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Rick's Recommended Reading List
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| Below is a list of books that you might find helpful. Soulful Living Edited by Rick and Mary NurrieStearns A compilation of the most moving articles on Personal Transformation. Tao Te Ching Stephen Mitchell Excellent. Crest-Jewel of Discrimination Shankara’s (Translated by Christopher Isherwood) An excellent exposition of Non-Dual Vedanta Philosophy. How to Know God The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali (Translated by Christopher Isherwood) The Light Inside the Dark John Tarrant Excellent work. A mature blending of Jung and Zen. Spacecruiser Inquiry A.H. Almaas Almaas works are solid and very useful. Spacecrusier is especially helpful for learning spiritual inquiry. Narcissism and Character Transformation By Nathan Schwartz-Salant Excellent psychological study of narcissism and transformation. The Ego and the Dynamic Ground Michael Washburn A good academic study of consciousness. The Grace in Dying Kathleen Dowling Singh She is a hospice worker who has studied transformation. Excellent! Weaves together Michael Wasburn and Ken Wilber shows step by step the stages of transformation and how it relates to the death process. Who Is My Self Ayya Khema A step by step guide to original Buddhist meditation from a woman who knows what she is talking about. Bhagavad Gita Stephen Mitchell Excellent Song of Myself Walt Whitman Edited by Stephen Mitchell Whitman’s experience of unity consciousness. As It Is Tony Parsons Simply said and a very easy read, living an awakened life. A New Earth Eckhart Tolle A helpful resource for understanding the workings of ego. The Experience of No-Self Bernadette Roberts A Christian perspective of no-self. This is biographical from a past Catholic nun. Collision With the Infinite Suzanne Segal A biographical and an easy read of this woman’s falling into nothingness and later becoming a teacher. The Zen Teachings of Master Lin-Chi A good introduction to Zen. The Prophet Kahlil Gibran Excellent! The Yoga Tradition Georg Feuerstein A thoroughly researched encyclopedia of yoga and consciousness. The Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion Covers Buddhism, Taoism, Zen and Hinduism. |
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