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We are updating our site so please excuse the “line listing” – but these are all books that greatly influenced us. There is nothing better than sitting comfortably in a chair reading a book – bound paper in your hand,erfect. A tablet is just warm and fuzzy. There is nothing better than sitting comfortably in a chair reading a book – bound paper in your hand, perfect.
1. A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose by Eckhart Tolle
From the back of the book: The Power of Now established Eckhart Tolle as one of the leading spiritual teachers writing today. In this follow-up to The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle takes us beyond our own lives to show that we now have an opportunity to birth a new, more loving world. This involves a radical inner leap of consciousness from the current identification with our ego to an entirely new way of thinking about who we are. For this to happen, the very structures of the human mind would need to undergo an evolutionary transformation.
$14.00
In A New Earth, Tolle shows how this transformation can occur not only in ourselves, but in the world around us. In illuminating the nature of this shift in consciousness, Tolle describes in detail how our current ego-based state of consciousness operates. He then gently and in very practical terms leads us into this new consciousness. We will come to experience who we truly are, which is infinitely greater than anything we currently think we are.
“So when you are alert and contemplate a flower, crystal, or bird without naming it mentally, it becomes a window for you into the formless. There is an inner opening, however slight, into the realm of spirit. This is why these three ‘en-lightened’ life-forms have played such an important part in the evolution of human consciousness since ancient times; why, for example, the jewel in the lotus flower is a central symbol of Buddhism and a white bird, the dove, signifies the Holy Spirit in Christianity. They have been preparing the ground for a more profound shift in planetary consciousness that is destined to take place in the human species. This is the spiritual awakening that we are beginning to witness now.”
– Eckhart Tolle
2. A Practical Guide to Vibrational Healing by Richard Gerber
This is a must-have book. It is one of the first books that really opened my eyes to realizing that alternative healing is a scientifically based and result-oriented field of study. He really pulls it all together. As a practitioner you need this book but I also highly recommend it to anyone interested in human potential.
From the back of the book: At the dawn of the 21st century, the old paradigms of medicine have begun to fall apart. We no longer believe that our bodies are machines with parts that wear down, only to be braced up by drugs or replaced through surgery. Instead, a growing number of pioneering researchers embrace a new view of healing – one expounded by Dr. Richard Gerber in his groundbreaking best-seller, Vibrational Medicine.
Now he shows how to put this new way of thinking into practical use, describing the role of consciousness and “thought forms,” as well as the benefits of homoeopathy, acupuncture, colour and light healing, magnetobiology, and other therapies. A traditionally trained physician, Dr. Gerber combines scientific evidence with traditional methods from the East and West to unlock our potential for healing ourselves.
$15.95
3. Anatomy of the Spirit by Caroline Myss
This is an amazing journey through the chakras and how they relate to our health and to our life journey. This book had a great influence on teaching me about myself and the world around me.
From the back of the book: Encoded within your body, teaches Dr. Myss, is an energy system linking you directly to the world’s great spiritual traditions. Through it you have direct access to the divine energy that seamlessly connects all life. On Anatomy of the Spirit, Dr. Myss offers a stunning picture of the human body’s hidden energetic structures, while revealing its precise spiritual code and relationship to the sacred energy of creation. Our most revered wisdom traditions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Hinduism, hold in common essential teachings about seven specific levels of spiritual development, the stages of power in life.
These seven great truths also grace the human body as an energetic system, a spiritual compass pointing the way to the divine. By honoring this inborn code, you can learn to see the symbolic blocks within your energy centers and their correlations with your health, relationships, and spiritual development. Richly interwoven with research, examples, and self-diagnostic guidelines, Anatomy of the Spirit will take you to the heart of the spiritual life and beyond.
$15.95
4. Living in the Light by Shakti Gawain
This book is a must for anyone trying to be a happy and healthy human being. It’s one of those books you’ll keep by your bedside…it will guide you towards lasting happiness.
From the Introduction: “I understand, better than ever now that ‘living in the light’ involves traveling to the darker places within ourselves, and shining the light of our consciousness into them so we can truly love and express all that we are. On this amazing journey of ours, the strongest guiding force is right within us. We gain access to it through our intuitive sense, our ‘gut feelings’ about what is right and true for us. The development of our relationship with our inner guidance is what this book is all about. May it serve you well . . .”
$14
5. Awakening: A Daily Guide to Conscious Living by Shakti Gawain
This book has simple and practical ideas that can help change your world view. Whether you keep up with it daily or not, it’s invaluable to have close at hand.
