BOOKS
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RECOMMENDED AUTHORS
Adyashanti
A H Almaas
Byron Katie
Dennis Waite
Douglas Harding
Eckhart Tolle
Gangaji
Isaac Shapiro
Jean Klein
Jim Dreaver
Kriben Pillay
Leonard Jacobson
Nirmala - Gina Lake
Nisargadatta Maharaj
Nitin Trasi
Peter Sumner
Petrea King
Ramana Maharshi
Ramesh Balsekar
Richard Lang
Robert Rabbin
'Sailor' Bob Adamson
Satyam Nadeen
Walter Starcke
Wayne Liquorman
William Samuel
Wisdom from China
Awakened Poetry
Children's Books
For some people, the reading of these books will initiate the awakening process. For others, the function of these books is to help them recognize that they have already begun to awaken and to intensify and accelerate the process.
~ Eckhart Tolle A New Earth
Living Reality: My Extraordinary Summer With "Sailor" Bob Adamson
by James Braha
Hermetician Press
Trade paperback,
350 pages, 8 pages color photos
ISBN 0935895108
Price: $33.50
As I delve into this marvelous assortment of "Duets of Oneness" what knocks "me" over is the simplicty of the message (and the "messengers") ... there is a palpable sweetness and what some would call a Heart-Resonance that seeps into the reader from the space behind the words and the spaces on the page ...
DO NOT miss this one ... for me this is the best book a seeker could read ... IF the interest is in seeing through all the myths and expectations about the "Bliss of Enlightment" or some other such nonsense.
This is a book for the Ripe and Ready ... If he or she is TRULY interested in and "willling to go through the death of the apparent individuality!"
This is a text in the tradition of the great dialogues of Adi Shankara, Jnaneshwar, Nisargadatta and Ramana ... and as such is much MORE than "A story of liberation, friendship, humor, and love, as Sailor Bob takes spiritual aspirants beyond the need for help, just as Nisargadatta Maharaj did for him thirty years ago..." It's that, AND more. ~ Charlie Hayes
'Sailor' Bob Adamson lives with his wife Barbara in Deepdene, Melbourne, and gives talks at weekly gatherings in their home. For further details, >Click Here.
A New Earth --
Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
By Eckhart Tolle
Published by the Penguin Group 2005
ISBN: 0 7181 4857 6
Softcover 310 pages
$27.00
Eckhart Tolle's first full length book in eight years will be a cornerstone for personal spirituality and Self-realizaton for years to come. Taking off from the introspective work he began with The Power of Now, the number one bestseller that has sold millions of copies worldwide, Tolle provides the spiritual framework for people to move beyond themselves in order to make this world a better, more spiritually evolved place to live.
Shattering modern ideas of ego and entitlement, self and society, Tolle lifts the veil of fear that has hung over humanity during this new millennium, and shines an illuminating light that leads to happiness and health that every reader can follow.
Building on the astonishing success of The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle presents readers with an honest look at the current state of humanity: He implores us to see and accept that this state, which is based on an erroneous identification with the egoic mind, is one of dangerous insanity.
Tolle tells us there is good news, however. There is an alternative to this potentially dire situation. Humanity now, perhaps more than in any previous time, has an opportunity to create a new, saner, more loving world. This will involve a radical inner leap from the current egoic consciousness to an entirely new one.
In illuminating the nature of this shift in consciousness, Tolle describes in detail how our current ego-based state of consciousness operates. Then gently, and in very practical terms, he leads us into this new consciousness. We will come to experience who we truly are—which is something infinitely greater than anything we currently think we are—and learn to live and breathe freely.
A New Earth is everything that you might expect from a realized being, such as Eckhart Tolle. It is beautiful in appearance, energetically pure essence and brilliantly written with pearls of wisdom on every page.
For your interest, we have a page with a short but illuminating passage from A New Earth entitled: WWho Is The Experiencer?
Translated into 35 languages -- more than 2 million copies sold. A word of mouth phenomenon since its first publication, The Power of Now is one of those rare books with the power to create an experience in readers, one that can radically change their lives for the better.
To make the journey into The Power of Now we will need to leave our analytical mind and its false created self, the ego, behind. From the very first page of this extraordinary book, we move rapidly into a significantly higher altitude where we breathe a lighter air. We become connected to the indestructible essence of our Being, "the eternal, ever present One Life beyond the myriad forms of life that are subject to birth and death."
Although the journey is challenging, Eckhart Tolle uses simple language and an easy question and answer format to guide us.
This hard to get book comprises the essence and practical aspects of the teachings contained in The Power of Now presented in a more readily accessible format, to be used in your daily practice. Many new to the power and presence of the Awareness we ARE have found this volume enormously helpful.
This second book by Eckhart provides a "going deeper" into the teaching already so eloquently and clearly expressed in his first book The Power of Now. Although the teaching takes on new depth, added dimensions and specific focuses, it is even easier to grasp since Eckhart writes in short, clear entries ranging from one line to one page.
Each entry is concise and complete in itself, even though they have been astutely organized into 10 topic clusters ranging from "Stillness & Silence" and "Beyond the Thinking Mind" to "Relationships" and " Suffering & the End of Suffering". Whether read individually, as a topic cluster, or in their totality, these entries take on a Tranformative power that can awaken the reader to Self-Realization, to their true nature.
While spiritually profound, Stillness Speaks is also intensely practical. Eckhart tells us how to be with another in a relationship, which can contain and weather all things, how to "sit" with a dying person, where to find wisdom, how to free ourselves of guilt, and how to control the runaway-thinking mind.
Underneath the words, between them, in the energy of presence conveyed by them, we find the power of Stillness. This vibrantly alive state found only in the here and Now, is one with our Being and the field out of which all "arises".
Release October 2, 2006
Eckhart Tolle, renowned for the simple and powerful truths in his books and talks, led an extraordinary two-day retreat at Findhorn, the famous spiritual community in Scotland. The entire event was filmed and edited into an extraordinary four-hour video experience.
Quietly and humorously, he gives us a profound message of hope and simple tools for transformation — the clear guidance we need to deeply realize the magic of every moment, and to deepen our awareness of the sacredness of life and of being. His words have the power to profoundly affect our lives, and reveal something new each time we listen. And in this special book that accompanies the video, Eckhart has added his own photographs and captions, interspersed with quotes from some of his peak moments from the video, so that this book itself becomes a powerful transmission of Eckhart’s teachings.
This title is also available on CD
If you'd like to hear Eckhart's voice, here's part of a talk he gave on "Dealing With The Pain Body" (10,317KB)
Jim Dreaver, a native of New Zealand, was on a spiritual quest for twenty years before finally awakening to the inner freedom that is his and our true nature. He presently lives in Sebastopol, California, and travels widely to share his message. He is planning to teach in Fremantle, WA, in Nowvember 2008.
The print edition in 165 pages is due to be published toward the end of 2008. (Watch this space) In the meantime, we recommend ...
The eBOOK edition -- 165 pages in pdf format. (easy to read and print out)
On page 25 of End Your Story Begin Your Life, Jim writes:
“Awakened people are not defined by their personal history, or any other story about reality. If they are defined by anything at all, it is the timeless beauty, vibrancy, and creative energy of this moment now. They honor the past, they keep an eye on the future, but they are always right here, fully appreciating and flowing with whatever is happening now.”
In this book you will discover the revolutionary practice that allows you to step back into awareness and gain an immediate sense of release from stress, anxiety, and tension. You will also learn to…
End Your Story Begin Your Life is an inspiring, life-transforming guide to the depth of inner freedom also known as awakening, enlightenment, or self-realization. Through his words and his presence on every page, Jim Dreaver teaches the revolutionary three-step practice that helps you fully awaken to the peace, love, and creative joy within you:
Step 1: Welcome Your Experience. Whenever you are facing conflict, upset, or suffering, learn to welcome it. It is showing you where you are not yet free.
Step 2: Notice The Story. Behind every reactive emotion, whether it is stress, self-doubt, guilt, anger, envy, jealousy, loneliness, anxiety, depression, or fear there is always a story, belief, or thought. Remind yourself: "I am not my story... I am the pure awareness that is present right now ..."
Step 3: Be Present. Now. Relax and breathe into the feeling of being present. Observe any residual feelings or emotions, but don't create a new story around them. Notice how "you", as an aware being, the witness, are still very much here. Feel the shift in your energy, the new sense of ease and well-being.
Feel how you are more truly present, more centered and grounded. You see everything anew, and can deal with what's in front of you from a place of confidence and strength. The power of thought, of your goals and dreams, is now available to you to create whatever you are passionate about. Living itself becomes richer and more meaningful — and a lot more fun!
