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What are good spiritual books to read?

From the lens The best spiritual books of all time.

  • Jillynn May 22, 2012 @ 2:04 pm | delete
    This is a great reference for spiritual books. One of my favorites is Everyday Zen by Charlotte Joko Beck. I have read a fair number of the books you listed. For me, spiritual rather than religious books are the most satisfying. Thanks!
  • Ladyeaglefeather May 17, 2012 @ 10:00 pm | delete
    Understanding Karma is one of my favorites.
  • james-burmester Apr 8, 2012 @ 11:45 pm | delete
    Bhagavad Gita as it is. most of the other stuff is junk
  • cffutah Apr 6, 2012 @ 10:53 am | delete
    Book not on here is the Book of Mormon, with all these other religious topics, this would be my choice if listed along with the Bible.
  • 3levels Apr 6, 2012 @ 9:25 am | delete
    Katinka, what a comprehensive list of books you have compiled here! Thank you. In case you are interested, I have two book suggestions that aren't on your list.

    The first is by Kim Michaels: "Master Keys to Personal Christhood". (He has written others too like Master Keys to Personal Wholeness.)

    The second is my own book, "The Three levels of Leadership: How to Develop Your Leadership Presence, Knowhow and Skill". What's this got to do with spirituality? The answer is that in the 8th and 9th chapters I introduce a new psychospiritual model of the psyche and explain six techniques for practising self-mastery. In other words, it is practical spirituality as applied to leadership. You can get a sense of what it covers (although only at quick summary level) from my lens, "Leadership: How to be a Good Leader". I hope this is of interest.
  • RevRoger Apr 1, 2012 @ 4:29 pm | delete
    Thanks..... New reading ideas.......Great Lens.
  • Dunstan Mar 31, 2012 @ 8:10 pm | delete
    Complete works of Swami Vivekananda, Wondering how could you miss this collection? Or even no mention of Swami Vivekananda... Very strange indeed!
  • ElectricCarBuff Mar 26, 2012 @ 2:36 pm | delete
    I love this list. I will be purchasing some of these books soon!
  • termit_bronx Mar 5, 2012 @ 10:14 am | delete
    Thanks for sharing this list of books. Now there is a lot of reading ahead of me.
  • Tipi Mar 1, 2012 @ 12:28 pm | delete
    I have not read most of these books, but some. The authors of the spiritual books I am very familiar with whoever and read their quotes, and meditate on them some times.

    The books that have changed my life the most is the Bible, Transformation of the Inner Man, and My Utmost for His Highest ... which is a daily reading book.
  • jonix litton Feb 28, 2012 @ 6:29 am | delete
    Hello fellow bookworms!! I am lookin @ you actually coz I wanna know who is familiar with the book The Roadmap to an Enriched Life http://bit.ly/zoKsAf authored by Harold Deonarine. Here's an excerpt of it, " Once you read this “lifestyle treasure manual” (as I have come to call it), I’m sure that you will share with me a deep understanding of HAROLD the man ... his courage, his drive for fulfillment, his passion for authenticity, and his deep desire to compassionately share with others his successful strategies—and, more particularly, for taking YOUR LIFE in a NEW and exciting direction..... I think the author is very good as he is as if writing with his heart.. please, if anybody here who has now a copy of it, I am so interested to discuss it with you coz I myself wants to buy this book.. This is I guess a newly released 1 and the author is from Canada!
  • PM Feb 23, 2012 @ 2:20 pm | delete
    Dear Katinka, To your already superb collection of books I would like to suggest one more spiritual book by Rabindranath Tagore called Sadhana: The Realisation of Life. This book is a powerhouse of Indian spirituality and can be freely download because its copyright has expired.

    Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), was a Nobel Prize winning author who wrote many wonderful books on spirituality. His most famous book is the Gitanjali - a collection of profound spiritual poems.
  • Zut_Moon Dec 17, 2011 @ 9:38 pm | delete
    WOW ... what a lens. I would like to feature it in my latest :The Unofficial Squidoo Book Club.

