“Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy is a major contribution to art therapy literature and practice. Laury Rappaport introduces a contemplative method and philosophy grounded in the body's felt-sense of experience and its innate and largely unrecognized wisdom. This intellectually provocative, yet thoroughly practical text, establishes Rappaport as an emergent leader in the art therapy world and author of a book that every student and art therapist must read in order to appreciate the depth and breadth of our discipline.” WorldArtBookPhilosophyBodyOrderLiteratureFeltLeaderPracticeStudentsDisciplineMajorsAppreciateMethodDepthPracticalsTherapyContributionIntroducingGroundedInnateTherapistsProvocativeBreadthContemplativeArt Therapy Author:Shaun McNiff
“Acedia is a danger to anyone whose work requires great concentration and discipline yet is considered by many to be of little practical value. The world doesn't care if I write another word, and if I am to care, I have to summon all my interior motivation and strength.” IfsWorldWritingLittlesCareMotivationValuesDangerDisciplinePracticalsConcentrationInteriors Author:Kathleen Norris
“Religion is a practical discipline and it's one that we have always done, ever since humanity appeared on the scene when Homo sapiens became Homo sapiens. Sapiens became a human being, our minds very naturally segue into transcendence.” MindHumansDoneHumanityHuman BeingsDisciplineScenePracticalsTranscendenceHomo Sapiens Author:Karen Armstrong
“Religion is a practical discipline and in the 17th century in the West, we turned it onto a head trip. But it's like dancing, or swimming, or driving, which you can't learn by texts. You have to get into the car and learn how to manipulate the vehicle.” CenturyCarDisciplineDancingWestDrivingPracticalsSwimmingVehicleManipulate17th Century Author:Karen Armstrong
“The amount of our endurance is directly proportionate to the clarity of our vision, so the practical application is we need to spend time to develop clarity of vision. What do you want your life to look like five, ten or fifteen years from now? Oftentimes, it's not so much a lack of discipline but a lack of vision.” WantNeedsYearsLooksVisionFiveAmountDisciplineTenPracticalsClarityEnduranceApplicationFifteenEnd TimesSpend TimeFifteen YearsClarity Of Vision Author:Rory Vaden
“The role of metaphysics in relation to other disciplines, whether philosophical or not and including the natural sciences, is thus a foundational role. Lack of clarity in the concepts of metaphysics implies lack of clarity in other disciplines - both theoretical and practical disciplines - employing those concepts or employing concepts that depend on those of metaphysics.” NaturalRolesDependsDisciplineConceptsRelationPhilosophicalIncludingPracticalsClarityMetaphysicsTheoreticalNatural ScienceEmploying Author:Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
“Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they go, but, without the discipline of real life, they remain of the nature of theory only.” RealWisdomSchoolTheoryDisciplineReal LifePracticalsInstruction Book:Character Source: Character
“What is the next step, the practical application? —I will answer that the absolutely vital thing is to consolidate your understanding, to become capable of enjoyment, of living in the present, and of the discipline which this involves. Without this you have nothing to give.” GivingNextUnderstandingAnswersStepsDisciplineCapablePracticalsEnjoymentApplicationLive In The PresentNext Steps Author:Alan Watts