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Recommended Books
 
"A New Earth"
Awakening to Your Life's Purpose ~ Eckhart Tolle

In illuminating the nature of this shift in consciousness, Tolle describes in detail how our current ego-based state of consciousness operates. Then gently, and in very practical terms, he leads us into this new consciousness. We will come to experience who we truly are—which is something infinitely greater than anything we currently think we are—and learn to live and breathe freely.


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A New Earth
 
"Act of Faith"
Conversations with P'taah, Part 1 ~ Jani King

In Act of Faith, P'taah opens your heart to outrageous new possibilities with his love, wisdom and humor. This wide-ranging book covers where we came from, the earth changes we are now experiencing, relationships and sexuality, our belief structures, and much more. P'taah explains how we create our reality absolutely and how we can apply his little recipes to create the "ultimate alchemy of the soul' -- transmuting our pain and fear into ecstasy. Includes an interview with Jani describing how she met P'taah.


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Act of Faith
 
"The Alchemist"
~ Paulo Coelho


"My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer," the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky." Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams."


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The Alchemist
 
"The Art of Possibility"
Transforming Professional and Personal Life ~ Rosamund Stone Zander & Benjamin Zander

"Possibility--that big, all-encompassing, wide-open-door concept--is an art? Well, who doesn't want to be a skilled artist, whether in the director's chair, the boardroom, on the factory floor, or even just in dealing with life's everyday situations? Becoming an artist, however, requires discipline, and what the authors of The Art of Possibility offer is a set of practices designed to "initiate a new approach to current conditions, based on uncommon assumptions about the nature of the world." - Amazon.com review


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The Art of Possibilty
 
"The Barn Dance"
Somewhere Between Heaven & Earth, There is a Place Where the Magic Never Ends - James Twyman

If you’ve ever wondered if we really can communicate with our loved ones who have passed to the other side, this book is your answer. If you’ve ever thought that Heaven and Earth never meet, then this story will reveal a world you never imagined...a world where love never ends and goes on forever. Once you pick up this amazing book, you won’t want to put it down, and your life will never be the same.


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The Barn Dance
 
"Being In Love"
How to Love With Awareness and Relate without Fear ~ Osho

With his characteristic wit, humor, and understanding, Osho dares us to resist the unhealthy relationship patterns we’ve learned from those around us, and to rediscover the meaning of love for ourselves. “By the time you are ready to explore the world of love, you are filled with so much rubbish about love that there is not much hope for you to be able to find the authentic and discard the false.”


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Being In Love
 
"Beyond The Brain"
Birth, Death, and Transendence in Psycotherapy ~ Stanislav Grof

Beyond the Brain seriously challenges the existing neurophysiological models of the brain. After three decades of extensive research on those non-ordinary states of consciousness induced by psychedelic drugs and by other means, Grof concludes that our present scientific world view is as inadequate as many of its historical predecessors. In this pioneering work, he proposes a new model of the human psyche that takes account of his findings.

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Beyond The Brain
 
"The Book of Aquarius"
Jay Weidner

A Stone of truth and rarity,
Given freely with sincerity,
Few believe or understand,
For evidence they do demand;
So here it is, as you ask,
Truth for you I do unmask;
Nature's simple, certain way,
Gives life and Hope out of decay;
For those who hear Nature's call,
Stand up strong and stand up tall;
With little time left in this world,
All the secrets will be unfurled;
From this book the wise will see
Life is not what it seemed to be;


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The Book of Aquarius
 
"Celestine Prophesy"
An Adventure ~ James Redfield

THE CELESTINE PROPHECY tells a gripping story of adventure and discovery, but is also a guidebook that has the power to crystallize your perceptions of why you are where you are in life--and to direct your steps with a new energy and optimism as you head into tomorrow.

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Celestine Prophesy
 
"The Code: 10 Intentions for a Better World"
Use the Laws of Manifestation to Achieve Your Highest Good ~ Tony Burroughs

The Code boldly presents readers with a true, workable solution for the challenges facing our world today. Based on a new Code of Conduct that anyone can relate to, it is full of real life stories uniquely designed first, to help readers become self-empowered and more proficient at manifesting so that they are no longer at the mercy of people and forces outside themselves, and second, to provide a simple tried-and-true format for coming together in community to create peace, freedom, and the high quality living environment that everyone longs for and deserves.


