Editorial Kairos: 48 books

Written in a didactic but concise and accessible style, this study analyzes, from a theoretical standpoint, how to incorporate the practice of mindfulness as an empowering tool within the framework of emotional intelligence. The book discusses what mindfulness is and its therapeutic effects and also...

Investigating the question of God from the standpoint of a philosopher, sociologist, and historian, the author examines the diverse dimensions of religion. Instead of forming judgments on faith, the book focuses on how mankind represents the superior force known as God. Topics include the historical...

A handbook to a genuine spiritual life, this book explains that the spiritual path-like any other journey-is filled with detours and obstacles that can be avoided through discernment. The author defines this as a quality of open-eyed awareness and honest perception that can turn challenges into opportunity...

The fundamental principle at the heart of all of Jiddu Krishnamurti’s teachings, and the one he expounded in his lectures and writings, was that each person should find for herself the path to her own liberty. In the lectures here gathered, the spiritual teacher delves deeper still into this message,...

Jiddu Krishnamurti nos enseña que, para conseguir la paz en el mundo, cada persona ha de hacer primero las paces consigo misma, ya que ningún camino espiritual, filosofía o ideología política puede guiarnos en esta tarea.Krishnamurti nos muestra que el origen de la guerra y la destrucción del...

No podemos escapar de las relaciones con los demás. En ellas descubrimos quiénes somos, nuestros prejuicios, miedos, depresiones, ansiedades, soledad, dolor. En las relaciones calibramos si existe o no eso que llamamos amor. De la calidad de las relaciones depende la calidad de la propia vida.¿Por...

Asserting that violence of any kind is an affront to the teachings of Jesus, Tolstoy’s nonfiction masterpiece traces the origins of nonviolent resistance to the foundations of Christianity and espouses it as a means to solve both individual and national woes. This impassioned apology of Christian...

Proposing a shift from the materialistic and scientific approach to reality to a multidimensional world view of multiple interconnected realities, this innovative exploration offers a new map of reality. This map is based on the realities long-known and maintained by the world’s great spiritual...

¿Cómo puedo ser la persona que quiero ser cuando estoy atrapado en un trabajo que odio? ¿Cómo es posible "estar presente" en una era de constantes distracciones? ¿Puedo ligar con alguien en un bar y seguir considerándome espiritual? Esta amenísima guía para la vida de aquellos...

A serious and informed analysis of the New Age phenomenon, this definitive study uses the author's personal spiritual journey as the launching point for an exploration of the movement. It explains the three main dimensions of new age philosophy: its Asian influences, psychotherapy, and esoteric aspects....

Arguing that any search for spiritual awakening, enlightenment, or liberation is ultimately futile because it rests on the premise that there is a self that is engaged in the search, this introduction to nondualism posits that the only worthwhile realization is a oneness of all things. Accessible...

Based on the premise that a universal and cumulative wisdom that emphasizes personal transformation forms the basis of our cultural inheritance, this book offers an introduction to the pillars of that universal wisdom. Among its spokespeople, this book highlights figures such as Socrates, Jesus, Gandhi,...

A fascinating Buddhist exploration, this guide presents the most important facets of the Buddhist life, including nine essential concepts: existence, desire, ideas, vacuity, symbolic language, possibility, mediations, nirvana, and the human ideal. Including a glossary of Buddhist terminology, this...

Arguing that, from the very first dictionaries written by Christian missionaries to today's Arabism, Islam has been explained through simple parallels to Christianity that radically distort the prophet Muhammad's view of the world, this book follows a rigorous methodology in order to understand...