There is a fourth step needed to become completely free… read page 14 to discover what that is, and then the rest of the book to be guided toward full awakening …
Go to Jim's secure site now to purchase End Your Story Begin Your Life. You can download the eBook edition in a few minutes and then read it on your computer or print it out. Just click on the shopping cart >
Hardcover 280 pages
Softcover 280 pages
Gangaji describes our never-ending search to find fulfillment, which, paradoxically, already exists if we will only stop long enough to discover its true source.
Like a precious gem, The Diamond in Your Pocket cuts through what is false and illuminates what is true -- a brilliant series of contemplations and insights you will want to hold dear and return to again and again.
Here, Gangaji shows you thought-by-thought how to stop the endless activity of your mind, and experience the brilliance and radiance of who you really are in every present moment.
How to let go of your need to control, and activate instead the choice of where you put your mind’s attention
Cultivating the courage to be vulnerable, so you can meet—and deeply merge with—the unknown
How to unearth the roots of suffering: learn to stop replaying your life’s dramatic stories over and over, and much more
“As long as you are searching for it, it cannot be found,” teaches Gangaji. Written as a series of short contemplations, The Diamond in Your Pocket shows you thought-by-thought how to stop the endless activity of your mind, and experience the brilliance and radiance of who you really are.
This book is also available as a 5 CD audio edition (Unabridged) read by Gangaji. ($59.95)
Click here for Audio Selections from Meetings with Gangaji
The me is without inherent self nature, in the same way that when you read a book, the characters don’t exist outside of your imagination.
So that’s basically what it means to really wake up: you’re waking up from the character. You don’t have to destroy the character called me to wake up from it.
Wake up from your character, and then you see your self nature in all characters. Not just one, but all of them. You don’t lose the character; you just gain the whole novel of life. ~ Adyashanti
What would happen if you were to allow everything to be exactly as it is? What if you gave up the need for control, and instead embraced the whole of your experience in each moment that arose?
This engaging and elegant hardcover book invites you to explore these life-changing questions as Adyashanti offers his unique and powerful perspective on the art of meditation. Chapter titles include:
Based on the True Meditation 3-CD set (see below),
this book includes 29 chapters, a 16-page interview, and a 60-minute CD with two guided meditations.
Revised for its second printing, The Impact of Awakening is a collection of short excerpts from satsangs and talks. Adyashanti guides the reader through a progression, chapter by chapter, from the initial impulse to be free, to the culmination of this impulse in liberation. Also included are discussions on relationship, the student-teacher relationship, and a call to question any and all belief systems that might distort our ability to perceive what is true.
"At the moment of Enlightenment everything falls away — everything. Suddenly the ground beneath you is gone, and you are alone. You are alone because you have realized that there is no other; there is only THAT, and YOU ARE THAT." -- Adyashanti.
Adyashanti's heartful, lively poetry is woven together with short teachings and "one-liners" culled from journals, dharma talks and dialogues with students.
With all the unpredictability of a dancing flame, Adyashanti celebrates life from the vantage of the laughing Buddha and gently invites the mystery to wake up to itself in the heart of each reader.
Throughout the book, Adyashanti illuminates the pathless path to sacred annihilation -- the surrender into your own divine self. Like the mystical love poetry of Rumi and Hafiz, the flame dances wildly, reverently, innocently, and playfully in this new collection. This book is a wonderful gift for anyone who loves getting drunk on the truth or who still imagines they are thirsty and need a long, sweet sip from the beloved's overflowing cup.
Discovering our true nature could be called the discovery of emptiness—of the vast stillness and loving silence that lies beyond and within all that exists. Our lives are the dance of this emptiness as it flowers into form. Emptiness Dancing offers dynamic teachings that come directly from this emptiness and draw the open heart into profound realization. Adyashanti reveals valuable insights and explores important themes relevant to those seeking and deepening into truth. He shares an enlightened perspective on:
the seeker's struggle
If you'd like to hear Adya's voice, here's part of a talk he gave on "Spontaneous Awakening" (2,592KB)
The entire Universe of Truth has been within us all the while---within the Heart! Here! Now!
Discover a peace of mind and tranquillity that are utterly beyond belief -- By "peace of mind" we do not mean the ecstatic ebbing and flowing "happiness" of religion, but an unfluctuating, unchanging, permanent sense of well-being that transcends every human concept.
Transcendent Tranquillity is not new. It is the "peace beyond understanding" spoken of by the saints and sages throughout history. This book will open your heart to this Transcendent Awareness such that the reader will be able to understand for themselves -- and be it!
This volume is intended to prove to the reader that the awakening to Reality is nearly effortless. Tender, childlike simplicity and honesty are the hallmarks of Reality's Tranquillity.
The nearly effortless practice of the tender precepts spoken of in this work will open the reader's door to a tangible, practical, down to earth bedrock, unfluctuating Tranquillity such that nothing the world has to offer can prevail against it! Such is the scope of this book. Make of it what you will.
This book is for those who want Illumination itself, not a description of it -- and for those who want to know how to live it.
A companion to A Guide to Awareness and Tranquillity -- It will expand the themes presented in that book and permit a degree of insight into the not always easy, but requisite living of them ... this book is intended for those who want peace of mind and are prepared for it.
Those who are prepared are those who are willing to leave old landmarks--willing to forsake ego and intellectuality. Those who do will find these words instantaneously effective.
Dedicated to the carefree, joyful, triumphant Child within each of us!
The Child Within Us Lives! brings science, religion and metaphysics alive. Eclectic and non-sectarian, it puts, Quantum Physics, psychology, philosophy and metaphysics in a new perspective, beyond theory and speculation.
It takes the reader to the reason for the appearance of things and events, including science and history, in our experience. By the time the reader has read half the book, he will see how to test and prove the words for the child within him or herself.
There is an absolute certainty that everyone is being brought in linear time to re-discover the pristine, unblemished, guiltless Original Nature of oneself, the Child he or she is already. Ah yes, and with the Child comes a knowledge of the manner in which light, time, space and matter are inter-related here in the tangible world -- and why.
Our real identity, The Child and Its guidance are essential in our search. If one thinks his religion, his philosophy, or his theology is the means to finding the final Answer, he is mistaken.
The Child of Light and Love is the pathfinder, the guide, the wayshower up the mighty mountain in Kwangse Province. Science, religion and philosophy can take us a great distance, but the Child takes us to Dominion.
It is absolutely essential that we actually get in touch with the eternal Child. How do we do that? Now we are coming to the reason for this book.
In her first two books, Byron Katie showed how suffering can be ended by questioning the stressful thoughts that create it, through a process of self-inquiry she calls The Work. Now, in A Thousand Names for Joy, she encourages us to discover the freedom that lives on the other side of inquiry. Stephen Mitchell—the renowned translator of the Tao Te Ching—selected provocative excerpts from that ancient text as a stimulus for Katie to talk about the most essential issues that face us all: life and death, good and evil, love, work, and fulfillment. The result is a book that allows the timeless insights of the Tao Te Ching to resonate anew for us today, while offering a vivid and illuminating glimpse into the life of someone who for twenty years—ever since she “woke up to reality” one morning in 1986—has been living what Lao-tzu wrote more than 2,500 years ago.
Katie’s profound, lighthearted wisdom is not theoretical; it is absolutely authentic. That is what makes this book so compelling. It’s a portrait of a woman who is imperturbably joyous, whether she is dancing with her infant granddaughter or finds that her house has been emptied out by burglars, whether she stands before a man about to kill her or embarks on the adventure of walking to the kitchen, whether she learns that she is going blind, flunks a “How Good a Lover Are You?” test, or is diagnosed with cancer. With her stories of total ease in all circumstances, Katie does more than describe the awakened mind; she lets you see it, feel it, in action.
This book delves into the universal quest in everyone’s life for love, approval and appreciation. Explore what happens in your mind when you believe you need love, appreciation and approval. Byron Katie questions everything we have been taught to think and do to gain love and approval and shows how to make the transition to an effective, non-manipulative way of connecting with others.
We also have this book on CD read by Byron Katie.
Would you like to reach new and profound understandings about your life? Replace pain with laughter and joy? Exchange depression for a lightness of being? Find freedom? If your answer is `Yes', Loving What Is explains how using just four questions can change your life for ever. When applied to different emotional, mental or physical difficulties, these four questions can awaken peaceful, even ecstatic feelings, and radically alter your perspective.
