The Most Important Thing: Discovering Truth at the Heart of Life
By: Adyashanti
4.46
Format: 166 pages, Kindle Edition
From esteemed teacher Adyashanti, a collection of writings on the search for the ultimate reality b…
Want to Read $ 11.99"Thinking is something and then feeling it are two different reference points for most human beings: If I think it and I feel it, then it is real. But it does not take much reflection to acknowledge we have all thought and felt things to be true that later found out were not."-Adyashanti, The Most Important Thing: Discovering Truth at the Heart of Life
"The thought is not the thing that it represents. Try to get that right down to your core, right down to the marrow in your bones and into the blood that flows through your veins: the thought is not the thing. Then embrace that intermediary step of unknowing things, and as you enter the unknown, you'll see it is not a place; it is the living reality of things underneath the idea of the unknown. The point is not to spend the rest of your life saying, "I do not know" to everything; it is to step out of the known and directly perceive. You do this by entering the lived reality of not knowing, which takes you out of the known, out of the idea and into the reality of you, of anything, and of anyone. It's a place where words are useful tools, but you are no longer trapped by them."-Adyashanti, The Most Important Thing: Discovering Truth at the Heart of Life
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1. The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
By: Eckhart Tolle
4.15
Format: 229 pages, Paperback
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"You are awareness, disguised as a person."-Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
"The mind-identified state is severely dysfunctional."-Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
"Where there is anger there is always pain underneath."-Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
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2. Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
By: Chögyam Trungpa
4.22
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
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"Eventually we must give up trying to be something special."-Chögyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
"As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music."-Chögyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
"As long as a person is involved with warfare, trying to defend or attack, then his action is not sacred; it is mundane, dualistic, a battlefield situation."-Chögyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
"Self-deception is a constant problem as we progress along a spiritual path. Ego is always trying to achieve spirituality. It is rather like wanting to witness your own funeral."-Chögyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
3. More Than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory
By: Tatiana Gill , Franklin Veaux , Eve Rickert , None
4.22
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
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"Practicing security means continually turning towards the best version of yourself."-Tatiana Gill, More Than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory
"An omission is a lie when it is calculated to conceal information that, where it known to the other party, would be materially relevant to her."-Tatiana Gill, More Than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory
"All of us have done some very bad things. We've all hurt other people when we thought we were doing the right thing, or at least not a bad thing. We were probably trying to get our own needs met-blin…"-Tatiana Gill, More Than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory
"In truth, she was lying: she was concealing information that, if he know about it, would have changed his assessment of their relationship. When we talk about honesty, we will do so from the position…"-Tatiana Gill, More Than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory
4. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
By: Pema Chödrön
4.28
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
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"Pointing directly at your own heart, you find Buddha."-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
"Without giving up hope—that there’s somewhere better to be, that there’s someone better to be—we will never relax with where we are or who we are."-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
"Rather than letting our negativity get the better of us, we could acknowledge that right now we feel like a piece of shit and not be squeamish about taking a good look."-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
"Birth is painful and delightful. Death is painful and delightful. Everything that ends is also the beginning of something else. Pain is not a punishment; pleasure is not a reward."-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
5. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
By: Shunryu Suzuki , Huston Smith , Trudy Dixon , Richard Baker
4.21
Format: 138 pages, Paperback
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"Waves are the practice of the water."-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
"You do not say, “This is enlightenment,"-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
"Sincerity itself is the railroad track."-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
"Zen practice is to open up our small mind."-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
6. The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life's Perfection
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3.38
Format: None pages, Paperback
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7. Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing
By: Caroline Myss
2.00
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
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8. Whatever Arises, Love That: A Love Revolution That Begins with You
By: Matt Kahn
3.24
Format: 202 pages, Hardcover
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By: J. Krishnamurti
3.21
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
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10. Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
By: Marshall B. Rosenberg , Arun Gandhi
4.34
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
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"At the root of every tantrum and power struggle are unmet needs."-Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
"All violence is the result of people tricking themselves into believing that their pain derives from other people and that consequently those people deserve to be punished."-Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
"Anger is a result of life-alienating thinking that is disconnected from needs. It indicates that we have moved up to our head to analyze and judge somebody rather than focus on what we are needing an…"-Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
"All criticism, attack, insults, and judgments vanish when we focus attention on hearing the feelings and needs behind a message. The more we practice in this way, the more we realize a simple truth: …"-Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
11. A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
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4.48
Format: None pages, Paperback
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12. Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy
By: Sadhguru
3.86
Format: 256 pages,
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13. Power of Awareness: New Edition Incorporating Neville's Later Notes
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Format: 376 pages, Paperback
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5.00
