obey His voice” (Exodus 5, 2). The most important thing is to confront thoughts... ...ounter-accuse him? Why do you need to relate to the opinion of a friend as a “voice from Heaven?” Doesn’t he stop being your friend then, and become... ...l way. They project their emotions on it. The toy recognizes only its owner’s voice and obeys only its owners’ commands. By tuning the toy to one’s ...

...k, we will discuss how to implement al- truistic relationships, since it is no small task to change human Nature. We were created as egoists, and we ... ... of matter. Let us look at this a bit more closely. At the still level is the smallest desire to exist. This is because the wants of the still are s... ...his is why, in the past, suffering and discomfort were less, since egoism was smaller. Today, we find that it is increasing daily. Chapter Four: ... ...opposite direction. In other words, it can increase the desire. If we have a small desire for something, and we think about it, this desire will gr... ... Hence, although Nature’s force would treat us favor- ably, it would be a very small, limited change. If man treated Nature lovingly at the vegetativ... ...nd we are curious to find it. If we let this desire lead us and listen to the voice in our hearts, we will wake up to the real reality. 19 143 10... ...of Kabbalah must be brought to everyone in the world, and compares it to the voice of the Shofar (a ram’s horn blown on Jew- ish holidays): “And the... ...ion of the wisdom in the masses is called “a Shofar.” Like the Shofar, whose voice travels a great distance, the echo of the wisdom will spread thr... ...ss of mass correction would begin, as it was written in his book, Kol ha Tor (Voice of the Turtledove). Baal HaSulam named the year 1995 in a conve...

...d society, Romania of 1980’s, where the whole culture was manipulated by a small group. Only their ideas and their publications counted. We couldn’t... ...oems without verse (because poems don’t mean words) - dumb poems with loud voice; - poems without poems (because the notion of “poem” doesn’t match ... ...tin Smarandache: Prin intermediul publica ţiilor “Literary Market Place”, “Small Press Directory”, “Gale Directory of Publications”, “Ulrich’s Intern... ...itheses, contradictions, oxymorons, paradoxes in the creative work at both small level and global level of the creative work. The goal is the enla... ...ed society Romania of 1980’s, where the whole culture was manipulated by a small group. Only their ideas and their publications counted. We couldn’t... ... PERPETUUM MOBILE In a stable Instability GOSSIP A big 51 Small talk ENEMY Helps you to go Wrong SCAPEGOAT Even if he did...

...d society, Romania of 1980’s, where the whole culture was manipulated by a small group. Only their ideas and their publications counted. We couldn’t... ...oems without verse (because poems don’t mean words) - dumb poems with loud voice; - poems without poems (because the notion of “poem” doesn’t match ... ...tin Smarandache: Prin intermediul publica ţiilor “Literary Market Place”, “Small Press Directory”, “Gale Directory of Publications”, “Ulrich’s Intern... ...itheses, contradictions, oxymorons, paradoxes in the creative work at both small level and global level of the creative work. The goal is the enla... ...ed society Romania of 1980’s, where the whole culture was manipulated by a small group. Only their ideas and their publications counted. We couldn’t... ... PERPETUUM MOBILE In a stable Instability GOSSIP A big 51 Small talk ENEMY Helps you to go Wrong SCAPEGOAT Even if he did...

...e likeness­ impossible in any feeling whatsoever-of all who love, ~om the smallest to the greatest and from the blessedly pretected man, whose life ... ...n conformity with this primitiveness' these cultural realms begin with So small world of objects. The life not of the race but of the particular cul... ...an never be forsakenness, and if the world of man is silent it hears the voice of the daimonion say Thou. How lovely and how legitimate the sound o... ...nal source of strength streams, the eternal contact persists, the eternal voice sounds forth, and nothing more. * The eternal Thou can by its natu...