Byron Katie has known great pain and suffering in her life. In highly unusual circumstances she awakened one morning to a sudden and dramatic shift in awareness, which brought her an inner clarity. Since then she has been travelling the world demonstrating the value and simplicity of these four questions, and how they `work'. In Loving What Is she shows you how to understand and befriend your mind, rather than attempt to change it. The result is that you can be who you really are, in your own skin, comfortable with reality and able to love yourself.
"Our partners, alive, dead, or divorced, are always our greatest teachers. There's no mistake about the person you're with; he or she is the perfect teacher for you, whether or not the relationship works out, and once you enter inquiry, you come to see that clearly. There's never a mistake in the universe. So if your partner is angry, good. If there are things about him that you consider flaws, good, because these flaws are your own, you're projecting them, and you can write them down, inquire, and set yourself free. People go to India to find a guru, but you don't have to: You're living with one. Your partner will give you everything you need for your own freedom." - Byron Katie
"The Work always brings us back to who we really are. Each belief investigated to the point of understanding allows the next belief to surface. You undo that one. Then you undo the next, and the next. And then you find that you are actually looking forward to the next belief. At some point you may notice that you are meeting every thought, feeling, person, and situation as a friend. Until eventually you are looking for a problem. Until, finally, you notice that you haven't had one in years." - Byron Katie
"The fear of death is the last smokescreen for the fear of love. We think that we're afraid of the death of our body, though what we're really afraid of is the death of our identity. But through inquiry, as we understand that death is just a concept and that our identity is a concept too, we come to realize who we are. This is the end of fear." - Byron Katie
"Can I do what I wanted my parents to do? Can I give myself what I wanted my parents to give me? This is a life's work. Some of us don't know how. And we expect our parents to have known how. Everything you want them to give you, turn it around, and give it to yourself. Life is good. I have myself now. And then everything I want, I give you too. And I feel such joy. I come to see that that is the gift I give myself. But until I gave it to myself, I couldn't give it to you. And to give it to you is to give it to my very own self." - Byron Katie
"Money is not your business, truth is your business. The story 'I need more money' is what keeps you from realizing your wealth. Whenever you think that your needs are not being met, you're telling the story of a future. You're supposed to have exactly as much money as you have right now. This is not a theory: this is reality. How much money do you have? That's it, you're supposed to have exactly that amount. If you don't believe it, look at your checkbook. How do you know when you're supposed to have more? When you do. How do you know when you're supposed to have less? When you do. This is true abundance. It leaves you without a care in the world." - Byron Katie
This book is not only for the intellectually curious, it is, we feel, a necessary companion for all those who are seriously pursuing the path of enlightenment. If approached correctly, this book can literally take decades off the search, given all the wrong turns that one is prone to take before waking up to the simplicity of what is.
The beauty of this collection of Nirmala's talks and dialogues is that it covers much of the spectrum of spiritual awakening, from the initial experience of one's true nature to the practical challenges, which always call for a deeper seeing and deeper understanding of how spirit manifests as all of life and beyond. Within these talks and dialogues you, the reader, will find Nirmala to be a living invitation to look within.
What is appealing about Nirmala is his humility and lack of pretence, which welcomes whatever arises within the field of experience. In the midst of this welcoming is always an invitation to inquire deeply within, to the core of who and what you are. Again and again, Nirmala points the questions back to the questioner and beyond to the very source of existence itself -- to the faceless awareness that holds both the question and the questioner in a timeless embrace.
About the Author: Nirmala (originally, Daniel Erway) is the founder and director of the Endless Satsang Foundation. A student of Adyashanti, he has been giving satsang throughout the United States and Canada since 1998. Nirmala lives with his wife, Gina Lake (author of Radical Happiness), and their two corgi’s, Bodhi and Gracie. in Sedona, Arizona, USA.
"Share 19 minutes of Satsang with Nirmala" (8.879KB)
Radical Happiness -- A Guide to Awakening.
Radical Happiness provides the keys to experiencing the happiness that is ever-present and not dependent on circumstances. This happiness doesn't come from getting what we want but from wanting what already is. It comes from realizing that who we think we are is not who we really are. This is a radical perspective! This true, or radical, happiness is what we all are seeking, but it can't be found in things, experiences, or even states of mind or states of consciousnesss. However, it is ever available in the moment when our attention is given to that instead of to the mind and what it thinks it needs and wants to be happy;
About the Author: Gina Lake has a Masters degree in Counseling Psychology and over twenty years experience supporting people in their spiritual growth. She and her husband, Nirmala, offer satsang gatherings and retreats.
Every now and then a book comes along which can transform our lives and lift us to an entirely new level of consciousness. Journey into Now is such a book.
With perfect precision, the author guides the reader along a path of awakening which leads to liberation from the pain and limitations of the past into the joyful and unlimited world of Now. This book reveals, in the simplest way, how to still the mind and become fully present and awake in the truth of life.
As an essential part of his guidance into the present moment, the author penetrates deeply into the mystery of our existence. He reveals the hidden keys to enlightenment. He provides insight into the deepest questions which we must face if we are to become fundamentally free. He speaks of the soul’s journey in a way that brings the whole of life into perspective and transforms problems and difficulties into opportunities for awakening.
Perhaps the most important aspect of this book is the author’s unique insight into the nature of the mind and ego. He describes in detail how the ego’s resistance to Presence is the primary obstacle to awakening and how we can overcome that resistance in a simple and effective way.
Each page of this book reveals a part of the mystery. There are hidden keys to awakening on every page. It is like a road map home.
A book on advaita that combines its theory, its practical implication, and its history can be very heavy reading. But this book does all that and yet remains eminently readable.
This is definitely one of the most complete and exhaustive books on advaita ever, and is the first book that I have seen that not only deals with advaita but also expands upon the various different types and styles of teachings including contemporary ones, analyses and compares them and helps the seeker in selecting the one that matches his temperament the most.
A rare book, of great practical value to any sincere spiritual seeker, and a must for anyone interested in advaita.
"You think that your life is in a mess and wonder what it all means. You are looking for an explanation and a sense of purpose. You just want to be happy."
This is not a self-help book – who you really are does not need any help. The problem is that you have completely mistaken the nature of yourself and the world. You are confusing what is real with what is unreal.
Once this confusion has been untangled, both meaning and purpose will be revealed. This book will disentangle your mind! It will explain to you what you are not so that you can understand who you really are and, ultimately, come to the realization that you are already happy now!
This book analyzes our perennial search for happiness and explains why we will never find it in modern lifestyles, pleasure or fame. It enlists the help of polls by sociologists, findings of evolutionary psychologists, historians, philosophers and others, as well as drawing on personal experience and examples, to show that we are not separate from the world and the essence of our nature is already happiness.
"This is a book for real people who are seeking the ever elusive state of true happiness. But, rather than start at some fabulous sounding paradise, Dennis starts out where we are - in the middle. Because the middle of living day by day is where our desire for happiness arises. Ultimately, the book shows us the way back to the beginning - to our own true and natural state of uncaused joy.
His anecdotes ring a bell in the heart and the plentiful scholarly quotations and lucid explanations thereof vibrate the mind into a new seeing. As we dive deeply into the book, fascinated by the clarity of his writing, we find that Dennis reveals - and then dismantles - all manner of beliefs that keep the happiness we seek at arms length. With the help of many great philosophers, Dennis weaves subtle yet powerful pointers into the book. These gradually and surely reveal the actual Source of happiness - The Real You.
I love this book! Highly recommended."
The Book of One is perhaps the most accessible, articulate and relevant book on the nature of non-duality. A masterful and profoundly insightful survey of the Advaita teaching and the contemporary scene. this book will greatly contribute to a deeper understanding of this important movement, sweeping the West, and which eventually leads to Self Realization.
The Essential Teachings of Ramana Maharshi, A Visual Journey
The Essential Teachings of Ramana Maharshi contains concise, compelling aphorisms that reflect the essence of his teachings. These profound sayings, set against a background of exceptional photographs, help us experience the deep meditative silence which is our natural state.
This compilation of wisdom teachings is based in the truth of nonduality and reveals that whichever path we follow, we can realize the profound peace of our infinite nature by turning our attention to the fundamental question that lies at the heart of all spiritual teachings, "Who Am I?"
The Essential Teachings of Ramana Maharshi: A Visual Journey is a great gift in every sense of the term. There is no one who inspires more or tells a deeper truth. Keep this book close to your heart or close to the heart of a loved one."
"This book gives us the opportunity to 'be' with Ramana Maharshi, one of India's greatest saints. I feel very fortunate to experience his presence through these words and photos."