    Please let me know if it is ok to do so.
  • KabbalArt Dec 2, 2011 @ 6:13 am | delete
    A wonderful collection of material. I have already spied one or two volumes that I intend to look at. You might be interested in looking at my new Squidoo site on Kabbalistic Art. It doesn't fall within the Eastern tradition which appears to be larger area of focus, but you might find it stimulating none-the-less.
  • MindMart Oct 30, 2011 @ 12:26 am | delete
    "How to See Yourself as You Really Are' looks good to me. I always wonder how people see me vs. how I see myself.
  • Shubh Vinayaka Oct 22, 2011 @ 7:09 am | delete
    The Quest of the Sparrows by Kartik Sharma and published by Rupa too is a fantastic book. I found it better than The Alchemist.
    http://www.amazon.com/Quest-Sp...
  • ana_nimoss Oct 11, 2011 @ 3:11 am | delete
    Interesting... I am curious how you became so interested in spirituality... I didn't have a chance to check all your lenses, but you had to have something amazing happened to you? I had my reasons. Really great lens!
  • MareeT Oct 5, 2011 @ 10:11 pm | delete
    A New Earth is one of my favorites. Very nice lens!
  • ProjectProcessThoughtLeader Sep 10, 2011 @ 8:24 pm | delete
    Wow! Have you actually read all of the books that you are recommending. Or are you just passing on the recommendations of others. Either way, this is quite an impressive collection of spiritual writings. Thank you for sharing.
  • traveller27 Aug 19, 2011 @ 9:34 am | delete
    I'm familiar with a few of these, but recently I've been reading books by Gary Renard and also going through A Course in Miracles.
  • whiteskyline Jul 21, 2011 @ 10:54 am | delete
    That is quite an extensive list. I can not believe the time you must have put into this. I noticed you have a book for review address, and I do have a number of favorites that you didn't list, on this direct page at least, although, my guess is that you aren't exactly in need of any new books at the time :) I always LOVE seeing all the religions in one place! Namaste
  • Heather426 Jul 20, 2011 @ 11:08 pm | delete
    Autobiography of a Yogi is a fantastic spriritual book, and my fave of all time! I like many of these too though. Great list!
  • sousababy Jul 20, 2011 @ 5:51 pm | delete
    Wow, you really have a wonderful collection of books. The Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life and How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life by Dalai Lama are my favorites. Thank you so very much for introducing me to more. Stay well, Rose
  • SereneSea Jul 20, 2011 @ 10:21 am | delete
    That's great collection of spiritual books, I am especially fond of books on Buddhism.
  • spiritofsilver Jul 15, 2011 @ 12:03 am | delete
    Hmm maybe i missed it but i would love to have seen Autobiography of a Yogi on this list. Going through made made me wish i had all these books in my library - in fact i think i'll hit amazon.com right now :-)
  • iEric2010 Jul 4, 2011 @ 9:59 pm | delete
    Great book selection. Aurobindo's works had a profound effect upon me. Thank you.
  • kgoete Jun 18, 2011 @ 11:10 am | delete
    Thanks for this incredible list. It covers such a wide range of topics. I will refer back to this.
  • ActiveDogToys May 22, 2011 @ 1:25 am | delete
    This is really a great and thorough list! Love the Power of Now!
  • MissMerFaery Apr 5, 2011 @ 5:51 am | delete
    I very much enjoy reading spiritual books and this looks like a wonderful list to start working my way through! Wonderful!
  • Jess M Mar 25, 2011 @ 5:24 am | delete
    Hi Katinko: You absolutely MUST review a book called GiraffeNeckSoup by Claude La Vertu. EVERYBODY MUST READ THIS BOOK!! I've read so many books on spirituality and science (like The Secret for example) but they always leave me doubting things or they don't clarify things enough or they contradict themselves. GiraffeNeckSoup is different because it truly has the answers to fixing what's plagueing our lives and our world (war, abortion, education, relatsionships, MONEY) and what we can do to change it all. IT BLEW MY MIND! Best of all, it's not just reiterating the other books I've read, it's actually filled with brilliant new concepts I've never considered or heard of before. I am actually doing the things La Vertu suggests in the book and my life and my world have changed forever.
  • Dean (& Marilyn) Hatcher Apr 16, 2011 @ 3:24 pm | delete
    I just finished reading GiraffeNeckSoup and am reading it again. My wife made me read The Secret and although I liked it there were many conflicting thoeries, but GiraffeNeckSoup is clear about different laws and about just applying logic and compassion and commitment to everything we do, and it covers so many other things I didn't realize I am directly connected to, and shows me how I 'can' change the world for the better. My wife loves it too and we're fighting over who gets to take it to work. I suppose we should just get another copy but it's something we share and it is changing us both. Definitely a 10/10.
  • Maggie Wahls Oct 30, 2010 @ 11:42 pm | delete
    I think you need to read The Shaman Speaks by Shaman Elder Maggie Wahls. I can send you a copy if you send me your address. Its a very rare book written by a true traditional Shaman Elder about life. http://shamanspeaks.com
  • Pukeko Oct 28, 2010 @ 6:30 am | delete
    Fantastic list of spiritual books. Blessed by a Squidoo Angel and featured on my angel lens for 2010
  • LoKackl Sep 23, 2010 @ 8:45 am | delete
    You are my hero, KatinkaSpirit!! Would that I could read all these books!
  • mysticwulf Apr 28, 2010 @ 2:25 pm | delete
    Hi Katinka,
    Wonderful blog and review lens! :)

    How would a writer send you a copy of a book for review?

