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The Untethered Soul, by Michael Singer

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Adyashanti - The End of your world

This is one of the most helpful books out there! Must read.

@Danielle I see you already recommended it. I guess I am striking the point home ?

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Suppose Love is real, and let's assume reality is unreal. Suppose we discover that the building block of reality is real Love, that means our assumption was wrong and reality is actually not unreal. Reality is real, if everything we supposed is true. I'm not going to say if it is or not.

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I would say pretty much anything by Ramana Maharshi:

  • Talks with Ramana Maharshi
  • The Collected Works of  Sri Ramana Maharshi
  • The Spiritual Teachings of Ramana Maharshi
  • Be As You Are: The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi
  • Sri Ramana Gita

I also like Bankei:

  • The Unborn: The Life and Teachings of Zen Master Bankei
  • Bankei Zen

Also would recommend The Zen Teachings of Huang Po.

It is very short, but I also like the Hsin Hsin Ming by Seng-ts'an (3rd Patriarch of Zen)...a free version is here.

As for Spiritual Books for beginners - my first book was Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda...and I recommend it.

I have been re-reading The Truth Is by Sri H.W.L. Poonja (aka Papaji...Gangaji's teacher)...it is good.

Adyashanti has been mentioned...and I have read a few of his books, listened to a few of his audios, and watched a few videos...all have been good.

Eckhart Tolle has been mentioned...and I recommend it for being present.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki is also very good.

 

I guess these are my favorite books.


Eric Putkonen - stopped blogging and now do videos on YouTube - http://bit.ly/AdvaitaChannel

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7 minutes ago, eputkonen said:

I would say pretty much anything by Ramana Maharshi:

  • Talks with Ramana Maharshi
  • The Collected Works of  Sri Ramana Maharshi
  • The Spiritual Teachings of Ramana Maharshi
  • Be As You Are: The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi
  • Sri Ramana Gita

I also like Bankei:

  • The Unborn: The Life and Teachings of Zen Master Bankei
  • Bankei Zen

Also would recommend The Zen Teachings of Huang Po.

It is very short, but I also like the Hsin Hsin Ming by Seng-ts'an (3rd Patriarch of Zen)...a free version is here.

As for Spiritual Books for beginners - my first book was Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda...and I recommend it.

I have been re-reading The Truth Is by Sri H.W.L. Poonja (aka Papaji...Gangaji's teacher)...it is good.

Adyashanti has been mentioned...and I have read a few of his books, listened to a few of his audios, and watched a few videos...all have been good.

Eckhart Tolle has been mentioned...and I recommend it for being present.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki is also very good.

 

I guess these are my favorite books.

I want to add to your list of Ramana Maharshi.

The little book: Who am I by Ramana Maharshi.

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Suppose Love is real, and let's assume reality is unreal. Suppose we discover that the building block of reality is real Love, that means our assumption was wrong and reality is actually not unreal. Reality is real, if everything we supposed is true. I'm not going to say if it is or not.

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5 minutes ago, Who_Am_I said:

I want to add to your list of Ramana Maharshi.

The little book: Who am I by Ramana Maharshi.

Who am I...that is the second "book" that starts on page 36 of my copy of The Collected Works of  Sri Ramana Maharshi.

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Eric Putkonen - stopped blogging and now do videos on YouTube - http://bit.ly/AdvaitaChannel

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Have not read too many books, but these three are really amazing:

The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle
Seth Speaks - Jane Roberts
How to Love - Thich Nhat Hanh

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The Search: Finding Your Inner Power, Your Potential - Rajneesh Osho.

Practicing the Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle.

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The Wisdom of Insecurity, by Alan Watts

I Am, by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

On Having no Head, by Douglas Harding

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Transformations in consciousness, By Franklin Merrell-Wolff

Living Non-duality, by Robert Wolfe

Both available free on google, and both straight forward looks at thought processes from a big picture perspective. The first one is really a good one for challenging your most basic assumptions. For me one of the thoughts that initiated awakening was a simple thought: "what if you are wrong?" After that, no assumption was safe.


Meditation is the mind training itself. You are just along for the ride.

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Power of Mow


  1. Only ONE path is true. Rest is noise
  2. God is beauty, rest is Ugly 

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Courage - Osho


Suppose Love is real, and let's assume reality is unreal. Suppose we discover that the building block of reality is real Love, that means our assumption was wrong and reality is actually not unreal. Reality is real, if everything we supposed is true. I'm not going to say if it is or not.

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The secret of secrets by Osho.

This book is amazing. Not only does it teach you how to meditate, but it shows you a technique that is specifically designed for people who have a severe case of Monkey mind. He says specifically that the mind is dynamic, and teaches you how to calm those fluctuations down specifically. 

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