Recommended Reading...

[Equity's Darling]

A little while ago, Steve wrote a list of books he suggested we take a look at in the broad topic of personal development... You may remember the list, it spanned a number of areas. So I printed the list and took it to the library (including the hand-written additions I tacked on post-print!).

I read a few of them (The Alchemist, The Celestine Prophecy, etc), and I got totally hooked! I was wondering which books you guys could recommend I check out on the topics of consciousness (individual and global) & awareness. The list is so extensive I think I have to narrow it down with personal recommendations!

[nikewong]

i'd like to read those books, but the fact is, i've had not enough money to buy them (english books are much more expensive than books in other language).. and i can't find them at local library

[sourceofmiracles]

The Art of Dreaming, Carlos Castaneda

Active Side of Infinity, Carlos Castaneda (this book scared the ************ out of me..)

Awareness, Osho (incredible)

Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle

Journeys Out of the Body, Robert Monroe

The Richest Man in Babylon, George Clason (money)

Infinite Possibilities (the art of living your dreams), Mike Dooley (actually a 12hr Audio CD excellently life changing.. highly, highly recommended. Might find it in the library)

Sound of Thunder, Ray Bradbury (ok.. out of genre but good work of fiction nonethe less)

Flute of God & Far Country, Paul Twitchell (plagarized but still good)

[dailyplanit]

“The Four Agreements” by Don Miguel Ruiz is a book that describes how we form beliefs based on fear. When we change our agreements, we can change our lives. All of his books have had a big impact on me. If you can't find a book you are looking for at your local library, ask them about inter-library loan. They can usually get them in for you.

[33Nick]

Definitely Castenda and the Four Agreements.

My Uber llist goes something like that:

The Kybalion, The Three Initiates.
Corpus Hermeticum.
The Sirius Connection, Murry Hope and most likely anything by her.
Illusions: The Sotory of a Reluctant Messiah, Richard Bach.
The Alchemist, Paolo Coelho.
siddhartha, Herman Hess.
The Nature of Personal Reality, Seth.
Fingerprints of the Gods, Hapgod (I believe).
The Hiram Key, Christopher Knight and most books by him and his co-author sound great.
Tao Te King.
Baghavat-Gita.
Upanishad.
The Egyptian Book of the Dead and Living.
The Tibetant Book of the Dead and Living.
Popol Vuh
Most early Christianity books.

and the list goes on

[jasonmanheim]

Indeed, anything Castenda.

[skinnyninja]

"Atlas Shrugged" -- Ayn Rand

[Tripp444]

Keep them coming.... I'm filling up my audible wish-list!

[demk]

I read Eckhart Tolle's, A New Earth four times consequetively cover to cover when from the first time I read it. Really changed the way I think.

At the moment I'm reading A Course in Miracles. Its online at A Course In Miracles ~ Free Miraculous Healing Course

Demk

[helgi]

I've mostly read Tolle's Power of Now and A New Earth, and also some of A Course in Miracles. Mostly I use them to sort of ground myself when getting carried away with something, like reading a lesson or two in ACIM before going out in the morning.

I look forward to reading more, like the books by Castaneda for example, but will have to keep reminding myself that all of these books are ultimately pointing to the same thing. It's easy to get lost in chasing new ideas and the next big book, thinking that there's something more to learn when there really isn't.

[Tripp444]

Originally Posted by demk

I read Eckhart Tolle's, A New Earth four times consequetively cover to cover when from the first time I read it. Really changed the way I think.

At the moment I'm reading A Course in Miracles. Its online at A Course In Miracles ~ Free Miraculous Healing Course

Demk

I really am interested in A Course in Miracles. I checked it out at the library... but I was too intimidated by the small print and super-thin pages. I'm going to check out that website, an online version might be just what I need...

[taylor]

Power Versus Force
The Eye of The I
I: Reality and Subjectivity
Transcending the Levels of Consciousness

Also free audio of David Hawkins found here
(Can you tell I like David Hawkins?)

The Baghavad-Gita
A Course in Miracles
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Nonviolent Communication (almost finished, thanks Steve)
The Upanishads
I Am That

(quotes from I Am That found here)

I also found this online book recently that I thought was pretty good called Thought Vibration

Happy reading!

[arithhuh]

Seriously, The Bhagavad Gita is probably one of the first books i would to recommend any one to read....Its a total lifechanger....It has great principles with very convincing examples.It inspires me when i am down, and is my refuge in times of distress. The upanishads too, are a great souce of strength. All you people out there, get urselves a copy of the Gita - Its far from being just a religious book...

But one small reminder - The principles may be kind of new and subtle, but fuse them into your paradigm, and you shall see the changes.

[9gods]

Some good books (spirituality, wealth, law of attraction) I've read and recommend:

• Power of Now - Echkart Tolle
• New Earth - Echkart Tolle
• Autobiography of Yogi - Paramahamsa Yogananda
• Ask and it’s Given - Esther & Jerry Hicks
• The Millionaire Course - Marc Allen
• The Science of Being Rich - Wallace Wattles
• As A Man Thinketh - James Allen
• Siddhartha - Herman Hesse
• Between Heaven and Earth - Marco Santello
• Life and Teaching of The Masters of the Far East - Baird T. Spadling
• Urban Shaman - Serge Kahili King

[escapee]

I'm going to strongly recommend

Power of now

Power Vs force

The China study ( I believe that having a proper diet will assist in "spiritual development and awareness" )

and of course the secret movie about Law of attraction

[demk]

Originally Posted by Tripp444

I really am interested in A Course in Miracles. I checked it out at the library... but I was too intimidated by the small print and super-thin pages. I'm going to check out that website, an online version might be just what I need...

Its quite hard going actually. Its dense and the language is biblical which I'm not used to.

[RandomJohn]

Let's see, I echo Power v. Force (not that I'm constantly asking what number anything is at, but it's a wonderful framework to think about our states of mind and our journeys to enlightenment), the Power of Now (which I am rereading), the Bhagavad-Gita, and most books by Serge King. I'll have to try A New Earth. I've gotten some great ideas from this thread.

Some others:

• The Breakout Principle by Herbert Benson - it sheds a little light on our struggles
• Flow and Finding Flow by Csikszentmihalyi - about being "in the zone," "in flow," or, as I like to call it, "effortless effort"
• The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, trans. Sri Swami Satchitananda, Chip Hartranft, and others. (I recommend getting several translations.)
• Think and Grow Rich, Napolean Hill

[RandomJohn]

Originally Posted by escapee

The China study ( I believe that having a proper diet will assist in "spiritual development and awareness" )

You are what you eat!

[Equity's Darling]

Wow, to all of you that responded - thank you so much!

I'm gonna print this page off and take it with me the next time I get a chance to visit my library.

I really appreciate your responses; that personal recommendation was exactly what I was looking for!!