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Recommended Books
 
"A New Earth"
Awakening to Your Life's Purpose ~ Eckhart Tolle

In illuminating the nature of this shift in consciousness, Tolle describes in detail how our current ego-based state of consciousness operates. Then gently, and in very practical terms, he leads us into this new consciousness. We will come to experience who we truly are—which is something infinitely greater than anything we currently think we are—and learn to live and breathe freely.


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A New Earth
 
"The Alchemist"
~ Paulo Coelho


"My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer," the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky." Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams."


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The Alchemist
 
"Being In Love"
How to Love With Awareness and Relate without Fear ~ Osho

With his characteristic wit, humor, and understanding, Osho dares us to resist the unhealthy relationship patterns we’ve learned from those around us, and to rediscover the meaning of love for ourselves. “By the time you are ready to explore the world of love, you are filled with so much rubbish about love that there is not much hope for you to be able to find the authentic and discard the false.”


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Being In Love
 
"Celestine Prophesy"
An Adventure ~ James Redfield

THE CELESTINE PROPHECY tells a gripping story of adventure and discovery, but is also a guidebook that has the power to crystallize your perceptions of why you are where you are in life--and to direct your steps with a new energy and optimism as you head into tomorrow.

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Celestine Prophesy
 
"Conversations with God"
An Uncommon Dialogue ~ Neale Donald Walsch

At a low period in his life, Walsch wrote an angry letter to God asking questions about why his life wasn't working. After writing down all of his questions, he heard a voice over his right shoulder say: "Do you really want an answer to all these questions or are you just venting?"  Though when he turned around he saw no one there, Walsch felt answers to his questions filling his mind and decided to write them down. The ensuing dialogue became the Conversations with God books.

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Conversations with God
 
"Eat  Pray  Love"
One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India & Indonesia ~ Elizabeth Gilbert

At the age of thirty-one, Gilbert moved with her husband to the suburbs of New York and began trying to get pregnant, only to realize that she wanted neither a child nor a husband. Three years later, after a protracted divorce, she embarked on a yearlong trip of recovery, with three main stops: Rome, for pleasure (mostly gustatory, with a special emphasis on gelato); an ashram outside of Mumbai, for spiritual searching; and Bali, for "balancing." These destinations are all on the beaten track, but Gilbert's exuberance and her self-deprecating humor enliven the proceedings: recalling the first time she attempted to speak directly to God, she says, "It was all I could do to stop myself from saying, 'I've always been a big fan of your work.'" - The New Yorker


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Eat Pray Love
 
"Evolve Your Brain"
The Science of Changing Your Mind ~ Dr. Joe Dispenza

Ever wonder why you repeat the same negative thoughts in your head? Why you keep coming back for more from hurtful family members, friends, or significant others? Why you keep falling into the same detrimental habits or limiting attitudes—even when you know that they are going to make you feel bad? Dr. Joe Dispenza has spent decades studying the human mind—how it works, how it stores information, and why it perpetuates the same behavioral patterns over and over. In the acclaimed film What the Bleep Do We Know!? he began to explain how the brain evolves—by learning new skills, developing the ability to concentrate in the midst of chaos, and even healing the body and the psyche. Evolve Your Brain presents this information in depth, while helping you take control of your mind, explaining how thoughts can create chemical reactions that keep you addicted to patterns and feelings—including ones that make you unhappy. And when you know how these bad habits are created, it's possible to not only break these patterns, but also reprogram and evolve your brain, so that new, positive, and beneficial habits can take over. This is something you can start to do right now. You and only you have the power to change your mind and evolve your brain for a better life—for good.




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Evolve Your Brian
 
"Frequency"
The Power of Personal Vibration ~ Penney Pierce

"We are all affected by positive and negative energy whether we realize it or not. With the wisdom contained in this book,
you will learn how to raise the level of your vibration -- your frequency -- to benefit yourself and humankind in miraculous ways."
-- Masaru Emoto, author of The Hidden Messages in Water


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Frequency
 
"Infinite Possibilities"
The Art of Living Your Dreams ~ Mike Dooley


"This book is your ticket to living. After experiencing Infinite Possibilities, you will never see life from the same perspective." -- James Van Praagh, author of Unfinished Business


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Infinite Possibilities
 
"Just Peace"
A Message of Hope ~ Mattie J.T. Stepanek

Sometimes the most important messages come from the most unlikely places. Mattie J.T. Stepanek, a 13-year-old boy, made a difference before he died with his Heartsongs poetry. He continues to impact the world through Just Peace. This poet, best-selling author, peace activist, and prominent voice for the Muscular Dystrophy Association fervently believed in and promoted world peace not just as a concept, but as a reality.


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Just Peace
 
"Kundalini Rising"
Exploring the Energy of Awakening ~ Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa & Dorothy Walters

You have within you a latent energy waiting to transform your life. Known as "kundalini," this legendary power is believed to catalyze spiritual evolution. But is kundalini real? And if so, how can we engage this energy to awaken our consciousness?



