Top Spiritual Books 2008

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The top spiritual books from 2008

These are some of the best books about spirituality sold in 2008. Some of these just had to be included (The Secret anyone?). Others are my personal picks. Some of these books are great finds that my readers bought.

I'm way into religion and spirituality and am glad to have this opportunity to share some of the best books about the topic with you all.

The Runner's Yoga Book: A Balanced Approach to Fitness

Great Spiritual Book - Bestseller

The Runner's Yoga Book: A Balanced Approach to Fitness

Amazon Price: $9.99 (as of 02/15/2012)Buy Now

Great for beginners and athletes alike. Gives very precise instruction on how to do yoga without forcing your body.

This is always the great challenge of yoga: stretching, going beyond your comfort zone, yet avoiding problems.

The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living

All Time Buddhist Bestseller

Also available on kindle

The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living

Amazon Price: $1.98 (as of 02/15/2012)Buy Now

I think the current Dalai Lama will be best known for this book alone for decades after he passes - if not longer.

The Buddhist vision of how to be happy is so different from how we tend to think about happiness. It's not about the husband (or wife), the car, the salary, the lack of debt - but about how living authentically and peacefully brings real lasting happiness.

The Prophet, by Khalil Gibran

Uplifting Spiritual Bestseller

Also available on kindle

The Prophet

Amazon Price: $8.14 (as of 02/15/2012)Buy Now

This all time favorite is available in so many versions it's mind boggling.

Definitely inspiring - quotes from The Prophet are often used in weddings or when baby's are born.

More about Khalil Gibran - with quotes from the Prophet.

Practicing Presence: A Guide for the Spiritual Teacher and Health Practitioner

Practicing Presence: A Guide for the Spiritual Teacher and Health Practitioner (English and Korean Edition)

Amazon Price: $45.36 (as of 02/15/2012)Buy Now

Unforgettable guide on how to become a spiritual teacher.

Indispensable for anybody in the spiritual healing business:\

What to watch out for.
How to approach clients.
How to be wise in dealing with troubled people.
How to inspire.

More about spiritual teachers

A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam

A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Amazon Price: $7.00 (as of 02/15/2012)Buy Now

Karen Armstrong not only summarizes the history of the three Abrahamitic religions - she also shares her knowledge on how these traditions influenced each other.

Eye opening stuff - and meant to open our hearts as well.

More about Karen Armstrong

As One Is: To Free the Mind from All Conditioning

Also available on kindle

As One Is: To Free the Mind from All Conditioning

Amazon Price: $8.98 (as of 02/15/2012)Buy Now

The essence of Krishnamurti's teachings: confront your conditionings and overcome them. Not through a method, but by observing.

Jiddu Krishnamurti is world famous for his ability to go to the root of personal problems and clarify them. His life was spent teaching, lecturing and talking to people.

More about Jiddu Krishnamurti

Beyond the Secret: Spiritual Power and the Law of Attraction

Also available on kindle

Beyond the Secret: Spiritual Power and the Law of Attraction

Amazon Price: $3.65 (as of 02/15/2012)Buy Now

The Secret by Rhonda Byrne was a great hit in the early 2000s, but it does leave many questions once the dust is settled.

Beyond the Secret goes to the heart of these questions with a message of spiritual transformation. Where 'The Secret' can be interpreted as a quick rich scheme, Beyond The Secret shows how the message of the secret is really about self knowledge and self transformation.

More about The Secret

Beyond Awakening: The End of the Spiritual Search

Beyond Awakening: The End of the Spiritual Search

Amazon Price: $54.12 (as of 02/15/2012)Buy Now

This controversial book explains the idea that there IS NO SPIRITUAL SEARCH!

Why? Because we ARE already enlightened. Each one of us.

Jeff Foster takes us on a Journey to make us realize that fact. Because that is all that is necessary: the realization that you ARE already enlightened.

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A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose, Eckhart Tolle

(Oprah's Book Club, Selection 61)

2008 was THE year that Oprah Winfrey showed her true spiritual color by choosing this book as one of her book club selection.

Also available on kindle

A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (Oprah's Book Club, Selection 61)

Amazon Price: $4.90 (as of 02/15/2012)Buy Now

Eckhart Tolle tries to go beyond words to the wordless wisdom already present in each one of us - if we only listened. He teaches us the limitations of labels and words - how training to 'be good' can actually be a hindrance in letting good flower. How to observe the Ego - and how just the observation alone can loosen some of the tangled energy inside.

Central in all these thoughts is perhaps the one that can transform society: wanting isn't something that comes to an end by giving it what it wants - it will just want more. Wanting is structural and has to be dealt with at the root. [I wonder if Oprah heard that one].

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values

Also available on kindle

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values

Amazon Price: $7.54 (as of 02/15/2012)Buy Now

I read this for the first time when I was just 13. The whole family was reading it. Many of our hikes (we were on a walking holiday) were made more interesting by discussing it.

This story of father and son is insightful and inspiring on many levels. You come away thinking about life from a fresh perspective.

Creative Evolution by Amit Goswami PhD

Out in 2008, reading this in 2009

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Spirit Thinking: Your 30 Day Guide to An Enlightened Life by Reece W. Manley

Spirit Thinking: Your 30 Day Guide to An Enlightened Life by Reece W. Manley

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As One Is: To Free the Mind from All Conditioning by J. (Jiddu) Krishnamurti

As One Is: To Free the Mind from All Conditioning by J. (Jiddu) Krishnamurti

A series of 8 lectures, given in Ojai, California more...0 points

The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran Pocket Library Series) by Kahlil Gibran

The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran Pocket Library Series) by Kahlil Gibran

A brilliant man's philosophy on love, marriage, jo more...0 points

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    superbookdepot Nov 16, 2009 @ 5:30 am | delete
    Very well laid out lens..... and also a great collection of Spiritual books. % start to your lens.. Also i am lensrolling it to my Top Spiritual Books 2008 lens
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    Rick Setter Oct 27, 2009 @ 6:35 am | delete
    Reece Manley's Spirit Thinking: Your 30 Day Guide to Enlightenment definitely needs to be on this list! It is life transforming and has a 30 day workbook with it! It is based on his near death experience and will really make you think. http://www.SpiritThinking.net
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    Brahmacharia Jun 19, 2009 @ 1:25 am | delete
    "As One Is: To Free the Mind from All Conditioning " is a book i would certainly like to read.I've known the power and insight of Krishnamurti's teachings through his lectures,though..haven't read any of his books.
    Gibran's is one of the greatest inspiritional books of all times.
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    kimmanleyort May 8, 2009 @ 8:49 pm | delete
    Nice layout and list of books. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance was one of my favorites of all time.
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    AwakenYourSpirit Dec 9, 2008 @ 3:41 pm | delete
    Great lens! I'll have to check out some of these books for my spiritual stories website :)

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