"Ramana's image and his words call forth the sublime peace of oneself."
"Simple, beautiful, graceful."
"A delightful book . . . so utterly simple, effortless, and full of grace!"
"This book is brought alive by some most evocative photos of the man himself and his surroundings. This format of short extracts is very penetrating."
In this book, Arthur Osborne, the biographer of Ramana Maharshi and editor of his "collected works" has compiled a special selection of dialogues with the sage. These topically arranged dialogues also contain very useful comments written in Arthur Osborne's unique and insightful manner. The Teachings of Ramana Maharshi serves as a good introduction to Ramana's teaching and covers many practical topics such as "Self-Enquiry," "The Goal," and "From Theory to Practice." The book complements Osborne's biography of the sage, Ramana Maharshi and the Path of Self-Knowledge.
This book presents the essence of the teachings that have influenced dozens of the most revered transformational leaders of the current day. The stream of wisdom called Advaita, flowing originally from antiquity in India, has surfaced and resurfaced throughout the spiritual life of the human race.
NB. This book is accompanied by a CD which runs for about 38 minutes. It contains a naration of the Introduction by Gay Hendricks and then a selection of readings from the book with special linking and background music.
Your happiness is always with you. Your bliss is always there. It cannot be
anywhere else. BLiss and the Self are One and always with you. One day,
perhaps this moment now, you realize that what you are searching for is
what is searching. There is always nowhere to go. You are already home.
You are always already home. -- Ramana Maharshi
I Am That is Nisargadatta Maharaj's most well known book and perhaps the best selling Advaita (nonduality) book in the West. Now recognised as one of the greatest sages of India, Maharaj's sole concern was with human suffering and the ending of suffering. It was his mission to guide the individual to an understanding of his true nature and the timelessness of being. He taught that mind must recognize and penetrate its own state of being, "Not being this or that, here or there, then or now, but just timeless being."
About the Author: Nisargadatta Maharaj was a highly respected sage who lived the modest life of a Bombay shopkeeper and family man. Because of the depth of his spiritual realization, people from all over the world visited Maharaj to benefit from his wisdom and guidance. His teachings, known for their exceptional clarity and universal appeal, communicate the essence of advaita, or nonduality.
Set against a background of rare and remarkable photographs, these previously unpublished teachings (recorded between 1977 and 1979) represent the heart of Maharaj's message, which is becoming far better known now than when he conveyed it at his humble residence in a noisy, commercial area of Bombay.
The Wisdom-Teachings of Nisargadatta Maharaj helps us realize the peace and freedom of our true nature. By understanding the false concepts by which we define ourselves, we can awaken from them and live in our true Self.
Translated accounts of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj talks. Jean Dunn, a close follower of Maharaj, edited this and two other volumes that make up a trilogy of Maharaj's talks: Seeds of Consciousness and Consciousness and the Absolute: The Final Talks of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj.
Jean, who was with Maharaj during his last years, observes that during this time Maharaj did not entertain any questions pertaining to worldly life and its improvement, and exclusively taught the highest truth. "Even one sentence of his was like an Upanishad."
He was very blunt and sharp in his answers and did not cater to anyone's ego -- in fact, his stated purpose was to destroy this "Pseudo-entity ." To be in his presence was to feel the vibrant truth, impossible to describe. "He was amazing to watch ... One could only gaze at him in total love and awe."
Jean Dunn died in March 1996; she made an invaluable contribution in compiling the teachings of Nisargadatta Maharaj for posterity.
Conversations with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj. This is a new edition of a once out-of-print title. In this compilation are some of Maharaj's most absorbing conversations with those seekers looking for disidentification with the me.
Maharaj's admonition to "be" and to know that one "is" -- in the sense of timeless being -- emerges from these dialogues and will touch the lives of many for a long time to come. The conversations recorded by Jean Dunn, an ardent follower of Maharaj, continue to provide insights for modern man in his spiritual journeys, leading him out of mind-made suffering into the joy of awakened consciousness.
The Wisdom-Teachings of Nisargadatta Maharaj follows in the great footsteps of I Am That. Nisargadatta's nondual teachings cut across all sectarian divides and bring us right into the eternity of this holy moment." -Lama Surya Das, author of Awakening the Buddha Within "Through photographs and powerful aphorisms, The Wisdom-Teachings of Nisargadatta Maharaj transmits the essence and dynamic force of Maharaj's message."
"Nisargadatta Maharaj is my greatest teacher. His words guide my writing, speaking and all of my relationships. The singular pursuit of the awakened person is to find that part of himself or herself that cannot be destroyed by death. I know of no one who can aid you more on that journey than Nisargadatta Maharaj."
"Being with Nisargadatta Maharaj gave me one of the deepest experiences that I have ever had with a human being who was truly free."
This is a delightful and inspiring little book. Thirteen days after the great Advaita sage Nisargadatta Maharaj took ‘Mahasamadhi’ in 1981, S. K. Mullarpattan, his beloved disciple and longest-serving English interpreter, gave a momentous speech at the condolence meet.
In deeply moving words, Mullarpattan recounted incidents from the last days of Maharaj, and the indelible impact the great sage left upon anyone who came into contact with him.
To commemorate the 25th anniversary of Maharaj’s ‘Mahasamadhi’, we bring you the evocative speech made by Mullarpattan. One that recreates the magnetism of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj; the dramatic turn events took during this time; the loving and attentive care which his family and followers always provided; and, above all, Maharaj’s own detached attitude towards his final days, till he breathed his last.
Accompanying this Commemorative Booklet are 6 rare Picture Cards which you can carry with you and look at for inspiration and encouragement. They capture Nisargadatta Maharaj in various moods for his loving disciples and followers, the world over.
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This mind-expanding collection from one of the greatest sages of our time represents the pinnacle of Ramesh S. Balsekar’s teachings.
It features excerpts from the guru’s handwritten comments and words of wisdom, all placed in a stylish and empathetic layout—with plenty of room in the margins for making notes and comments, as Balsekar himself liked to do in his own favorite books.
Appropriately inspirational images of nature and monuments appear throughout, and each selection is meant to be savored slowly and meditated over. Emanating from the very source, Balsekar’s wisdom is for all generations.
This book is dedicated to the great T.G. Gray, also known as Wei Wu Wei. Ramesh Balsekar is one of those rare sages from India who has adapted his terminology to the Western language and understanding.
Recognized as one of the foremost contemporary sages, married and father of three, and a banker who retired from the top of his profession, Ramesh could be considered a householder Guru. Ramesh shares openly, poignantly, and with stunning humility, how a sage lives his life.
Backed by the total conviction of the final understanding of a true Master, and at the same time presented from the perspective of "life as we know it", this treasure of Advaita is unrivalled in its unique conceptual expression of the highest Truth, delivered with fundamental wisdom, simplicity, and clarity -- and with Ramesh's widely-loved gaiety and humor.
A rare gift to anyone and everyone seeking insight into how life happens, The Ultimate Understanding is perhaps the pinnacle of Ramesh's writing. It heralds the total message he has to convey. What else remains can only be the final understanding, the final Truth, the silence of Unicity.
Consciousness Speaks: Conversations with Ramesh S. Balsekar
Ramesh spent several years with Nisargadatta Maharaj, during which time he often served as a translator. This book is an excellent representation of his teachings and includes highlights from talks that he gave in the United States between 1988 and 1990.
Pete Sumner feels this book played a significant part in the awakening that happened in his case and recommends it to all serious students of spirituality.
Balsekar is perhaps the greatest living spiritual leader and his teachings on Advaita or non-duality, bring wisdom to one of the most important and widely debated spiritual subjects today.
Ramesh Balsekar is widely regarded as the world’s greatest living sage. He has said that his primary inspiration for exploring the spiritual life came from Ramana Maharshi; he takes up Ramana’s message and enlightens questioners by drawing upon his deep knowledge of Advaita. Advaita is the teaching of non-duality, which holds that everything is one, that we are all an intrinsic part of the universe, not split from it. Balsekar’s words are powerful, accessible, witty and always to the point.
This anthology of the writings of Ramesh Balsekar comprises thematic extracts from all of his own written works to date and the selection is approved by the sage himself, as well as his leading disciple, Wayne Liquorman. It will serve to stimulate its readers to study more of his books and edited talks – and perhaps indeed to meet him in Mumbai.
