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Logical Abilities in Children: Reasoning and Concepts (Logical Abilities in Children #4)
by Daniel N. OshersonOriginally published in 1976, this fourth and final volume in a series that met with critical acclaim is concerned with a certain kind of answer to the question "What distinguishes the concepts that are a natural part of human languages from those that are merely expressible in language?" The kind of answers contemplated rely on formal properties of the logics that overlay the two sorts of concepts. The author presents a substantive theory of natural concepts which helps to make concrete the methodological proposals. In order to make the theory more manageable, it is restricted to sentential modifiers expressed in English. Although these proposals are substantive, the methodology they exemplify may be of even more significance. Some of the ideas in the author’s approach derive from the work of Chomsky, and several issues relevant to the growth of logical thinking are also treated with data that speak to questions raised in Volume 3, concerning qualitative change through development. This final volume in the series will be essential reading for all concerned with both logical abilities in children, their development, and novel methodological approaches to research bearing on this and related issues.
Rhythm to Recovery: A Practical Guide to Using Rhythmic Music, Voice and Movement for Social and Emotional Development
by James Oshinsky Simon FaulknerCombining rhythmic music and movement with cognitive reflection and mindfulness, this comprehensive handbook shows how drumming and other rhythm-based exercises can have a powerful effect in individual, group and family settings. Incorporating the latest research on how rhythmic music impacts the brain, this book features over 100 different exercises spanning five key developmental areas: social and emotional learning; identity and culture; strengths and virtues; health and wellbeing; and families, teams and communities. It offers a safe entry to cognitive reflection through fun, experiential rhythmic exercises and is useful for working in settings such as school, child and adolescent counselling settings, mental health and drug and alcohol interventions, trauma counselling and relational counselling. Important sections on the use of metaphor and analogy show how to reinforce experiential outcomes. The book also contains helpful sections on working with specific populations, key facilitation skills and managing challenging behaviours. Downloadable resources such as evaluation forms, certificates and 52 session cards optimise the process of implementing this approach in practice.
Aprender a amar: Enamorarse conscientemente y relacionarse sin miedos
by OshoClaves para entender la naturaleza del amor y vivirlo de forma plena y satisfactoria. El amor debería ser una realidad en nuestra existencia, no solo un sueño o el tema de unos versos. Es un término que ha de cobrar vida. Y nunca es demasiado tarde para experimentar amor por primera vez. Debemos aprender a amar, ya que muy pocas personas saben cómo hacerlo. Todo el mundo piensa que el amor es necesario, que la vida sin él carece de sentido. Pero son muy pocos los que verdaderamente saben cómo amar y todo lo que hacen en nombre del amor no es amor, sino cualquier otra cosa. El amor muchas veces se funde con otros muchos conceptos: celos, cólera, odio, posesión, dominación, ego. Todos ellos venenos que destruyen el verdadero néctar: amar significa deshacerse de todas estas interferencias. Solo entonces, en ese preciso momento, un amor de una calidad inédita florecerá a nuestro alrededor. Osho
Bienestar emocional: Superar el miedo, el odio y los celos con la energía creativa
by Osho¡Descubre las claves para entender la naturaleza de nuestras emociones! Bienestar emocional es una guía, única y estimulante, para vivir una vida más rica, más plena y más de acuerdo con nuestras emociones. Las emociones, los pensamientos y las expresiones de ambos son la misma energía, solo que están dirigidos hacia la periferia, hacia la circunferencia y no hacia el centro. Cuanto más cerca estás de la circunferencia, más lejos te encuentras de ti mismo. Para reencontrarte tienes que usar la misma energía. Por ello, la única meta en el mundo de todo ser inteligente debería ser conocerse a sí mismo; de lo contrario, podrías conocer el mundo entero y aun así seguirías desconociendo lo que más íntimamente te afecta, tu propia naturaleza. Tú eliges.
Enlightenment Is Your Nature: The Fundamental Difference Between Psychology, Therapy, and Meditation
by Osho"Enlightenment” in Western cultures has long been associated with the 18th century movement that brought about a new “age of reason.” As Zen, Buddhism, and other eastern wisdom traditions have captured the imagination of the West, “enlightenment” has come to be known as a specific state of consciousness attained by an individual on a spiritual or meditative path.However, the Judeo-Christian context, with its belief in a divine power “out there” and separate from the individual, hinders most Westerners’ ability to comprehend “enlightenment” in the Eastern sense. Our theistic conditioning leads to such common misunderstandings as perceiving enlightenment as the attainment of supernatural powers, or as something achievable only by those who are somehow “special.”In this work, Osho deconstructs these misunderstandings and offers a radically different view of enlightenment, freed from all spiritual and religious beliefs – including the distortions of asceticism and renunciation that have arisen in Eastern and Western cultures both.Taking the reader step by step through the history of how both East and West have approached the mysteries of the human mind and spirituality, Osho offers a simple science of consciousness that he calls “the psychology of the buddhas.” It is a science that in very clear terms shows how one can, through awareness and taking full responsibility for one’s life, go beyond all limited belief systems, habits, and superstitions of the mind. That process, he says, brings us back to our nature – and that is enlightenment.