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The Code
 
"Conversations with God"
An Uncommon Dialogue ~ Neale Donald Walsch

At a low period in his life, Walsch wrote an angry letter to God asking questions about why his life wasn't working. After writing down all of his questions, he heard a voice over his right shoulder say: "Do you really want an answer to all these questions or are you just venting?"  Though when he turned around he saw no one there, Walsch felt answers to his questions filling his mind and decided to write them down. The ensuing dialogue became the Conversations with God books.

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Conversations with God
 
"Eat  Pray  Love"
One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India & Indonesia ~ Elizabeth Gilbert

At the age of thirty-one, Gilbert moved with her husband to the suburbs of New York and began trying to get pregnant, only to realize that she wanted neither a child nor a husband. Three years later, after a protracted divorce, she embarked on a yearlong trip of recovery, with three main stops: Rome, for pleasure (mostly gustatory, with a special emphasis on gelato); an ashram outside of Mumbai, for spiritual searching; and Bali, for "balancing." These destinations are all on the beaten track, but Gilbert's exuberance and her self-deprecating humor enliven the proceedings: recalling the first time she attempted to speak directly to God, she says, "It was all I could do to stop myself from saying, 'I've always been a big fan of your work.'" - The New Yorker


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Eat Pray Love
 
"The Elegant Universe"
Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions & the Quest for the Ultimate Theory ~ Brian Greene

In a rare blend of scientific insight and writing as elegant as the theories it explains, Greene, peels away the layers of mystery surrounding superstring theory to reveal a universe that consists of eleven dimensions, where the fabric of space tears and repairs itself, and all matter—from the smallest quarks to the most gargantuan supernovas—is generated by the vibrations of microscopically tiny loops of energy.  Greene uses examples ranging from an amusement park ride to ants on a garden hose to illustrate the beautiful yet bizarre realities that modern physics is unveiling. Unprecedented in its ability to both illuminate and entertain, The Elegant Universe is a delightful, lucid voyage through modern physics that brings us closer than ever to understanding how the universe works.


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The Elegant Universe
 
"The Emerald Tablet"
Alchemy for Personal Transformation ~ Dennis William Hauck

An emerald slab inscribed with the esoteric wisdom of Hermes Trismegistus that may be more than 2000 years old has inspired alchemists throughout history in their quest to understand the relationship between humans and the universe.


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The Emerald Tablet
 
"Entangled Minds"
Extrasensory Experiences in a Quantum Reality ~ Dean Radin

One of the most surprising discoveries of modern physics is that objects aren't as separate as they may seem. When you drill down into the core of even the most solid-looking material, separateness dissolves. All that remains, like the smile of the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland, are relationships extending curiously throughout space and time. These connections were predicted by quantum theory and were called "spooky action at a distance" by Albert Einstein. One of the founders of quantum theory, Erwin Schrödinger, dubbed this peculiarity entanglement, saying "I would not call that one but rather the characteristic trait of quantum mechanics."


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Entangled Minds
 
"Evolve Your Brain"
The Science of Changing Your Mind ~ Dr. Joe Dispenza

Ever wonder why you repeat the same negative thoughts in your head? Why you keep coming back for more from hurtful family members, friends, or significant others? Why you keep falling into the same detrimental habits or limiting attitudes—even when you know that they are going to make you feel bad? Dr. Joe Dispenza has spent decades studying the human mind—how it works, how it stores information, and why it perpetuates the same behavioral patterns over and over. In the acclaimed film What the Bleep Do We Know!? he began to explain how the brain evolves—by learning new skills, developing the ability to concentrate in the midst of chaos, and even healing the body and the psyche. Evolve Your Brain presents this information in depth, while helping you take control of your mind, explaining how thoughts can create chemical reactions that keep you addicted to patterns and feelings—including ones that make you unhappy. And when you know how these bad habits are created, it's possible to not only break these patterns, but also reprogram and evolve your brain, so that new, positive, and beneficial habits can take over. This is something you can start to do right now. You and only you have the power to change your mind and evolve your brain for a better life—for good.