Let Life Flow
"It is only when the mind is still, tranquil, not seeking any solution, any answer, neither resisting nor avoiding, that it is capable of receiving what is true, that which is eternal, timeless, immeasurable. You cannot go to it, it comes to you; what liberates is the truth, not your effort to be free. Be still. Let life flow." ~ Ramesh S. Balsekar
The working concept for Who Cares?! was to clearly present the teaching as it happens through Ramesh with minimum editorial interference and maximum input from him; to accomplish this by quoting from recent satsangs and Ramesh's other published works; to make it as seeker friendly as possible. In this regard a glossary containing brief definitions of all the major concepts used in the teaching is included.
The One In The Mirror: See What You Really Are!
The book is a collection of quotes, writings and aphorisms, some just a single sentence and others several paragraphs long.
Each piece is a sparkling jewel through which the Teaching shines forth and is complete in itself. Thus the book can be opened randomly and enjoyed in small delicious bites.
Confusion No More -- For The Spiritual Seeker
The book centers around two questions: What exactly is self-realization? and How does a self-realized being live his daily life? In addressing these questions, Ramesh gives the reader an insight into the True Nature of the sage.
Peace and Harmony in Daily Living
Ramesh points out that what usually disrupts the peace and harmony in life is a thought about something we think we - or someone else - should or shouldn't have done. Hence, a massive load of guilt and shame for oneself, or hatred and malice for the other, is perpetuated. Without a lot of arduous effort - work, discipline, sacrifice, sadhana - without outside assistance, but simply by investigating one's own experience, it is possible to get relief from this bondage.
What mystics have said for ages, is here viewed from the perspective of modern living: that actions are 'happenings' and not something done by someone. This understanding is what actually contributes to discovering the state of equanimity and peace which we most ardently seek. Nicely bound and printed in India. A beautifully presented volume.
The Ashtavakra Gita Dialogue by Ramesh S. Balsekar,
A Duet of One is a translation and interpretation of the most touchingly beautiful of all the Advaitic texts. It provides us with an illuminating and in-depth look at the nature of duality and dualism.
Here Ramesh brings the full force of his insight to bear on a broad range of topics including, perfect perception, fear, love, karma and death.
Light, if it goes in search of darkness will find its absence.
Ramesh Balsekar is truly a rare light. Rather than dispelling darkness he helps us awaken to understanding that darkness is merely an illusion ... a mirage. With astonishing clarity, he lifts us out of the morass that is our conditioned thinking and points us to the Truth that is masked by our ego.
Through 24 dialogues between the Jnani (Enlightened Master) and a disciple, we are allowed vivid insights into the nature of God, alienation, Love, joy and BEING. This is a book for the serious spiritual seeker. It points to the most basic of all facts:
We are not what we think we are ... we are much, much more.
Seeking Enlightenment -- Why?
To address the many misconceptions seekers have about this matter, Ramesh draws from his own Teaching, as well as the works of Mark Twain, Buddha, Andrew Newberg, and several others.
The book concludes with the transcript of an interview that Ramesh conducted with a long-time seeker after Enlightenment.
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The latest look at Advaita through the eyes of the most unlikely of Sages. Wayne is a former alcoholic and drug addict who shortly after being "struck sober" began a spiritual quest that led him to his guru Ramesh S. Balsekar and then to Ultimate Understanding. Wayne's expression of his spiritual understanding is at once irreverent and profound. We laugh, sometimes joyously, sometimes uncomfortably but always with the recognition that we are in the presence of a Master.
Written with Wayne's characteristic humor, irreverence and profound insight, this book provides a bold, new look at the nature of existence.
Wayne's teaching points to the divine nature of everything that exists, no matter how hurtful or painful it might be. According to Wayne, everything is the perfect manifestation of the Source and it is in the acceptance of everything that peace is revealed
An indispensible addition to the spiritual library.
Jean Klein, a mucicologist and doctor, spent several years in India where he met his Guru and was initiated into traditional wisdom. He was eventually sent back to Europe to teach the truth of nonduality or Advaita.
This teaching employs a "direct approach" beyond any mental activity or striving, pointing straight to the ultimate where all that belongs to the mind, time and space is integrated. What is sought is a sudden insight, a clear awakening to what we are, what we have been, and what we shall be forever.
Tao Te Ching
Written most probably in the sixth century B.C. by Lao Tzu, this esoteric but infinitely practical book has been translated more frequently than any work except the Bible. Gia-fu Feng and Jane English's superb translation offers the essence of each word and makes Lao Tzu's teaching immediate and alive. Presented in a handy, easy-to-use size.
This latest translation of a Fifth Century text is one of Wayne's favorites. It begins "The Great Way is not difficult for those not attached to preferences..." and points with poetic brilliance to the Understanding that underlies Advaita, Zen and all the great mystical teachings.
This is Starcke's most challenging and in-depth book. By prying open the inner meaning of our traditional Western beliefs, and showing us how we can reinterpret the scriptures, he points to their deeper meaning and truth -- a truth that can awaken us to the liberating awareness of reality -- that it is all God.
With compelling clarity, Starcke presents his readers with a practical "how to" guide that will establish us in the 21st century as whole, spiritual, and self-realized human beings. This book is particularly helpful for those inquiring in to non-dual spirituality from a Christian background.
Richard's book opens you directly to Who or What you really are -- your deepest and most wonderful identity. This is the discovery of inner freedom, unity and peace. "Seeing" is natural and easy to do -- in fact it's less like doing and more like being. And once you have seen Who you really are, you can "see" anytime, anywhere.
This is a contemporary approach to spiritual awakening and is rightly acknowledged to be uniquely direct and accessible. It also makes sense in terms of our modern scientific view of the world.
In this short book, written in the 1960s and for a long time, rare and hard to get, In it, Harding guides us to the heart of the world's chief religions. The religions described are Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Toaism, Zen, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
This journey, at the same time as being an adventure into other cultures and world-views, is also an opportunity to look within ourselves.
In the final two chapters Harding discusses 'Religion and Science', and his own religious position.
Douglas Harding is a highly regarded philosopher and spiritual teacher and the author of many books, including the contemporary classic On Having No Head. His unique method of awakening to the Source, of seeing "who" we really are, is original, effective, direct, and practical. Harding's inspired approach is conversant with the spirit and conclusions of modern science and is affirmed by the immediate evidence of our senses rather than by speculative belief.
At the same time, Harding is thoroughly versed in the teachings of the world's great mystics and spiritual traditions. The method of direct perception-of seeing ourselves as we truly are-as taught by Harding for more than fifty years, is increasingly recognized by people the world over as the new face of spirituality.
Open to the Source is a comprehensive collection of the writings that best convey Douglas Harding's message and method. Presented against a series of unique photographs, this wide-ranging compilation provides the reader with clear access to the state of being that Harding equates with the Self of Vedanta and the no-self of Buddhism.
The implication of this simple and wonderful truth is that, when seen from the correct perspective, we are not what we ordinarily appear to be. Clearly, our appearance is limited. But is our reality? We have the freedom to realize our unlimited nature right now; it is up to us to look.
"What I find difficult-and unacceptable, really-is the wishy-washy reliance on words, on concepts, of so
We all want the same things -- to be happy and at peace, to be free from fear and anxiety, to be loved and to love, to live meaningful lives. But we have very different ways of going about getting them. Judging by results, few of us have found the way, and those few who have sone so have found the Source of these good things deep within themselves at their very Centre.
This book explains how to uncover and tap this Infinite Core or Centre. If it is to become real and effective in our lives we must see it clearly (in fact more clearly than anything else), trust it, and consciously life from it. This sounds terribly difficult, but the difficulties are of our own manufacture.
All we have to do is go by what we see instead of what Big Brother and language and convention tell us is going on. The result is that all the important things we had been told about ourselves are exposed as a pack of lies!
A life-changing and quite remarkable book. Practical, accessible, emminently readable, and while revealing fundamental and extraordinary truths, always imparts a sense of joy -- even fun! The author is living evidence of the success of his methods -- active, alert and full of energy at the age of 95!
Headlessness, the feeling of no self that mystics of all times have aspired to, is an instantaneous way of 'waking up' and becoming more aware of oneself. Douglas Harding describes his first experience of headlessness in On Having No Head, a classic work first published in 1961.
In this extensively revised edition he conveys the immediacy, simplicity and practicality of 'the headless way', placing it within a zen context, and also drawing parallels to practices in other traditions.
'I know of no other piece of writing as concise … that stands a better chance of shifting the reader's perception to a different register.' Professor Huston Smith. $33.90
This remarkable work is didactic fiction in the English tradition of More, Bunyan, Butler, Orwell and Huxley. Taking the form of a court case in the year 2003 AD in which a man is tried for blasphemy.