From the back of the book: Each day, we have the opportunity to awaken to the larger world, the natural world, those around us, and our own goals. Grasping this opportunity can be challenging, but it is possible. Information overload, lack of time, and an inability to connect with essential spiritual teachings conspire to make our journey to consciousness daunting. In this revised edition of Awakening, pre-eminent spiritual teacher Shakti Gawain offers gentle daily guidance for that journey. Awakening is organized around the calendar year and the seasons. Each of the 365 entries is clear and simple, consisting of a topic heading, a short message, and an affirmation or question. Through these short pieces, Shakti shows readers how to recognize and release old patterns and beliefs and how to open to new and nurturing approaches to all areas of their lives. Equal parts affirmation and stimulation, these daily doses of wisdom put readers on the path to greater awareness of their own sense of spiritual truth.
$14
6. Be Here Now by Ram Dass
This is one of the all time classic books by one of the greatest pioneers of conscious. Ram Dass explores the idea of presence, integrity and spirit. This is more than a book, it is an experience!
From the publisher: A Lama Foundation Book. Describes one man’s transformation upon his acceptance of the principles of Yoga and gives a modern restatement of the importance of the spiritual side of man’s nature.
7. Entangled Minds by Dean Radin
What I love about this book is how easily it lays out the scientific history of psychic phenomenon. It’s interesting and informative and shifts your worldview. Who could ask for more?
From the back of the book: IS EVERYTHING CONNECTED? Can we sense what’s happening to loved ones thousands of miles away? Why are we sometimes certain of a caller’s identity the instant the phone rings? Do intuitive hunches contain information about future events? Is it possible to perceive without the use of the ordinary senses? Many people believe that such “psychic phenomena” are rare talents or divine gifts. Others don’t believe they exist at all. But the latest scientific research shows that these phenomena are both real and widespread, and are an unavoidable consequence of the interconnected, entangled physical reality we live in. Albert Einstein called entanglement “spooky action at a distance” — the way two objects remain connected through time and space, without communicating in any conventional way, long after their initial interaction has taken place. Could a similar entanglement of minds explain our apparent psychic abilities? Dean Radin, senior scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, believes it might.
In this illuminating book, Radin shows how we know that psychic phenomena such as telepathy, clairvoyance, and psychokinesis are real, based on scientific evidence from thousands of controlled lab tests. Radin surveys the origins of this research and explores, among many topics, the collective premonitions of 9/11. He reveals the physical reality behind our uncanny telepathic experiences and intuitive hunches, and he debunks the skeptical myths surrounding them. Entangled Minds sets the stage for a rational, scientific understanding of psychic experience
$14.50
8. Far Journey’s by Robert Monroe
Robert Monroe was the founder of the Monroe Institute and the world renowned Hemi-Sync audio therapy. The Monroe institute is dedicated to exploring consciousness and greater self awareness. Robert Monroe was a master of out of body experiences and his explorations are fascinating! This book really changed my perspective on life. I have always believed that in this life we have endless possibilities for who we can be and what we create….little did I know that the endless possibilities are available in the after life as well.
From the back of the book: With his classic and best-selling Journeys Out of the Body, Robert Monroe introduced readers to his remarkable excursions out-of-body and into outer consciousness. Now, after more than a decade of in-depth research, he presents a mesmerizing odyssey that takes you even farther beyond the known dimensions of the physical universe. With great insight and wit, Monroe offers new awareness into the untapped resources and limitless possibilities of the human mind.
$14
9. Psychonavigation by John Perkins
The techniques in this book have become a part of who I am and I rely on the internal wisdom I have gained from them on a daily basis. It is the extraordinary journey of John Perkins’ first hand experiences with the shamanic technique of psychonavigation. Psychonavigation is a method of traveling outside the body by means of visions and dream wanderings. We learn that by tuning into the positive forces of nature and communicating with our guides we begin to become psychonavigators with the ability to view our choices and our world more wisely.
From the publisher: First hand accounts of how diverse tribal cultures travel beyond time and space by means of visions and dream wanderings.
$12.96
10. Shapeshifting by John Perkins
The techniques described in this book are easy to understand and you’ll be able to incorporate its ideologies instantly, bringing personal and global transformation. Shapeshifting has become an essential tool in my life and can help you in every aspect of your.
From the publisher: Shamanic techniques for global and personal transformation. A captivating journey integrating modern and ancient techniques to bring about profound healing.