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Evolve Your Brian
 
"Frequency"
The Power of Personal Vibration ~ Penney Pierce

"We are all affected by positive and negative energy whether we realize it or not. With the wisdom contained in this book,
you will learn how to raise the level of your vibration -- your frequency -- to benefit yourself and humankind in miraculous ways."
-- Masaru Emoto, author of The Hidden Messages in Water


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Frequency
 
"The God Code"
The Secret of Our Past, The Promise of Our Future ~ Gregg Braden

What would it mean to discover an ancient language—a literal message—hidden within the DNA of life itself? What we once believed of our past is about to change. . . . A coded message has been found within the molecules of life, deep within the DNA in each cell of our bodies. Through a remarkable discovery linking Biblical alphabets to our genetic code, the “language of life” may now be read as the ancient letters of a timeless message. Regardless of race, religion, heritage, or lifestyle, the message is the same in each cell of every woman, child, and man, past and present.


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The God Code
 
"Happily Ever After...Right Now"
Stop Searching, Start Celebrating, Ignite Your Passion, Claim Your Power ~ Luann Robinson Hull

The focus of Happily is threefold: Education (why we do what we do), Awareness (noticing our conditioned patterns), and Transformation (how to habituate new ways of being that support happy, abundant lives).


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Happily Ever After...Right Now
 
"The Illuminated Rumi"
~  Jalal Al-Din Rumi (Author), Michael Green (Illustrator),
Coleman Barks (Translator)
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Rumi, like Kabir, is able to contain and continue intricate theological arguments and at the same time speak directly from the heart or to the heart.  Coleman's exquisite sensitivity to the flavor and turns of ordinary American speech has produced marvelous lines, full of flavor and Sufi humor, as well as the intimacy that is carried inside American speech at its best."
-- Robert Bly



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The Illuminated Rumi
 
"Infinite Possibilities"
The Art of Living Your Dreams ~ Mike Dooley


"This book is your ticket to living. After experiencing Infinite Possibilities, you will never see life from the same perspective." -- James Van Praagh, author of Unfinished Business


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Infinite Possibilities
 
"The Isaiah Effect"
Decoding the Lost Science of Prayer & Prophecy ~ Gregg Braden

Braden contends that scholars have misinterpreted the Isaiah Scroll, which opens with apocalyptic visions of massive global destruction followed by a time of peace. The author claims that the scroll contains the key to a lost scientific tradition that promises to end war and heal our bodies. Indeed, he contends, Isaiah's prophecies can help us make sense of recent changes in climate and weather, changes that, according to Braden, have perplexed Western scientists untutored in the ancient prophecies.


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The Isaiah Effect
 
"Ishmael"
An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit ~ Daniel Quinn

The book opens with a deceptively ordinary personals ad: "Teacher seeks pupil.
Must have an earnest desire to save the world." Seeking a direction for his life, a young man answers the
ad and is startled to find that the teacher is a lowland gorilla named Ishmael, a creature uniquely placed to
vision anew the human story.



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Ishmael
 
"Just Peace"
A Message of Hope ~ Mattie J.T. Stepanek

Sometimes the most important messages come from the most unlikely places. Mattie J.T. Stepanek, a 13-year-old boy, made a difference before he died with his Heartsongs poetry. He continues to impact the world through Just Peace. This poet, best-selling author, peace activist, and prominent voice for the Muscular Dystrophy Association fervently believed in and promoted world peace not just as a concept, but as a reality.


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Just Peace
 
"Kundalini Rising"
Exploring the Energy of Awakening ~ Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa & Dorothy Walters

You have within you a latent energy waiting to transform your life. Known as "kundalini," this legendary power is believed to catalyze spiritual evolution. But is kundalini real? And if so, how can we engage this energy to awaken our consciousness?



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Kundalini Rising
 
"The Lady in Blue"
 Javier Sierra

An intriguing blend of spellbinding action, modern metaphysics, and ancient religion and faith, The Lady in Blue explores the trances and bilocation (the power of beign in two places at once) of María Jesús de Ágreda, a seventeenth century nun from Spain, who was accused by the Inquisition of travelling a distance of 6,000 miles more than 500 times to the New Mexican territores to propagate the word of God –without ever leaving her monastery.

