Best Spirituality Books

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“Available recommendation signals cluster around Social Sciences, Spirituality, NonFiction, Philosophy, Personal Development lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for decision-making, behavior, or human motivation. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

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What would it be like to free yourself from limitations and soar beyond your boundaries What can you do each day to discover inner peace and serenity The Untethered Soul?now a #1 New York Times bestseller?offers simple yet profound answers to these questions.Whether this is your first exploration of inner space, or you?ve devoted your life to the...

This international bestseller has inspired millions to overcome the limiting beliefs and fears that inhibit the creative process. First published twentyfive years ago, The Artist's Way is the seminal book on the subject of creativity. Perhaps even more vital in today's cultural climate than when it was first published, The Artist's Way is a powerf...

Prince Arjuna faced a dilemma that many face sooner or laterwhether to take action that is necessary yet morally ambiguous. The difference is that Arjuna's action was to wage war against his own family. With the armies arrayed, Arjuna loses his nerve. Krishna, his charioteer and incarnation of divine consciousness, begins to teach him the nature ...

The heart of Anthony de Mello's bestselling spiritual message is awareness. Mixing Christian spirituality, Buddhist parables, Hindu breathing exercises, and psychological insight, de Mello's words of hope come together in Awareness in a grand synthesis.In short chapters for reading in quiet moments at home or at the office, he cajoles and challenge...

Describes one man's transformation upon his acceptance of the principles of Yoga & gives a modern restatement of the importance of the spiritual side of human nature. Illustrated.The book is divided into four sections:Journey: The Transformation: Dr Richard Alpert, PhD into Baba Ram DassFrom Bindu to Ojas: The Core BookCookbook for a Sacred Life: A...

For many of us, feelings of deficiency are right around the corner. It doesnt take muchjust hearing of someone elses accomplishments, being criticized, getting into an argument, making a mistake at workto make us feel that we are not okay. Beginning to understand how our lives have become ensnared in this trance of unworthiness is our first ste...

A Doctor's Revolutionary Research into the Biology of NearDeath & Mystical Experiences.A clinical psychiatrist explores the effects of DMT: A behindthescenes look at the cutting edge of psychedelic research.From 1990 to 1995 Dr. Rick Strassman conducted US DEAapproved clinical research at the University of New Mexico in which he injected 60 vol...

“Available recommendation signals cluster around Social Sciences, Spirituality, NonFiction, Philosophy, Enlightenment lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for decision-making, behavior, or human motivation. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

Wisdom to Create a Life of Passion, Purpose, and PeaceThis inspiring tale provides a stepbystep approach to living with greater courage, balance, abundance, and joy. A wonderfully crafted fable, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari tells the extraordinary story of Julian Mantle, a lawyer forced to confront the spiritual crisis of his outofbalance life...

In The End of Faith, Sam Harris delivers a startling analysis of the clash between reason and religion in the modern world. He offers a vivid, historical tour of our willingness to suspend reason in favor of religious beliefs?even when these beliefs inspire the worst human atrocities. While warning against the encroachment of organized religion int...

Among the oldest of India?s spiritual texts, the Upanishads are records of intensive questionandanswer sessions given by illumined sages to their students ? in ashrams, at family gatherings, in a royal court, and in the kingdom of Death. The sages share flashes of insight, extraordinary visions, the results of their investigation into consciousne...

Whilst living amongst Peruvian Indians, anthropologist Jeremy Narby learned of their phenomenal knowledge of plants and biochemical interactions, gained under the influence of the hallucinogen ayahuasca. Despite his initial scepticism, Narby found himself engaged in an increasingly obsessive quest. He researched cuttingedge scholarship in subjects...

A national bestseller and acclaimed guide to Buddhism for beginners and practitioners alikeIn this simple but important volume, Stephen Batchelor reminds us that the Buddha was not a mystic who claimed privileged, esoteric knowledge of the universe, but a man who challenged us to understand the nature of anguish, let go of its origins, and bring in...

Twentyfour years after her first novel, Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson returns with an intimate tale of three generations from the Civil War to the twentieth century: a story about fathers and sons and the spiritual battles that still rage at America's heart. Writing in the tradition of Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman, Marilynne Robinson's beau...

Now a National Bestseller!Evangelicals are losing the culture war. What if it?s their faultIn 2016, writer and filmmaker Ben Howe found himself disillusioned with the religious movement he?d always called home. In the pursuit of electoral victory, many American evangelicals embraced moral relativism and toxic partisanship.Whatever happened to the ...

