Tierra, mar y aire

Un informe de primera mano de los años que Michael Krohnen pasó al servicio de Krishnamurti. Este retrato biográfico corrige la insidiosa inclinación de convertir a Krishnamurti en un icono. Las descripciones y citas tomadas de las conversaciones informales que mantenía el maestro durante la comida contribuyen a una lectura tan placentera como seria. Se trasluce en estas páginas la esencia de las enseñanzas de Krishnamurti.

Las hijas de Juan shatters the silence surrounding experiences of incest within a working-class Mexican American family. Both a feminist memoir and a hopeful meditation on healing, it is Josie Méndez-Negrete’s story of how she and her siblings and mother survived years of violence and sexual abuse at the hands of her father. Méndez-Negrete was born in Mexico, in the state of Zacatecas. She recalls a joyous childhood growing up in the midst of Tabasco, a vibrant town filled with extended family. Her father, though, had dreams of acquiring wealth in el norte. He worked sun-up to sun-down in ...

Persona advocates a new morality; an ethics of rational self-interest that stands in complete opposition to the political, social and religious attitudes of our day. My unique philosophy of objectivism is the underlying theme of the book; the basic tenets of a new ethos that challenges the accepted standards of our age. The psychological experience of a journey through innocence to learning; through normality and abnormality and emotional encounters in the quest for inner enlightenment.

Más que un simple anecdotario o biografía, ésta es una historia profunda y honesta, que revela el espíritu de Felipe Cubillos, un hombre excepcional que anheló trascender y que forjó su propio destino en favor de cumplir un objetivo siempre vinculado a su compromiso con Chile.