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Posted: 7/24/2008 12:44:11 PM | I'm becoming more spiritual and have read a few (and purchased many) books on the subject of spirituality. I'm just wondering if you have any opinions on the books I'm going to mention and also, are there any books that you would recommend?
Celesitine Prophecy: I feel the first 30 pages of this book is worth the ticketed price (the whole 2 dollers worth)...It's about a manuscript that contains 9 insights into human evolution in the spiritual sense. The beginning of this book was great. It explains the history of spiritual evolution, which was really interesting....
Other books I've read are:
The Art of Happiness, The New Earth (audio), Passionate Presence, and The Four Agreements...any thoughts on these would be fantastic....
I'm planning to read the other books I've purchased also but I don't recall the names....however the most revered book on spirituality (based on Amazon) would be I am That. If anyone has read that, what were your opinions?
FInally any books you would recommend?? Thanks... | |
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Posted: 7/24/2008 1:16:21 PM | Oh I read that book...did you read the follow up "Letters to a Christian Nation?"
I also read The Holographic Universe, which was great. | |
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Posted: 7/24/2008 1:25:26 PM | | Yup, read both of them, should be required reading in High School :) | |
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Posted: 7/24/2008 1:47:28 PM | If you're a Christian or into Christianity at all (I came out of a Catholic background, today am agnostic......at best...  ) , I would say nearly anything by Bishop John Shelby Spong, or a book that's useful in putting the actual historical Jesus into some kind of perspective, "Rabbi Jesus" by Bruce Chilton (about what an actual peasant Jew from 2K yrs ago in that time and place would likely have been like, and so on). There's another good book called "God on your Own", by one Joseph Dispenza ; highly recommend that one. For the agnostic or actually atheist aspects of things I'd highly recommend Michel Onfray's, "Atheist Manifesto" (a scathing indictment of Abrahamic monotheism, etc.). Or of course Christopher Hitchen's, "God is Not Great; Religion Poisons Everything". Or "The End of Faith" by Sam Harris. | |
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Posted: 7/24/2008 2:35:13 PM | The Qur'an
The Bible (I particularly like the New Oxford with annotations and official Apocrpyha)
The Bhagavad Ghita
The Avesta
All Gnostic scripture you can lay hands on (my favorites are the Gospels of Mary and Judas).
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Illusions by Richard Bach
Bare-Faced Messiah by Russell Miller
Read about Kabballaah, know what it means, but don't take it literally.
I'd avoid the Book of Mormon and anything written by L. Ron Hubbard.
That pretty much covers my list of necessary theological primers. I'm sure I'm forgetting something choice. I don't know of a difinitive book on angels. Someone should write one. I've got compendiums and lists but that's not the same as an exploration of the Babylonian captivity and how it introduced angels to the jewish faith. Of course if you read the Avesta (Zoroastrian, where the angels come from, and what the Babylonians worshipped) then the Bible (where the Zoroastrian angels make their second appearance) you'd get the connection, so what's the difference?
These all contain spiritual guidance and revelation unavailable anywhere else. I'm sure I'm leaving out something by Socrates or Plato that should matter, but damned if I can think of it.
Doh... Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse | |
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Posted: 7/24/2008 4:07:04 PM | Awareness by Anthony De Mello
A book that will not change you or make you change others, but it just might "wake you up." | |
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Posted: 7/24/2008 4:20:47 PM | I have read James Redfield's “The Celestine Prophecy", "The Tenth Insight" and "The Celestine Vision". They served me well at the time. A friend recommended them to me years ago when I began my spiritual quest. I think it was a good exercise in accepting new or different ways of thinking about spirituality. Ok so I didn’t much like the third one really. Maybe I’ll try it again this evening and see if it was just my timing that was off.
I also quite enjoyed Tom Brown Jr.'s “Awakening Spirits”. Native American spirituality is very respectful, and I find it very humbling.
I continue to try and get through "The Four Noble Truths". It sits on my head board and I read a paragraph or two from time to time. It always sends me to an internal place. I have so much yet to learn.