The book dramatizes Harding's highly original techniques for Seeing Who We Are, and gauges our myriad ideas about our relationship with the Divine.
It is also an indictment of the cruel sport of heresy hunting and a passionate plea for tolerance and forgiveness in our time.
In spirited, intimate conversations as well as public talks, edited beautifully by Professor David Lang, a longtime friend and student of Harding, Face to No-Face offers us a special opportunity to come to know this beloved philosopher in an informal and often humorous setting.
Throughout, the rediscovery of "oneself" by oneself is invariably the principal theme, and Harding articulates the "way home" in a manner that is always refreshingly authentic and original.
When we come up against stressful situations in our everyday life our automatic reaction is to turn away and escape. If, on the other hand, we can accept stress, allow it to become part of us, the conflict disappears. The secret lies in seeing that either we are the No-thing that overcomes stress by excluding it or the Every-thing that overcomes stress by including it.
This method of coping with stress applies to its many manifestations in our lives. It can turn boredom into joy and despondency into deep contentment. Learning to head off stress takes no time at all and is impossible to forget. All it requires is that we dare to take a fresh look at ourselves. Revolutionary in its ease and directness, its simplicity and penetration, this approach is guaranteed to turn our preconceptions upside down.
This Book is About the Heart of Religious Experience, namely Enlightenment (which is finding the truth concerning oneself), and about science (which is finding the truth concerning other things), and about the relationship between them.
It claims that Enlightenment is more truly scientific than science itself; and that, without Enlightenment, science is only half the story and therefore full of contradictions, of insoluble problems both theoretical and practical.
It shows how, when at last one turns one's attention round and ceases to overlook the Looker - the 1st Person at the near end of one's microscope or telescope or spectacles - these contradictions are resolved.
Some 37 examples are given, taken from such diverse fields as physics, mathematics, semantics, epistemology, and psychotherapy, to show how nothing less than Enlightenment makes sense and works out.
The Reader will find that Enlightenment is not, after all, an unattainable mystery, but perfectly natural and instantly accessible to anyone who carries out the simple test - the basic experiment of the Science of the 1st Person - which this book describes, and for which it supplies the apparatus.
In this book Douglas investigates the most poignant problem our life poses - what lies at the end of it. He asks us to check four things.
First, that to discover whether we are perishable, we must first discover what we are.
Second, that outsiders are in no position to tell us this; they can only tell us what we look like at a distance.
Third, that what we are is obvious as soon as we dare to look.
And fourth, that we turn out to be in all respects the opposite of what we had been told.
Michael Clegg, now known as Satyam Nadeen (which means, Ocean of Truth), currently resides in Atlanta and facilitates weekend satsang retreats at the Pura Vida resort in the Blue Ridge Mountains once a month. He also facilitates a weeklong retreat quarterly at the Pura Vida Spa in Costa Rica.
This is the true story of one man's spiritual awakening, without a guru and under severely restrictive, sometimes violent, physical, and intense conditions.
In March of 1992, Michael Clegg entered an overcrowded county jail near Jacksonville, Florida, convicted of the manufacture of an illegal drug called Ecstasy. He was held there for two years while awaiting sentencing. While in prison, he realized that a lifetime of spiritual searching had brought him no closer to the elusive state he was seeking, so he gave up trying. In surrender, he was overwhelmed with relief and bliss.
The next several years were spent in a deepening process he calls the deliverance, as layers of preconditioned ego personality were peeled away to reveal the eternal Pearl of Conciousness. On August 15, 1996, Satyam Nadeen was released from a federal prison to re-enter the world that Michael Clegg had left.
42 very readable chapters in all. It's worth the price of the book for the chapter on Relationships and Soulmates alone!
Nadeen's first book, From Onions to Pearls, dealt primarily with his own personal experience of awakening from the human predicament. This was a third-dimensional perspective of life that is conditioned by identification with whatever the mind projects as real. Something happened to him that effortlessly "Shifted" him right into the fourth dimension where, free from identity with the mind, an abiding sense of Presence sees through the illusion of free will and being a separate doer.
In this book, he shares with us how this Shift is affecting all "seekers" who have an intense longing to finally go "home" and know the thoughts of God. But the problem with becoming a "finder" is that the reality is buried under the confusion of thousands of years of concepts around the whole idea of enlightenment. Does anyone out there really know what they're talking about?
After interviewing many thousands of awakening ones in Satsang intensives around the world, Nadeen has found that there is now emerging a clear pattern in his explanation of what actually happens when seekers become finders.
Most important of all, This Shift is happening now!
To read an article on the joy of finding your true Self, by Satyam Nadeen, entitled, Finders Keepers, Click Here
by A. H. Almaas (aka A-Hameed Ali)
This book presents the larger view of the Diamond Approach® to Self-realization, its metaphysical underpinnings, its overall structure, and its metapsychology. It is the centerpiece of all the publications on the Diamond Approach.
by A. H. Almaas (aka A-Hameed Ali)
Essence has been combined with The Elixir of Enlightenment, a text directed towards students on the path who may be frustrated with the spiritual or psychological barriers presented by modern Western life. This book introduces a method for the retrieval and development of essence, so that it can function as a transformative agent in the process of self-realization.
by John Davis
Sherry Ruth Anderson, author of The Feminine Face of God writes: "This is the first book to bring the main ideas of the Diamond Approach together in one place. That makes it an invaluable resource for every serious student of consciousness and psychology. The surprise is that this resource is delectable, a juicy morsel that engages the mind and the heart of the reader. It's at the top of my list for recommended reading this year."
John Davis is a senior student of A. H. Almaas and a teacher of the Diamond Approach. He is also a professor of psychology at the Metropolitan State College of Denver and a senior adjunct faculty member at the Naropa Institute.
The Diamond Mind knowledge is a multifaceted understanding of the nature of man, his consciousness or psyche, and the potential for expansion of his capacity for experience and inner development.This series is a response to an important need that is being felt in many quarters, a need for a spiritually informed psychology, or conversely, for a psychologically grounded spirituality.
This knowledge is a multifaceted understanding of the nature of man, his consciousness or psyche, and the potential for expansion of his capacity for experience and inner development.
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by A. H. Almaas (aka A-Hameed Ali)
by A. H. Almaas (aka A-Hameed Ali)
by A. H. Almaas (aka A-Hameed Ali)
The Diamond Heart series is a transcription of talks given to inner work groups. The purpose of the talks is to guide and orient individuals who are intensely engaged in doing the difficult work of essential realization.
Each talk elucidates a certain state of essence or being. The relevant psychological issues and barriers are discussed precisely and specifically, using modem psychological understanding in relation to the state of being, and in relation to one's mind, life and process of inner unfoldment.
Includes:
by A. H. Almaas (aka A-Hameed Ali)
by A. H. Almaas (aka A-Hameed Ali)
by A. H. Almaas (aka A-Hameed Ali)
by A. H. Almaas (aka A-Hameed Ali)
This series of books is an attempt to outline the methodology of the Diamond Approach, a contemporary spiritual teaching with its own direct understanding and view of reality. The Diamond Body series refers to the practice and embodiment of the Diamond Approach.
Currently includes:
by A. H. Almaas (aka A-Hameed Ali)
by A. H. Almaas (aka A-Hameed Ali)
Presents the Enneagram of Holy Ideas as a unique view of reality offering valuable insight to those on the spiritual path. "This book elaborates our view of the truth of the cosmos, the truth of the human being, and the relationship between the two. It explores the spiritual path in relation to God, the world, and the soul -- the three primary elements in any spiritual; teaching."
by A. H. Almaas (aka A-Hameed Ali)
Excerpts from Almaas' personal journal, which describe a certain thread in his own journey of realization and the processes involved in integrating that realization. Clarifies how the unveiling of Being and the exposure of ego structures constitute one process, leading to the soul's integrated realization of absolute nature and the manifestation of the human being as a personal embodiment of that nature.
by Sandra Maitri
Maitri is the author of The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram and teaches this subject as part of her larger work on spiritual transformation in the United States and Europe. Our passions and virtues animate our days, and yet very little has been written about them and the large impact they have on the way we live and act. Maitri is a believer in the interplay between psychology and spirituality and on these pages she demonstrates that connection with an impressive array of insights into the primal emotions.
One of Pete's favorite books. It should be read if just for the wonderful collection of quotes from such diverse sources as, Lily Tomlin, the Buddha, Albert Einstein, Mark Twain and Rumi. Full of insight and wild laughter.