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Kundalini Rising
 
"Life & Teaching of the Masters of the Far East"
6 volume set ~ Baird T. Spalding

Spalding's descriptions of his Far East travels have played a very important role in introducing to the Western world the knowledge that there are many Masters that assisting and guiding the destinies of mankind.  His encounters with the Masters present a dramatic unfoldment of spiritual teachings and episodes unparalleled in all Western literature.


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Masters of the Far East
 
"Power vs Force"
The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior ~ David Hawkins

Analyzing the basic nature of human thought and consciousness itself, the author makes available to everyone the key to penetrating the last barrier to the advancement of civilization and science and resolving the most crucial of all human dilemmas: how to instantly determine the truth or falsehood of any statement or supposed fact.


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Power vs Force
 
"Secret of Shambhala"
In Search of the Eleventh Insight ~ James Redfield

Like James Redfield's other books in the Celestine Prophesy series, THE SECRET OF SHAMBHALA has a parable affect. Open yourself to this adventure, and the experience will stretch your world-view and leave you determined to channel your thoughts and wishes into a dynamic force that can help you liberate your life, enhance others, and actively change the world.


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Secret of Shambhala
 
"Serpent of Light"
The Movement of the Earth's Kundalini and the Rise of the Female Light, 1949-2013 
~ Drunvalo Melchizedek


When you open 'The Serpent of Light', be prepared to enter a realm where miraculous events are the order of the day. As you read along your awareness of the miraculous will be heightened by the realization that all of these synchronicities actually happened in real time. Drunvalo's description of each journey reads like a cross between Don Juan, The Lord of the Rings, and an Indiana Jones adventure story — the only difference is, 'The Serpent of Light' isn't a fantasy tale — every word in this book is true.


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Serpent of Light
 
"The Art of Possibility"
Transforming Professional and Personal Life ~ Rosamund Stone Zander & Benjamin Zander

"Possibility--that big, all-encompassing, wide-open-door concept--is an art? Well, who doesn't want to be a skilled artist, whether in the director's chair, the boardroom, on the factory floor, or even just in dealing with life's everyday situations? Becoming an artist, however, requires discipline, and what the authors of The Art of Possibility offer is a set of practices designed to "initiate a new approach to current conditions, based on uncommon assumptions about the nature of the world." - Amazon.com review


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The Art of Possibilty
 
"The Code: 10 Intentions for a Better World"
Use the Laws of Manifestation to Achieve Your Highest Good ~ Tony Burroughs

The Code boldly presents readers with a true, workable solution for the challenges facing our world today. Based on a new Code of Conduct that anyone can relate to, it is full of real life stories uniquely designed first, to help readers become self-empowered and more proficient at manifesting so that they are no longer at the mercy of people and forces outside themselves, and second, to provide a simple tried-and-true format for coming together in community to create peace, freedom, and the high quality living environment that everyone longs for and deserves.


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The Code
 
"The Emerald Tablet"
Alchemy for Personal Transformation ~ Dennis William Hauck

An emerald slab inscribed with the esoteric wisdom of Hermes Trismegistus that may be more than 2000 years old has inspired alchemists throughout history in their quest to understand the relationship between humans and the universe.


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The Emerald Tablet
 
"The God Code"
The Secret of Our Past, The Promise of Our Future ~ Gregg Braden

What would it mean to discover an ancient language—a literal message—hidden within the DNA of life itself? What we once believed of our past is about to change. . . . A coded message has been found within the molecules of life, deep within the DNA in each cell of our bodies. Through a remarkable discovery linking Biblical alphabets to our genetic code, the “language of life” may now be read as the ancient letters of a timeless message. Regardless of race, religion, heritage, or lifestyle, the message is the same in each cell of every woman, child, and man, past and present.


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The God Code
 
"The Illuminated Rumi"
~  Jalal Al-Din Rumi (Author), Michael Green (Illustrator),
Coleman Barks (Translator)
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Rumi, like Kabir, is able to contain and continue intricate theological arguments and at the same time speak directly from the heart or to the heart.  Coleman's exquisite sensitivity to the flavor and turns of ordinary American speech has produced marvelous lines, full of flavor and Sufi humor, as well as the intimacy that is carried inside American speech at its best."
-- Robert Bly



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The Illuminated Rumi
 
"The Isaiah Effect"
Decoding the Lost Science of Prayer & Prophecy ~ Gregg Braden

Braden contends that scholars have misinterpreted the Isaiah Scroll, which opens with apocalyptic visions of massive global destruction followed by a time of peace. The author claims that the scroll contains the key to a lost scientific tradition that promises to end war and heal our bodies. Indeed, he contends, Isaiah's prophecies can help us make sense of recent changes in climate and weather, changes that, according to Braden, have perplexed Western scientists untutored in the ancient prophecies.


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The Isaiah Effect
 
"The Long Road Turns to Joy"
A Guide to Walking Meditation ~ Thich Nhat Han

Tuck The Long Road Turns to Joy in your pocket and turn your walk into a joyful meditation. Thich Nhat Hanh teaches "walking just for walking." Learn to enjoy each step and each breath, to regain peace in difficult moments.



