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BOOKS
“Where do I go from here?”
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A. Modern Spirituality - God without Dogma
These books, not to be confused with religion, represent a way of looking at the Universe through the eyes of the Spirit without the archaic trappings of religion: i.e. guilt, judgment, condemnation, assuming everyone who doesn’t believe like you IS WRONG (and is a candidate for The Sword), etc…
- Spiritual Teachings and Teachers
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1. Autobiography of a Yogi
by Paramahansa Yogananda
Read by millions, this timeless spiritual and literary classic illuminates the eternal ideals that have been our surest guide on the path of life.
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2. Ramtha – the White Book
by Steven Lee Weinberg (Editor), et al
This is the best book for anyone who is searching for God. The book is filled with truth, wisdom, poetry and love. These words will touch your heart and awaken your soul. Ramtha tells us that God is not outside of us. God is not on a piece of real estate called ‘heaven.’ God is inside of you. You are it. We recommend this book to anyone who wants to know God.
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3. Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East (6 volume set)
by Baird T. Spalding
Spalding’s description of his far east travels introduced to the Western world the knowledge that there are many Masters who assist and guide the destinies of mankind. His encounters with the Masters present a dramatic unfoldment of spiritual teachings and episodes unparalleled in all of Western literature.
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4. Shaman of Tibet: Milarepa-From Anger to Enlightenment
by Winged Wolf
This book chronicles the most unusual journey to enlightenment of the great Tibetan master, Milarepa, who lived in the 11th and 12th Centuries.
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5. Surfing the Himalayas: A Spiritual Adventure
by Frederick Lenz
A wild and often funny ride through the basics of Buddhist thought.
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6. Journey to Ixtlan: The Lessons of Don Juan
by Carlos Castaneda
Castaneda shares his journey into another world, led by the Indian sorcerer Don Juan. It is vivid and provocative.
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7. Tales of Power
by Carlos Castaneda
Don Juan concludes the instruction of Castaneda with his most powerful and mysterious lessons in the sorcerer’s art. It is a dazzling series of visions that are at once an initiation and a deeply moving farewell.
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8. Meetings With Remarkable Men
by G. I. Gurdjieff
In this, Gurdjieff’s account of his youth and early travels, he organizes the half autobiography, half travel journal around portraits of remarkable men and women who aided him in his search for hidden knowledge or accompanied him on his journeys in remote parts of the Near East and Central Asia.
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9. The Nature of Personal Reality: (A Seth Book)
by Jane Roberts
The channeled material from an entity Jane Roberts knew as ‘Seth,’ is an intriguing classic about the way our consciousness creates our reality.
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10. The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living
by His Holiness, the Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler, M.D.
Based on 2,500 years of Buddhist meditations mixed with a healthy dose of common sense, this book crosses the boundaries of traditions to help readers with difficulties common to all human beings.
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- Spiritual Novels
Novels are a wonderful way to explore new modes of thought, while being caught up in a real page-turning experience…
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1. The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream
by Paulo Coelho
Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy, travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of a treasure buried in the pyramids. This is an enchanting novel.
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2. The Celestine Prophecy
by James Redfield
An ancient manuscript discovered in the Peruvian rain forests, contains nine key insights each human being is predicted to grasp, sequentially, one after another, as we move toward a completely spiritual culture on Earth.
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3. The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
A fascinating page-turner which starts with a murder in the Louvre Museum where a man dies leaving a series of clues to some of the world’s great mysteries which must be unraveled by two unlikely sleuths. They are chased not only by the police but also by an ancient secret society that is searching for the same keys to history’s best-kept secrets. Based on historical fact.
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4. Timeline
by Michael Crichton
A group of Archaeologists gets a chance not to study the past, but to enter it -– six hundred years ago.
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5. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
Arthur Dent, mild-mannered, out-to-lunch earthling, is plucked from Earth by his friend, Ford Prefect, just seconds before it is demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass. A wild and wacky intergalactic journey through time, space, and best-sellerdom.
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6. Nine Faces of Christ
by Eugene E. Whitworth
An insight into what the “missing” years of Christ might have been like, as well as a view of what Jesus as a man might have been like. A narrative of his nine great mystic initiations. A controversial book containing enormous spiritual wisdom.
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7. The Red Lion & The Elixir of Eternal Life
by Maria Szepes
Translated from the Hungarian, this book follows the story of an over-reaching thief named Hans, who lusts after the Red Lion, or the elixir of eternal life. His success in gaining it is undermined by the fact that through each reincarnation he is cursed to remember everything from each previous one. This is a rare, once in a lifetime type of novel.
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8. Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse
Siddhartha leaves his family for a contemplative life. He then becomes restless and discards it for one of the flesh. Finally, bored, sickened, and near despair, a revelation occurs that leads him through a range of understandings and finally to wisdom.
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9. Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives
by Dan Millman
Despite his success both in college and in world-champion level athletics, Dan is haunted by a feeling that something is missing in his life. One night he meets an old, eccentric warrior named Socrates, at an all-night gas station. His life is changed forever.
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Please also patronize these local bookstores in your community. We appreciate their support of What the Bleep Do We Know!? and the interviewed authors.
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