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In his profound and accessible work, The Art of Serenity: The Path to a Joyful Life in the Best and Worst of Times, Dr. T. Byram Karasu offers us the key to an extraordinary state of mind -- authentic, soulful happiness -- in the face of everything our life has to offer and take away. The door to this state of mind is opened by a combination of soul and spirit. It involves the soul through the love of others, love of work, and the love of community. It involves the spirit through belief in the sacred and belief in transformation. It culminates in the love of and belief in God. Brilliantly synthesizing psychology and spirituality, Dr. Karasu will guide you to explore the deepest yearnings of your heart.   There is no end to the journey to real happiness; there is no best place to start or best time to begin. So where and when to start? 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As many other poets, T. Byram Karasu dares to be just so clear, and no clearer. Thus, Dr. Karasu's Maxims is well suited for this age of Twitter and text messages. He says, Anything that cannot be said in 140 characters (or in 140 seconds) is not particularly worth saying. This book is Dr. Karasu's reflections about loving, working, living, dying, and everything else--his philosophy of life expressed in microstyle.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49635395895569,"sku":"GOR012596239","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49939368083729,"sku":"CIN1442216883VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52476615491857,"sku":"NLS9781442216884","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1442216883.jpg?v=1751337761"},{"product_id":"life-witness-book-t-byram-karasu-md-9780765709875","title":"Life Witness","description":"In Life Witness: Evolution of the Psychotherapist, T. Byram Karasu demonstrates how a young therapist can become an expert clinician by transcending his own school of therapy. Every young therapist attempts to perfect his skills by anchoring onto a single paradigm and becoming an expert technician of that particular school. Within the first five to ten years of practice-the so-called experiential evolution phase-the therapist finds that no single paradigm is suitable for treating all psychopathology. The therapist thus begins to appropriate techniques from other schools of psychotherapy, and by shifting paradigms, synchronizes himself with the patient's mind. It is from this synchronization that all his techniques begin to evolve and an expert clinician can evolve into a master psychotherapist. The therapist who has transcended his school of psychotherapy now must transcend the field of psychotherapy itself. If he wants to address the patient's existential issues as well, the therapist first has to come to terms with those issues himself. After all, the therapist can take the patient only so far as he himself has come. Life Witness demonstrates that this formative evolution phase of a therapist encompasses a broad education in literature, philosophy, and spirituality. Karasu ultimately concludes that therapists must find the meaning and purpose of life before they can cultivate an authentic self and become someone whose presence is itself therapeutic. Once this occurs, all therapeutic messages will naturally emanate from within.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49801531523345,"sku":"CIN0765709872G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52133777441041,"sku":"NLS9780765709875","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0765709872.jpg?v=1751138220"},{"product_id":"gotham-chronicles-book-t-byram-karasu-md-9781442208179","title":"Gotham Chronicles","description":"In a deeply layered psychological narrative, T. 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