Kirjahaku

Hornby Island is a northern Gulf Island, which sits within an archipelago, near Vancouver Island on the West Coast of British Columbia, Canada. Less than 12 square miles in size, its unique landscape shelters a population centred on simple life-styles, self-reliance and art. Seeming to sit slightly out of time, its counter cultural atmosphere was somewhat shaped by the shared visions of its settlers during 1960s and 1970s. Despite challenges, these values remain compelling — as our contemporary economic crisis sits within an ecological disaster. Hornby’s characteristic vernacular buildings still embody the wish to turn against rampant consumerism, pollution and political horror — towards handmade houses; food; clothing and contentment. Land Ends was made during Melissa Moore’s various self-styled long-term residencies on the island — exploring her own “feedback between art and nature”. An enchantment by a particular landscape and its mythology is palpable in this sequence of distinctive works. Through a performative practice Moore puts herself in the fundament of the ecologies she finds — nestling into both the island and its communal dreams. Melissa Moore is a London based artist. She studied at the Manchester Metropolitan University then at the Royal College of Art, and is an Associate Lecturer at the University of the Arts London. She has exhibited and published internationally. This new series has so far been shown in Singapore, Italy, Japan and Germany.

Meara and her friends Halloween night doesn't go quite as planned. They set off on an adventure to search for something they have lost. However, what they really find is unexpected. Read to find out where the night takes them.

When Naypo moves to a new town he soon finds out that the other narwhals don't like the way he look and makes fun of him. He meets a new friend named Meara that teaches him he should ignore what the others are saying. Not everyone will like you for who you are but you should always be true to yourself.

Indulge in another one of Naypo's adventures. This story has the fun tale of how Naypo and friends acquire a new gift and what the tru meaning of the holidays are. Stay tuned for our next book about Meara, Naypo's friend.

It is Meara's turn to set off on her own adventure. She wishes to discover that her special talent is. Will she be able to do it in time for the school talent show? With the help of her brother, Obare' she may do just that.

Do you aspire to unlock the innate wisdom within you? The Diamonds Within Us taps the ancient teachings of Tibetan Buddhism and applies them to the modern woes of everyday life. Author Melissa Moore, PhD, brings her three decades of expertise and leadership in Karuna training to her debut book, revealing how to resource yourself and integrate your experiences to live a more empowered life. Inside these pages, you'll learn the basic tenets and practices that empower Karuna graduates to skillfully work with their minds, emotions, and unique style of wisdom. Read on to discover how to: Befriend yourself as you are, and stop trying to be someone you're notAccess the wisdom of emotions and learn how to work with difficult onesEmbody deep listening skills and resource yourself when working with othersAddress long-standing fears and challenges in relationshipsExplore the invisible forces of life and learn to synchronize with the magicThe Diamonds Within Us sparkles with personal experience, accessible practices, and an approach to psychology grounded in brilliant, unconditional health. In sharing her own lifelong journey through the inception and development of Contemplative Psychology, Melissa Moore also passes on the radical experiments incubated at Naropa University and expressed in Karuna Training, experiments now matured and weathered through decades of learning. Both rooted in a strong lineage and sensitive to the demands of our present, this book also gestures toward Contemplative Psychology's future as we face ecological loss, unconscious bias, and cultural fragmentation.-Adam Lobel, PhD The Diamonds Within Us is a rich treasure trove of the exquisite depth of understanding of an embodied meditation practitioner and teacher of the Buddhist] Contemplative Psychology tradition. Dr. Moore's thorough step-by-step elucidations on the skandhas, emptiness, the Buddha Families, and transmutation are a complete transmission of Buddhist psychology and engages readers to mine their own exquisite goodness in the midst of personal and societal confusion. By making friends with ourselves, as Dr. Moore advocates, we see that sparkling neurosis is our diamond in the rough -Janneli Chapin, Assistant Professor, Contemplative Psychotherapy and Buddhist Psychology Program, Naropa University Dr. Moore's excellent book, The Diamonds Within Us, is a crystallization of her many years of work as the creator and primary facilitator of Karuna Training, a program that instructs us how to befriend and love ourselves and practice engaged compassion with others. This book guides us step-by-step in the practice of meditation, revealing how we can embrace the experience of nowness, the timeless moment where we have immediate access to the truth of our experience. The good news is that by following the instructions in this book, we can discover that our minds are workable and that our emotions can provide an operating system to navigate our lives. Dr. Moore's book offers explanations for how to cultivate authenticity in ourselves and how to be of service to others at a time when the world desperately needs compassion.-Ira Rechtshaffer, PhD, author of Mindfulness and Madness: Money, Food, Sex, and the Sacred