In order to come to your senses, Alan Watts often said, you sometimes need to go out of your mind. Out of Your Mind brings readers, for the first time, six of this legendary thinker's most engaging teachings on how to break through the limits of the rational mind.Offering answers to generations of spiritual seekers, Alan Watts is the voice for all ...

Esta obra poderosa y práctica es una de las más populares y queridas introducciones a la fe cristiana jamás escrita Mero Cristianismo reúne las legendarias charlas radiofónicas de C. S. Lewis que se transmitieron durante tiempos de guerra, charlas en las cuales él se proponía ""explicar y defender las creencias que han sido común a casi todos los c...

G. K. Chesterton wrote of Orthodoxy that it represented an attempt 'to state the philosophy in which I have come to believe' and to do so 'in a vague and personal way, in a set of mental pictures rather than in a series of deductions'. For most of its readers, it is the wittiest and most rollicking defence of the Christian faith ever written. Antic...

A journey from Burning Man to the Akashic Field that suggest how 5MeODMT triggers the human capacity for higher knowledge through direct contact with the zeropoint field ? Examines Bufo alvarius toad venom, which contains the potent natural psychedelic 5MeODMT, and explores its entheogenic use ? Proposes a new connection between the findings o...

With hardwon wisdom and refreshing insight, Thich Nhat Hanh confronts a subject that has been contemplated by Buddhist monks and nuns for twentyfivehundred years—and a question that has been pondered by almost anyone who has ever lived: What is death In No Death, No Fear, the acclaimed teacher and poet examines our concepts of death, fear, and ...

A longawaited followup to the New York Times bestselling Search Inside Yourself shows us how to cultivate joy within the context of our fastpaced lives and explains why it is critical to creativity, innovation, confidence, and ultimately success in every arena.In Joy on Demand, ChadeMeng Tan shows that you don?t need to meditate for hours, days...

Part autobiography, part philosophical inquiry, and part spiritual quest, Comedy Sex God is a hilarious, profound, and enlightening romp around the fertile mind of standup standout, podcast king, and HBO superstar Pete Holmes.Pete Holmes is the host of the hugely successful podcast, You Made It Weird; a soldouteverynight standup comedian with...

In her most personal book yet, popular speaker and bestselling author Sarah Bessey invites us into her long?and sometimes miraculous?road to recovery after a terrible accident and shares how it changed everything she believed about God. Sarah Bessey was in her sweet spot: a popular author, soughtafter speaker and preacher, and an active and engage...

The Bhagavad Gita tells the story of how Arjuna, the great warrior, is seated in his chariot about to engage in battle, when he sees his own kinsmen and his revered teacher arrayed in battle against him, and feels that he cannot fight. It is then that Krishna, the Cosmic Lord, comes to counsel him. Arjuna represents the human soul seated in the cha...

"A Guide to the I Ching" is an interpretive manual to the classic Wilhelm/Baynes translation of the I Ching. Now a classic in its own right and translated into other languages (German, Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian, and Italian), the "Guide" is recognized by teachers and long time students of the I Ching as indispensable to its understanding and us...

Tolerance currently occupies a very high place in Western societies: it is considered gauche, even boorish, to question it. In The Intolerance of Tolerance, however, questioning tolerance or, at least, contemporary understandings of tolerance is exactly what D. A . Carson does.Carson traces the subtle but enormous shift in the way we have com...

A chance encounter with a reproduction of Rembrandt's The Return of the Prodigal Son catapulted Henri Nouwen on a long spiritual adventure. Here he shares the deeply personal and resonant meditation that led him to discover the place within where God has chosen to dwell.In seizing the inspiration that came to him through Rembrandt's depiction of th...

An indispensable work for understanding the life and teachings of one of the most unusual mystics and philosophers of our time. Ten years have past since, in the words of his attending physician, Osho prepared for his departure from the body that had served him for fiftynine years "as calmly as though he were packing for a weekend in the country."...

Beloved and bestselling author Bob Goff provides you with a year's worth of inspiring, unexpected, thoughtprovoking teaching that will prepare you for the day ahead.Bob Goff?s first two books, Love Does and Everybody, Always, spent dozens of weeks each as New York Times bestsellers with their unique combination of entertaining, witty storytelling,...

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In this beautiful and lucid guide, Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh offers gentle anecdotes and practical exercise as a means of learning the skills of mindfulnessbeing awake and fully aware. From washing the dishes to answering the phone to peeling an orange, he reminds us that each moment holds within it an opportunity to work toward greater selfund...