    My new book 'Awaken Your Inner Power' comes out in January and I'm currently giving away free Ebook versions of it at my blog.

    Here's the Amazon page also, although it only came up this week.

    http://www.amazon.com/Awaken-Inner-Power-Robert-Morgen/dp/0979040078

    Thanks for a great service,
    Robert Morgen :)
    http://inner-power.net
  • spirituality Apr 29, 2010 @ 2:28 am | delete
    You just send me the copy. I don't review ebooks at this time, so you'll have to send it to the Netherlands. Just contact me through the contact button on my squidoo profile.
  • lostinfiction Apr 26, 2010 @ 8:52 am | delete
    i was searching on the infloox site for the most popular religious books of all time and it looks like the Bible is the clear winner, hands down. It's really interesting to see what people find interesting though
  • Michelle Casto Apr 12, 2010 @ 6:06 pm | delete
    Absolutely fabulous list here...thanks....You can tell a lot about a person by the books they read! ♥

    Bright Michelle
  • Shirishb Mar 19, 2010 @ 10:14 am | delete
    The great collection of books, also look for books by vishwa Jagriti Mission of Param Pujya Sudhanshu ji Maharaj. Most of his work is published in Hindi.
  • Frank Dyer Dec 31, 2009 @ 11:28 am | delete
    Pathways through to Space by Franklin Merrell-Wolff is a little known gem that deserves much wider attention. It is the most profound, precisely detailed, philosophically literate account of higher states of consciousness that I have come across. Give it a try.
  • newbizmau Dec 11, 2009 @ 12:33 pm | delete
    This lens is awesome. Have you read, Mother God?
  • Manel Oct 27, 2009 @ 7:38 pm | delete
    If you will read the Bible from start to finish and ask God to reveal the truth, you will begin to see the superiority of it's message and put aside lesser books that claim spirituality.
  • nandan Mar 27, 2010 @ 1:35 am | delete
    manel do not be loopsided.routes may be different but message is same .awakening
  • superbookdepot Oct 26, 2009 @ 7:07 am | delete
    Nice and very beautifully laid out lens. I would really appreciate it if you visit my Best Religion & Spirituality Books lens and put your views there. Hope you will take out some time to rate it too.
    http://www.squidoo.com/religion-and-spirituality-best-sellings-books
  • spirituality Oct 24, 2009 @ 3:56 am | in reply to jonathan | delete
    Only if I really like them. And to be honest, I usually don't.
  • jonathan Oct 23, 2009 @ 2:11 pm | delete
    what about movies? 'what the bleep...', 'the soulmateguide' (law of attraction) etc..do you review these anywhere?
  • sunnez Jan 5, 2010 @ 11:38 am | delete
    yes just got this for christmas...it is a great movie & combined with the secret you've got yourself some new hope/power/ & some to do's!
  • GrowWear Oct 11, 2009 @ 12:07 pm | delete
    Folks looking for the best spiritual books would do well to bookmark this resource. Angel blessings :)
  • Cindy Teevens Sep 9, 2009 @ 9:48 pm | delete
    Hello,

    You may be interested in reading my book Awakening Joy%u2122
    and if you felt moved to write a review, I'd be honoured.

    You can get it free here:
    http://awakeningjoy.ca/wp/2009/09/free-meditative-audio-mp3/

    Sincerely,
    Cindy
  • Laniann Jul 20, 2009 @ 4:06 pm | delete
    I think you have an amazing collection of books. 5*s
  • capriliz Jun 22, 2009 @ 4:53 pm | delete
    You have an amazing collection of lenses! I definitely bookmarked this so I can return again.
  • awakeningwellness May 23, 2009 @ 12:41 pm | delete
    I am so glad that I found this, I am an avid reader but lately nothing appeals to me. Here you have presented a real treasure to dig into that should keep me supplied with interesting material for a long time! Thanks for all the info! *****
  • spirituality Mar 21, 2009 @ 3:03 am | in reply to andrasnm | delete
    Well - because I'm not into Milarepa, that's why :)
  • andrasnm Mar 20, 2009 @ 9:20 pm | delete
    Great list. I am surprised however that you do not have anything on the life of Milarepa.

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