From Treasure

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Awakening’s Treasure deals with the basic question: are we awake and can we awaken? Inspiration, irony and humor are woven together in a down-to-earth fashion through verses and dialogs that seek possibilities but don’t assume answers.It’s constantly suggested that only when ego-mind isn’t in full control can answers be found, keys to a treasure we are all destined for.Awakening is depicted not as some future event but an enlivening force pushing us along our destined paths.Our attraction to awakening’s pull is described as what can follow when we begin to suspect we’re under a spell, only dreaming we’re truly awake; a pull that draws us ever closer to discovery of our true Self.The reader will recognize traces of various spiritual traditions, for the intent of this book is to approach the core of experience they all express.

Awakening’s Treasure deals with the basic question: are we awake and can we awaken? Inspiration, irony and humor are woven together in a down-to-earth fashion through verses and dialogs that seek possibilities but don’t assume answers.It’s constantly suggested that only when ego-mind isn’t in full control can answers be found, keys to a treasure we are all destined for.Awakening is depicted not as some future event but an enlivening force pushing us along our destined paths.Our attraction to awakening’s pull is described as what can follow when we begin to suspect we’re under a spell, only dreaming we’re truly awake; a pull that draws us ever closer to discovery of our true Self.The reader will recognize traces of various spiritual traditions, for the intent of this book is to approach the core of experience they all express.

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The story is one that is envisioned by many: a relative, an old woman who has lived in the same home for a lifetime, passes away, her death prompting the inevitable task of sorting through her effects by her surviving family. But in the attic in this particular house, a treasure trove of historic importance is found. Rarely does this become an actuality, but when Helene Elias died, no one could put a price on what she left behind. Helene Elias was born Helene Frank, sister to Otto Frank, and therefore aunt to Anne Frank. Ensconced upstairs in the house she inherited from her mother, and eventually passed on to her son, Buddy Elias, Anne’s cousin and childhood playmate, was the documented legacy of the Frank family: a vast collection of photos, letters, drawings, poems, and postcards preserved throughout decades—a cache of over 6,000 documents in all. Chronicled by Buddy’s wife, Gertrude, and renowned German author Mirjam Pressler, these findings weave an indelible, engaging, and endearing portrait of the family that shaped Anne Frank. They wrote to one another voluminously; recounted summer holidays, and wrote about love and hardships. They reassured one another during the terrible years and waited anxiously for news after the war had ended. Through these letters, they rejoiced in new life, and honored the memories of those they lost.  Anne’s family believed themselves to ordinary members of Germany’s bourgeoisie. That they were wrong is part of history, and we celebrate them here with this extraordinary account.  Insert Authors’ photo: © Jürgen BauerMirjam Pressler is one of Germany’s most beloved authors. She was the German translator of Anne Frank’s diary.    

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A tender collection of endearments for children the world over. All over the world, people express their love for their children through endearments, such as “sweetie pie” or “peanut.” A child might be called little angel, angelito, in Spanish or precious, bao bei, in Chinese or my sweet little moon, mera chanda, in Hindi.Little Treasures offers a wealth of endearments in fourteen languages to share with your own beloved poppet and petit chou.