Intention is generally viewed as a pitbull kind of determination propelling one to succeed at all costs by never giving up on an inner picture. In this view, an attitude that combines hard work with an indefatigable drive toward excellence is the way to succeed. However, intention is viewed very differently in this book. Dr. Wayne W. Dyer has rese...

For those who want to develop a deeper, more joyful inner life through the practice of Christian spiritual disciplines, this oneyear journalworkbook helps readers find new ways to reflect on, experience, and integrate the disciplines into their lives....

A guide to reconciling Buddhist spirituality with the American way of life addresses the challenges of spiritual living in the modern world and offers guidance for bringing a sense of the sacred to everyday experience....

We live in a distracted, secular age. These two trends define life in Western society today. We are increasingly addicted to habits and devices that distract and "buffer" us from substantive reflection and deep engagement with the world. And we live in what Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor calls "a secular age" an age in which all beliefs are eq...

A fascinating, accessible introduction to Islam from the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller ZealotINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A finalist for the Guardian First Book Award In No god but God, internationally acclaimed scholar Reza Aslan explains Islamthe origins and evolution of the faithin all its beauty and complexity. This updated edition ad...

In his discussion of natural theology (arguments to prove the existence of God) and natural atheology (arguments for the falsehood of theistic belief) Plantinga focuses on two of the traditional arguments: the ontological argument as an example of natural theology, and the problem of evil as the most important representative of natural atheology. A...

In the cloudwashed airspace between the cornfields of Illinois and blue infinity, a man puts his faith in the propeller of his biplane. For disillusioned writer and itinerant barnstormer Richard Bach, belief is as real as a full tank of gas and sparks firing in the cylinders...until he meets Donald Shimoda ? former mechanic and selfdescribed mess...

Despiteor because ofher irreverence, faith is a natural subject for Anne Lamott. Since Operating Instructions and Bird by Bird, her fans have been waiting for her to write the book that explained how she came to the bighearted, grateful, generous faith that she so often alluded to in her two earlier nonfiction books. The people in Anne Lamott'...

Originally published by the author in 1972, the underground classic Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment teaches how to improve the quality of life, to feel good, and to determine what's real. Golas leads the reader down the path toward enlightenment with simple steps, like memorizing key phrases and incorporating them into daily life and thought. Thi...

"Thoughtprovoking and charming." "Library Journal" Not all Great Masters of Wisdom are venerable graybeards. One is as familiar to us as that beloved teddy bear Winnie the Pooh. From the "how" of Pooh to the Tao of Pooh is a simple, effortless, joyous step...a delicious journey to Pooh Corner illuminated by the timeless teachings of the Taoist i...

Why are we afraid of death What is acceptance in the face of cancer How do I decide whose advice to take How to relax in the certainty of death Ought we to tell someone when they are dying or not Is the theory of reincarnation true What is happening around the dying How best to support a dying person My young daughter is asking about death:...

The hilarious and heartwarming, respectful and thoughtprovoking memoir of a college student's semester at Liberty University, the "Bible Boot Camp" for young evangelicals, that will inspire believers and nonbelievers alike. No drinking. No smoking. No cursing. No dancing. No Rrated movies. Kevin Roose wasn't used to rules like these. As a sophomo...

In this prizewinning book Nathan O. Hatch offers a provocative reassessment of religion and culture in the early days of the American republic, arguing that during this period American Christianity was democratized and common people became powerful actors on the religious scene. Hatch examines five distinct traditions or mass movements that emerge...

The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting faiths and world views. His Confessions, written when he was in his forties, recount how, slowly and painfully, he came to turn away from his youthful ideas and licentious lifestyle, to become instead a staunch advocate of Christianity a...

We are programmed from birth to believe that our existence is an unsolvable riddle, but if we make an honest effort, then we discover that mystery itself is the riddle. Not just what is the big mystery, but why is there any mystery at all And what if there isn't What if the Mysterium Tremendum is just an internal belief without any external count...

At thirtysix years old, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche was a rising star within his generation of Tibetan masters and the respected abbot of three monasteries. Then one night, telling no one, he slipped out of his monastery in India with the intention of spending the next four years on a wandering retreat, following the ancient practice of holy mendicant...

One of the most important theologians of the twentieth century illuminates the relationship between ourselves and the teachings of Jesus in this classic text on ethics, humanism, and civic duty.What can the call to discipleship, the adherence to the word of Jesus, mean today to the businessman, the soldier, the laborer, or the aristocrat What did ...