Although I am not an admirer of the God of the Old Testament, and I don’t put a lot of stalk in the premise of Immaculate Conception, I have quite enjoyed reading parts of the New Testament, especially the writings of Paul. I think both Jesus and Paul were men to be admired.
Other favorites of mine are “The Path of Transformation” by Shakti Gawain, and “Shambhala – The Sacred Path of the Warrior” by Chogyam Trungpa.
Oh man, now I don’t know which to reread first.
Smiles | |
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Posted: 7/24/2008 5:10:38 PM | | You could also try Rhonda Byrne's the secret. Also Eckhart Tolle's the power of now. | |
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Posted: 7/24/2008 7:33:34 PM | | I am surprised no one has mentioned the "Conversations With God" series... by Neale Donald Walsh. I read the first one about 10 yrs ago.... and have re-read it twice since... I just keep finding more and more depth there... and it just keeps getting better. | |
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Posted: 7/24/2008 8:26:02 PM | Carry the Cross diligently if you want to get "spiritual", lest you be taken up by the "white noise" inside ourselves and around us.
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Posted: 7/24/2008 8:37:15 PM | How to Meditate: A Guide to Self-Discovery by Lawrence LeShan.
Best easy to read primer on meditation I've ever seen - Cheap too! Covers all the basic traditions. You'll be busy for years. I'm bone idle and a terrible student and am still not past the beginning few forms of meditation....but, it has taught me a great deal about my own inside "white noise" and how to cultivate more stillness and listen for what Christian mystics referred to as that "small still voice" and others have called the sound of "one hand clapping" It has been practiced by people of all faiths and denominations for thousands of years in many different forms. It's probably one of the most spiritual things you can engage in, next to service to your fellow man and prayer.
Best part of this book...it tells you what meditation is not.
Meditation is NOT guided imagery or letting your mind wander. It's bloody hard work. If you can do it for 10 minutes and actually get a few moments of stillness somewhere in there, consider yourself lucky.
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Posted: 7/24/2008 10:29:13 PM |
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran Totally agree!
The Celestine Prophecy- is what started it all for me
Conversations With God series
Autobiography of a Yogi- amazing!
A Course in Miracles- still working on this magnificent piece of work :)
And many more..
These are the only kinds of books I can really read anymore.. have tried to read novels, but I seriously cannot do it, lol.. I have quite a collection now.. except, I keep lending them all out and never see them again! Suppose its meant to be, but I like to be able to go back for reference..
I am currently reading "Inspiration: your ultimate calling" by Wayne Dyer... it has been very impressive.. cool thread, I'll be back when I think of more :) | |
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Posted: 7/25/2008 3:31:22 AM |
Meditation is NOT guided imagery or letting your mind wander. It's bloody hard work. If you can do it for 10 minutes and actually get a few moments of stillness somewhere in there, consider yourself lucky.
10 minutes? That was a stretch for me! But thanks, I shall look for this and quietly seethe, where was this when I needed it?
I am currently reading "Inspiration: your ultimate calling" by Wayne Dyer... it has been very impressive.. cool thread, I'll be back when I think of more :)
Holy Smokes, synchronicity seems to be my constant and continual friend these days... I am reading "Into the Gap" by Wayne Dyer, a great book which makes the "bloody hard work" a little easier to find "the sound of one hand clapping".
I think my favourite book ever is "The Seat of the Soul", by Gary Zukav. Just a marvelous explanation about our perceptions, and *Love*.
My bedside reading is an awesome book called "For the Love of God, a Handbook for the Spirit", by Richard Carlson and Benjamin Shields. It is a compilation of concepts from various religions that show the one underlying theme, they're all basically trying to share the same message. Various writings include The Dalai Lama, Mother Theresa, Wayne Dyer, Matthew Fox, Shakti Gawain, Thich Nhat Hahn, Harold Kushner, Stephen Levine, Hugh Prather, Marianne Williamson, and many more. I only listed those authors as I already have many of their books, but there are many more to represent the best of their respective religions. It's really nice to have it all in one book though.