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The Lady in Blue
 
"Life & Teaching of the Masters of the Far East"
6 volume set ~ Baird T. Spalding

Spalding's descriptions of his Far East travels have played a very important role in introducing to the Western world the knowledge that there are many Masters that assisting and guiding the destinies of mankind.  His encounters with the Masters present a dramatic unfoldment of spiritual teachings and episodes unparalleled in all Western literature.


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Masters of the Far East
 
"The Long Road Turns to Joy"
A Guide to Walking Meditation ~ Thich Nhat Han

Tuck The Long Road Turns to Joy in your pocket and turn your walk into a joyful meditation. Thich Nhat Hanh teaches "walking just for walking." Learn to enjoy each step and each breath, to regain peace in difficult moments.



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The Long Road Turns to Joy
 
"Mary Oliver ~ New & Selected Poems"
Volume 1

Mary Oliver's perceptive, brilliantly crafted poems about the natural landscape and the fundamental questions of life and death have won high praise from critics and readers alike. "Do you love this world?" she interrupts a poem about peonies to ask the reader. "Do you cherish your humble and silky life?" She makes us see the extraordinary in our everyday lives, how something as common as light can be "an invitation/to happiness,/and that happiness,/when it's done right,/is a kind of holiness,/palpable and redemptive." She illuminates how a near miss with an alligator can be the catalyst for seeing the world "as if for the second time/the way it really is." Oliver's passionate demonstrations of delight are powerful reminders of the bond between every individual, all living things, and the natural world.

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Mary Oliver
 
"The Mayan Code"
Time Acceleration and Awakening the World Mind ~ Barbara Hand Clow

“The Mayan Code is really interesting and amazing because its statements are based on facts. For instance, it mentions the VEDA. We the Mayas know this people as the BEDZA. They used and followed the ancient calendar of 360 days, just as the Mayas did with the Haab calendar that has 360 days too. I recommend you to read this book.”
(Hunbatz Men, Maya Itza Tradition )



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The Mayan Code
 
"The Mayan Factor"
Path Beyond Technology ~ Jose Arguelles

"The Mayan Factor opened up a new audience for the understanding of cyclical time, as opposed to linear time.  This is a perspective that we desperately need today. This book serves as a point of entry into a new cosmic consciousness."
(Frank Waters )



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The Mayan Factor
 
"The Moses Code"
The Most Powerful Manifestation Tool... ~ James Twyman

The Moses Code was first used to create some of the greatest miracles in the history of the world, but then it was hidden away, and only the highest initiates were allowed to practice it. In this book, James F. Twyman reveals the Code for the first time, showing how it can be used to create miracles in your life . . . and in the world. By practicing the principles presented within these pages, you’ll discover how you can integrate the most powerful manifestation tool in the history of the world into your own life.


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The Moses Code
 
"One River, Many Wells"
Wisdom Offerings from Global Faiths ~ Matthew Fox

Combining writings from a multitude of spiritual traditions, Fox here puts into practice the idea of deep ecumenism that he has been exploring in a series of books going back to The Coming of the Cosmic Christ in 1989. To accomplish this task, Fox focuses on four categories of spiritual inquiry that he sees running like a river through all spiritual traditions: how we relate to creation, to divinity, to ourselves (this includes topics such as meditation, art, ritual, sexuality), and, finally, how we relate to the future, a section that explores issues of service and compassion, justice and spiritual warriorhood. He then concludes with "18 New Myths and Visions" that summarize his central message.



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One River, Many Wells
 
"The Power of Now"
A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment ~ Eckhart Tolle

To make the journey into The Power of Now we will need to leave our analytical mind and its false created self, the ego, behind. From the beginning of the first chapter we move rapidly into a significantly higher altitude where one breathes a lighter air, the air of the spiritual. Although the journey is challenging, Eckhart Tolle offers simple language and a question and answer format to guide us. The words themselves are the signposts.


