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Alderman , David, High Country: The
sole seeker's guide to a real life. Take a journey into the high
country of expanded consciousness. Here, the author poses a vital
question at the beginning of our journey with him. What does it mean
to live a real life? Our culture might claim fame and fortune as
necessary ingredients. But that still, quiet voice within will tell
us that it is living life from the core of our being or our real
self. In search of that elusive self, he takes us on an imaginary
hike into high mountain country. Here we meet adepts from Lao Tzu to
Carl Jung, who share their visions of real living and challenge us to
withdraw the projections of our "virtual self" and become
self-realized. It is the path of integration that we are all
compelled to follow, either consciously or unconsciously. In this
book, he ushers us into an experience of the deeper levels of our
inner being as we move through all the facets of our psuche. Here we
conquer Mt. Peasona and traverse the Moraine of Pain in search of our
real self. Rarely has a book moved us so far beyond the words on a
page into our very heart and soul. For those willing to take this
trek, it will be an incredible journey. Inner Ocean Publishing,
innerocean.com,
2001 ISBN 1-930722-00-1 Buy
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Andrews, Ted, Animal-Speak: The
spiritual & magical powers of creatures great
& small. The animal world has much to teach us. Some
animals are experts at survival and adaptation,some never get cancer,
some embody strength and courage, while others exude playfulness.
Animals remind us of the potential we can unfold, but before we can
learn from them, we must first be able to speak with them. Now, for
perhaps the first time ever, myth and fact are combined in a manner
that will teach you how to speak and understand the language of the
animals in your life. This book helps you meet and work with animals
as totems and spirits - by learning the language of their behaviors
within the physical world. It provides techniques for reading signs
and omens in nature so you can open to higher perceptions and even
prophecy. It reveals the hidden, mythical, and realistic roles of 45
animals, 60 birds, 8 insects and 6 reptiles. Animals will become a
part of you, revealing to you the majesty and divine in all life.
They will restore your childlike wonder of the world and strengthen
your belief in magic, dreams and possibilities. Llewellyn
Publications, 1999 ISBN 0-87542-028-1 Buy
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Andrews, Ted, Animal-Wise: The spirit
language and signs of nature. The sheer beauty and power of wild
animals fill us with wonder. Our heart jumps. Our breath catches. Our
pulse races. We feel the touch of God within nature and upon our
soul. But what is often missing is the understanding. One of Nature's
greatest gifts is her endless willingness to teach us about our
possibilities and ourselves. With this book, you will understand the
wonders and beauty of animals more intimately. You will understand
their hidden language. You will begin to realize that every creature
mirrors the magnificence of your own soul. You will recognize animals
as messengers of the Divine. The early shamans, priests, and
priestesses were scientists as well as mystics. They studied the
plants and animals, earning their characteristics and qualities. They
also honored the sprit expressed in and through them. When we realize
that our learning and guidance comes from sources other than human,
our world is no longer the same. It becomes filled with new
possibilities. In the world around us is a myriad of wonders. Through
the animals kingdoms - through the multitude of wonders found within
Nature - we experience renewal. Every sojourn into Nature, every
animal encounter, offers an epiphany for the heart and soul. And if
only for a little while, let us open our heart to it and see what
glories unfold! Dragonhawk Publishing, 1999, ISBN 1-888767-34-0
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Adrienne, Carol, Find Your Purpose, Change
Your Life: Getting to the heart of your life's mission. For
all those who have been enchanted by the power of synchronicity and
are ready to be taken further down the path, this book offers the
next step. Here, the author provides a practical workbook that shows
you how to tap the unsuspected potential of synchronicity - the force
revealed in everyday coincidences - and use the power of your own
intuition. Using dozens of examples from her own life and work, and
offering an array of write-in exercises, she revels how you can use
synchronicity to find your purpose in life and achieve the rewards
that come from living in harmony with the soul's code. Quill,
www.harpercollins.com
2001 ISBN 0-688-17802-2 Buy
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August, Dr. Victor, Know Thyself, Show
Thyself: A guide to becoming the person you've always
dreamed of being. Learning to live a life without limits. For
years, the August Institute of Life Studies has introduced new
techniques for self-improvement to people all over the world...people
just like you! CEOs. sport figures, movie stars and
political leaders have gained the tools and abilities necessary to
achieve success, power and fulfillment in every aspect of their
lives. Now, trhe author and founder of the Institute, shares with you
his incredible secrets for accomplishing goals and experiencing
personal breakthroughts - night now! Learn how to break free of your
old routines and stop living your life by a "script"; avhieve
personal growth and recognize the potential for greatness within
yourself; reject the limitations of your past while exploring the
possibilities of your future; and discover the powers that you
possess to change your life forever! You have the ability to become
the person you've always dreamed of being. Now it's time to stop
dreaming your life and start living your dreams! Writers Club Press,
www.iuniverse.com,
2001, ISBN 0-595-18822-2 Buy
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Balswick, Jack, Men at the
Crossroads: Beyond traditional roles & modern
options. I want to be a man but somebody stole the script. These
are confusing times for men. The traditional male has been attacked
as a chauvinist brute. Yet less traditional men are often dismissed
as passive, soft, wimpish. So-called New Age sages have entered the
vacuum and counseled men to recover the kind, warrior, magician and
lover in each of them. Is this good and acceptable advice for
Christian men? In this vastly helpful book, the author
takes account of the bind contemporary Christian men find themselves
in. He assess the "men's movement". Boldly speaking from deep and
sure faith, he points to a radical alternative beyond the traditional
brute and the dewy-eyed New Age mystic - a maleness based on the
fatherhood of God and the true masculinity modeled in Christ. This
book is a critical but entirely practical book, a lifeline for
generations of Christian men searching for new directions in these
perplexing days. InterVaristy Press, 1992 ISBN 0-8308-1385-3
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Berland, Warren, Out of the Box for
Life: A simple, practical method for turning anger into
compassion, despair into hope, helplessness into empowerment, anxiety
into action. If you are anything like millions of other
Americans, then you too are a prisoner - trapped by insecurity, fear
and doubt. You may have asked yourself, "How can I overcome these
terrible, frustrating feelings?" Well, now there's an answer. A
radical approach to psychological wellness, the author proves that no
matter how stuck you feel or how deep your psychological wounds, you
can be free to live a healthy, happy, and satisfying life. No
training is necessary. It doesn't even have to take a lot of time.
