Flynn S Log 5 Quest For Zen

Author : Stone Marshall
Publisher : Stone Marshall Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Flynn's Log 5: Quest for Zen by Stone Marshall Pdf

Alone in his digital world, Flynn searches for a way to forget what he’s lost. His friends trapped in the “old world,” Flynn is alive in Invivitas! But whose side is he on? While Zana is in the physical world trying to force all humans to enter Invivitas, Flynn is living in the digital world and runs into new trouble. Can his friends save Flynn? Will he survive or will he encounter digital death? About the Flynn's Log series: In the near future, video games begin to change and evolve. Random bits of data evolve to create a virtual intelligence that takes over the digital world. A digital crisis is born, bringing the real world to a halt. The only person who can save the world is Flynn, but he needs help from his friends, the Hackers.

Author : Kaoru Nonomura
Publisher : Kodansha USA
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9784770050076

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Eat Sleep Sit by Kaoru Nonomura Pdf

At the age of thirty, Kaoru Nonomura left his family, his girlfriend, and his job as a designer to undertake a year of ascetic training at Eiheiji, one of the most rigorous Zen training temples in Japan. This book is Nonomura's account of his experiences. He skillfully describes every aspect of training, including how to meditate, how to eat, how to wash, and even how to use the toilet, in a way that is easy to understand even for readers with no knowledge of Zen Buddhism. This first-person account also describes Nonomura's struggles in the face of beatings, hunger, exhaustion, fear, and loneliness, the comfort he draws from his friendships with the other trainees, and his quiet determination to give his life spiritual meaning. After writing Eat Sleep Sit, Kaoru Nonomura returned to his normal life as a designer, but his book has maintained its popularity in Japan, selling more than 100,000 copies since its first printing in 1996. Beautifully written, and a fascinating insight into a lifestyle of hardships that few people could endure, this is a book that will appeal to all those with an interest in Zen Buddhism and to anyone with an interest in the quest for spiritual growth.

Author : Julian Jaynes
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2000-08-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780547527543

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The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes Pdf

National Book Award Finalist: “This man’s ideas may be the most influential, not to say controversial, of the second half of the twentieth century.”—Columbus Dispatch At the heart of this classic, seminal book is Julian Jaynes's still-controversial thesis that human consciousness did not begin far back in animal evolution but instead is a learned process that came about only three thousand years ago and is still developing. The implications of this revolutionary scientific paradigm extend into virtually every aspect of our psychology, our history and culture, our religion—and indeed our future. “Don’t be put off by the academic title of Julian Jaynes’s The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind. Its prose is always lucid and often lyrical…he unfolds his case with the utmost intellectual rigor.”—The New York Times “When Julian Jaynes . . . speculates that until late in the twentieth millennium BC men had no consciousness but were automatically obeying the voices of the gods, we are astounded but compelled to follow this remarkable thesis.”—John Updike, The New Yorker “He is as startling as Freud was in The Interpretation of Dreams, and Jaynes is equally as adept at forcing a new view of known human behavior.”—American Journal of Psychiatry

Author : Stone Marshall
Publisher : Stone Marshall Publishing
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Flynn's Log 4: Offline by Stone Marshall Pdf

Trapped in a Digital World! Flynn is in two places at once! His intelligence is trapped in the game, unable to contact the real world. At the same time, Zana, the digital intelligence from the game, is using Flynn's body to carry out her plan to convert everyone in the real world to digital intelligence: the ultimate form of life. Elle is in the real world facing real danger! Elle needs to stop Zana, but she is on her own and must make a decision that will impact her friends forever. About the Flynn's Log series: In the near future, video games begin to change and evolve. Random bits of data evolve to create a virtual intelligence that takes over the digital world. A digital crisis is born, bringing the real world to a halt. The only person who can save the world is Flynn, but he needs help from his friends, the Hackers.