I bought "Happier than God" by Neale Donald Walsch recently, and I'm waiting for a couple of days at the beach to savour it, but the first couple of pages look oh so juicy.
Creative Visualization by Shakti Gawain was the first book I read when I "fell into the mystic". After all these years, it still works for me.
And anything by Hugh Prather will awaken the poet of your soul.
Cheers, Raven | |
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Posted: 7/25/2008 8:58:13 AM | A wondwerful book I just finished..."More than meets the Eye"
Shows how scientifically amazing God is....! | |
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Posted: 7/25/2008 10:03:17 AM | | No one thought to mention "Zen & The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance"? | |
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Posted: 7/25/2008 2:13:18 PM | Reference my list above...
Remember I said I knew I was forgetting something important?
The Vedas | |
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Posted: 7/25/2008 4:25:39 PM | | guyyyss...please tell me one of you read "The Kindom of God is Within You..." by Leo Tolstoy...I would love to have a discussion on this book.... | |
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Posted: 7/25/2008 5:02:24 PM | | Both "The Power of Now" and "A New Earth" by Eckhart Toelle are awesome reads. I also attended one of his seminars. He is even more fascinating in person. The book "Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life" by Wayne Dwyer is another favorite. I also really like the works of Thomas Merton. | |
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Posted: 7/26/2008 10:54:28 AM | Some repeats, but worth mentioning again....some of my favorites....
'The Conversation with God" books (all 9 of them) by Neale Donald Walsch (and the big 'guy')
"A New Earth" by Eckhart Tolle
(includes all from 'Power of Now' and lots more, I felt, more complete)
"Be Here Now" by Ram Dass
"The Seat of the Soul" by Gary Zukav and
"The Heart of the Soul" by Gary Zukav and Linda Francis
"Earth Medicine" by Kenneth Meadows
"Animal Speaks" by Ted Andrews
"Between Metaphysical and Protoanalysis" by Oscar Ichazo and
"Oscar Ichazo Letters to the School" by Oscar Ichazo
"Gathering in the Names" by Michael Ortiz Hill and Augustine Kandemwa (Mandaza)
Oh, almost forgot - yes, OP, "The Four Agreements" are gems.
Also, just a little side thought, reading about something is one thing, experiencing it is the other half of the pie. :)...... and I'm sure one leads or reflects the other....especially those things that we read that really resonate in each of us ! | |
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Posted: 7/26/2008 7:15:49 PM | I have a lot of books that I've collected over the past few years and am doing a personal study/exploration of theology.
I like Animal Speak - Andrews
I have a great book called the Encyclopedia of Witches - which has some very interesting facts and history about the evolution of witches, even to the burning of the "witches" in Salem in the 1600s.
I picked up Sylvia Browne's Secrets and Mysteries of the World today and it's an interesting read about things like the pyramids and other mysteries. Not sure if I believe her take on some things, but she's done a lot of research and provides some interesting facts. | |
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Posted: 7/26/2008 8:41:00 PM | | ^^ If you like books about witchcraft, Laurie Cabot is an excellent author and her book "The Power of the Witch" is the only book I kept from that period of my research because it is an absolute gem :) | |
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Posted: 7/26/2008 8:45:13 PM | | sassy - I have quite a few Wicca Books too and quite a few from Christopher Penziack (spelling?) he's quite good, casual. My books are all packed up still or I'd go through the list. :) | |
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Posted: 7/26/2008 8:57:07 PM |
Christopher Penziack Hey! I have one of his I think, "Ascension Magic" I agree that he is fabulous.. there was only one thing I disagreed with him on.. still bugs me truth be told, lol.... | |
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Posted: 7/27/2008 2:31:58 PM | | ok sassy, come good, can't leave us on a cliff hanger.... I haven't read his work, now I guess I should look him up....you are a good soul... must be something to it. | |
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