You are given the keys to freedom and a more enjoyable life. You will
learn how to find freedom and possibility in each moment. Surrender
to this inner knowing and strengthen your resolve, and your
confidence will grow. Being free is just a choice. You could make
others. Quill, 2000, www.harpercollins.com
ISBN 0-06-093051-9 Buy
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Boyd, Stephen, The Men We Long to
Be: Beyond lonely warriors and desperate lovers,
Stephen B. Boyd. The author unflinchingly plumbs the destructiveness
of cultural masculinity for men themselves as well as for everyone
and everything else. His grasp of the spiritually transformative
process leading toward what we men long to be in extraordinarily
insightful and practical. He writes with self-revelatory candor,
theological acumen, and a passion for healing and justice. He has
given us a charter of hope that can "fatten our souls" - James B.
Nelson. Pilgrim Press 1997 ISBN 0-8298-1201-6 Buy
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Briggs, John & David Peat, Seven
Life Lessons of Chaos: Timeless wisdom from the science of
change. For most of us, each day is a frantic attempt to make
order out of chaos. We work in office cubicles, travel on grid-like
streets, and live in rectangular houses - but we never escape the
vague sense that the world is in truth messy, fractured and
unpredictable. Obsessed with control, we have failed to realize that
chaos is a fundamental and unavoidable force in nature. Fighting it
is a cause doomed to failure, but we can channel and use chaos. The
authors are experts in chaos theory, the science of nonlinear change
and the unpredictable. Here they present a revolutionary convergence
of cutting-edge science and timeless wisdom to show how we can use
the forces of chaos to dramatically improve our daily lives. It is an
easy-to-understand guide to the creative possibilities of chaos. They
help us understand how we can use the chaos metaphor to understand
the social systems around us and to nurture a deep connection with
the natural world. Harper Collins www.harpercollins.com
1999
Burnett, Mark, Dare to Succeed: How to
survive and thrive in the game of life. The genius behind the
wildly popular Survivor series, he is now the hottest producer
in television. What most people don't know, however, is that he has
his own survival story to tell, and it's every bit as riveting as the
show. Little more than a decade ago, he was selling T-shirts on the
beach in Southern California. But through a combination of
inspiration, determination and sheer nerve, he transformed his life,
went on to produce an Emmy-winning extreme sports program and, of
course, created the most popular series on the air today. From a
former paratrooper to an open water-certified Scuba diver, he has
used his life of daring experiences as a jumping-off point to great
success. Now he tells readers how to chase their dreams, ignore their
fears, and follow the road less traveled to personal and business
success. This book unfolds like a real-life adventure story, offering
valuable lessons, inspirational vignettes, and hard-hitting advice.
His recipe for success encourages people to bend the rules, embrace
risk, lead with compassion, learn through failure, revel in pain, and
focus like a laser on their goals. By following his blend of heart
and chutzpah, anyone can not only survive, but go on to succeed
beyond his or her wildest dreams. Hyperion, www.hyperionbooks.com
2001 ISBN 0-7868-6849-X Buy
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Carter-Scott, Cherie, If Life is a Game, These are the
Rules: Ten rules for being human. We all know the
feeling: In the game of life, why am I the only one who
doesn't know how to play? But now, help is at hand,
because this wonderful little book will teach you the rules so that
you can conquer life's challenges and manage its unpredictable ups
and downs. Here, we find there are no mistakes in life, only lessons
that are repeated. In thoughtful, inspirational essays illustrated
with encouraging personal anecdotes, she includes the lessons that
can be learned from each of the rules and offers insights on
self-esteem, respect, acceptance, forgiveness, ethics, compassion,
humility, gratitude and courage. Best of all, she shows that wisdom
lies inside each one of us and that by putting these ten rules into
action we can create a more fulfilling life. Bantam 1998
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Chodron, Pema, When
Things Fall Apart: Heart advice for difficult times.
There is a fundamental happiness right within our reach, yet we
usually miss it - ironically, while caught up in attempts to escape
pain and suffering. The author's radical and compassionate advice for
what to do when things fall apart in our lives goes against the grain
of our usual habits and expectations and confronts us with
traditional Buddhist wisdom. There is only one approach to suffering
that is of lasting benefit, the author teaches, and that approach
involves moving towards painful situations to the best of our ability
with friendliness and curiosity, relaxing into the essential
groundlessness of our entire situation. It is there, in the midst of
chaos, that we can discover the truth and love that are
indestructible. Shambhala 1997
Cohen, David Elliot, One Year Off: Leaving
it all behind for a round-the-world journey with our children.
With three children under the age of nine, the youngest still in
diapers, the Cohens decided to do something many dream of, but few
actually undertake: sell the house, the cars, and the belongings
and take off for a year-long journey around the world. Demonstrating
great creativity and tremendous tenacity, they created an adventure
of a lifetime - an inspiration to anyone who dreams of leaving it all
behind. This is a remarkable story of one family's decision to trade
their home for the road. Travelers' Tales, www.travelerstales.com
2001 ISBN 1-885211-65-1 Buy
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Coit, Lee,
Listening: How to increase awareness of your inner
guide. It has been years since Listening was first
published. Since the beginning, this book has been a vehicle to share
a wonderful discovery - the author's inner voice. This discovery has
helped him and many others find inner peace, happiness and
contentment. With the clarity given to him through inner guidance, he
began to see the overall pattern, not only in his life, but in the
lives of many of the people who came into his awareness. His search
has now covered nearly a 20-year span, and he has come full circle.
He has been to the mountaintop. This book will help you release
self-limiting concepts and increase your awareness of Truth. However,
the journey is an individual one, and each soul must undertake and
complete it alone. This is a marvelous aid. Hay House,
1996
Cousineau, Phil, The Art of
Pilgrimage: The seeker's guide to making travel sacred. With
the roads to our chosen destinations more crowded than ever and
travel bookstore shelves groaning under the weight of guidebooks that
cover everything from ballparks to celebrity homes, we are forced to
look longer and harder and yet see less and less. Instead of more
gimmicks, gadgets and packages, we need to reimagine the way we
travel. This book is for the traveler who longs for something more
than diversion and escape, for those searching for a path with heart.
For millennia, pilgrimage - a transformative journey to a sacred
center - has summoned the soulful traveler. And every journey can be
sacred, soulful and transformative, if it is undertaken with a desire
for spiritual risk and renewal. Whether you are traveling to Mecca or
Memphis, Stonehenge or a sports hall of fame, the journey becomes
meaningful - a pilgrimage - when the traveler's heart and imagination
are open to experiencing the sacred. Conari Press 1998
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DeLiso, Tony, Legacy: The Power
Within. Be among the millions of people who have already
discovered their innate power. The methods contained in this book are
basic to our nature, as intended. Realize for yourself the power
within You. Prove it to yourself, with time, patience, and
practice, you can change your life, and achieve your goals. This book
is a compilation of the author's studies as to what causes success or
failure. It is written as a self-improvement guide based on his
research in the fields of philosophy, psychology, metaphysics,
academia, and his personal experiences in pursuit of his own success.