The Pulitzer finalist delivers his best work yeta brilliant, streamlined comic novel, reminiscent of early Philip Roth and of his own most masterful stories, about a son's failure to say Kaddish for his fatherLarry is an atheist in a family of orthodox Memphis Jews. When his father dies, it is his responsibility as the surviving son to recite the...

Ready to take the next step toward living in alignment with the Universe The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Universe Has Your Back shows you how.In Super Attractor, Gabrielle Bernstein lays out the essential steps for living in alignment with the Universemore fully than you've ever done before."I've always known that there is a non...

The modern apologetics classic that started it all is now completely revised and updated?because the truth of the Bible doesn?t change, but its critics do. With the original Evidence That Demands a Verdict, bestselling author Josh McDowell gave Christian readers the answers they needed to defend their faith against the harshest critics and skeptics...

In this comprehensive and practical guide, the secrets of the ancient science of Tantra become available to a contemporary audience for the first time. Confined to small, hidden mystery schools for centuries, and often misunderstood and misinterpreted today. Tantra is not just a collection of techniques to enhance sexual experience. As Osho shows i...

Discover everything you ever wanted to know about the world's most popular tarot deck. The Ultimate Guide to the Rider Waite Tarot details the ten most important symbols on each and every card in the deck complete with hundreds of illustrations for easy use. In addition to an explanation of the symbols, each card is given a brief interpretation by ...

“Available recommendation signals cluster around Spirituality, Ancient, Egypt, NonFiction, Fiction lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

Essential Zen Habits shares a method and a sixweek program for changing a habit, and outlines steps needed to quit bad habits, deal with life struggles, and find mindfulness. All in a very brief format of "just do this" instructions, no fluff whatsoever....

Wake up and dream. Imagine experiencing all the things that happen in dreams, but with one extraordinary difference: You are ?lucid???consciously, joyously in control. Not just an adventure (yes, you can fly), a lucid dream is a time ripe for creative thinking, healing, inspiration, and selfknowledge. This lively dream guide shows stepbystep...

4th Edition Now Available with New Beautiful Images and also as Audiobook!"No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again." BuddhaAn ancient and deeply revered practice, Buddhism is even more popular now than it has been in decades. The secret behind its steady rise is due in part to the plethora of benefits Buddhism reaps upon those who...

This book provides a muchneeded thematic and historical introduction to Hinduism, the religion of the majority of people in India. Dr. Flood traces the development of Hindu traditions from ancient origins and the major deities to the modern world. Hinduism as both a global religion and a form of nationalism are discussed. Emphasis is given to the ...

LIVE A LIFE OF MEANING AND CONNECTIONInstead of pushing for perfectionA few years ago, I found myself exhausted and isolated, my soul and body sick. I was tired of being tired, burned out on busy. And, it seemed almost everyone I talked with was in the same boat: longing for connection, meaning, depth, but settling for busy.I am a wife, mother, dau...

This manual uses material from The Tibetan Book of the Dead for this preparation. The authors also make an important contribution to the interpretation of The Tibetan Book of the Dead. They show that it is concerned not with the dead, but with the living. The last section of the manual provides instructions for an actual psychedelic session, under ...

Have you ever dreamed of a life full of laughter, love, and sequins ? but felt totally clueless about how to make it happen You?re not alone. Bestselling author and speaker Gala Darling spent years in soulsucking jobs, battling depression, an eating disorder, and a preference for chaos and disaster?simply because she didn?t know how to create th...

An uplifting masterwork of comfort and compassion exploringthe ultimate questions of existence and transcendence.Nothing has riveted humanity's interest more, nor has anything been more frightening or aweinspiring, than the finality of death. In Home with God, the last installment of his bestselling Conversations with God series, Neale Donald Wals...

The Book of Chuang Tzu draws together the stories, tales, jokes and anecdotes that have gathered around the figure of Chuang Tzu. One of the great founders of Taoism, Chaung Tzu lived in the fourth century BC and is among the most enjoyable and intriguing personalities in the whole of Chinese philosophy....

The Buddhist jhanas?successive states of deep focus or meditative absorbtiondemystified. A very practical guidebook for meditators for navigating their way through these states of bliss and concentration.One of the elements of the Eightfold Path the Buddha taught is Right Concentration: the onepointedness of mind that, together with ethics, live...

