![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Teresa explains this in the Fourth Mansions. This section includes several posts on the Prayer of Quiet. Illuminative Prayer: Through illuminative prayer God enlightens our will and understanding.We can separate mystical prayer into two categories: Teresa writes about this in Mansions four through seven. Mystical Prayer: God drives the activity in mystical prayer.The first three Mansions of the Interior Castle cover this material. Ascetic Prayer: In ascetic prayer we initiate interaction with God through vocal prayer and meditation.The Interior Castle is about Prayer. Prayer can be separated into two categories: Teresa explains the difference between the Unitive Prayer of the Fifth Mansions and the Unitive Prayer of the Seventh Mansions. We’re in the Seventh Mansions of the Interior Castle. ![]() Here all three Persons (of the Trinity) communicate themselves to it, speak to it, and explain those words of the Lord in the Gospel: that he and the Father and the Holy Spirit will come to dwell with the soul that loves him and keeps his commandments.” (Teresa of Avila) They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love me and those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them. Teresa of Avila: Seventh Mansions: Chapter One ![]()
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![]() ![]() He writes, with nail-biting fluidity, about a potentially catastrophic mistake he himself made as a young surgical resident (he masks some details, presumably to protect himself from liability). Professional humility is the starting point for many of Gawande's examples. ![]() He's also published a number of times in the New Yorker (try here and here), as well as the New England Journal of Medicine, where he published an influential article about casualty rates in the ongoing Iraq war. In 2003, Gawande was invited to do the commencement address at the Yale School of Medicine, which is a pretty remarkable honor for a young doctor. It's fitting that Malcolm Gladwell has a blurb on the back of the book, since Gladwell's detail-oriented, problem-solving method closely resesmbles Gawande's in many ways.Ĭomplications has been a success - it was a National Book Award Finalist. Gawande's overarching interest is in what can be done to improve and reform the practice of medicine from within. It's built on extensive research and interviews as well as Gawande's own experience as a surgeon at Harvard. While I thought I already had a favorite Indian doctor-writer in Abraham Verghese, Gawande gives him a run for his money here.Ĭomplications is essentially a warts-and-all portrait of the field of medicine in the U.S. I recently picked up Atul Gawande's Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science in a bookstore in Philly. ![]() ![]() ![]() The book is written with honesty and passion by a person who worked all his life inside this callous system. It confirms once again that the enemy of development is within. Some Comments about the Book An inspiring tale of what a few good officers can achieve despite the hurdles and red tape of India’s soul killing bureaucracy. The publisher is in no way responsible for any disputes or damages or losses of any kind in any manner there from.ĭedicated to my Parents I am what I am because of them Disclaimer: The views expressed here are solely of the author. Anybody doing so shall face legal action and will be liable for damages. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission in writing from the Publisher. F-2/16, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi-110002 ![]() ![]() ![]() Seth is my favourite, and one is reluctant to reduce a favourite.īoth works are "From the Sketchbook of the Cartoonist 'Seth'", that is, he presents them as informal works. But all of this takes me further and further away from writing about his work, and perhaps that is more than just laziness. Now I really want to re-read George Sprott, which to date I think is his best work. I read that with the intent to review it, but then decided that I needed to review Wimbledon Green first, so I re-read it, and then re-read it again. ![]() Most of what I read comes from the library, but the works of Seth, Chris Ware and Daniel Clowes I buy, read, then plop on a shelf.Ī recent addition to this sleepy collection was Seth's follow-up to Wimbledon Green, titled The Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists. ![]() I am not a big re-reader of novels, and this includes graphic novels, though it really shouldn't. I bought and read this book when it was released over five years ago, but I hadn't read it since. I buy everything he authors 1, and while it isn't all equal, I always enjoy it deeply. Full disclosure: I am a hardcore Seth fan. ![]() |