It contains reiteration of ancient wisdom, seven steps in goal
setting and some of his own personal experiences and conclusions.
Writers Club Press, www.iuniverse.com,
2000. ISBN 0-595-13520-X Buy
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DeRohan, Ceanne, Indigo: The
search for true understanding and balance. This is the latest is
a series of eight books channeled by the author. It is suggested that
they be read in order, starting with Right Use of
Will: Healing and evolving the emotional body. Getting
ready for the sequels involves moving along with the material in the
original book enough to know if this information is right for you.
These books let you know your Original Cause by helping you access
belief systems lost in the subconscious long ago, yet influencing
your life every day. Each paragraph could be a full day's study. Four
Winds Publications. 1999 ISBN 1-56170-608-6 Buy
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Diamond , Louise, The Courage for
Peace: Daring to create harmony in ourselves and the world.
From school yards to war zones, the issue of peace has never been
more crucial. Here, an expert in conflict resolution and cofounder of
the Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy, uncovers the four principles
of inner and outer peace and the simple actions we can take that
create peace within ourselves and our world. Conari Press, 2000
www.conari.com
or conari@conari.com
ISBN 1-57324-165-2 Buy
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Ditties, James, In Driven By Hope, Men &
Meaning, Dittes invites men to embrace and celebrate their
spiritual - and decidedly masculine - way in the world. He dares to
suggest that the notable features of masculinity so often treated as
unbearable faults - restlessness, drivenness, unsettledness, endless
"on duty" time, may indeed be part of manly vocation rooted
inescapably in biology. Westminister John Knox Press, 1996
France, Peter, Hermits: the insights of
solitude. I had just paid for a book and, from across the
bookstore, atleast 20 feet away, this book jumped out at me. After
all, starting my third year traveling full-time around the country in
a men's bookmobile, I can relate. For any man who has been challenged
when he wanted some space, check this one out. The author, who spends
much of his time living in an heremitic manner on the Greek island
Patmos, explores the history of hermits and uncovers the truths they
found in their solitude. As an antidote to disillusionment with the
modern world and as a guide to rediscovering our true selves,
Hermits will not fail to provide reassuring enlightenment for
men and hopefully some women will see the benefits of this kind of
solitude for themselves. St Martin's Press, 1996
ISBN 0-312-15546-8 Buy
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Geisel, Theodor Seuss, Seuss-isms: Wise
and witty prescriptions for living from the good doctor, Theodor
Seuss Geisel. The simple but sage words of Dr. Seuss have helped many
a child (and grownup) along the complicated path of life. For those
who need reminders, here is a collection of some of the good doctor's
wisest and wittiest sayings. Random House, www.randomhouse.com
1997 ISBN 0-679-88356-8
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Godwin, Malcolm, Who Are You? 101 ways of
seeing yourself. From Archetypes and Chakras to Enneagrams and
Sun Signs, an identity-kit of physical, spiritual, mental and
emotional self-tests. This beautiful and practical book is designed
to help you find out more about yourself. It contains 101 mirrors of
self-discovery in which you can recognize your dominant behavior,
your body type, how you feel and act, how you think and approach your
spirituality. Drawn from ancient and modern techniques from both the
East and the West, these "tests" are divided into four sections - the
body, the emotions, the intellect, and the spirit. Each assessment
takes no more than a few minutes to complete, and is accompanied by a
brief description of the history and principles behind the method or
technique. As fun to use as it is profound in its revelations, this
book will help you understand how others see you - and how you see
yourself. An Arkana Book, 2000, ISBN 0-14-019609-9
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Greiff, Barrie Sanford,
Legacy: The giving of life's greatest treasures.
Loving, learning, laboring, laughing, lamenting, linking, living,
leading, and leaving. In his four decades as a Havard University
psychiatrist, the author heard thousands of his patients, colleagues
and friends express a common yearning: to create meaning in their
lives beyond material wealth and to pass something more than simply
money on to the next generation. How, they asked, can we repay the
world for the sacred gift of life? How can we share our
lives and contribute to a better tomorrow? The answer for
tomorrow is to build a legacy today to bequeath not only what we have
earned, but what we have learned. In this warm and joyous volume, he
tells the heartfelt storeis of real legacies-of men, women and even
children who have found remarkable wisdom in the course of everyday
life. Reagan Books, www.harpercollins.com
1999 ISBN 0-06-039283-5 Buy
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Hanh, Tich Nhat, Be Still and
Know: Reflections from living Buddha, living Christ.
In his acclaimed national bestseller, Living Buddha, Living
Christ, the author, a renowned thinker and scholar, explored the
deep spiritual connections between Christianity and Buddhism. This
book uses selections from his groundbreaking work to create a
handbook of meditations and reflections that reawaken our
understanding of both religions - and enrich our daily lives through
personal contemplation. It is an inspiration to all who embrace its
universal message of peace - a profound and moving work that
illuminates the world's greatest traditions of spiritual thought,
written by a man who is considered by many to be a "living Buddha."
Riverhead Books, 1996
Hanh, Tich Nhat, Hermitage Among the
Clouds: A historical novel of fourteenth century
Vietnam. Set at the beginning of the fourteenth century, this
tells the story of Princess Amazing Jewel, daughter of Tran Nhan
Tong, the king of Dai Viet, present-day Vietnam. He abdicated the
throne at the height of his illustrious career to become a Buddhist
monk and later to establish the Bamboo Forest School of Zen at his
hermitage, Sleeping Clouds. This beautifully written story expresses
the suffering caused by war and conflict, the transformative
potential of a commitment to practicing peace and building
reconciliation, and the simple beauty of a spiritual life. The author
gives us a window into Vietnam's past and, at the same time, offers
compelling insights about contemporary Southeast Asia and the world.
Parallax Press, 1993, ISBN 0-938077-56-2 Buy
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Hardenbrook, Weldon, Missing from
Action: A powerful historical response to the crisis among
American Men. The author examines the decline of the American
male's role and tells how men might seek to regain their place as
leaders in the home, church and society. He concludes that men must
commit themselves to restoring stability and peace to the suffering
homes of the land. Conciliar Press, 1996
Harrison, Sabrina Ward, Spilling
Open: The art of becoming yourself. This is the creative
expression of one young woman's attempt to understand herself as she
grows into adulthood. The author shares her private journal and art,
offering us lessons in life and empowerment that resonate with fresh,
youthful wisdom. Written when the author was between the ages of
eighteen and twenty-one, it captures the artist's journey of
self-discovery with a powerful and courageous voice. This book is an
intimate and moving picture of what it means to enter a contemporary
adult world that is filled with contradictions about womanhood. She
reveals with tender honesty that, in spite of the women's movement,
she has found more questions than answers about growing up female.
