Publication
Imprint: Eugene, Oregon : O Street Publishing, 2010. Edition: First edition. Responsibility: Mora Fields, illustrations by Molly Aurora Koester. OCLC Number: na. Physical: Text : 1 volume : 92 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Call number
Juv-Fic / Field
ISBN
0979141613 / 9780979141614
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CSS Library Notes
Description: How real is perception? What is our authentic self like? Where do thoughts come from? What does it mean to be present?
Quirky Uncle E and his adventurous niece encounter these and other peculiar questions in this collection of stories for inquiring young minds. -- from back cover
FY2015 /
Quirky Uncle E and his adventurous niece encounter these and other peculiar questions in this collection of stories for inquiring young minds. -- from back cover
FY2015 /
Library's review
Called the Mark Twain of spiritual literature by Joel, our own Mora Fields has written a book of teaching tales called Peculiar Stories. Both plain spoken, absorbing, and layered with depth, these stories delve into such topics as where do thoughts come from, how do we deal with things like
[eating eggplant]...Which Uncle E knows, so I was a little upset that he cooked it when he knew I was coming over.
What don't you like about it? He wanted to know.
Nothing, except it tastes really horrible and terrible, I said.
No it doesn't, it tastes delicious.
That's just your opinion, I told him, real huffy.
And I guess it's just your opinion, too. Just an idea.
Like a conversation at any dinner table with a youngster (or picky eater), so begins a discussion of how the thoughts we collect form our opinions, which leads our heroine along with Uncle E and some classmates on an adventure to build a thought machine. In a few short pages this story touches on where thoughts come from, how to gain some detachment from them, building confidence, making friends, and ends with a completed science project.
Always engaging and never preachy, I highly recommend this book to any age reader.
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emotions, fear and peer pressure, how to experience spaciousness, and the meaning of life. Here are a few bits from a story called Thought Machine . [eating eggplant]...Which Uncle E knows, so I was a little upset that he cooked it when he knew I was coming over.
What don't you like about it? He wanted to know.
Nothing, except it tastes really horrible and terrible, I said.
No it doesn't, it tastes delicious.
That's just your opinion, I told him, real huffy.
And I guess it's just your opinion, too. Just an idea.
Like a conversation at any dinner table with a youngster (or picky eater), so begins a discussion of how the thoughts we collect form our opinions, which leads our heroine along with Uncle E and some classmates on an adventure to build a thought machine. In a few short pages this story touches on where thoughts come from, how to gain some detachment from them, building confidence, making friends, and ends with a completed science project.
Always engaging and never preachy, I highly recommend this book to any age reader.
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Other editions
Peculiar Stories by Mora Fields (Paperback)
Physical description
92 p.; 22 cm
Description
It¿s never too soon to question who we think we are and what we think we know. Peculiar Stories is written from the viewpoint of a 9-year-old girl whose uncle is giving her spiritual teachings through everyday events in her life. Her entertaining reports invite inquiry into the nature of self, thought, meditation, and awareness. The stories are accessible to those of any, or no, religious tradition, in the spirit of teachings from modern mystics like Ramana Maharshi, Eckhart Tolle, Adyashanti and Joel Morwood. The book is suitable for both children and adults.
Language
Original language
English