The most influential man to ever walk the earth has had his story told in hundreds of different ways for thousands of years. Can any more be said Now Timothy Keller, New York Times bestselling author of The Reason for God and the man Newsweek called a ?C. S. Lewis for the twenty-first century,? unlocks new insights into the life of Jesus Christ as...

Old Path White Clouds presents the life and teachings of Gautama Buddha. Drawn directly from 24 Pali, Sanskrit, and Chinese sources, and retold by Thich Nhat Hanh in his inimitably beautiful style, this book traces the Buddha's life slowly and gently over the course of 80 years, partly through the eyes of Svasti, the buffalo boy, and partly through...

“Available recommendation signals cluster around Spirituality, NonFiction, Personal Development lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for meaning, ethics, or reflective life questions. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

Here is a modern classic of unusually clear, practical instruction for the practice of Buddhist meditation: sitting and walking meditation, how one relates with the breath, feelings, thought, sense perceptions, consciousness, and everyday activities. Basic Buddhist topics such as the nature of karma, the four noble truths, the factors of enlightenm...

This new edition of The Only Astrology Book You'll Ever Need is packed with updated information on Sun signs, Moon signs, Ascending signs, the placement of Planets in your Houses, and the latest astronomical discoveries. This book provides the compatibility between every sign (144 combinations) and dispenses advice about health, money, lifestyle, a...

?If there is a candidate for ?Living Buddha? on earth today, it is Thich Nhat Hanh.? ? Richard Bakerroshi In The Heart of the Buddha?s Teaching, now with added material and new insights, Thich Nhat Hanh introduces us to the core teachings of Buddhism an...

I?ve had a sense since I was youngthat there?s more going on here, thatthe world is not a cold, dead place,that it?s alive in some compelling andmysterious way.This book is about that sense. I?ve triedto listen to it, and follow it, and trust it.It?s been devastating at times, intoxicatingat others, heartbreaking and maddeningand euphoric??how do y...

This classic biography was first published thirty years ago and has since established itself as the standard account of Saint Augustine's life and teaching. The remarkable discovery recently of a considerable number of letters and sermons by Augustine has thrown fresh light on the first and last decades of his experience as a bishop. These circumst...

AN ANCHOR BOOKS ORIGINALAs more and more people in the West pursue yoga in its various forms, whether at traditional centers, in the highpowered atmosphere of sports clubs, or on their own, they begin to realize that far from being just another exercise routine, yoga is a discipline of the body and the mind. The 365 meditations incluided in this b...

What is Heaven really going to be like What will we look like What will we do Won't Heaven get boring after a whileWe all have questions about what Heaven will be like, and after 25 years of extensive research, Dr. Randy Alcorn has the answers.In the most comprehensive and definitive book on Heaven to date, Randy invites you to picture Heaven t...

Worshipped for over threefifths of recorded history, Egypt?s gods and goddesses are among the most fascinating of human civilization. The lives of pharaohs and commoners alike were dominated by the need to honor, worship, and pacify the huge pantheon of deities, from the benevolent to the malevolent. The richness and complexity of their mythology ...

The beloved literary iconoclast delivers a fresh twenty-first century primer on tarot that can be used with any deck.While tarot has gone mainstream with a diverse range of tarot decks widely available, there has been no equally mainstream guide to the tarot?one that can be applied to any deck?until now. Infused with beloved iconoclastic author Mic...

A newly revised and updated edition of the internationally bestselling spiritual classic, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, written by Sogyal Rinpoche, is the ultimate introduction to Tibetan Buddhist wisdom. An enlightening, inspiring, and comforting manual for life and death that the New York Times calls, ?The Tibetan equivalent of [Dante?s] ...

Pebble meditation is a groundbreaking and completely unique technique to introduce children to the calming practice of meditation. Developed by Zen master, best selling author, and peace Nobel Prize nominee Thich Nhat Hanh A Handful of Quiet contains complete instructions for pebble meditation designed to involve children in a handson and creative...

The Yoga Sutra is the great motherbook of all the yoga works ever written; it was composed by the Indian master Patanjali some 2,000 years ago. The Sanskrit text is written in 210 brief, cryptic verses whose meaning has long ago sunk into darkness; the many, confusing modern attempts to explain them bear little resemblance to each other, which is j...

We always have a choice, Pema Chodron teaches: We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us and make us increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and make us kinder. Here Pema provides the tools to deal with the problems and difficulties that life throws our way. This wisdom is always available to us, she teaches, but w...