Her writing and multimedia art explore questions about love, faith,
growing pains, being true, peer groups and identity. A truly unique
experience, it will help open your heart and your mind. And, it will
give a father a better understanding of his daughter, no matter what
her age. Villard Books, www.villard.com,
2000 ISBN 0-375-75648-5 Buy
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Hultkrantz, Ake, Soul and Native
Americans. This book is a thorough and beautifully differentiated
report showing how much more the native peoples of the Americans
understood about what we call "soul", "psyche" and "anima" than our
own American psychologists. Especially valuable is the evidence for
the various kinds of soul, including the death soul, and how they're
recognized and experienced. Each student of souls and of troubled
souls, has a sophisticated tool for grappling with the ambiguity, the
evasiveness, and the vitality of the very stuff of life that humans
share with other creatures. Spring Publications www.neca.com/~spring
1997 Buy
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Johnson, Toby, Getting Life in
Perspective. A Novel. When warned by his doctor to rest,
Rick Carton, a jaded and disillusioned editor with a Boston
publishing house, retires to a neglected old mansion in the Texas
hill country to write the novel he's always intended to. He discovers
he is not alone...This book is a post-modern ghost story featuring
two lovable Topperesque apparitions from turn-of-the-century America
who haunt the sometimes bewildered writer struggling to face the
enormous problems of contemporary society - and gay men in particular
- as the 21st century is about to turn. It is a sweet, occasionally
sexy, surprisingly wise, and thoroughly enteraining mytho-historical
romance with a gay-positive spiritual message woven in - along with
just a touch of the Twilight Zone. Lavender Press, 1991
ISBN 0-938743-17-1 Buy
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Jones, Terry, The Elder Within: The source
of mature masculinity. This is an exploration into the potential
of eldership, the second half of life expression of mature
masculinity. It surveys the way a man can tap this archetypal energy
within himself. The author has developed a passion for understanding
what a healthy and spiritual expressoin of masculinity would look
like. By participating in ritualized weekend workshops and ongoing
men's groups, he found that many men share a hunger for spiritual and
emotional growth and the desire to make a difference. He believes
that the man who embraces eldership makes himself available to
younger men, to the family and to the community. He has confidence in
the fruits of his long life of experience and wants to see the future
by sharing with the young. This book examines traditional male
qualities, such as protector, while painting a picture of the mature
masculine who energizes himself by using tools of wisdom: meditation,
contemplation, and listening. This book is a must read for both men
and women alike, as it presents an enlightened view of the elder as a
major contributor to society. This is a much needed resource for
empowerment of mature men as well as an enlightened forecast of the
journey many men will travel. Bookpartners, www.bookpartners.com
2001, ISBN 1-59151-088-8 Buy
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Kammen,
Carole, & Jodi Gold, Call to Connection: Bringing sacred
tribal values into modern life. In these modern and complex
times, many of us feel isolated and alone. Much of society has lost
the sense of belonging, a feeling of connectedness to community, to
the earth and to the sacred. Many of us may long for simpler times
when people lived in villages, depended on one another, engaged in
sacred rituals, and honored the spirit of life. The profound message
here is as applicable today as it was in ancient times. Its message
is a call, an invitation to become a member of a sacred tribe: the
tribe of humanity. Commune-A-Key Publishing, 1998 Buy
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Korda, Michael, Country Matters: The
pleasures and tribulations of moving from a big city to an old
country farmhouse. With his inimitable sense of humor and
storytelling talent, the author brings us this charming, hilarious,
self-deprecating memoir of a city's couple's new life in the country.
At once entertaining, canny, and moving, this book does for Dotchess
County, NY what Under the Tuscan Sun did for Tuscany. This
witty memoir, replete with the author's own line drawings, reads like
a novel, as it chroicles the author's transformation from city
slicker to full-time country gentleman, complete with tractors,
horses and a leaking roof. When he decides to take up residence in an
eighteenth-century farmhouse ninety miles north of New York City, he
discovers what country life is really like. Sure to have readers in
stitches, this is a book that has universal appeal for all who have
ever dreamed of owning that perfect little place to escape to up in
the country, or, more boldly, have done it. Harper Collins,
www.harpercollins.com
2001 ISBN 0-06-019772-2 Buy
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Larned, Marianne, ed., Stone Soup for the World: Life-changing
stories of kindness & courageous acts of service. If you've
ever wondered why you were put on this earth, what are you to do to
improve the greater good, what your life mission is (something that
can't be accomplished in your lifetime), this is a good place to
start. Filled with stories of people who have made that difference,
this book can be an inspiration to us all. Sections cover "What One
Person Can Do", "Cultural Healing", "Community Cooperation", "Growing
Nationally", "Global Village", "The Healing Power of Doing Good", and
"Doing Well by Doing Good". Includes a message from Colin Powell and
forward by Jack Canfield. Conari Press, 1998 Buy
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Lederman, Ellen, Vacations that can Change Your Life: Adventures,
retreats & workshops for the mind, body and spirit. A most
interesting book that talks about a number of adventures listed in
our Calendar (i.e., individual workshops like: Healing the Father
Wound, Leadership Training program, New Warriors, Opening the Heart,
Outdoor Leadership Seminars, Joyce & Barry Vissell's Shared Heart
Training and retreat centers that offer men's and couple's retreats
and gatherings like Breitenbush, Esalen Institute, Hollyhock Farms,
Kirkridge Retreat Center, Mount Madonna Center, New York Open Center,
Omega, Option Institute and Rowe Center. Whether you want to indulge
your sense of adventure or spiritual curiosity, this book invites you
to plan an experience that will affect you in a permanent way. From
oceanside yoga retreats and communication workshops to photography
excursions and wilderness challenges, this remarkable guide tempts us
to challenge our psyches, bodies and boundaries. Treat your mind,
body and spirit to the most enriching vacation of your life!
Sourcebooks, 1996 ISBN 1-57071-124-0 Buy
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Levine, Stephen, A Year to
Live: How to live this year as if it were your last.
