{"product_id":"diary-of-the-soul-the-seven-phases-of-life-paperback","title":"Diary of the Soul: The Seven Phases of Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBertie Hendriks\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMirjam Tirion\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFrans Zwartjes\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiary of the Soul invites you to view the course of your life as a journey, a learning experience through which to grow, to find enrichment and depth. It sets out with the notion of life as an ongoing challenge. This book envisions your soul as traveling with you through the seven phases of life. Birth, child, adoles- cent, adult, elder, and death. The seventh phase is not quite a phase as such, but rather a foundation upon which everything else is based. In this book, we call it 'the Void'; it refers to the mystery from which you are born, to which you return after death, and which, throughout your life, lends meaning to your existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring each of the seven phases, certain forces awake within you, you receive a gift and gain a source of help for your personal development. Whether you are eighty, forty, or twenty-five years old, you can take up the gifts and their corresponding challenges at any moment of your life. Our lifespan elapses in a linear fashion, young to old, but at the same time we are timeless, layered beings. Within your adult self, the child still lives, and the child itself already contains the elder sage. Your age only emphasizes certain aspects of your development and invites you more\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estrongly to unpack the gift belonging to your current phase of life. Simultaneously, the comforting and inspiring truth is that it is never too late to unpack the gifts you have been given, in order to make the wisdom hidden within that learning experience truly your own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe vision behind Diary of the Soul derives inspiration first and foremost from the people we have met in our line of work. Other important sources of inspiration are the psychologist Carl Jung, due to his eye for archetypes, as well as authors Joseph Campbell and Carol S. Pearson, who refer to the school of life as the hero's journey. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe were continually inspired by the great religious currents of Christianity and Buddhism, since both view the soul as a guiding principle; the Christian mystic Eckhart states that our souls contain the longing to make our home a place of God, and Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, advocates for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epersonal development because we shelter within us the inextinguishable fire of the desire for enlightenment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStories taken from world literature, myths, and fairy-tales, but particularly personal stories, provided us with inexhaustible sources for clarifying the soul's journey through the phases of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe soul itself is a concept found in all cultures: it represents your unique self, your free consciousness, your connection to the 'divine'. The soul knows many expressions, changing its garb throughout the phases of life, but it remains your guide on the path of development towards an inspired existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiary of the Soul focuses on the bigger picture and provides practical tools to make your life richer, more fulfilled, and more\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emeaningful. Each chapter builds upon the previous one but stands on its own as well. On the next page you can see what that looks like in a chart. In the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003espirit of a personal diary, each chapter ends with a poem, a look back, questions for reflection, and a dream that describes a theme belonging to that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ephase on the subconscious level.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 204\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 8.27 x 8.27 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44500651638919,"sku":"9789090367255","price":50.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/m8VAZcDmre9789090367255.webp?v=1776631631","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/diary-of-the-soul-the-seven-phases-of-life-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}