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The Long Road Turns to Joy
 
"The Mayan Code"
Time Acceleration and Awakening the World Mind ~ Barbara Hand Clow

“The Mayan Code is really interesting and amazing because its statements are based on facts. For instance, it mentions the VEDA. We the Mayas know this people as the BEDZA. They used and followed the ancient calendar of 360 days, just as the Mayas did with the Haab calendar that has 360 days too. I recommend you to read this book.”
(Hunbatz Men, Maya Itza Tradition )



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The Mayan Code
 
"The Mayan Factor"
Path Beyond Technology ~ Jose Arguelles

"The Mayan Factor opened up a new audience for the understanding of cyclical time, as opposed to linear time.  This is a perspective that we desperately need today. This book serves as a point of entry into a new cosmic consciousness."
(Frank Waters )



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The Mayan Factor
 
"The Moses Code"
The Most Powerful Manifestation Tool... ~ James Twyman

The Moses Code was first used to create some of the greatest miracles in the history of the world, but then it was hidden away, and only the highest initiates were allowed to practice it. In this book, James F. Twyman reveals the Code for the first time, showing how it can be used to create miracles in your life . . . and in the world. By practicing the principles presented within these pages, you’ll discover how you can integrate the most powerful manifestation tool in the history of the world into your own life.


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The Moses Code
 
"The Power of Now"
A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment ~ Eckhart Tolle

To make the journey into The Power of Now we will need to leave our analytical mind and its false created self, the ego, behind. From the beginning of the first chapter we move rapidly into a significantly higher altitude where one breathes a lighter air, the air of the spiritual. Although the journey is challenging, Eckhart Tolle offers simple language and a question and answer format to guide us. The words themselves are the signposts.


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The Power of Now
 
"The Reinvention of Work"
A New Vision of Livelihood in Our Time ~ Matthew Fox

"Some politicians, looking for a quick fix, shout that we need "jobs, jobs, jobs." But such simplistic slogans do not cut deeply enough. They avoid the deeper questions that must be asked of work at this critical juncture of human and earth history."


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The Reinvention of Wok
 
"The Seekers"
The Story of Man's Continuing Quest to Understand His World ~ Daniel J Boorsin

Throughout history, from the time of Socrates to our own modern age, the human race has sought the answers to fundamental questions of life: Who are we?  Why are we here?


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The Seekers
 
"The Spontaneous Healing of Belief"
Shattering the Paradigm of False Limits ~ Gregg Braden

What would it mean to discover that everything from the DNA of life, to the future of our world, is based upon a simple Reality Code—one that we can change and upgrade by choice? New revelations in physics and biology suggest that we’re about to find out!


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Spontaneous Healing of Belief
 
"The Tenth Insight"
Holding the Vision ~ James Redfield

In this exciting sequel to The Celestine Prophecy, in a rich setting of cathedral forests, wooded streams, and majestic waterfalls, your adventure in search of THE TENTH INSIGHT unfolds.


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Tenth Insight
 
"The Universe is a Green Dragon"
A Cosmic Creation Story ~ Brian Swimme, PhD

Communicating his ideas in the form of a classical dialogue between a youth and a wise elder, cosmologist Brian Swimme crafts a fascinating exploration into the creativity suffusing the universe. His explication of the fundamental powers of the cosmos is mystical and ecstatic and points directly to the need to activate one’s own creative powers.


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The Universe is a Green Dragon
 
"We Walk The Path Together"
Learning from Thich Nhat Hanh & Meister Eckhart

"Given that the reflections in this book have first passed through my own heart and mind, it seems only right that I share some of my own journey into the world of interreligious dialogue, for it is precisely against this backdrop that I find myself on the path with these two great spiritual teachers."

-
author Brian J Pierce


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We Walk the Path Together
 
"World as Lover, World as Self"
Courage for Global Justice & Ecological Renewal ~ Joanna Macy

A new beginning for the environment must start with a new spiritual outlook. In this book, author Joanna Macy offers concrete suggestions for just that, showing how each of us can change the attitudes that continue to threaten our environment.

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World as Lover, World as Self
 
"Writing Down the Bones"
Feeling the Writer Within ~ Natalie Goldberg

“The secret of creativity, Natalie Goldberg makes clear, is to subtract rules for writing, not add them....Proof that she knows what she's talking about is abundant in her own sentences. They flow with speed and grace and accuracy and simplicity....It's the simple style of a Zen archer who looks like he's not even aiming, yet sends arrow after arrow to the bull's eye, time after time." - Robert Pirsig, author of "Zen in the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"


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Writing Down the Bones
 
"Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"
An Inquiry Into Values ~ Robert M. Pirsig

“Profoundly important...full of insights into our most perplexing contemporary dilemmas.” - (New York Times)

"Phaedrus, our narrator, takes a present-tense cross-country motorcycle trip with his son during which the maintenance of the motorcycle becomes an illustration of how we can unify the cold, rational realm of technology with the warm, imaginative realm of artistry. As in Zen, the trick is to become one with the activity, to engage in it fully, to see and appreciate all details--be it hiking in the woods, penning an essay, or tightening the chain on a motorcycle." - Brian Bruya



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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
 
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