In his new book, the author of the perennial bestseller, Who
Dies?, teaches us how to live each moment, each hour, each day
mindfully - as if it were all that was left. On his deathbed,
Socrates exhorted his followers to practice dying as the highest form
of wisdom. The author decided to live this way himself for a whole
year, and now he shares with us how such immediacy radically changes
our view of the world and forces us to examine our priorities. Most
of us go to extraordinary lengths to ignore, laugh off, or deny the
fact that we are going to die, but preparing for death is one of the
most rational and rewarding acts of a lifetime. It is an exercise
that gives us the opportunity to deal with unfinished business and
enter into a new and vibrant relationship with life. The author
provides us with a year-long program of intensely practical
strategies and powerful guided meditations to help with this work, so
that whenever the ultimate moment does arrive for each of us, we will
not feel that it has come too soon. Bell Tower, www.randomhouse.com,
1997
Levoy, Gregg, Callings: Finding and
following an authentic life. How do we know if we're following
our true callings? How do we sharpen our senses to cut
through the distractions of everyday reality and hear the calls that
are beckoning us? This book examines the many kinds of
calls we receive and the great variety of channels through which they
come to us. A calling may be to do something (change careers, go
back to school, have a child) or to be something (more creative, less
judgmental, move loving). While honoring a calling's essential
mystery, this book also guides readers to ask and answer the
fundamental questions that arise from any calling: How do we
recognize it? How do we distinguish the true call from the
siren song? How do we handle our resistance to a
call? What happens when we say yes? What
happens when we say no? Three Rivers Press www.randomhouse.com
1998 ISBN 0-609-80370-0 Buy
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Linn, Denice, Quest: A guide
for creating your own vision quest. For centuries, ancient
cultures embarked on rites of passage to gain entrance to the
spiritual realms and attain self-knowledge. Now an international
lecturer and healer draws on her Native American roots, as well as
the teaching of other cultures, to create a carefully crafted
spiritual program for anyone wishing to venture on a retreat or
create a uniquely personal Quest of your own. This practical,
engaging book will show you how to: Discover your life's
purpose, find mystery at the core of your life, release limiting
beliefs about yourself, call for a vision, harness the power of the
Sacred Circle, confront and free yourself from fears, heal emotional
wounds, and develop peace of mind. This guidebook gives you the
necessary tools to prepare for a Vision Quest that will take you to
the center of your soul. Ballantine www.randomhouse.com/BB/
1999 ISBN 0-345-42544-8
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MacDonald, Gordon, When Men Think Private Thoughts: Exploring the
Issues that Captivate the Minds of Men. Regardless of age,
occupation or financial and social status, most men struggle with
private thoughts that have stirred the hearts and minds of men for
countless ages. Here, you'll travel the inner recesses of a man's
mind to unravel the complex, centuries-old questions that shape a
man's identity and self-concept. You'll learn how a man's sense of
self begins to form even before birth and how the terrain between
childhood and manhood affects his adult relationships, spiritual life
and more. Thomas Nelson, 1996 ISBN 0-7852-7839-7
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Macy, Joanna & Molly Young Brown,
Coming Back to Life: Practices to reconnect our lives, our
world. The authors offer eloquent and compelling insight into the
roots of our angst, then point the way forward out of apathy to "the
work that reconnects." An inspiring and practical guide,
this much sought-after update and expansion of Macy's earlier
Despair and Personal Empowerment in the Nuclear Age will be
welcomed throughout the world by all those concerned with peace,
spirit, eco-activism and education. New Society Publishers,
www.newsociety.com,
1999 ISBN 0-86571-391-X Buy
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Maggio, Michael compiled,
Quotations for a Man's Soul. A man's path to self-awareness
and understanding need never be a lonely one. This collection of wise
quotations is the perfect companion for the man seeking deeper
meaning in his spirituality, life goals, relationships and identity.
Prentice Hall 1998 Buy
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McLaren , Karla, Emotional
Genius: Discovering the deepest language of the soul. All of
your emotions - especially your strongest and most difficult feelings
- are storehouses of unlimited energy. For instance, your rage can
give you superhuman strength, your fear can save you from certain
death, and your shame and depression can bring you to a complete (and
often necessary) halt. Imagine what you could accomplish if - instead
of repressing your emotions and losing your energy or expressing them
haphazardly and losing your way - you could marshal their energies
and use them to increase your awareness, heal your relationships, and
address your deepest wounds. In her groundbreaking new work, the
author leads us on a step-by-step journey out of emotional confusion
and suffering, and helps us discover our soul's deepest language and
our own innate Emotional Genius. Laughing Tree Press,
www.emovere.com,
2001, ISBN 0-9656583-4-1 Buy
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Millman, Dan, The Life You Were Born to
Live: A guide to finding your life purpose. Here
is a modern method based on ancient wisdom that has helped hundreds
of thousands to find new meaning, purpose and direction. This book
describes the thirty-seven paths of life, a precise method to
determine your own life path and the life path of others, the core
issues, inborn talents, and special needs related to each path,
including areas of health, money and sexuality, guidelines for
finding a livelihood consistent with your innate drives and
abilities, the hidden purpose of your relationships, how to live in
harmony with the cycles of your life, and key spiritual laws to help
you understand your past, clarify your present and empower your
future. H J Kramer, www.danmillman.com
1993 ISBN 0-915881-60-X
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Millman, Dan, Living on
Purpose: Straight answers to life's tough questions. The
author combines the wisdom of Solomon with the commonsense touch of
Dear Abby, tackling real-world questions with the intuitive insight
that has drawn millions of readers to his books. Here, for the first
time, he distills his powerful teaching into twenty-five key
principles, which his mentor, an old warrior named Socrates - called
the House Rules. Dan illustrates each House Rule with user-friendly
stories, quotations, and exercises for applying the House Rules into
our own lives. He answers univeral questions about money and work,
parenting and priorities, diet and health, decision-making and
divorce, simplicity and spirituality, meditation and morality,
sexuality and fear, life and death, and more. Each answer offers
fresh insight and personal guidance - a bold new vision for living on
purpose. www.danmillman.com
New World Library, www.newworldlibrary.com
2000 ISBN 1-57731-132-9 Buy
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Moore, Thomas, Care of the
Soul: A guide for cultivating depth and sacredness in
everyday life is considered to be one of the best primers for
soul work ever written. The author, an internationally renowned
theologian and former Catholic monk, offers a philosophy for living
that involves accepting our humanity rather than struggling to
transcend it. By nurturing the soul in everyday life, he shows how to
cultivate dignity, peace, and depth of character. For example, in
addressing the importance of daily rituals he writes, "Ritual
maintains the world's holiness. As in a dream a small object may
assume significance, so in a life that is animated by ritual there
are no insignificant things." This is the eloquence that helped
reintroduce the sacred into everyday language and contemporary
values. HarperPerennial, 1994, ISBN 0060922249 Buy
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Nepo, Mark, The Book of Awakening: Having the life you want
by being present to the life you have. A journey depends on
the kind of deeply held intention that transforms even the most
ordinary occasion into a subtle or life-altering move from mindless
to mindful, soul-less to soulful. The author's spiritual daybook is a
summons to reclaim aliveness, liberate the self, take each day one at
a time, and savor the beauty offered by life's unfolding. Reading his
poetic prose is like being given a second sight, exposing the reader
to life's multiple dimensions, each one drawn with awe and affection.