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The Power of Now
 
"Power vs Force"
The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior ~ David Hawkins

Analyzing the basic nature of human thought and consciousness itself, the author makes available to everyone the key to penetrating the last barrier to the advancement of civilization and science and resolving the most crucial of all human dilemmas: how to instantly determine the truth or falsehood of any statement or supposed fact.


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Power vs Force
 
"Quantum Enigma"
Physics Encounters Consciousness ~ Bruce Rosenblum & Fred Kuttner

"This book is unique. I know of no other which so artfully tackles two of the greatest mysteries of modern science, quantum mechanics, and consciousness. It has long been suspected that these mysteries are somehow related: the authors’ treatment of this thorny and controversial issue is honest, wide-ranging, and immensely readable. The book contains some of the clearest expositions I have ever seen of the strange and paradoxical nature of the quantum world. Quantum Enigma is a pleasure to read, and I am sure it is destined to become a classic."

George Greenstein: Professor of Astronomy, Amherst College,
Co-author of The Quantum Challenge: Modern Research on the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics


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"The Reinvention of Work"
A New Vision of Livelihood in Our Time ~ Matthew Fox

"Some politicians, looking for a quick fix, shout that we need "jobs, jobs, jobs." But such simplistic slogans do not cut deeply enough. They avoid the deeper questions that must be asked of work at this critical juncture of human and earth history."


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The Reinvention of Wok
 
"The Ringing Cedars"
"Everything I have written in these books I either heard from Anastasia, or saw and experienced myself."   ~ Vladimir Megré

Since her discovery was first announced in 1996, word of the remarkable Anastasia has created a wave of excitement that swept through Russia and Europe and is now spreading to the West. Born in 1969 in the remote Siberia wilderness to parents who both died in a forest accident shortly after her birth, Anastasia has fended for herself, watched over only by her grandfather, great grandfather and a variety of "wild" animals. Somehow — in this pristine, isolated environment — Anastasia managed to develop an astounding level of skill and knowledge that far surpasses our highly civilized "best educated" standards.

And she has the world talking!




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The Ringing Cedars
 
"Secret of Shambhala"
In Search of the Eleventh Insight ~ James Redfield

Like James Redfield's other books in the Celestine Prophesy series, THE SECRET OF SHAMBHALA has a parable affect. Open yourself to this adventure, and the experience will stretch your world-view and leave you determined to channel your thoughts and wishes into a dynamic force that can help you liberate your life, enhance others, and actively change the world.


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Secret of Shambhala
 
"The Seekers"
The Story of Man's Continuing Quest to Understand His World ~ Daniel J Boorsin

Throughout history, from the time of Socrates to our own modern age, the human race has sought the answers to fundamental questions of life: Who are we?  Why are we here?


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The Seekers
 
"Serpent of Light"
The Movement of the Earth's Kundalini and the Rise of the Female Light, 1949-2013 
~ Drunvalo Melchizedek


When you open 'The Serpent of Light', be prepared to enter a realm where miraculous events are the order of the day. As you read along your awareness of the miraculous will be heightened by the realization that all of these synchronicities actually happened in real time. Drunvalo's description of each journey reads like a cross between Don Juan, The Lord of the Rings, and an Indiana Jones adventure story — the only difference is, 'The Serpent of Light' isn't a fantasy tale — every word in this book is true.


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Serpent of Light
 
"The Shack"
Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity ~ Wm. Paul Young

In a world where religion seems to grow increasingly irrelevant The Shack wrestles with the timeless question, Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain? The answers Mack gets will astound you and perhaps transform you as much as it did him. You'll want everyone you know to read this book.


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The Shack
 
"The Spontaneous Healing of Belief"
Shattering the Paradigm of False Limits ~ Gregg Braden

What would it mean to discover that everything from the DNA of life, to the future of our world, is based upon a simple Reality Code—one that we can change and upgrade by choice? New revelations in physics and biology suggest that we’re about to find out!


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Spontaneous Healing of Belief
 
"The Tenth Insight"
Holding the Vision ~ James Redfield

In this exciting sequel to The Celestine Prophecy, in a rich setting of cathedral forests, wooded streams, and majestic waterfalls, your adventure in search of THE TENTH INSIGHT unfolds.