$12.95
11. Power, Freedom & Grace by Deepak Chopra
“This book captures the essence of all my talks over the last 20 years. It is the distillation of almost everything I have thought until now.”
– Dr. Deepak Chopra
Power, Freedom and Grace draws on the ancient Indian spiritual tradition of Vedanta to explore the path to true and lasting happiness. Everyone has material, financial, spiritual, and relationship goals, but the goal of all of these goals is the same thing: happiness. People believe that if only they could achieve these things – that new car, raise, or partner – happiness will come. But in Power, Freedom and Grace, as Deepak explains, as long as the happiness comes from outside one’s self, it is always at the mercy of the inevitable ups and downs of life. The key to long-lasting happiness is in the realization that the very nature of the self is a joy that comes from within and cannot be affected by external circumstances.
$14
12. Quantum Healing by Deepak Chopra
A very helpful and informative book on how you can take charge of your own healing process. It discusses cellular memory, which is a very important topic because I don’t think most of us realize how our muscles store all our emotions, and memories as well as toxins and how important it is to release these things on a regular basis. It beautifully explains the nature of reality and how healing takes place.
From the publisher: Here is an extraordinary new approach to healing by an extraordinary physician-writer — a book filled with the mystery, wonder, and hope of people who have experienced seemingly miraculous recoveries from cancer and other serious illnesses.
Dr. Deepak Chopra, a respected New England endocrinologist, began his search for answers when he saw patients in his own practice who completely recovered after being given only a few months to live. In the mid-1980’s he returned to his native India to explore Aruyveda, humanities most ancient healing tradition. Now he has brought together the current research of Western medicine, neuroscience, and physics with the insights of Ayurvedic theory to show that the human body is controlled by a “network of intelligence” grounded in quantum reality. Not a superficial psychological state, this intelligence lies deep enough to change the basic patterns that design our physiology — with the potential to defeat cancer, heart disease, and even aging itself. In this inspiring and pioneering work, Dr. Chopra offers us both a fascinating intellectual journey and a deeply moving chronicle of hope and healing.
$15.95
13. Sacred Contracts: Awakening Your Divine Potential by Caroline Myss
From the back of the book: New York Times bestselling author and medical intuitive Caroline Myss has found that when people don’t understand their purpose in life the result can be depression, anxiety, fatigue, and eventually physical illness – in short, a spiritual malaise of epidemic proportions.
Myss’s experience of working with people led her to develop an insightful and ingenious process for deciphering your own Sacred Contract – or higher purpose – using a new theory of archetypes that builds on the works of Jung, Plato, and many other contemporary thinkers. Myss examines the lives of the spiritual masters and prophets – Abraham, Jesus, Buddha, and Muhammad—whose archetypal journeys illustrate the four stages of a Sacred Contract and provide clues for discovering your own. Myss explains how you can identify your particular spiritual energies, or archetypes – the gatekeepers of your higher purpose – and use them to help you find out what you are here on earth to learn and whom you are meant to meet.
Exploring your Sacred Contract will shine a light on the purpose and meaning of your life. You are meant to do certain tasks, you are meant to have certain relationships.
In coming to know your archetypal companions, you also begin to see how to live your life in ways that make the best use of your personal power and lead you to fulfill your greatest – in fact, your divine – potential.
Both visionary and practical, Sacred Contracts is a bold, powerful work of spiritual wisdom. Without a doubt, your most intriguing challenge in life is to recognize your spiritual commitments and live them to the fullest.
$16.95
14. Search for the Beloved by Jean Houston, Ph.D.
This profound book explores our personal “mythology” and takes us on a journey to see the larger story of our lives and our world. Called sacred psychology, it helps us distinguish our history – our “story”– from reality. It helps guide us in creating and understanding our journey and teaches us how to reach our full potential. It offers effective exercises to, essentially, discover yourself.
From the back of the book: The Search for the Beloved, one of the most important books written on the creative and inventive mind, explains the theories that helped form the foundation of the human potential movement. In what has been called “an intellectual and spiritual feast.” Jean Houston explores the nature of spiritual yearning and teaches readers how to facilitate a personal quest by focusing on the four aspects of Sacred Psychology — the Great Wound, the Mythic Journey of Transformation, the Discovery of the Larger Story, and the Union with the Beloved of the soul.
W.B. Yeats wrote, “There is but one history and that is the soul’s.” It is this great known and unknowable homeland of the human spirit that The Search for the Beloved tours. In an itinerary that leads readers to the sacred sites of the soul, Dr. Houston’s classic book is a passport for those who yearn to attune their spirits with psychological depths and spiritual heights. Probing our own tragic dimensions for their deeper, more mythic meanings, so that our wounds can become the sources of spiritual grace, this book will guide readers to a larger and more sacred dimension of life.