A series of daily reflections, this is a guidebook for a new journey
of the soul. Each entry is a work of art, accompanied by a practice
that makes for a completely original call to awaken the mind and the
senses. It is filled with a reminding wisdom both gathered from
others and harvested from the author's own life. Each entry in this
capacious and tender daybook widens both the eyes and the heart. A
cancer survivor and writer-in-residence at the Fetzer Institute in
Michigan, the author has allowed life to consciously move through him
and the results of that exploratoin take form here. Designed as a
companion and soul-friend, a "thinking person's daybook," it is a
book of marvels, woven from the author's own story, stories of others
struggling with their humanness, and truths from the great wisdom
traditions. Conari Press, 2000 ISBN 1-57324-117-2
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O'Reilly, Sean, James, Tim, The Road
Within: True stories of transformation and the soul. This is
a very different kind of travel book, a venture into the hidden
territories of the human spirit and heart. It is a book of
transformation, of lessons learned, maps drawn and burned, and
spiritual blessings bestowed by that great and hard teacher: travel.
It will show you what the great mystics and saints have always known
- that you are closer to yourself, the world, and God, than you can
possibly imagine, and that wondrous things await you on your
journeys. Just a few of the notable authors you'll find in this book:
Annie Dillard, Huston Smith, Redmond O'Hanlon, Natalie Goldberg,
David Berlinski, Andrew Harvey, Lyall Watson, Holly Morris, Barry
Lopez and Bill Buford. Travelers' Tales, 1998 ISBN 1-885211-19-8
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O'Reilly, Sean Joseph, How to Manage Your
Dick* (Destructive Impulses with Cyber Kinetics): Redirect
sexual energy and discover your more spiritually enlightened, evolved
self. This is one of the most unusual concepts you may ever
encounter. It is also one of the most important. This is the book
that might have saved Bill Clinton and Gary Condit from personal and
political chaos. The author presents ideas about energy, moral
development, and sexual management that will revolutionize your life.
Our society emphasizes concepts like time and resource management,
but for the most part ignores one very importnat kind of
management: DICK Managment. An ecology of persoanl energy
use that studies destructive, testosterone-driven impulses from the
perspective of metaphysics and science, it is a new discipline that
will teach you how to redirect your sexual energy and discover your
more spiritually enlightened, dimensionally evolved self. This is an
extraordinary new guide to the soul. It's about finding your own
personal life ethic - not just saying "no" or suppressing your
desires but rather about saying "yes" to something larger than the
tunnel vision of the Cyclops in your pants. Auriga Publishing Group,
Ten Speed Press, www.dickmanagement.com,
2001, ISBN 158008350-1, Buy
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Pable, Martin, The Quest for the Male
Soul: In search of something more. Many men in our
society have a deep spiritual life, and many more desire one. No
longer satisfied with the games and toys served up in the consumer
culture, they are searching for "something more." They are
seeking deeper spiritual meaning and a more personal relationship
with God. Defining spirituality as "whatever helps us make sense of
our lives and gives them meaning," the author offers men advice on
how to grow in their relationship with God. He uses six Hebrew words
to describe six stages of a man's spiritual development. He guides
readers in an exploration of what it means to be created in the image
of God, to possess positive sexual energy, to be endowed with the
courage of a warrior, to carry one's wounds gracefully, to grow in
the mature exercise of authority, and finally, to be wise. He shows
how these six stages represent tasks and skills that engage a man's
very soul and bring him face to face with life's ultimate questions.
He highlights the creative possibilities of each stage and
illustrates how Jesus confronted their challenges in his own life.
The book concludes with the author's six-step process for spiritual
growth which shows men how to incorporate a commitment to ongoing
change, prayer, and service to others into the demands of their
everyday life. Ave Maria Press1996
Pollar, Odette, Take Back Your
Life: Smart ways to simplify daily living. It's a complaint
heard all too often: not enough time - for loved ones, work, friends,
hobbies, or yourself. We live in a time-starved culture - surveys
indicate that our leisure time has shrunk by 37 percent over the last
twenty-five years, while our work week has expanded by a full day. As
the pace of life quickens, the answer is not to race along with it,
but to step back, reassess, do less of what is stressful and more of
what is meaningful. The author has the key to creating a more
balanced and fulfilling life without compromising your priorities. By
eliminating the complexity that dominates and detracts from modern
life, you will discover that a simplified life is also an enriched
life. Conari Press, 1999, ISBN 1-57324-132-6 Buy
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Porter, Bill, Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese
hermits. "Bill Porter's Road to Heaven is a brilliant
essay on the traditions of Chinese hermits, a startling reminder of
how far we have gone astray. It should be a part of any serious Zen
or Taoist library." - Jim Harrison. Mercury House, 1993,
ISBN 1-56279-041-2 Buy
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Prather, Hugh, The Little Book of Letting
Go: A revolutionary 30-day program to cleanse your mind,
lift your spirit and replenish your soul. In this accessible,
friendly book, bestselling author presents a simple 30-day program to
free ourselves from worry, conflict, and painful memories. His unique
and powerful approach, based on thirty years' experience, helps us
identify and release "mental toxins." The result is a mind that
embraces freedom and a life that knows peace. Conari Press, 2000.
ISBN: 157324-503-8 Buy
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Prather, Hugh, Spiritual Notes to
Myself: Essential wisdom for the 21st century. "Our
spiritual efforts do not give us privileges in the world - no parking
spaces that manifest magically, no fat bank accounts. The author says
it up front and straight out. What readers of this intimate notebook
will discover, however, is how Truth reveals itself through the
ordinary, daily experiences of our lives - if we choose to live
consciously." Patricia Hopkins Conari Press 1998
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Quinn, Daniel, Ishmael: An adventure of the mind & spirit, Bantam, 1995
Quinn, Daniel, My Ishmael: A sequel. Ishmael was an
extraordinary novel which became an underground bestseller and a
testament for a burgeoning spiritual movement, especially in some
areas of the "men’s movement". This new novel is a companion
piece - not a story that follows the first but rather a story
contemporaneous with the first. In it, the Ishmael saga takes a
startling direction that is in no way prefigured in the original.