Wes Nisker is a journalist, author, and Buddhist meditation teacher. For the past 25 years he has been leading retreats and workshops worldwide in philosophy, humour, and Buddhist insight meditation. Wes is the founder and coordinator of the international Buddhist journal Inquiring Mind, and the author of two best-selling books, including the original Crazy Wisdom and Buddha's Nature: a Guide to Finding Your Place in the Cosmos.
Wes is also a radio journalist, well known in the San Francisco Bay Area as "Scoop." His radio work has won many honours, including the Billboard magazine and Columbia School of Journalism awards for excellence in radio programming. Wes is an affiliate of the Spirit Rock Meditation Centre in Woodacre, California.
A New Earth --
Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
By Eckhart Tolle
Published by the Penguin Group 2005
ISBN-13: 978-0-718-14810-2
Hardcover 313 Pages
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The Power of Now --
A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Hodder Headline Australia Pty Ltd, 2004
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Practicing the Power of Now
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Stillness Speaks.
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A Thousand Names for Joy: Living in Harmony with the Way Things Are
by Byron Katie
Random House 2007
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I Need Your Love -- Is That True?
How to find all the love, approval and appreciation you ever wanted.
by Byron Katie
Random House 2005
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Loving What Is - Four Questions That Can Change Your Life
by Byron Katie with Stephen Mitchell
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Nothing Personal -- seeing beyond the illusion of a separate self.
by Nirmala
Endless Satsang Press 2001
Softcover 219 Pages.
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iUniverse, Inc. 2005
Softcover 121 Pages.
$21.95
This book is for spiritual seekers who are ready to be finders and anyone asking the question, Who am I really? It tells the story of the spiritual journey from separation to Oneness that each of us is destined to make. It is our destiny to awaken–to wake up from the illusion of being a separate individual and rediscover the truth: There is only one Being, and that Being is you!
“Not surprisingly, the radiant joy of the Self can be felt in these pages. Gina's book, like the radical happiness it reveals, comes straight from the Heart.”
– Dennis L. Trunk, Editor of Third Millennium Gateway
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Journey Into Now:
Clear Guidance on the Path of Spiritual Awakening
Conscious Living Publications, 2007,
Hardcover: 255 pages
ISBN: 978-1-890580-03-2
Price: $30.95
Back to the Truth:
5000 Years of Advaita
Publisher: O Books, 2007,
Paperback, 620 pages
ISBN-10: 1905047614
ISBN-13: 978-1905047611
Price: $65.95
~ Dr. Nitin Trasi, author of The Science of Enlightenment
How To Meet Yourself:
... and find true happiness
Publisher: O Books, 2007
Softcover, 277 pages.
ISBN-13: 978 1 84694 041 5
ISBN-10: 1 84694 041 9
Price: $39.50
The Book of One:
The Spiritual Path of Advaita
Publisher: O Books, 2003
Softcover, 288 pages.
ISBN 1-90381641-6
Price: $33.90
Edited by Matthew Greenblatt.
InnerDirections Publishing,
second revised editon 2003.
Paperback (coffee-table): 128 Pages. 80 Images.
ISBN: 1-878019-18-X
Price: $32.95
Throughout the world's spiritual traditions, few sages command as much respect and admiration as Sri Ramana Maharshi. The Dalai Lama, Carl Jung, Mahatma Gandhi, and others have acknowledged the depth of Ramana's Realization and the direct method of Self-Inquiry that he taught. Ken Wilber has called Ramana Maharshi "the greatest sage of the twentieth century."
--Stephen Levine, author of Who Dies? and A Year to Live
--Ram Dass, author of Be Here Now, Grist for the Mill, and Still Here
--Gangaji, author of You are That and Freedom and Resolve
--Jack Kornfield, author of Insight Meditation, A Path with Heart.
--Toni Packer, author of The Wonder of Presence.
--The Scientific & Medical Network Review
The Teachings of Ramana Maharshi
Edited by Arthur Osborne.
Published by Red Wheel/Weiser LLC 1996.
Paperback 200 Pages
ISBN: 0-87728-897-6
Price: $31.95
Our real nature is Liberation, but we imagine that we are bound and make strenuous efforts to become free, although all the while we are free. This is understood only when we reach that state. Then we shall be surprised to find that we were frantically striving to attain something that we always were and are."
-- Ramana Maharshi
Already Home -- Radiant Wisdom and Life-Changing Meditations from Ramana Maharshi,
Sri Nisargadatta, and Teachers of the Advaita Tradition.
Edited and Interpreted by Gay Hendricks and Philip Johncock.
Published by Hay House, May 2006.
Hardback 84 Pages, plus pages for notes, plus CD.
ISBN: 13: 978-1-4019-1026-6
Price: $39.95
So much misery is the result of imposed limitations we place on
ourselves. It's as if we place a barrier in front of the door to our home, then
require ourselves to jump over it every day to get in to a place that's already
ours. All unhappiness is due to forgetting we put the barrier there ourselves
and can remove it at any time.
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I AM THAT
Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Translated by Maurice Frydman.
Published by Dr Kavi Arya, for Chetana P/L.
First edition 1973. Fourth revised edition 1999. ISBN: 81-85300-53-4
Paperback: 1.2 x 5.0 x 8.5 inches 550 pages
Price $43.95
Prior To Consciousness
Talks With Nisargadatta Maharaj
Edited by Jean Dunn
Published by the Acorn Press, 2004.
Softcover, 159 Pages. (new editon - includes 5 new photographs. )
ISBN: 0-89386-024-7
Price: $34.95
Seeds of Consciousness
The Wisdom of Nisargadatta Maharaj
Edited by Jean Dunn.
Published by the Acorn Press, 2004
Softcover, 122 Pages
ISBN: 0-89386-025-5
Price: $32.95
The Wisdom-Teachings of Nisargadatta Maharaj, A Visual Journey
Edited by Matthew Greenblatt.
InnerDirections Publishing,
second revised editon 2003.
Paperback (coffee-table) 128 Pages 72 Images
ISBN: 1-878019-20-1
Price: $32.95
--Stephen Wolinsky, Ph.D., author of You Are Not
--Dr. Wayne Dyer, author of Your Sacred Self
--Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart
"When you become stabilized in your Self, the continuous commentary of the mind will stop. Your true state is ever-existent." -- Nisargadatta Maharaj
The Last Days of Nisargadatta Maharaj
A Tribute by S K Mullarpattan
‘With 6 Rare Picture Cards of Maharaj for Your Altar-Shrine’ (inserted in back-cover pocket)
Yogi Impressions Books P/L, Mumbai: India. 2006.
(for the 25th anniversary of Nisargadatta’s Mahasamadhi or passing)
Softcover: 40 Pages.
ISBN: 81-88479-26-8
Price: Please inquire.
The Ultimate Understanding
by Ramesh S. Balsekar
Watkins (2002)
Hardcover: 288 pages, Art Paper.
Over 20 Photographic Visuals
Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.8 inches
ISBN: 81-901059-2-2
Price: Please inquire.
Edited by Wayne Liquorman
Published by Advaita Press 1992
Paperback 392 Pages..
ISBN: 0-929448-14-6
Price: $44.95
Ramesh Balsekar does not fit the stereotype of a traditional Indian teacher. As he is a retired bank president, his educational background complements his deep spiritual understanding, which serves as a bridge between Eastern and Western philosophical teachings.
"Identification with the body is so total that it gives one a sense of separate identity. Now, the separate identity is merely a concept, a concept based on the individual body appearing solid." -- Ramesh Balsekar
The Wisdom of Balsekar
The Essence of Enlightenment from the World’s Leading Teacher of Advaita
Edited by Alan Jacobs
Foreword by Wayne Liquorman
Watkins Publishing 2005
Paperback 240 pages 216 x 135 mm (81/2 x 51/4 in)
ISBN: 1-84293-079-6
$33.95
by Ramesh S. Balsekar
Published by Yogi Impressions, 2005
Softcover, 100 Pages..
ISBN: 81-88479-16-0
Price: $24.95
It seems Ramesh just keeps getting better and better. This latest offering is clear and to the point. It is truly a wonderful little book, filled with concise insight and inspiration.
Who Cares?!
The Unique Teachings of Ramesh S. Balsekar
Edited by Blayne Bardo
Published by Zen Publications, 1999.
Softcover, 198 Pages..
ISBN: 0--929448-18-9
Price: $34.95
by Ramesh S. Balsekar
Published by Yogi Impressions Books Pty Ltd Mumbai India. 2004
Softcover, 98 Pages..