Inocencia, saber y asombro
by OshoUn libro de reflexión donde la inocencia, el saber y el asombro son temas importante para la búsqueda del significado de la vida. La inocencia es la puerta; a la belleza se entra a través de la inocencia. Cuanto más inocente te vuelves, más hermosa es la existencia. Cuanto más sabes, más fea se va haciendo la existencia, porque empiezas a funcionar desde las conclusiones, empiezas a funcionar desde el saber. La colección Osho Life Essentials se enfoca en las preguntas más importantes que surgen en la vida del ser humano. Cada volumen contiene diversas investigaciones y discusiones que permanecen vigentes y que responden a la búsqueda personal del significado de la vida y su propósito, centrándose en las preguntas específicas de nuestra propia vida y en la calidad de nuestra existencia.
The World of Emotions
by Osho International Foundation OshoThe World of Emotions: A unique set of tools for everybody who is interested in improving human relations, and a great help in understanding where we are all coming from and what makes us tick. Full of simple, practical suggestions for creating a milieu of friendliness around yourself that is honest, sincere, and accepting of all our human frailties. One of the greatest challenges we face in life is learning how to handle and transform emotions. In this small book, Osho takes the reader step by step toward a deeper understanding of the inner world of emotions - where they come from, what types of situations can trigger them, and why they so often take us by surprise. We are taught that anger is bad, and we resolve not to be angry - but still it happens! Why is that? The first step in understanding is to identify and become aware of the conflicts between our intellectual understandings and the emotional realities that so often dominate our lives, between what we think and what we what we feel. Once the roots of this conflict are clearly seen and understood, the split can be healed. And the powerful life
Compasión
by Osho Osho«Compasión» es un término que se ha usado para describir una amplia gama de comportamientos y actitudes humanas, desde la misericordia hasta la piedad y la caridad. En este libro Osho examina la naturaleza de la compasión desde una perspectiva radicalmente distinta. Nos señala que la «pasión» se encuentra en la raíz de la palabra, y procede a examinar las hipótesis sobre el verdadero significado de aquel término. Muchos supuestos actos de compasión, dice él, están teñidos de un sutil sentimiento de autoimportancia o deseo de reconocimiento. Otros se sustentan no en el deseo de ayudar a los demás sino en el de obligarles a cambiar. Utilizando historias de la vida de Jesús, de Buda y del mundo del zen, Osho muestra cómo surge de nuestro interior el camino hacia la auténtica compasión, empezando por una profunda aceptación y amor por uno mismo. Solo entonces, dice Osho, puede florecer la compasión y convertirse en una fuerza sanadora, arraigadaen la aceptación incondicional del otro tal y como es.
EMOTIONS
by Osho Osho International FoundationStrong emotions that we don't know how to handle effectively lie at the core of so many difficulties in the life of the individual. They can affect our relationships with loved ones, and how we function in our work. They play a profound role in how we feel about ourselves, and can even affect our physical health. And we are too often trapped in the dilemma of "expression" versus "repression." Expressing our emotions can often hurt others, but by repressing them - even in the benevolent guise of "self-control" - we risk hurting ourselves.Osho offers a third alternative, which is to understand the roots of our emotions and to develop the knack of watching them and learning from them as they arise, rather than being "taken over" by them. Eventually we find that even the most challenging and difficult situations no longer have the power to provoke us and cause us pain.Osho's unique insight into the workings of the mind, the heart, and the essence or "being" of the individual goes far beyond the understandings of conventional psychology. Over more than three decades of work with people from all walks of life, he has developed simple techniques and insights to help modern-day men and women to rediscover their own inner silence and wisdom.
The Fear of Intimacy
by Osho Osho International FoundationIntimacy generally refers to the feeling of being in a close personal association and belonging together. Everybody is afraid of intimacy. It is another thing whether we are aware of it or not. Intimacy means exposing yourself before a stranger. We are all strangers -- nobody knows anybody. We are even strangers to ourselves, because we don't know who we are.This talk by Osho is an invitation to discover who you are.
