Greatest books about spirituality EVER
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.
Contents at a Glance
- Inspiring and uplifting gift books for Christmas
- The Runner's Yoga Book: A Balanced Approach to Fitness
- The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living
Inspiring and uplifting gift books for Christmas
The Runner's Yoga Book: A Balanced Approach to Fitness
The Runner's Yoga Book: A Balanced Approach to Fitness
Amazon Price: $14.93 (as of 12/31/2009)
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.
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The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living
The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living
Amazon Price: $15.57 (as of 12/31/2009)
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.
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The Prophet, by Khalil Gibran
The Prophet
Amazon Price: $10.20 (as of 12/31/2009)
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.
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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: $59.95 (as of 12/31/2009)
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
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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: $11.48 (as of 12/31/2009)
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
As One Is: To Free the Mind from All Conditioning
Amazon Price: $10.17 (as of 12/31/2009)
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
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More spiritual books
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Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure
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Great book if you want to go to India yourself - especially if you're interested in India as the home of spirituality. I read the book in one go: couldn't put it down. It's interesting as a story of personal and spiritual growth and as a catalog of...
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Tao Te Ching - Classic from China
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Very inspiring. About leadership, living life and letting things be (that you can't control anyhow). This lens has quotes from the Tao Te Ching and information about Taoism. Taoism is one of the oldest still living religions in the world. It combine...
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The Upanishads quotes, sayings and concepts
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After the Vedas the Upanishads are the most revered texts in Hinduism. What are the Upanishads? The Upanishads are texts which contain the basis of the later philosophy of the Hindus. Vedanta especially is based on the Upanishads. This lens illustrat...
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H.P.B. The Extraordinary Life and Influence of Helena Blavatsky
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Blavatsky is a monumental figure in the history of religion - East AND West. This book tracks her life, the many controversies around her, her ideas, and her influence.
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Strength out of suffering - France Pastorelli
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France Pastorelli tells her moving story: that of a mother, a musician, whose life turned to deep suffering because of heart problems. She turned her illness into a source of deep wisdom. Whether are ill or not, this book will give you insight into t...
Beyond the Secret: Spiritual Power and the Law of Attraction
Beyond the Secret: Spiritual Power and the Law of Attraction
Amazon Price: $10.85 (as of 12/30/2009)
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.
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Beyond Awakening: The End of the Spiritual Search
Beyond Awakening: The End of the Spiritual Search
Amazon Price: (as of 12/30/2009)
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)
Also available on kindle
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (Oprah's Book Club, Selection 61)
Amazon Price: $10.08 (as of 12/31/2009)
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
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values (P.S.)
Amazon Price: $11.53 (as of 12/31/2009)
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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Creative Evolution by Amit Goswami PhD
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Inspiring integration of the latest in physics with a spiritual perspective. Convincing in the point that since consciousness is part of the universe now (in us), consciousness must have played a part in creating it and guiding evolution at crucial p...
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As One Is: To Free the Mind from All Conditioning by J. (Jiddu) Krishnamurti
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The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran Pocket Library Series) by Kahlil Gibran
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Are these YOUR top spiritual books?
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- superbookdepot superbookdepot Nov 16, 2009 @ 5:30 am
- 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 Rick Setter Oct 27, 2009 @ 6:35 am
- 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 Brahmacharia Jun 19, 2009 @ 1:25 am
- "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 kimmanleyort May 8, 2009 @ 8:49 pm
- 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 AwakenYourSpirit Dec 9, 2008 @ 3:41 pm
- Great lens! I'll have to check out some of these books for my spiritual stories website :)
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