19 best-selling nonfiction books like Fasting the Mind: Spiritual Exercises for Psychic Detox by Jason Gregory

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Fasting the Mind: Spiritual Exercises for Psychic Detox

By: Jason Gregory

4.24

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Combines cognitive psychology with Zen, Taoist, and Vedic practices to empty the mind• Explains how…

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1. Autobiography of a Yogi

By: Paramahansa Yogananda

4.24

Format: 503 pages, Paperback

This acclaimed autobiography presents a fascinating portrait of one of the great spiritual figures … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"Who am I? The great inquiry indeed."

-Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

"Todo tiene su momento, y cada cosa su tiempo bajo el cielo"

-Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

"You have come to earth to entertain and to be entertained."

-Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

"The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man's slavery"

-Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

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2. Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity

By: Edward Slingerland

3.74

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A deeply original exploration of the power of spontaneity—an ancient Chinese ideal that cognitive s… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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3. Mastery

By: Robert Greene

4.26

Format: 318 pages, Hardcover

In this book, Robert Greene demonstrates that the ultimate form of power is mastery itself. By anal… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Creative Endeavors are by their nature uncertain."

-Robert Greene, Mastery

"The problem is that we humans are deep conformists."

-Robert Greene, Mastery

"The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus."

-Robert Greene, Mastery

"Read more books than those who have a formal education, developing this into a lifelong habit."

-Robert Greene, Mastery

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4. Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

By: Brené Brown

4.13

Format: 197 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A timely and important book that challenges everything we think we k… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"Joy is probably the most vulnerable emotion we experience in our lives."

-Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

"Lying is a defiance of the truth. Bullshitting is a wholesale dismissal of the truth."

-Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

"When we're suffering, may of us are better at causing pain than feeling it. We spread hurt rather than let it inside."

-Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

"(Quoting Viola Davis) I will not be a mystery to my daughter. She will know me and I will share my stories with her—the stories of failure, shame, and accomplishment. She will know she’s not alone in…"

-Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

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5. Tao Te Ching

By: Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe

4.30

Format: 107 pages, Paperback

A lucid translation of the well-known Taoist classic by a leading scholar-now in a Shambhala Pocket… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"The heart that gives, gathers."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"Love is a decision - not an emotion!"

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"When nothing is done, nothing is left undone."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"To understand the limitation of things, desire them."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

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6. Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers

By: Timothy Ferriss , Arnold Schwarzenegger

4.49

Format: None pages,

The latest groundbreaking tome from Tim Ferriss, the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The 4… read more

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  • nonfiction
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7. The Illustrated Man

By: Ray Bradbury

4.13

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

That The Illustrated Man has remained in print since being published in 1951 is fair testimony to … read more

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"Oh, death in space was most humorous."

-Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man

"I shall remain on Mars and read a book."

-Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man

"Did all dying people feel this way, as if they had never lived?"

-Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man

"Nothing ever likes to die--not even a room. (p.23 --> The Veldt)"

-Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man

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8. Gift from the Sea

By: Anne Morrow Lindbergh

3.86

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In this inimitable, beloved classic--graceful, lucid and lyrical--Anne Morrow Lindbergh shares her … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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9. The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

By: Alan W. Watts

3.00

Format: 508 pages, Mass Market Paperback

At the root of human conflict is our fundamental misunderstanding of who we are. The illusion that … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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10. No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

4.25

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

The secret to happiness is to acknowledge and transform suffering, not to run away from it. Here, T… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"Suffering has its beneficial aspects. It can be an excellent teacher."

-Thich Nhat Hanh, No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering

"The most effective way to show compassion to another is to listen, rather than talk."

-Thich Nhat Hanh, No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering

"If you can be aware that you have a living body, and notice when there's tension in your body, that's already an important insight."

-Thich Nhat Hanh, No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering

"Without suffering, there's no happiness. So we shouldn't discriminate against the mud. We have to learn how to embrace and cradle our own suffering and the suffering of the world, with a lot of tende…"

-Thich Nhat Hanh, No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering

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11. The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life's Perfection

By: Michael A. Singer

3.38

Format: None pages, Paperback

From the author of the New York Times #1 bestseller The Untethered Soul comes this thought-provokin… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality

12. Original Wisdom: Stories of an Ancient Way of Knowing

By: Thom Hartmann , Robert Wolff

4.04

Format: 323 pages, Paperback

* Explores the lifestyle of indigenous peoples of the world who exist in complete harmony with the … read more

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13. The Way of Chuang Tzu (Shambhala Library)

By: Zhuangzi , Thomas Merton

4.20

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Chuang Tzu—considered, along with Lao Tzu, one of the great figures of early Taoist thought—used pa… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"I know the joy of fishes In the river Through my own joy, as I go walking Along the same river."

-Zhuangzi, The Way of Chuang Tzu (Shambhala Library)

"To know when to stop To know when you can get no further By your own action, This is the right beginning!"

