Navigating My Way to Spiritual Freedom is for people who feel restrained in life and are looking to find calm in a stormy world. There are many insights that Lynn shares within each of the 27 chapters as she reveals how she managed to reach spiritual freedom, but the three main questions that Lynn answered in her journey are: 1. What does it take to find spiritual freedom? It takes harmonizing mind, soul, and body with your spirit. 2. What does spiritual freedom give you? It gives you a new peaceful depth in life. 3. How does spiritual freedom affect sharing yourself with others? You become authentic. Harmonized, peaceful, and authentic—who could ask for more! But there is more; by the end of Navigating My Way to Spiritual Freedom you will understand how Lynn achieved all these things, plus ultimately achieved spiritual freedom. You will feel untied and free to become who you are in spirit, which will bring you peace and calms the storm.

This beautiful book: - offers a method of ongoing spiritual examination called "an Examen" step by step.- explains and demonstrates contemplative prayer, including the "Marantha."- teaches an ongoing focus on both attention and intention in spiritual life.- includes the practice of communal prayer as well as individual prayer.- delineates how to use in meditation a famous prayer by St. Ignatius of Loyola, "Take Lord and Receive."- presents a unique daily process "Contemplation to Attain the Love of God."

Picking up on the monastic tradition of creating a "rule of life" that allows for regular space for the practice of spiritual disciplines, Ruth Haley Barton takes you more deeply into understanding seven key spiritual disciplines along with practical ideas for weaving them into everyday life.

"Author Harold Klemp, spiritual leader of Eckankar, shows how to gain true freedom from the limitations upon your heart, mind, and spirit"--

Black women in higher education continue to experience colder institutional climates that devalue their presence. They are relied on to mentor students and expected to commit to service activities that are not rewarded in the tenure process and often lack access to knowledgeable mentors to offer career support. There is a need to move beyond the individual resistance strategies employed by Black women to institutional and policy changes in higher education institutions. Specifically, higher education policymakers and administrators should understand and acknowledge how the race and gender makeup of campuses and departments impact the successes and failures of Black women as they work to recruit and retain Black women graduate students, faculty, and administrators. Black Women Navigating Historically White Higher Education Institutions and the Journey Toward Liberation provides a collection of ethnographies, case studies, narratives, counter-stories, and quantitative descriptions of Black women's intersectional experience learning, teaching, serving, and leading in higher education. This publication also provides an opportunity for Black women to identify the systems that impede their professional growth and development in higher education institutions and articulate how they navigate racist and sexist forces to find their versions of success. Covering a range of topics such as leadership, mental health, and identity, this reference work is ideal for higher education professionals, policymakers, administrators, researchers, scholars, practitioners, academicians, instructors, and students.

The powerful information Clear You Way to Freedom emanates has created a clearing movement. For many of you, the search for your healing and personal freedom has been long. You have read books, studied theories, attended workshops, sought counsel, and prayed for an answer. Looking for an end to what seems to be a never-ending, unexplainable energy has plagued those searching for their healing, leaving them with a feeling of hopelessness. They wonder when their answer will come, when they will feel that divine energy of love and freedom. Clear your Way to Freedom will open you to your own clearing journey. Many modalities have come forth from the holistic and spiritual world to clear the energy from past life patterns, none of which are entirely new. Holistic and spiritual healing has existed throughout many ages, as has clearing. What is energy clearing? It is removing and disconnecting energy from its root source, clearing the energy that no longer serves the person's higher purpose and that interrupts his or her well-being. Understanding where dysfunctional energy comes from, how it seeds, threads and how it affects our lives helps us with the process healing and letting go. Many people spend years on their inner work searching for their healing, be it physical, mental or spiritual, looking for that place of peace. I have found this one additional step of clearing can be a key to finally feeling whole. The chapters in Clear Your Way To Freedom will bring you through my own clearing / healing process and stories of others I have cleared hopefully inspiring you to keep moving forward to claim your whole healing. Read, relate, release

In "Beyond the Grave," Salatiso Mdeni embarks on a deeply personal journey of self-discovery, exploring the rich tapestry of Xhosa tradition, spirituality, and the complexities of ancestral veneration. As the firstborn son, burdened with the weight of cultural expectations after his father's untimely death, Mdeni grapples with questions of duty, legacy, and the evolving nature of cultural identity in a rapidly changing world. Through meticulous research, poignant personal anecdotes, and insightful reflections, Mdeni challenges traditional interpretations of ancestral reverence, offering a fresh perspective that integrates Xhosa spirituality with scientific and biological understanding. This thought-provoking narrative delves into the profound connection between ancestors and descendants, exploring the limitations of confining spirits to physical locations and the liberating power of finding ancestors within oneself. Salatiso Lonwabo Mdeni's journey is a testament to the resilience of cultural heritage, the importance of questioning and adapting traditions, and the enduring power of ancestral wisdom to guide us in the modern world.