ISBN: 818847911X
Price: $24.95
In this book Ramesh gives the essence of his Teaching in short, simple, readily understandable passages. Subjects covered range from "Free Will" to "Meditation" to "Human Relationships."
by Ramesh S. Balsekar
Zen Publications, First Edition 2003, .
Softcover, 256 pages, photos.
ISBN: 81-88071-13-7
Price: $34.95
This new title contains extracts from three of Ramesh's previous books ... Who Cares?, The Infamous Ego and Sin and Guilt along with an Introduction and Conclusion newly written by Ramesh. It also contains two nice black and white photos of Ramesh.
by Ramesh S. Balsekar
Edited by Susan Waterman
Published by
Softcover, 290 pages
ISBN:
Price: $34.95
This book is about facing life moment to moment while being anchored in tranquility. Ramesh points out that each one of us, at some time or the other, has a taste of the experience of peace and harmony. Here he shows how this state of constant repose can occur in the midst of our ordinary, hectic, daily living.
A Duet of One
by Ramesh S. Balsekar
Published by
Softcover, 224 pages
ISBN: 0-929448-11-1
Price: $32.95
Explorations Into the Eternal
by Ramesh S. Balsekar
Published by
Softcover, 260 Pages.
ISBN: 0-89386-023-9
Price: $34.95
Experiencing The Teaching
by Ramesh S. Balsekar
Published by Advaita Press, 1988.
Softcover, 142 Pages.
ISBN: 0-929448-07-3
Price: $32.95
by Ramesh S. Balsekar
Published by Zen Publications, 2005
Softcover, 131 Pages..
ISBN: 81-88071-25-0
Price: $14.95
This elegant little book addresses a fundamental spiritual question: What do you expect to get out of Enlightenment?
Acceptance of What Is
by Wayne Liquorman
Edited by Catherine Asche.
Published by Advaita Press, CA. 1998.
Softcover, 304 Pages.
ISBN: 0-929448-19-7
Price: $34.95
Never Mind: A Journey Into Non-Duality
by Wayne Liquorman
Published by Advaita Press, CA. 1998.
Softcover, 174 Pages..
ISBN: 0929448219
Price: $26.95
The Ease of Being
by Jean Klein
Published by The Acorn Press, 1998.
Softcover, 102 Pages..
ISBN: 0-89386-015-8
Price: $32.95
by Lao Tsu
Translation by Gia-fu Feng and Jane English
With an Introduction and Notes by Jacob Needleman.
Published by Vintage Books, 1989.
Softcover, 107 Pages..
ISBN: 0-679-72434-6
Price: $24.95
Hsin Hsin Ming: Verses on the Faith-Mind
by Seng Ts'an (Third Zen Patriarch)
Translation from the Chinese by Ricchard B. Clarke
Illustrated by Gyokusei Jikihara.
Published by White Pine Press. 1973.
Softcover, 12 Pages booklet with illustrations.
ISBN: ISBN 1-893996-14-X
Price: $12.95
It's All God:
The Flowers and the Fertilizer.
Published by Guadalupe Press, 1998.
Softcover: 288 pages.
ISBN 0-929845-06-4
Price: please inquire.
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Seeing Who You Really Are --
A Modern Guide to your True Identity
Watkins Publishing 2003.
Paperback: 210 pages
ISBN: 1-84293-077-X
Price $29.95
Religions of the World --
A handbook for the open-minded.
First published in 1966. Reprinted by The Shollond Trust 2007.
ISBN: 978-0-9554512-0-1
Softcover, 109 pages,
Price: $22.95
Open to the Source --
Selected Teachings of Douglas E. Harding
Edited by Richard Lang
Published by InnerDirections 2005.
ISBN: 1-878019-23-6
Softcover, Pages: 232, Photos: 97
Price: $32.95
much alleged spirituality. True spirituality is real, down to earth, concrete -- it's coming home from appearance
to reality." -- Douglas E. Harding 
To Be and Not to Be, That Is the Answer
by Douglas E. Harding
Published by Watkins.
Softcover, 192 Pages
ISBN: 0-9534255-4-1
Price: $24.95
On Having No Head -- Zen and the Rediscovery of the Obvious
Published by The Shollond Trust
Softcover, 82 Pages
ISBN: 0-9534255-4-1
Price: $22.00
The Trial Of The Man Who Said He Was God
by Douglas E. Harding
Published by The Shollond Trust
Softcover, 375 Pages
ISBN: 0-9534255-8-4
Price: $24.95
Face to No-Face --
Rediscovering Our Original Nature
Edited by David Lang
InnerDirections Publishing
Softcover, 209 Pages
ISBN: 1-878019-15-5
Price: $24.95
Head Off Stress, Beyond the bottom line
by Douglas E. Harding
Published by The Shollond Trust
Softcover, 325 Pages
ISBN: 0-9534255-2-5
Price: $24.95
The Science of the 1st Person --
It's Principles, Practice and Potential
Published by The Shollond Trust
Softcover, 90 Pages
ISBN: 0-9534255-6-8
Price: $22.00
The Little Book of Life and Death
by Douglas E. Harding
Foreword by Ram Dass
Published by The Shollond Trust
Softcover, 150 Pages
ISBN: 0-9534255-7-6
Price: $22.95
From Onions To Pearls:
-- A Journal of Awakening & Deliverance
by Satyam Nadeen (aka Michael Clegg)
New Freedom Pr. 1999
Softcover, 199 pages.
ISBN: 156170587X
Price $27.95
From Seekers To Finders:
-- The Myth And Reality About Enlightenment
by Satyam Nadeen (aka Michael Clegg)
New Freedom Pr. 2000
Softcover, 166 pages.
ISBN: 1561705888
Price $27.95
The Inner Journey Home -- Soul's Realization of the Unity of Reality
Shambhala Publications, Inc.. 2004
Softcover, 731 pages.
ISBN: 1590301099
Price $59.95
Essence & The Elixir of Enlightenment -- The Diamond Approach to Inner Realization
Red Wheel/Weiser, 1998
Softcover, 259 pages.(2 Vols. in one)
ISBN: 1578630444
Presently out of stock. Price available on inquiry.
The Diamond Approach -- An Introduction to the Teachings of A. H. Almaas
Random House Inc, (Shambhala) 1999
Softcover, 184 pages.
ISBN: 1570624062
Price $34.95
The Diamond MIND Series
The Void -- Inner Spaciousness and Ego Structure
Random House Inc, 2000
Softcover, 160 pages.
ISBN: 0936713062
Price $34.95
The Pearl Beyond Price -- Integration of Personality into Being: An Object-Relations Approach
Random House Inc, 1996
Softcover, 508 pages.
ISBN: 093671302X
Price: $69.95
The Point of Existence -- Transformation of Narcissism in Self-Realization
Random House Inc, 1997
Softcover, 602 pages.
ISBN: 0936713097
Price: $54.95
The Diamond HEART Series
Book I
Shambhala Publications, Inc. 2000
Softcover, 229 pages.
ISBN: 0936713011
Price: $34.95
Book II
Shambhala Publications, Inc. 1989
Softcover, 224 pages.
ISBN: 0936713046
Price: $34.95
Book III
Shambhala Publications, Inc. 1996
Softcover, 272 pages.
ISBN: 0936713054
Price: $34.95
Book IV
Shambhala Publications, Inc. 2000
Softcover, 370 pages.
ISBN: 0936713119
Price: $34.95
The Diamond BODY Series
Spacecruiser Inquiry -- True Guidance for the Inner Journey
Shambhala Publications, Inc. 2002
Softcover, 450 pages.
ISBN: 1570628599
Price: $52.95
Facets of Unity -- The ENNEAGRAM of Holy Ideas
Shambhala Publications, Inc. 2000
Softcover, 297 pages.
ISBN: 0936713143
Price: $44.95
Luminous Night's Journey -- An Autobiographical Fragment
Random House Inc, 1996
Softcover, 131 pages.
ISBN: 0936713089
Price: $34.95
The Enneagram of Passions and Virtues -- Soul's Realization of the Unity of Reality
Foreword by A. H. Almaas
Shambhala Publications, Inc.. 2004
Hardcover, 231 pages.
ISBN: 1585424064
Price $54.95
The Essential Crazy Wisdom
by Wes "Scoop" Nisker
Published by Ten Speed Press. (new edition of the underground classic)
Softcover, 241 pages
ISBN 10: 1-58008-346-3
ISBN 13: 978-158008-346-1
Price: $24.95
Igniting the Soul at Work: A Mandate for Mystics
by Robert Rabbin
Hampton Roads Publishing Compan