-Zhuangzi, The Way of Chuang Tzu (Shambhala Library)

"The greatest politeness Is free of all formality. Perfect conduct Is free of concern. Perfect wisdom Is unplanned. Perfect love Is without demonstrations. Perfect sincerity offers No guarantee."

-Zhuangzi, The Way of Chuang Tzu (Shambhala Library)

"The greatest politeness is free of all formality. Perfect conduct Is free of concern. Perfect wisdom is unplanned. Perfect love is without demonstrations. Perfect sincerity offers No guarantee."

-Zhuangzi, The Way of Chuang Tzu (Shambhala Library)

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14. The Tao of Pooh

By: Benjamin Hoff , Ernest H. Shepard

4.01

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

The Wisdom of Pooh. Is there such thing as a Western Taoist? Benjamin Hoff says there is, and th… read more

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  • spirituality
"I think, therefore I am... confused."

-Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh

"If people were Superior to Animals, they'd take better care of the world"

-Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh

"The wise are who they are. They work with what they've got and do what they can do."

-Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh

"No matter how useful we may be, sometimes it takes us a while to recognize our own value."

-Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh

15. The Art of Communicating

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

2.80

Format: None pages, ebook

Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, bestselling author of Peace is Every Stepand one of the most respected … read more

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16. The Bhagavad Gita

By: Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa , Juan Mascaró , None

4.20

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

The Bhagavad Gitais an intensely spiritual work that forms the cornerstone of the Hindu faith, and … read more

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17. No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

By: Richard C. Schwartz

4.15

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Discover an empowering new way of understanding your multifaceted mind—and healing the many parts t… read more

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  • spirituality
"The big insight was that giving a troubled person a psychiatric diagnosis and seeing that as the sole or main cause of their symptoms was unnecessarily limiting, pathologizing, and could become self-…"

-Richard C. Schwartz, No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

"IFS can be seen as attachment theory taken inside, in the sense that the client’s Self becomes the good attachment figure to their insecure or avoidant parts. I was initially amazed to discover that …"

-Richard C. Schwartz, No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

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18. How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self

By: Nicole LePera

4.14

Format: 320 pages, ebook

As a clinical psychologist, Dr. Nicole LePera often found herself frustrated by the limitations of … read more

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  • spirituality
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19. 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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  • spirituality
"Be here now."

-Ram Dass, Be Here Now

"Be here, now!"

-Ram Dass, Be Here Now

"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

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20. Fiber Fueled: The Plant-Based Gut Health Program for Losing Weight, Restoring Your Health, and Optimizing Your Microbiome

By: Will Bulsiewicz

4.04

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The instant New York Times, USA Today, and Publisher's Weekly bestseller A bold new plant-based… read more

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21. Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee

By: Shannon Lee

4.18

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Bruce Lee’s daughter illuminates her father’s most powerful life philosophies―demonstrating how mar… read more

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  • spirituality
"Life is not a competition; it's a cocreation."

-Shannon Lee, Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee

"Life is not a competition, it's a cocreation."

-Shannon Lee, Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee

"Водата може да тече бързо, може да тече и бавно, но целта й е неизменна, а съдбата сигурна."

-Shannon Lee, Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee

"It is not to be without emotion or feeling but to be one in whom feeling is not sticky or blocked."

-Shannon Lee, Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee

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22. Avadhuta Gita of Dattatreya

By: Chetanananda

4.69

Format: 121 pages, Kindle Edition

The Avadhuta Gita, or the song of a liberated soul, is a text of Vedanta representing extreme Advai… read more

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23. Angels, Spirit Guides & Goddesses: A Guide to Working with 100 Divine Beings in Your Daily Life

By: Susan Gregg

3.86

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Angels, Spirit Guides & Goddesses  is a lavishly illustrated guide to 100 celestial helpers who are… read more

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  • spirituality
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24. Hsin Hsin Ming

By: Dennis Waller

4.18

Format: 52 pages, Kindle Edition

This book provides an intuitive insight into the heart of Zen through a translation of Seng-Ts'an's… read more

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25. Fasting the Mind: Spiritual Exercises for Psychic Detox

By: Jason Gregory

4.24

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Combines cognitive psychology with Zen, Taoist, and Vedic practices to empty the mind• Explains how… read more

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17 Top spirituality books like Fasting the Mind: Spiritual Exercises for Psychic Detox by Jason Gregory

Transform Your Habits

Autobiography of a Yogi

Paramahansa Yogananda

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity

Edward Slingerland

3.74

Transform Your Habits

Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

Brené Brown

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe

4.30

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13 Best nonfiction books like Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers by Timothy Ferriss, Arnold Schwarzenegger

Transform Your Habits

Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

Jocko Willink , Leif Babin

4.26

Transform Your Habits

Mastery

Robert Greene

4.26

Transform Your Habits

The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less

Richard Koch

3.99

Transform Your Habits

MONEY Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom

Anthony Robbins

4.32

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