Bantam Books www.bantam.com
1997 Buy
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Roberts, Williams O., Crossing the Soul's
River: A Rite of passage for men. This compelling book
puts the male midlife crisis into its deepest context - the growth of
ourselves as spiritual beings. In so doing it moves well beyond
treatments which focus solely on the psychological dimensions of this
process - though the author details these too with a sharp insightful
eye honed by his own personal experience. Most helpful is his
detailing of various rites of passage designed to help men navigate
through this difficult time. In this the book is of practical as well
as intellectual use. The book is deeply insightful and altogether
illuminating. The Pilgrim Press, pilgrim@ucc.org,
1998 ISBN 0-8298-1259-8 Buy
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Robinson, Jonathan, Life's Big
Questions: 200 ways to explore your spiritual life. What
kind of person have you dreamed of becoming? Filled with
provocative questoins, inspiring anecdotes, and guided meditations,
this book invites you to examine your beliefs about spirituality and
learn new ways of encountering the sacred in daily life. Topics range
from the concept of God and the reason for love to the meaning of
death and the wonder of miracles. Ask yourself, your family, and your
friends these "big questions" and you will begin to discover the key
to unlocking life's deepest mysteries., Conari Press, 1995.
ISBN 1-57324-711-1 Buy
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Ruiz, Don Miguel, The Four Agreements: A practical guide to
personal freedom. A Toltec wisdom book. In this book, the
author reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy
and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, this
book offers powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our
lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love. The
Four Agreements: Be impeccable with your word. Don't take
anything personally. Don't make assumptions. Always do your best.
Amber-Allen Publishing, 1997. ISBN 1-878424-31-9
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Sanders, Mark & Tia Sillers, I Hope You Dance.
"I hope you never lose your sense of wonder. You get your fill to eat
but always keep that hunger. May you never take one single breath for
granted. God forbid love ever leave you empty-handed. I hope you
still feel small when you stand beside the ocean. Whenever one door
closes I hope one more opens. Promise me that you'll give faith a
fighting chance. And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.
I hope you dance...I hope you dance." And, it goes
on. Includes a CD of the poem by Lee Ann Womack. Rutledge Hill
Press, 2000 ISBN 1-55853-844-5 Buy
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Saywell, James and Anne-Marie Roffi Dilemmas:
What Would You Do? This new book contains a variety of ethically
challenging situations to elicit thought and discussion, and
challenge readers to find out what they're really made of when push
comes to shove. What would you do if: Two weeks before a
friend's wedding, his fiance makes a pass at you? You have agreed to
review a friend's novel but discover it's awful? You've started
dating a woman and discovered she used to be a man? Filled with
hundreds of provacative and playful situations, it reveals readers'
moral strengths and weaknesses. It gives lunchtime chats and cocktail
party conversations a twist and gives readers a new perspective on
themselves, their friends, and the world around them. Berkley
Publishing Group, www.penguinputnam.com,
2001 ISBN 0-399-52681-1 Buy
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Some, Malidoma Patrice, The Healing Wisdom of
Africa: Finding life purpose through nature, ritual and
community. A fascinating, detailed journey through the
traditional healing practices of West Africa, by a beloved shaman and
scholar. Through this book, readers can come to understand that the
life of indigenous and traditional people is a paradigm for an
intimate relationship with the natural world that both surrounds us
and is within us. This acclaimed book is the most distinctive and
complete study of the role ritual plays in the lives of African
people - and the role it can play for seekers in the west.
Tarcher/Putnam, www.penguinputnam.com
1999 Paperback. ISBN 0-87477-991-X Buy
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Sprager, Hart, The Sound of the Earth: A man's mid-life
passage and spiritual awakening. By the time the author was
fifty, he had changed professions more than nine times: actor,
filmmaker, story consultant and writer, foreign service officer,
university professor, producer/director of television commercials,
columnist for a Texas newspaper, commentator for National Public
Radio, actor (the second time around), and full-time vagabond. After
returning to the U.S. from India (the setting of this book), he did a
year-long retreat under the guidance of his Tibetan Meditation
Master, Gen Lamrimpa. It was a year during which he remained silent,
sat on his pillow, and meditated. He calls it "the most productive
year of my life." North Star, 1995, ISBN 1-880823-11-X
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Steinsaltz, Adin, Simple
Words: Thinking about what really matters in life. Friends,
family, love, God, death, faith. These are deceptively simple words
that we use all the time. But do we know what we mean by these
important words? Do we know what other people mean when
they use them? Because we seldom pause to reflect on these
words, we misunderstand others, and they misunderstand us. The author
explores some of the meanings of these powerful words that are so
central to our lives. He transforms each word into a gem, turning it
this way, then that, examining it to see more clearly its brilliant
facets and what lies behind them. He challenges us to think deeply
about the connotations of these commonplace words, and in so doing,
to see that there may be other ways of looking at things we have
taken for granted all our lives. Thus, our notion of "goodness" may
become fluid rather than fixed; we may think ourselves not at all
spiritual, yet find that we have a deeper involvement in the world of
spirit than we realized and, as the author explains, we may mean many
different things when we use the word love. This book is not
philosophical, sociological or psychological. They are intensely
personal. In this book, the author summarizes a lifetime of spiritual
wisdom that will enrich our lives and open us to better and deeper
communication with others. This book is a thought-provoking - and
surprising - adventure that may change the way we think, speak and
act. Simon & Schuster, www.simonsays.com
1999 ISBN 0-684-84642-X Buy
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Storr, Anthony, Solitude: A return to the self. In
an era when psychologists seem to measure mental well-being almost
exclusively by the success of our relationships with others, the
author offers a welcome dissenting view: that true health and
happiness is ultimately based upon the ability to live in peace with
oneself. His intriguing and well-documented look at solitude and the
positive behavior it can foster is a refreshing reappraisal of what
being alone can mean. In fact, he shows that for the artist, writer,
composer or philosopher, the spark of creativity burns most brightly
in a mind working in solitude - a state which may be essential to the
creative act and the artist's mental and emotional fulfillment.
Exploring the creative mind, the author looks closely at whether the
artist's and thinker's choice of isolation from society is a sign of
health or neurosis. Acknowledging that early loss of a parent or
separation from peers may encourage aspects of personality and
activities that can find fulfillment in a solitary life, the author
shows that such pursuits are not necessarily pathological or
compensatory, and can be more valid than seeking happiness,
self-worth and fulfillment from an intimate relationship. Also, his
examination of the healing value of solitude during periods of
mourning and stress, the surprisingly creative solitude of sleep, and
the strong relationship between solitude, creativity and the
religious experience offers new insight into the essential role of
the solitary state in the life of the thinking, imaginative
individual. In an age when it is "unfashionable" to choose to be
alone, this insightful, provocative book is a thoughtful reminder
that joy and pleasure are to be found, not only in time spent with
others, but in that which is lived in the rich company of one's own
thoughts. The Free Press, 1988, ISBN 0-02-931620-0
Tompkins, Ptolemy, The Beaten
Path: Field notes on getting wise in a wisdom crazy world.
