The Commanding Self
By: Idries Shah
4.58
Format: 332 pages, Paperback
Described by the author as a key to the entire corpus of his work, The Commanding Self describes th…
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"Nothing cheap without reason."-Idries Shah, The Commanding Self
"Nada es barato sin una razón."-Idries Shah, The Commanding Self
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1. Don Quixote
By: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra , Roberto González Echevarría , John Rutherford
3.66
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Don Quixote has become so entranced by reading chivalric romances, that he determines to become a k… read more
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2. The Prophet
By: Kahlil Gibran
4.01
Format: 511 pages, Paperback
Kahlil Gibran's masterpiece, The Prophet, is one of the most beloved classics of our time. Publishe… read more
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- philosophy
3. Sorcerer's Apprentice
By: Tahir Shah
4.00
Format: 412 pages, Paperback
As a child, Tahir Shah first learned the secrets of illusion from an Indian magician. Two decades l… read more
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- nonfiction
4. The Psychology of Consciousness
By: Robert Ornstein
3.71
Format: 412 pages, Paperback
In this revised edition of his revolutionary study, Ornstein reexamines what is known about conscio… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- psychology
5. The Holy Bible: King James Version
By: Anonymous
4.44
Format: 1590 pages, Hardcover
Biblija ili Sveto pismo jest zbirka knjiga koje Hebreji i kršćani na svoj način smatraju svetima. D… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
"Not my will, but thine, be done."-Anonymous, The Holy Bible: King James Version
"We live by faith and not by sight."-Anonymous, The Holy Bible: King James Version
"I'm my beloved's and my beloved is mine."-Anonymous, The Holy Bible: King James Version
"If God is for us, who can be against us?"-Anonymous, The Holy Bible: King James Version
6. The Power of Myth
By: Joseph Campbell , Bill Moyers
4.26
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
The Power Of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work.… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- psychology
"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy."-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
"Follow your bliss and doors will open where there were no doors before."-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
"Lo que el creativo saca a la luz es algo que estaba esperando ser extraído en todos."-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
"Poets are simply those who have made a profession ans a lifestyle of being in touch with their bliss."-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
7. The Secret of Secrets
By: Osho
3.63
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
This book is one of the most esoteric treatises in the world. It will show you the way to become mo… read more
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8. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
By: Miguel Ruiz
4.11
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In The Four Agreements, don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of … read more
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9. I Am That: Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
By: Nisargadatta Maharaj , Maurice Frydman , None
3.64
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
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10. Awareness: The Key to Living in Balance
By: Osho
3.84
Format: 223 pages, Paperback
Underlying all meditation techniques, including martial arts-and in fact underlying all great athle… read more
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11. The Birth of Tragedy
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , Shaun Whiteside
3.99
Format: 121 pages, Paperback
A compelling argument for the necessity for art in life, Nietzsche's first book is fuelled by his e… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
"Man is no longer an artist, he has become a work of art."-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
"Knowledge kills action; action requires the veils of illusion."-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
"Look at this! Look carefully! It is your life! It is the hour-hand of your clock of existence!"-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
"Večita je to pojava: požudna volja uvek nalazi sredstva da iluzijom prostrtom preko stvari zadrži svoje stvorove u životu i da ih prisili da i dalje žive."-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
12. Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
By: Anna Lembke
3.91
Format: 304 pages, ebook
This book is about pleasure. It's also about pain. Most important, it's about how to find the delic… read more
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- psychology
"The reason we’re all so miserable may be because we’re working so hard to avoid being miserable."-Anna Lembke, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
"The paradox is that hedonism, the pursuit of pleasure for its own sake, leads to anhedonia, which is the inability to enjoy pleasure of any kind."-Anna Lembke, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
"With prolonged and repeated exposure to pleasurable stimuli, our capacity to tolerate pain decreases, and our threshold for experiencing pleasure increases."-Anna Lembke, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
"Beyond extreme examples of running from pain, we’ve lost the ability to tolerate even minor forms of discomfort. We’re constantly seeking to distract ourselves from the present moment, to be entertai…"-Anna Lembke, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
13. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
By: Ed Yong
4.47
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A grand tour through the hidden realms of animal senses that will transform the way you perceive th… read more
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"It's ironic that we associate taste with connoisseurship, subtlety, and fine discrimination when it is among the coarsest of senses."-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
"We are closer than ever to understanding what it is like to be another animal, but we have made it harder than ever for other animals to be."-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
"Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal can only tap into a small fraction of realities fullness. Each is enclos…"-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
"A striking pattern emerged on days with the most intense solar storms, grey whales were 4 times more likely to beach themselves. This correlation doesn't prove that whales have a compass but it stron…"-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
14. Being Aware of Being Aware (The Essence of Meditation Series)
By: Rupert Spira
4.32
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Everybody is aware, all seven billion of us. We are aware of thoughts, feelings, sensations, and pe… read more
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"Awareness is inherently whole, complete and fulfilled in itself. Thus its nature is happiness itself--not a happiness that depends upon the condition of the mind, body or world, but a causeless joy t…"-Rupert Spira, Being Aware of Being Aware (The Essence of Meditation Series)
"Our true nature of eternal, infinite awareness is never completely forgotten or eclipsed by objective experience. However agitated or numbed objective experience may have rendered our mind, the memor…"-Rupert Spira, Being Aware of Being Aware (The Essence of Meditation Series)
"The apparently separate self or finite ‘I’ around whom all experience revolves is the true and only ‘I’ of eternal, infinite awareness – the ‘I’ of God’s infinite, self-aware being that shines in eac…"-Rupert Spira, Being Aware of Being Aware (The Essence of Meditation Series)
"a mind that is accustomed to repeatedly dissolving in its source or essence becomes progressively saturated with its inherent peace. When such a mind rises again from the ocean of awareness, its acti…"-Rupert Spira, Being Aware of Being Aware (The Essence of Meditation Series)
15. God 4.0: On the Nature of Higher Consciousness and the Experience Called “God”
By: Robert Ornstein
4.35
Format: 402 pages, Paperback
This book is about what it means to go beyond our ordinary perception of reality, and to understand… read more
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"Finding and knowing, rather than absorbing dictums, is what “deeper understanding"-Robert Ornstein, God 4.0: On the Nature of Higher Consciousness and the Experience Called “God”
"This landmark book shines new light on things we thought we understood. —Charles Swencionis"-Robert Ornstein, God 4.0: On the Nature of Higher Consciousness and the Experience Called “God”
"There will be no further evolution without conscious evolution. - Robert Ornstein, The Evolution of Consciousness"-Robert Ornstein, God 4.0: On the Nature of Higher Consciousness and the Experience Called “God”
"God 4.0' is a visionary fusion of true spirituality and neuroscience. Both authors forcefully argue for “consciousness evolution"-Robert Ornstein, God 4.0: On the Nature of Higher Consciousness and the Experience Called “God”
16. The Commanding Self
By: Idries Shah
4.58
Format: 332 pages, Paperback
Described by the author as a key to the entire corpus of his work, The Commanding Self describes th… read more
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"Nothing cheap without reason."-Idries Shah, The Commanding Self
"Nada es barato sin una razón."-Idries Shah, The Commanding Self
"Es el orfebre quien puede evaluar el oro."-Idries Shah, The Commanding Self
"A donkey eats a melon, it remains a donkey"-Idries Shah, The Commanding Self