Author : Stone Marshall
Publisher : Stone Marshall Publishing
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Flynn's Log 3: The Ultimate Form of Life by Stone Marshall Pdf

FLYNN MUST FULFILL HIS DESTINY and connect the digital and physical worlds! Stuck inside the digital game-world, Flynn faces a true crisis; what is real? Is his ultra-digital body more real than his physical body? What would it be like to stay in the digital world forever? Flynn’s journey continues with his friends, but his true struggle is internal. He’s forgotten what it’s like to be physical. Will Flynn stay in the digital world or will he return to his physical body? What would you do? “Best book in the series! I thought it would be the end, but there is still another.” -Steveatron “Definitely a good book. I can’t wait for the next one.” -Kyle T Kisebach “I’m so excited for the next one! Can’t believe Flynn would do such a stupid thing at the end…” -Tanya Hagiwara

Author : Kodo Sawaki
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781640093782

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Discovering the True Self by Kodo Sawaki Pdf

In easy-to-understand language, a 20th-century Zen master explains profound teachings from Zen Buddhism, offering an essential resource for anyone interested in Zen meditation. “You can’t see your true Self. [But] you can become it. Becoming your true Self is zazen.” Having come of age as an orphan in the slums of Tsu City, Japan, Kodo Sawaki had to fight his way to adulthood, and became one of the most respected Zen masters of the 20th century. He had a great understanding of Dogen Zenji’s teaching and he knew how to express Dogen’s philosophy in clear, easily–understood language. Sawaki’s primary mission was to bring all people to an awareness of the Self, which he believed came through Zen meditation. His humor and straightforward talk garnered Sawaki followers from all walks of life. Though he remained poor by choice, he was rich in spirit. Two of his students who became known in America as well as in Japan were Kosho Uchiyama, abbot of Antaiji Temple and author of Opening The Hand of Thought, and Gudo Nishijima, Zen teacher and translator of Dogen’s Shobogenzo. A student of Kosho Uchiyama, Arthur Braverman has compiled an anthology of Sawaki’s writings and a garland of sayings gathered from throughout his lifetime. One of a few collections of Sawaki’s teachings published in English, his life and work bracket the most intriguing and influential period of modern Zen practice in Japan and America.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2001-05-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0824824407

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Letting Go by Anonim Pdf

Of the many eccentric figures in Japanese Zen, the Soto Zen master Tosui Unkei (d. 1683) is surely among the most colorful and extreme. Variously compared to Ryokan and Francis of Assisi, Tosui has been called "the original hippie." After many grueling years of Zen study and the sanction of a distinguished teacher, Tosui abandoned the religious establishment and became a drifter. The arresting details of Tosui's life were recorded in the Tribute (Tosui osho densan), a lively and colloquial account written by the celebrated scholar and Soto Zen master Menzan Zuiho. Menzan concentrates on Tosui's years as a beggar and laborer, recounting episodes from an unorthodox life while at the same time opening a new window on seventeenth-century Japan. The Tribute is translated here for the first time, accompanied by woodblock prints commissioned for the original 1768 edition. Peter Haskel's introduction places Tosui in the context of the Japanese Zen of his period--a time when the identities of early modern Zen schools were still being formed and a period of spiritual crisis for many distinguished monks who believed that the authentic Zen transmission had long ceased to exist. A biographical addendum offers a detailed overview of Tosui's life in light of surviving premodern sources.

Author : Jeff Silverman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Baseball
ISBN : 158574364X

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The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told by Jeff Silverman Pdf

Twenty-seven essays, profiles, and stories about America's pastime.

Author : Krysten Ritter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781524759841

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Bonfire by Krysten Ritter Pdf

Successful environmental lawyer Abby Williams is forced to confront her small-town past while investigating a high-profile corruption case back home.

Author : Brian Luke Seaward
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
Page : 665 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781284283150

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Managing Stress: Skills for Anxiety Reduction, Self-Care, and Personal Resiliency by Brian Luke Seaward Pdf

"Managing Stress provides a comprehensive approach to stress management, honoring the balance and harmony of the mind, body, spirit, and emotions. Referred to as the "authority on stress management" by students and professionals, this book equips students with the tools needed to identify and manage stress while teaching them how to strive for health and balance. The holistic approach gently guides the reader to greater levels of mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being by emphasizing the importance of mind-body-spirit unity"--

Author : Stone Marshall
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 1505898048

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Flynn's Log 1 by Stone Marshall Pdf

If you lived in Minecraft, would you survive? Follow Flynn on a journey through Minecraft filled with trouble and danger as he battles spiders, skeletons, zombies, and creepers. A Graves Flynn's memory is hazy. He wakes up in a strange world and faces two huge surprises. First, his body has transformed. He is no longer a human. He is a Minecraft character! Second, he is totally alone. Will Flynn survive? How did he get in Minecraft? Can he get out?