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Tenth Insight
 
"The Twelfth Insight"
The Hour of Decision ~ James Redfield

Is there a way to move into sync with the spiritual design of the universe, so that our lives go better? Are we discovering how to have more synchronicity, and more accurate intuitions, that can guide us through the challenges of our lives before they get bad--and open up magical opportunities for our best dreams? I believe  a new, very exciting time is beginning in human history. I call it the 12th Insight. The Mayan Calendar calls it the Ninth Wave of Creation.


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The Twelfth Insight
 
"Understanding Jung, Understanding Yourself"
 Peter O'Connor

An introduction to Jung by a psychotherapist. Describes Carl Jung's influence on 20th-century thought, including his notions of archetypes and the collective unconscious and how we experience them in our lives and relationships.

Carl Jung speaks to our generation, who desire self-knowledge and a deeper understanding of life.

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Understanding Jung, Understanding Yourself
 
"The Universe is a Green Dragon"
A Cosmic Creation Story ~ Brian Swimme, PhD

Communicating his ideas in the form of a classical dialogue between a youth and a wise elder, cosmologist Brian Swimme crafts a fascinating exploration into the creativity suffusing the universe. His explication of the fundamental powers of the cosmos is mystical and ecstatic and points directly to the need to activate one’s own creative powers.


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The Universe is a Green Dragon
 
"Voluntary Simplicity"
Toward a Way of Life That is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich ~ Duane Elgin

An old Eastern saying states, “Simplicity reveals the master.” As we gradually master the art of living, a consciously chosen simplicity emerges as the expression of that mastery. Simplicity allows the true character of our lives to show through — as if we were stripping, sanding and waxing a fine piece of wood that had long been painted over.

“Voluntary Simplicity” is a fulfilling alternative to our consumerist society, and it lays out the ways in which we can establish a sustainable future by making conscious changes in our lives: the work we do, the neighborhood in which we live, the housing we choose, the food we eat, the clothes we wear, the transportation we choose, and much more. ~ Mother Earth News


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Voluntary Simplicity
 
"We Walk The Path Together"
Learning from Thich Nhat Hanh & Meister Eckhart

"Given that the reflections in this book have first passed through my own heart and mind, it seems only right that I share some of my own journey into the world of interreligious dialogue, for it is precisely against this backdrop that I find myself on the path with these two great spiritual teachers."

-
author Brian J Pierce


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We Walk the Path Together
 
"Women Who Run With the Wolves"
Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype ~ Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Within every woman there lives a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. She is the Wild Woman, who represents the instinctual nature of women. But she is an endangered species. In Women Who Run With the Wolves, Dr. Estés unfolds rich intercultural myths, fairy tales, and stories, many from her own family,
in order to help women reconnect with the fierce, healthy, visionary attributes of this instinctual nature.


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"World as Lover, World as Self"
Courage for Global Justice & Ecological Renewal ~ Joanna Macy

A new beginning for the environment must start with a new spiritual outlook. In this book, author Joanna Macy offers concrete suggestions for just that, showing how each of us can change the attitudes that continue to threaten our environment.

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World as Lover, World as Self
 
"Writing Down the Bones"
Feeling the Writer Within ~ Natalie Goldberg

“The secret of creativity, Natalie Goldberg makes clear, is to subtract rules for writing, not add them....Proof that she knows what she's talking about is abundant in her own sentences. They flow with speed and grace and accuracy and simplicity....It's the simple style of a Zen archer who looks like he's not even aiming, yet sends arrow after arrow to the bull's eye, time after time." - Robert Pirsig, author of "Zen in the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"


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Writing Down the Bones
 
"Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"
An Inquiry Into Values ~ Robert M. Pirsig

“Profoundly important...full of insights into our most perplexing contemporary dilemmas.” - (New York Times)

"Phaedrus, our narrator, takes a present-tense cross-country motorcycle trip with his son during which the maintenance of the motorcycle becomes an illustration of how we can unify the cold, rational realm of technology with the warm, imaginative realm of artistry. As in Zen, the trick is to become one with the activity, to engage in it fully, to see and appreciate all details--be it hiking in the woods, penning an essay, or tightening the chain on a motorcycle." - Brian Bruya



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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
 
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