Live life with greater consciousness, responsibility and freedom via 12 games that guide the reader in his or her value choices.
Includes 28 full-color Value Cards.
Title: Values: The Guiding Stars by
which We Navigate Our Lives
Seeking Guidance & Direction from
Value Cards
Author: Earnest L. Tan
Foreword by: Dr. Lourdes R. Quisumbing
Published by: Spiritus Works Publication, Quezon City, Philippines. 1996, 1st edition; 2001, revised edition
No. of pages: 112
Book size in inches: 7 x 9
Category: Non-fiction inspirational
Table of Contents
Acknowledgment
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1: Discerning
Values in Our Lives
Chapter 2: Introducing the
Value Cards
The Earth Cards
Value: Wonder
Value: Fate
Value: Self-Preservation
Value: Pleasure
Value: Physical Affection
Value: Monetary Profit
Value: Security
The Air Cards
Value: Self-Worth
Value: Belonging
Value: Duty/Obligation
Value: Achievement/Success
Value: Tradition
Value: Patriotism
Value: Religious Faith
The Fire Cards
Value: Aesthetics
Value: Health
Value: Intimacy
Value: Human Dignity
Value: Independence
Value: Self-Actualization
Value: Service Vocation
The Water Cards
Value: Sense of Community
Value: Interdependence
Value: Building A New
World
Value: Just Social Order
Value: Truth and Wisdom
Value: Transcendence
Value: Harmony
Chapter 3: Playing the
Value Cards
Game 1: Stinger
Game 2: Hands Down
Game 3: Let's Play Indians
Game 4: Value Auction
Game 5: Guess the Value
Game 6: Brainstorm
Game 7: Celebrity
Interviews
Game 8: Character Sketches
Game 9: Character
Dialogues
Game 10: Value Solitaire
Game 11: Value
Affirmations
Game 12: Seeking Divine
Guidance through
Value Cards
Variation 1--One Card
Technique
Variation 2--Past, Present
& Future Spread
Variation 3--The Cross
Spread
Description
Twelve games, from the entertaining to the divinely-inspired, have been specifically designed to help you achieve inspiration.
Following an innovative approach centered on the use of 28 Value Cards as tools, you will discover how you can live life with greater consciousness, responsibility and freedom as you reflect on and choose the values to guide you in your career, relationships and other life issues.
If you can try various ways and means for seeking guidance in your life's direction, why not turn to that which is basic, readily discernible and most directly relevant to you--your own values.
(Includes 28 full-color Value Cards.)
By recalling the basic elements of earth, air, fire and water, and relating these to clusters of values, Earnest reminds us of the primordial nature of values. Indeed, values are as fundamental to our human existence as life itself. And they can teach us so much about ourselves, if we would only take the time to reflect on our daily experiences.-- foreword, Dr. Quisumbing
Quotes
"...we are not called to observe life, but to live it."
"These two terms--values and virtues--have been frequently used interchangeably. This is erroneous. Virtues refers to religious, moral and spiritual values only. Values is a more generic and broader term. Therefore, Virtues are classified under Values."
"Sexual pleasure is beautiful. This is why God gave this wondrous gift to us. Moral sense, however, tells us that this value should not stand on its own. While it can give us momentary joy, it can be empty in the long run when taken outside the context of love and commitment. When expressed in a deep loving relationship, sexual pleasure becomes more meaningful and beautiful. Thus, there is the slogan, "True love waits."
"Love rules the values in the water element. Our capacity to love flows spontaneously when we allow all our negative emotions to surface and be expressed fully, thus pave the way for their cleansing. As our body is a system, too, it cannot function at its utmost spiritual potential when we hold down and clog all our negative energies within. Only when we bring them to light and heal them can we emerge freely and fully."