Part memoir, part compassionate critique, part road journal, part
prescription, this book offers the ultimate tour of today's flawed
and fractured wisdom landscape and provides original thoughts on
finding the meaning in life beyond the pages of a book. For readers
tired of the glut of New Age palliatrives, the author's fresh take is
just what the docter ordered. This is a provacative expose on the
contemporary quest to attain and keep spiritual wisdom. Son of Peter
Tompkins, whose The Secret Life of Plants helped launch the
New Age movement, the author is no stranger to the pursuit of
enlightenment. But as a young man aware of the fact that his father
was "a part-good-part-bad human being and not the all-knowing sage
his followers wanted him to be, he brought a healthy dose of
skepticism to his own search for guidance. Always on the lookout for
an alternative to the "noisy bohemianism of (his) father's circle,"
he turned his teenage attention to a continuing stream of "wisdom
books" that covered terrain from Japanese Zen to Iranian Sufism,
Amerinidan shamanism to Tibetan Buddhism, fueled a Hunter S.
Thompson-esque road trip in his mother's white '79 Pontiac Sunbird,
drove him into the jungles of Columbia and the deserts of New Mexico,
where - after a mushroom trip that left him bereft and confused - he
discovered that he had "returned to the place I had started out from,
and against all expectation, I was still not enlightened." In this
book, he takes readers along for the ride as he revisits with a
critical but loving eye the books and teachers that shaped his
youthful quest and explores why his early search for meaning failed.
In seven enlightening, often humorous, and always provocative
chapters, he reappraises the masters and explores why - unlike the
quest for wisdom in other times and places - the modern
"wisdom-getting adventure had become little more than a parody of
what it had once been." William Morrow, www.harpercollins.com,
2001 ISBN 0-380-97822-9 Buy
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Vanzant, Iyanla, The Spirit of a Man: A Vision of Transformation
for Black Men and the Women Who Love Them. Long known as the
country's leading authority on spirituality and empowerment for Black
women, Iyanla Vanzant now offers a message of faith, self-knowledge
and courage for Black men in the struggles, crises and victories they
face in today's society. Teaching Black men to recognize and tap the
energy of their own spirits, Vanzant uses a brilliant and
transforming blend of ancient African spirituality, practical
self-help advice, and contemporary faith to help Black men - and the
women who love them - nurture the strength and power that are their
birthright. HarperCollins www.harpercollins.com
1996
Vienne, Veronique, The
Art of Doing Nothing: Simple ways to make time for
yourself. A culture of overachievers, we make things happen - and
happen fast. While rushing along, though, the days seem to get
shorter and shorter. If only time would hold still, just a little
bit, to let us savor life's simplest moments...This will help to ease
these beat-the-clock jitters. The stress-reducing techniques
described here require no time, no kill, no commitment. A practical
guide to rest and relation, it ushers us into a world where "being"
is more compelling than "doing". This book gives us the permission to
celebrate idleness in all its mesmerizing forms. You will be
delighted to discover that you've got plenty of nothin' and that
nothin's plenty for you. Clarkson Potter 1998 ISBN 0-609-60074-5
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Vienna, Veronique, The Art of
Imperfection: Simple ways to make peace with yourself.
Images of perfection seem to be everywhere - on television, in the
movies, in ads, in magazines - not to mention in our own fantasies
and notoriously selective memories. Among the places where perfection
is conspicuously absent, however, is in everyday reality. The way we
look, the people we love, the places where we live, and the jobs we
hold always leave something to be desired. In her first book, the
author suggested simple ways to make time for ourselves. In this
book, she offers ten meditative essays that remind us we don't need
to be perfect to be successful and happy. She looks at the art of
being wrong, disorganized, silly, and neither rich nor famous. She
explains how style is having nothing to wear, how chaos can improve
your daily life, and why less sexy is more sexy. Most of all, she
helps us find solace in our short-comings and humor in our blunders
and lapses. Paradoxically, the book, featuring beautiful duotone
photographs by award-winning photographer Erica Lennard, make the
perfect gift, to yourself. Clarkson Potter, 1999 www.randomhouse.com
ISBN 0-609-60521-6 Buy
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Wall, Steve & Harvey Arden, Wisdomkeepers: Meetings
with native American spiritual elders. The spiritual heritage of
Native American people is here - it has not been extinguished. I
believe the spiritual fire stall burns and is beckoning for America,
indeed, the world, to come closer, to listen, to hear, and to share
in its warmth and comfort. It is time that the buckskin curtain be
drawn back. It is time, I know it. Teach the children. The
Grandfathers and the Grandmothers are in the children. If we educate
them, our children tomorrow will be wiser than we are today. They're
the Grandfathers and Grandmothers of tomorrow. Beyond Words
Publishing, 1990 ISBN 0-941831-66-3 Buy
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Wolinsky, Stephen, Trances People Live: Healing approaches in
quantum psychology. At last, the missing piece of the
dysfunctional puzzle. It is not enough to understand or even relive
our childhood traumas. The author shows us how we continue to
recreate those traumas in our adults lives and how to stop creating
them. Every uncomfortable emotional state, and many psychosomatic
symptoms, are also states of trance. Trance is the "glue" that holds
the problem in the present moment. Learning to identify the kind of
trance state beneath a problem or symptom gives us the tool that
finally dissolves the glue. This book offers a gold-mine of resources
for those who suffer from dysfunctional patterns of behavior or for
anyone who feels stuck in an undesirable emotional or addictive
state. Learning to step out of the trance states that create our
problems and syumptoms is to learn to step into the present moment at
last free of the baggage from our past. Bramble Company, 1991,
ISBN 0-9626184-1-1 (cloth); 0-9626184-2-X (paper)
Woody, Carla, Calling Our Spirits
Home: Gateways to full consciousnes. As people increasingly
search for something more in our times, awakening toward spiritual
consciousnses has become prevalent. In that sparking, seekers often
find themselves in the middle of something that turns their lives
upside down with few people to turn toward for guidance through an
often ecsatic, albeit confusing maze of possibilities. This book
provides a look at the process that typically emerges for Everywoman
and Everyman in that unfolding. Uniquely blending real-life examples,
storytelling, mythology, world spiritual traditions and
transformational modalities, it provides insights and tools for every
phase of the journey. Kenosis Press, 800.650.7888 or cwoody@kenosis.net
2000 ISBN 1-930192-00-2 Buy
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Zelinski, Ernie, Don't Hurry, Be
Happy! 650 smart ways to slow down and enjoy life.
Rediscover the simple joy of slowing down. Are you so busy being busy
that you don't have time for the really important things in
life? Things like friends, laughter,
and...sunsets? Then it's time to slow down, relax and
enjoy those moments that are too valuable to miss. In this book,
you'll be moved and inspired by more than 650 tips for a slower, more
enriching life. Prima Publishing www.primalifestyles.com
1999 ISBN 0-7615-1855-X Buy
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