SELF-IMPROVEMENT BOOKS

Dr. MacHovec created and conducted self-improvement workshops and training programs for 30 years throughout the United States and Canada. These books are a distillation of those programs:

Syzygy is a personality theory of three basic forces in nature and human nature: Stasis (S), secure stable base, Reactivity (R) energizing and motivating, and Transcending Tao (T). Its name is from astronomy when several stars or planets seen from a distance seem one. Syzygy embraces all other theories, all arts and sciences, hence a unified theory.  www.lulu.com

 

Divine Spark, spiritual intelligence (SI) in you and the universe describes SI, a universal inherent personality trait in everyone.  It explains the striking similarities in the teachings of Moses, Buddha, Jesus, Muhammad and other spiritual leaders and how an atheist can be spiritual. Includes many self-help exercises and brief “sparks” from world literature.  www.lulu.com

 Humor: what's funny. The psychology of humor, a delightful romp through the world of humor, the theories, many examples, and ways to enrich your sense of humor.  www.lulu.com

Lead and Manage: Four Cornerstones is an ideal self-help or group training manual based on the three basic questions (above) with added material on managing meetings, evaluating people and programs, and preventing workplace violence, and 94 self-help exercises. www.lulu.com

During the Korean War (ca 1950), Dr. MacHovec was called to active duty from college to serve with the U.S. Marines.  To better understand the enemy he might face he began a study of Buddhism and developed a lifelong interest in Asian thought.  More a system of personal development, he used the concepts in treating the mentally ill.

 Buddha, Tao, Zen: Mystic triad describes the original teachings of Buddha that became Theravada or Hinayana Buddhism, “the first turning of the Dharma wheel,” the Taoism from China that blended with Buddhism to enrich Zen Buddhism and became part of Mahayana Buddhism “the second turning of the Dharma wheel.” www.lulu.com

Light from the East, a gathering of Asian wisdom, a concise 1-volume review of classic Asian wisdom sources from Hinduism to Buddha’s original Four Noble Truths and 8-fold  Path to Mahayana variations such as Zen Buddhism, China’s I Ching, Book of Tao, and Analects of K’ung FuTse (Confucius), Tibetan Book of the Dead, Feng Shui, and Japan’s Shinto, Musashi’s Rings, and Kakuan’s Bull.  Stone Bridge Press.             www.lulu.com.

• Click here to see a review of Light from the East from the Japan Times, April 30, 2006
   (in PDF format).

POCKET SERIES

Pocket Buddha, his Four Noble truths and Noble 8-fold Path.

Pocket Tao, the 81 sutras (strands of thought) of LaoTse, the 2500-year-old  nature philosophy of China.

Pocket I Ching, the 64 hexagrams of what may be the world’s oldest self-help  manual.  All of the above are from www.lulu.com

BOOKS ON SPECIAL TOPICS

Private Investigation, and Security Science: A Scientific Approach presents private investigation in all its many variations as a timely security service, but also in the context of applied science. Charles C. Thomas Publishers

BOOK LIST

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