Hypnosis in the Service of Meditation
by Osho Osho International FoundationCan hypnosis support meditation? This is the focus and question of this Osho Talk.Osho speaks about a time when hypnosis was a recognized door towards meditation. In the Middle Ages hypnosis was condemned alongside witchcraft. That condemnation still lingers on. Osho speaks here about hypnosis as a very helpful tool to enter into meditation. he discusses hypnosis and self-hypnosis as useful tools, combined with modern audio recording technology to support the process.
Next Time You Feel Angry...
by Osho Osho International FoundationThis small eBook deals with human emotions, specifically here with 'anger'.This first book in a new series of 'OSHO SOLUTIONS" consists of a single talk by Osho and uses a Zen story as a teaching tool to deepen the readers understanding how to deal with anger. Understanding is totally different approach compared to 'self-help' or 'how-to' models which often try to give outside solutions for an inner problem. Osho brings a clarity to this issue and helps your own inner understanding to solve problems.
Next Time You Feel Suicidal
by Osho Osho International FoundationBased in a deep understanding Osho responds to a very personal question related to issues of suicide. "In this neurotic world, if you are sane, sensitive, intelligent, either you have to go mad, or you have to commit suicide - or you have to become a meditator, a seeker." This new book from the series "OSHO Solutions" is a sample how difficult appearing issues which usually create a kind of helplessness in people can be turned around to an incredible opportunity for personal growth.
Superficially Civilized
by Osho Osho International FoundationOsho describes humanity as "superficially civilized'. Underneath of our so-called civilization we are still animals but our cultures cannot accept this fact.This Osho talk is about about unconsciousness, repression and expression of emotions. In responding to two personal questions Osho describes unconsciousness as the basement of our minds in which many things are buried which find expression through your conscious. Like, millions of people watch boxing or football matches and their enjoyment is the expression of hidden violence.
Why Is Communication So Difficult, Particularly Between Lovers?
by Osho Osho International FoundationIn the OSHO Singles series of selected talks, Osho addresses major questions and issues of our daily life. With depth and his usual humor we get a chance to look at an issue from a new perspective. Communication between lovers is an issue almost everybody has to deal with and Osho gives a very unique insight to this question:"Communication as such is difficult. Of course it is more difficult between lovers. But first you have to understand the general difficulty of communication. Each mind has been conditioned by different parents, different teachers, different priests, and different politicians...and when two minds try to communicate, as far as the ordinary mundane things are concerned, there is no difficulty. But the moment they start moving beyond things into the world of concepts, communication starts becoming more and more difficult."
Why Is Love So Painful?
by Osho Osho International FoundationOsho describes love as transformation. It is painful because it transforms and transformation is going to be painful because the old has to be left for the new. While the old is familiar, secure, safe, the new is absolutely unknown. With love we will be moving in an uncharted ocean.
You Are in Prison and You Think You Are Free
by Osho Osho International FoundationThis book is about the starting point of all personal and spiritual growth, the realization of your own reality.Osho introduces George Gurdjieff, one of the most significant masters of this age. He used to say, "You are in prison." If you wish to get out of prison - the first thing you must do is realize that you are in prison... or you are the prison. Osho emphasizes this as something to be always remembered as one of the first principles for any seeker of truth.From a series of OSHO Talks titled: The Invitation. This OSHO Talk is complete in itself. Recorded at the Osho International Meditation Resort, Pune, India. The series The Invitation is available in audio format.
Theory and Practice of Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy
by Ferruccio Osimo Mark J. SteinThis book provides an introduction to and history of the experiential dynamic therapies (EDT) including the ground-breaking Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) of Habib Davanloo and its subsequent development. It also describes the essential ingredients of EDT.
Generation Text: Raising Well-Adjusted Kids in an Age of Instant Everything
by Michael OsitThanks to technological advances, children face a world markedly more complex--and distracting--than that of any other preceding generation. "Generation Text" examines why and how this phenomenon shapes children's values, and provides strategies for coping with these challenges.
The Tool Instinct
by François OsiurakHumans use countless tools and are constantly creating new ones. We are so prone to materiality that the changes we implement in our environment could put our very survival at stake. It has therefore become necessary to question the cognitive origins of this materiality. The Tool Instinct examines this subject by diametrically setting aside the idea that tool use is limited to manual activity. It proposes an original perspective that surpasses a great number of false beliefs regarding the relationship between humans and tools. The author argues that the human tendency to create and use tools relies on our ability (one that may be unique to our species) to generate our own physical problems, thereby resulting in a reasoning that is directed towards our physical world.