Was God telling the truth when he said, "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart"In The Case for Faith, bestselling author, journalist, and former atheist Lee Strobel turns his investigative skills to the most persistent emotional objections to belief in Godthe eight "heart barriers" to faith:"Since evil and suffering e...

Forget your sign ? what?s your designWould you like a clear picture of your ideal life partnerWould you like to make better decisions, find your ideal career, and realize your highest potentialWould you like to know who you really areMore individually specific than horoscopes, Human Design is a revolutionary system that is changing people?s liv...

Go beyond mindfulness practice kindfulness!Here Ajahn Brahm introduces a new kind of meditation: kindfulness. Kindfulness is the cause of relaxation. It brings ease to the body, to the mind, and to the world. Kindfulness allows healing to happen. So don't just be mindful, be kindful!With his trademark knack for telling engaging stories paired wit...

In this inspiring guide to achieving happiness and wellness in life, work, and relationships, a "goto life coach for those in the know" (InStyle) reveals how to use astrology as a roadmap to success. For thousands of years, people have looked to the night sky for guidance. Yet these days it's so easy to lose touch with the universe and the importa...

One of the most powerful of the Seth Books, this essential guide to conscious living clearly and powerfully articulates the furthest reaches of human potential, and the concept that we all create our own reality according to our individual beliefs. Having withstood the test of time, it is still considered one of the most dynamic and brilliant maps ...

Book Summary of The Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Buddhist Wisdom:A Complete Introduction To The Principles And Practices Of Buddhism The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Buddhist Wisdom is an elegant, straightfoward and helpful encyclopedia of Buddhist wisdom. It offers an overview of this ancient spiritual tradition and narrates the life story of Prince...

Daumal's symbolic mountain represents a way to truth that "cannot not exist," and his classic allegory of man's search for himself embraces the certainty that one can know and conquer one's own reality.In this novel/allegory the narrator/author sets sail in the yacht Impossible to search for Mount Analogue, the geographically located, albeit hidden...

New edition of this perennial classic. ?The best introductory work on Tibetan Buddhist tantra available today.??Janet Gyatso, Harvard UniversityWhat is tantra Who is qualified to practice it How should it be practiced What are the results According to Buddhism, every human being has the potential to achieve profound and lasting happiness. And a...

Between 1993 and 2000, a series of groundbreaking experiments revealed dramatic evidence of a web of energy that connects everything in our lives and our world?the Divine Matrix. From the healing of our bodies, to the success of our careers, relationships, and the peace between nations, this new evidence demonstrates that we each hold the power to ...

This beautiful book is the first to enable Western readers to witness devotional practices of the Hindu people. Hundreds of arresting photographs document the spirituality of common men and women in India, while definitions, descriptions, and captivating stories reveal the wide scope of their beliefs and practices....

Buddhism is a vast and complex religious and philosophical tradition with a history that stretches over 2,500 years, and which is now followed by around 115 million people. In this introduction to the foundations of Buddhism, Rupert Gethin concentrates on the ideas and practices which constitute the common heritage of the different traditions of Bu...

Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, bestselling author of Peace is Every Step and one of the most respected and celebrated religious leaders in the world, delivers a powerful path to happiness through mastering life?s most important skill?Thich Nhat Hanh shows us the connection between personal, inner peace and peace on earth.? ?His Holiness the Dalai Lama...

It was under the bodhi tree in India twentyfive centuries ago that Buddha achieved the insight that three states of mind were the source of all our unhappiness: wrong knowing, obsessive desire, and anger. All are difficult, but in one instant of anger?one of the most powerful emotions?lives can be ruined, and health and spiritual development can b...

A thoroughly revised edition of the muchsoughtafter early work by Terence and Dennis McKenna that looks at shamanism, altered states of consciousness, and the organic unity of the King Wen sequence of the I Ching....

Exploring the world of plants and its relation to mankind as revealed by the latest discoveries of scientists, The Secret Life of Plants includes remarkable information about plants as lie detectors and plants as ecological sentinels; it describes their ability to adapt to human wishes, their response to music, their curative powers, and their abil...

If God does not exist, then what does Is there good and evil, and should we care How do we know what's true anyway And can we make any sense of this universe, or our own lives Sense and Goodness answers all these questions in lavish detail, without complex jargon. A complete worldview is presented and defended, covering every subject from knowl...

In her latest book, The Universe Has Your Back , New York Times bestselling author Gabrielle Bernstein teaches readers how to transform their fear into faith in order to live a divinely guided life. Each story and lesson in the book guides readers to release the blocks to what they most long for: happiness, security and clear direction. The lesson...