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05-25-2007, 12:39 AM
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 recommended readings Does anyone have any recommended readings? Anything that has blown you away, changed your life, or enlightened you? If so, could you please share the links, or name of the readings here. Thanks!!      |
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05-25-2007, 01:10 AM
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| When I say life changing books, I mean books that made you think outside the norm. That gave you a new perspective, but I don't necessarily mean "self help" books |
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05-26-2007, 06:30 AM
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| Siddhartha by Herman Hesse made me reflect and think in many different ways. Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa was also very inspirational. |
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05-27-2007, 03:31 AM
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I Am That by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Second place, because it started me down a path: When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodran
__________________ This very moment is the perfect teacher, and lucky for us, it's with us wherever we go. -- Pema Chodron |
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05-27-2007, 03:40 AM
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05-27-2007, 04:22 AM
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| I have read an enormous amount of spiritual books. The oldest writings known to man are the Vedas and Upanishads. The former are superstitious rites and rituals, but the Upanishads are great. They talk about the states of sleep like dreaming and dreamless sleep. One of them is my favorite is the Katha Upanishad (takes 20 minutes to read). It is about the one thing that everyone knows exists but pretend does not exist-- death. Mr N gets 3 wishes from the god of death. After the first 2 he then wants to know the secret of life and death and the god of death begs him to pick something else. Finallly he teaces him. Here are 2 part from it. "When a person dies, there rises this doubt: 'He still exists' say some; 'he does not.'" "They say yoga is this complete stillness In which one enters the unitive state." For a great life changing movie see the comedy Groundhog Day. The same day keeps repeating itself. For a life changing short article online, see What is Enlightenment. |
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