Reducing Prejudice and Discrimination (Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology Series)
by Stuart OskampFinding ways to reduce prejudice and discrimination is the central issue in attacking racism in our society. Yet this book is almost unique among scientific volumes in its focus on that goal. This important book combines critical analysis of theories about how to reduce prejudice and discrimination with cutting-edge empirical research conducted in real-world settings, as well as in controlled laboratory situations. This book's outstanding contributors focus on a common set of questions about ways to reduce intergroup conflict, prejudice, and stereotyping. They summarize their own research, as well as others, interpret the conclusions, and suggest implications concerning the practical methods that have been, or could be, used in programs aimed at reducing intergroup conflict. The chapters present solidly based critical analyses and research findings in clear, reader-friendly prose. This book evolved from the Sixteenth Annual Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology. Each Symposium in the series concentrates on a single area in which social psychological knowledge is being applied to the resolution of a current social problem. Ideal for teachers, social workers, administrators, managers, and other social practitioners who are concerned about prejudice and discrimination, this book will also serve as a valuable foundation of knowledge in courses that examine this topic.
Attitudes and Opinions
by Stuart Oskamp P. Wesley SchultzNotable advances resulting from new research findings, measurement approaches, widespread uses of the Internet, and increasingly sophisticated approaches to sampling and polling, have stimulated a new generation of attitude scholars. This extensively revised edition captures this excitement, while remaining grounded in scholarly research.Attitudes and Opinions, 3/e maintains one of the main goals of the original edition--breadth of coverage. The book thoroughly reviews both implicit and explicit measures of attitudes, the structure and function of attitudes, the nature of public opinion and polling, attitude formation, communication of attitudes and opinions, and the relationship between attitudes and behaviors, as well as theories and research on attitude change. Over 2,000 references support the book's scientific integrity. The authors' second goal is to demonstrate the relevance of the topic to people's lives. Subsequently, the second part of the book examines many of the topics and research findings that are salient in the world today--political and international attitudes (including terrorism), voting behavior, racism and prejudice, sexism and gender roles, and environmental attitudes.This thoroughly revised new edition features: *an entirely new chapter on implicit measures attitudes;*a new chapter on environmental attitudes;*updated opinion poll data throughout the book;*additional material on time trends in attitudes about many issues; and*expanded, updated sections on international attitudes reflecting the events of 9/11 and the subsequent invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.Attitudes and Opinions' broad and interdisciplinary perspective makes this an ideal text in courses on attitudes, public opinion, survey research, or persuasion, taught in a variety of departments including psychology, communication, marketing, sociology, and political science.
Fear, Weakness and Power in the Post-Soviet South Caucasus
by Kevork OskanianThis book provides a detailed, multi-level analysis of international security in the South Caucasus and considers whether this region of the former Soviet Union, with several as yet unresolved, 'frozen' separatist conflicts, can move towards a more peaceable future. Using three concepts from Regional Security Complex Theory, amity/enmity, state incoherence and great power penetration, Oskanian forms a unique conceptual expansion of the theory, providing a comprehensive examination of both material conditions and discourses of insecurity. Applying this expanded framework onto a region of considerable complexity and conflict, the book considers the hostility between the South Caucasian states, the fissures underlying their secessionist conflicts, and the regional involvement of great powers, outlining the broader narratives that pervade societies in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The book also assesses the emergence of a security regime in the Southern Caucasus and offers a critical-prescriptive assessment of policy implications for both regional and extra-regional actors concerned with improved regional stability.
Succeeding as a Student in the STEM Fields with an Invisible Disability: A College Handbook for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Students with Autism, ADD, Affective Disorders, or Learning Difficulties and their Families
by Christy OslundThe STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) attract many students with autism, ADD, affective disorders and related invisible disabilities who are highly intelligent and analytical, but who, upon entering higher education, may find that they struggle with independent living and a different way of learning. This is a preparation guide for students and their families that explains everything they need to know about the university experience including classroom behavior, study skills, self-reliance, accessing support services, and when parents should and shouldn't get involved. Offering practical advice and strategies, this is a useful handbook that students can refer to again and again throughout their college years guiding them on their paths to becoming the inventors, scientists, engineers, and computer entrepreneurs of the future.
Mental and Emotional Healing Through Yoga: A Guiding Framework for Therapists and their Clients
by Ghada OsmanMental and Emotional Healing Through Yoga combines key research on the intersection of yoga and mental health with a client-centered, step-by-step framework that can be applied to a range of complex mental and emotional disorders. The book guides readers through the initial intake of the first client session and the development of subsequent sessions, providing case examples from the author’s practice to show how yoga’s mind-body connection facilitates recuperation and healing. While well-grounded in research and case studies, the book is also highly readable, making it accessible to professionals such as psychotherapists and yoga therapists, as well as individuals and families struggling with mental health issues.