...FROM THE COVER OF VOICES FROM THE PAST: In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed... ...iction and poetry. Our most recent publication is the remarkable quintet, Voices from the Past, by bestselling author Paul Alexander Bartlett, whose ... ...icenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode I VOICES FROM THE PAST A Quintet: SAPPHO’S JOURNAL CHRIST’S JOURNAL L... ...N’S JOURNAL BOOKS BY PAUL ALEXANDER BARTLETT NOVELS VOICES FROM THE PAST: Sappho’s Journal ` Christ’s Journal ` Leonardo da Vi... ...ame clarity, and inside that clarity, centered in it, a brown intaglio, a small wooden carving, first one ship and then another. Our fleet had sailed... ...o show us. “A boy’s buttocks,” laughed Gyrinno. “Here. Measure. Mine are smaller,” said Anaktoria. So we measured, laughing, fussing, pushing, our ... ... jealous and peevish, and tried to shift the praise. They talked about my smallness, my violet hair... “your deep blue eyes”... “your melodious voic... ...on, resting under trees, I became aware that the crowd had scattered into small groups. How hungry we were! How thirsty! Then more dancing and, with... ...d we met at a discreet distance from the square, a bench in the rear of a small temple. Despite the extravagant clothes, the careful makeup, how har...

...In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first time into the privat...

... that they can live in the light of the world outside. Most are unknown in the real world, yet resembling colleagues known, conversations overheard, small events that somehow reveal meaning. It is the meaning, the purpose of each unexpected observation that entices me now: how each piece of the puzzle begins to fit, how obvious it all is, how simple. The posts and beams...

... CHAPTER 1 THE VATICAN Pope Francis lithely entered into the small chapel next to his private quarters. The dark chapel was dimly l... ...osary beads, one by one, through his fingers as he chanted the Ave Maria. His voice rose into a cadence of a Gregorian chant, the beauty of the allit... ...sonnet. As he prayed, a soft, almost imperceptible light began to invade the small shadowy chapel. Oblivious, he continued his chanting recital of ... ... in a gesture of respect, “you’ve got a full schedule today. By the way,” his voice rising slightly, “I should warn you that Cardinal Berini is on t... ...s unclear, Holy Father. Maybe a year ago.” “Find Father Salvi, Alfredo.” His voice spiked with urgency. Alfredo nodded and left. Francis walked to... ...e.” Antonio relaxed, but only slightly. “Well, Holy Father, I was born in a small town just outside of Palermo...” Ah, Angelo Gallucci the Pope ... ...mis slowly began to regain his composure. “I’ve lost everything, Father.” His voice was shaky and hoarse from the deep, gut wrenching experience. "M... ...bewildered by the astonishing turn of events, Walter was only able to crack a small smile. Alex then walked behind his desk and stood with his hands ... ... Alex interrupted, “Sweetheart, they’ll all be answered,” he said rubbing the small of her back, and then added to himself, “I hope.” Marian and W...

...The Pope receives a vision that includes the names of four men: a U.S. Senator, a covert military intelligence agent, a priest from a small parish, and the head of the Italian mafia. These men form an alliance to eliminate the drug cartels of the world to save the children of the future against the backdrop of political power struggle. ...

...Pope Francis lithely entered into the small chapel next to his private quarters. The dark chapel was dimly lit by a row of flickering votive candles that cast a soothing splay of shadows across the ancient altar. The Pope knelt his thin, angular body before it; h...

...mered around me, the shop next to me sold dried fish. With my wife and two small sons, I had arrived in Lampang on the night train from Bangkok, and s... ...tary river plain more distant from the city, and the third, Ban Dong, is a small forest village in the mountains skirting the north-eastern parts of t... ...s, all in all, 365 villagers were interviewed during the fieldwork; only a small fraction of the material is included in this volume. In recording the... ...are deposited in the recordings archive of the . In this book, we hear the voices of local people, villagers. Listen to their talk about life, the pas... ...ut 100 houses, almost all of them with grass roofs, there were only a few small roofs made of concrete tiles. We didn't have irrigation then and farm... ...ers, all that takes so much money that it doesn't pay. The profits are so small. It's better to sell the fields and buy rice for food. And then you d... ... King of Thailand. His speech was the culmination of criticism prominently voiced by environmental organizations and many researchers, Buddhist monks ... ...s are written down in exercise books and learned by rote in chorus. In one voice, the children learn the alphabet, the multiplication tables, the Engl... ...ther do pop singers on TV sing like people in Thailand used to sing. Their voices do not have the characteristic timbre of the old way of singing, and...

...wrote his description of three villages in Lampang Province, and the changes in villagers' lives over three decades. The book also speaks through the voices of villagers themselves and village monks. They describe the everyday lives of local people, and how they cope under conditions of a constant flux of change, what they think about life, the future, and the fate of huma...