“An Unusually moving book.” – Los Angeles Times
“Truly groundbreaking. The theme, the exercises, and the general presentation of Sacred Psychology offer an exciting opening to a new realm of transformational exploration.” — New Frontier
“A landmark book; it takes another major leap forward toward understanding and actualizing humanness.”
– The New Times
$16.95
15. The Feng Shui Anthology by Jami Lin
This is such an easy-to-understand and practical book. Read it and you’ll feel confident to Feng Shui any area of your home. I love this book! Unfortunately this book is no longer in print, although you can get it electronically at www.jamilin.com. I have collected grade A used books – no marks inside or out. It looks like new. The cover may differ from the one shown because it was republished with a different cover but it’s the same book.
From the back of the book: The Feng Shui book by which all others are measured: All the Feng Shui experts wrote it!
This book is also a collection of great writing by Feng Shui experts from around the world. Combining the ideology behind spirituality, aesthetics, fine arts, and religion, and using various aspects, perspectives, and themes, this book explains in everyday language the result of profound research.
It lets us know that if we begin to understand and emphasize this ancient and matchless art of Feng Shui, our powers of creativity, analysis, judgment, and cognition will naturally be enhanced. This understanding will reinforce our mental and physical health, as well as elevate the interior and exterior spatial order in relation to creativity, design, and decoration.
“The Feng Shui Anthology is a Feng Shui masterpiece and a rainbow soaring across the publishing industry…Most notable is that it takes difficult and comprehensive theories of Feng Shui and explains them on the mundane and transcendental levels, as well as from psychological, physiological, and spiritual aspects… Nothing is left out!” —Feng Shui Grand Master Lin Yun
“Every aspect of the subject is addressed in this comprehensive resource guide, from foundations and the various schools to architecture and landscape, home and the workplace decorating to the influences of Feng Shui on health and spiritual well-being. Reading the book in its entirety will give you a complete picture, though the articles may be read in any order of interest; footnotes direct the reader to related articles as well as adding further information, and illustrations on virtually every page make the concepts even more accessible.” —NAPRA ReView
$15.95
16. Touch for Health: A Practical Guide to Natural Health with Acupressure
by John Thie, DC and Mathew Thie, M.Ed
This book is a must-have for any kind of energy medicine practitioner and, I believe, it can provide the layperson with great insight into his or her body.
From the back of the book: Touch for Health is a system of balancing posture, attitude and life energy to relieve stress, aches and pains, feel & function Better, be more effective, clarify and achieve your goals & enjoy your life! This is a complete revision and expansion of the fundamental text of Energy Kinesiology. Includes complete International Kinesiology College curriculum, plus Dr. Thie’s developments from 1990-2005. Integrates Metaphors of Muscles, Meridians and the Five Elements.
With over a million copies in print since 1973, “Touch for Health” started a phenomenon that has flourished worldwide and contributed to the emerging profession of Energy Kinesiology. TFH has been taught in over 100 countries and 23 languages to help balance Posture, Attitude and Vital Energy to develop Wellness, Health Maintenance, Prevention, Relief from Stress, Aches & Pains and enjoyment of vibrant health.
17. Wheels of Light by Roslyn Bruyere
This is another book that completely changed my life in the way it lent scientific credibility to the world of colortherapy. Roslyn was actually involved in the groundbreaking UCLA study that documented our chakras and the remedies that balanced and strengthen them.
From the back of the book: “with ingenuity, Rosalyn Bruyere connects the physical realms of manifestation with the dimensions of the spirit…A true healer” – Lynn Andrews, author of medicine woman.
$28.95
18. When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron
I have turned to this book many times in my life. It has helped every single time and it’s done the same for my friends. When you’re hurting, this is straightforward advice that offers immediate emotional support.
From the back of the book: Heart Advice for Difficult Times. The beautiful practicality of her teaching has made Pema Chödrön one of the most beloved of contemporary American spiritual authors -among Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike. This book is a treasury of wisdom for going on living when things fall apart – when we are overcome by pain and difficulties.
In this book she discusses: Using painful emotions to cultivate wisdom, compassion, and courage
• Communicating so as to encourage others to open up rather than shut down
• Practices for reversing habitual patterns
• Methods for working with chaotic situations
Ways for creating effective social action
$12.95