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4.18
Format: 411 pages,
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4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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"Being open-hearted is a prerequisite for being a full, kind, and wise human being."-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
"A person who is looking for beauty is likely to find wonders, while a person looking for threats will find danger. A person who beams warmth brings out the glowing sides of the people she meets, whil…"-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
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4.25
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
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"I’m being diplomatic. Many readers will know of the “replication crisis"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"Obviously, imposing these classifications on determinism, free will, and moral responsibility is wildly simplified. A key simplification is pretending that most people have clean “yes"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"You cannot decide all the sensory stimuli in your environment, your hormone levels this morning, whether something traumatic happened to you in the past, the socioeconomic status of your parents, you…"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
19. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
By: Charles Duhigg
4.05
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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"Strong leaders didn't help people align. In fact, groups with a dominant leader had the least amount of neural synchrony."-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
"To communicate with someone, we must connect with them. When we absorb what someone is saying and they comprehend what we say, it's because our brains have, to some degree, aligned."-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
20. Elolliset
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4.38
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
Vuonna 1741 luonnontieteilijä ja teologi Georg Wilhelm Steller seilaa kapteeni Vitus Beringin retki… read more
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21. Be Here Now
By: Ram Dass
4.33
Format: 116 pages, Kindle Edition
The enhanced edition of Be Here Now Two guided video meditations, 30 minutes in length * Twenty mi… read more
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"Be here now."-Ram Dass, Be Here Now
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"As we grow in our consciousness, there will be more compassion and more love, and then the barriers between people, between religions, between nations will begin to fall. Yes, we have to beat down th…"-Ram Dass, Be Here Now
22. Living Untethered: Beyond the Human Predicament
By: Michael A. Singer
4.45
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
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23. I Will Ruin You
By: Linwood Barclay
3.98
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
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24. Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind
By: Annaka Harris
3.83
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
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25. The Broken Room
By: Peter Clines
3.89
Format: 382 pages, Hardcover
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26. Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions
By: Johann Hari
4.27
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
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"If you picture of a perfect After-life, it's being with the people you love all the time. He asked me: Why wouldn't you choose today: when you're still alive, to be truely present with the people you…"-Johann Hari, Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions
"...Every one of the social and psychological causes of depression and anxiety they have discovered has something in common. They are all forms of disconnection. They are all ways in which we have bee…"-Johann Hari, Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions
"Un día descubrió que nunca podía desembarazarse de «esa sensación de no tener un futuro». Ni siquiera se veía capaz de planificar con unos días de antelación. Los comentarios de sus amigos sobre hipo…"-Johann Hari, Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions
"Robert Kohlenberg, a professor of psychology, once thought that depression and anxiety were different things. But as he studied it, he discovered that "the data are indicating they're not that distin…"-Johann Hari, Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions
27. Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
By: Jason Hickel
4.51
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
The world has finally awoken to the reality of climate breakdown and ecological collapse. Now we mu… read more
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"Individuality is an illusion. Life on this planet is an interwoven mesh of relational becoming."-Jason Hickel, Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
"We will find ourselves plunging into ecological collapse well before we run into the limits to growth."-Jason Hickel, Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
"It is politically easier to rev up GDP and hope some of it trickles down to the poor than it is to distribute existing income more fairly."-Jason Hickel, Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
"Atmospheric carbon concentration should not breach 350ppm if the climate is to remain stable (we crossed that boundary in 1990, and hit 415ppm in 2020)."-Jason Hickel, Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
28. How to Be the Love You Seek: Break Cycles, Find Peace, and Heal Your Relationships
By: Nicole LePera
3.92
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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29. The meaning of happiness: The quest for freedom of the spirit in modern psychology & the wisdom of the east
By: Alan W. Watts
4.08
Format: 219 pages, Paperback
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"There is no greater freedom than the freedom to be what you are now."-Alan W. Watts, The meaning of happiness: The quest for freedom of the spirit in modern psychology & the wisdom of the east
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"All men suffer [...], but not all are unhappy, for unhappiness is a reaction to suffering, not suffering itself."-Alan W. Watts, The meaning of happiness: The quest for freedom of the spirit in modern psychology & the wisdom of the east
30. The Most Important Thing: Discovering Truth at the Heart of Life
By: Adyashanti
4.46
Format: 166 pages, Kindle Edition
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"Thinking is something and then feeling it are two different reference points for most human beings: If I think it and I feel it, then it is real. But it does not take much reflection to acknowledge w…"-Adyashanti, The Most Important Thing: Discovering Truth at the Heart of Life
"The thought is not the thing that it represents. Try to get that right down to your core, right down to the marrow in your bones and into the blood that flows through your veins: the thought is not t…"-Adyashanti, The Most Important Thing: Discovering Truth at the Heart of Life
31. Nothing to Grasp
By: Joan Tollifson
4.53
Format: 184 pages, Kindle Edition
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"You're not going anywhere."-Joan Tollifson, Nothing to Grasp
"Every instant is a new universe."-Joan Tollifson, Nothing to Grasp
"Presence is not an object. It is the openness that beholds it all."-Joan Tollifson, Nothing to Grasp
"Once people start identifying themselves or others as “permanently enlightened people,"-Joan Tollifson, Nothing to Grasp