Author : Stone Marshall
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11
Category : Adventure stories
ISBN : 1503101835

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Flynn's Log 2 by Stone Marshall Pdf

STUCK IN A VIDEO GAME and facing certain death, Flynn takes his only option. He steps through a portal. . .The second book in the series, Flynn's Log 2: Thorn's Lair, finds Flynn on the other side of the portal.Flynn and friends travel into a terrifying place and face never before seen masses of mobs! Flynn discovers why he is in the game and learns how to exit, but it will not be easy.To fulfill his destiny he must make a dangerous journey. With the help of his friends both digital and physical, will Flynn get out?About the Flynn's Log series: In the near future, video games begin to change and evolve. Random bits of data create a virtual intelligence that takes over the digital world. A digital crisis is born, bringing the real world to a halt. The only person who can save the world is Flynn, but he needs help from his friends, the Hackers."Very thrilling idea and plot." -Michelle Au"One of the best books since the 'The Lost Hero'. With one-liners, cliff hangers, and a super-intelligent ultra spider" -Tayo Fafunwa"My son really enjoys this series so far, keeps him reading every day! After he finished this book he was even interested in reading other subjects because he felt more confident to read a chapter book." -Montana Mom

Author : David Schiller
Publisher : Workman Publishing
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1994-01-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780761164364

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The Little Zen Companion by David Schiller Pdf

While it seeks neither to define Zen nor answer its most famous koan (a riddle unanswerable by conventional thinking, in this case the sound of one hand clapping), this bestselling little book with 437,000 copies in print possesses a maverick Zen spirit that points to a different way of looking at the world. With each page featuring a quote, phrase, story, koan, haiku, or poem, Zen Companion combines the feeling and format of a meditation book with 2,500 years of wisdom-from Lao-tzu and Groucho Marx, William Carlos Williams and The Little Prince, D. T. Suzuki and Walker Percy, the Buddha and the Bible, Einstein and Gertrude Stein. It's a celebration of intuition: "If a man wishes to be sure of the road he treads on, he must close his eyes and walk in the dark"-St. John the Cross. Individuality: "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought."-Basho. Uncomplicated nature: "Among twenty snowy mountains/The only moving thing/Was the eye of the blackbird."-Wallace Stevens. Childlike spontaneity: "Goodnight stars. Goodnight air."-Margaret Wise Brown. Irreverent paradox: "Wakuan complained when he saw a picture of bearded Bodhidharma: 'Why hasn't that fellow a beard?'" And above all, the simple pleasure of life lived in the moment. "Chop wood, carry water."

Author : Flynn Coleman
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781640094284

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A Human Algorithm by Flynn Coleman Pdf

A groundbreaking narrative on the urgency of ethically designed AI and a guidebook to reimagining life in the era of intelligent technology. The Age of Intelligent Machines is upon us, and we are at a reflection point. The proliferation of fast–moving technologies, including forms of artificial intelligence akin to a new species, will cause us to confront profound questions about ourselves. The era of human intellectual superiority is ending, and we need to plan for this monumental shift. A Human Algorithm: How Artificial Intelligence Is Redefining Who We Are examines the immense impact intelligent technology will have on humanity. These machines, while challenging our personal beliefs and our socioeconomic world order, also have the potential to transform our health and well–being, alleviate poverty and suffering, and reveal the mysteries of intelligence and consciousness. International human rights attorney Flynn Coleman deftly argues that it is critical that we instill values, ethics, and morals into our robots, algorithms, and other forms of AI. Equally important, we need to develop and implement laws, policies, and oversight mechanisms to protect us from tech’s insidious threats. To realize AI’s transcendent potential, Coleman advocates for inviting a diverse group of voices to participate in designing our intelligent machines and using our moral imagination to ensure that human rights, empathy, and equity are core principles of emerging technologies. Ultimately, A Human Algorithm is a clarion call for building a more humane future and moving conscientiously into a new frontier of our own design. “[Coleman] argues that the algorithms of machine learning––if they are instilled with human ethics and values––could bring about a new era of enlightenment.” —San Francisco Chronicle

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1072 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : English imprints
ISBN : PSU:000014210747

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International Books in Print by Anonim Pdf