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Why bother?

The following reading materials are referenced in numerous blog posts. Each novel, short story, biography, or peer reviewed study provides a unique perspective on self-evaluation, humility, and connecting with a greater power. 


The list aims to build a holistic framework to the journey of integration. 


Writings are grouped by ease of readability:


  • Category 1 - easy to pick up, simple language, low commitment  
  • Category 2 - dense writing or hard science topics, may contain journaling
  • Category 3 - you'll be sitting with this one for a while 


Read a few. You might learn something. 

Category 1

When Things Fall Apart - Pema Chodron

Shambhala 

The Four Agreements - Miguel Ruiz

 Amber-Allen

Exhale - Richie Bostok

Penguin

The Greatest Miracle In The World - Og Mandino

Random House

Siddhartha - Herman Hesse

New Directions

The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle

New World Library

The Prophet - Kahlil Gibran

Alfred A. Knopf

The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho

HarperTorch

The Saint, the Surfer, and the CEO - Robin Sharma

Hay House

What to Remember When Waking - David Whyte (audiobook)

Sounds True

The Art of Dreaming - Carlos Castaneda

Mariner Books

The Problem of Pain - C.S. Lewis

HarperOne

The Shack - William P. Young

Windblown Media

The Pocket Pema Chodron - Pema Chodron

Shambhala 

Way of the Peaceful Warrior - Dan Millman

J. P. Tarcher

Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah - Richard Bach

Dell

The Creative Act: A Way of Being - Rick Rubin

Penguin

Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor E. Frankel

Beacon Press

Be Here Now - Ram Dass

Harmony

Against the Stream - Noah Levine

HarperOne

10% Happier - Dan Harris

Dey Street

The Miracle of Mindfulness - Thich Nhat Hanh

Beacon Press

Letters to a Young Poet - Rainer Maria Rilke (Barrows & Macy translation)

Shambhala

Kitchen Confidential - Anthony Bourdain

Ecco


Category 2

Autobiography of a Yogi - P. Yogananda

Self-Realization Fellowship

The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel van der Kolk

Penguin

The Road Less Travelled - M. Scott Peck

Touchstone

The Cloud of Unknowing - Unknown

Shambhala

Shadowwork Journal and Workbook - Victoria Stevens

Self-published

The Science of Persuasion - Robert B. Cialdini

 Scientific American, Vol. 284, No. 2 

King Magician Warrior Lover - Robert Moore & Douglas Gillette

HarperOne

No Bad Parts - Richard Schwartz

Sounds True Adult

The Power of Silence - Cardinal Robert Sarah

Ignatius Press

A New Vision of Reality - Bede Griffiths

Templegate Publishers

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind - Jaynes

Mariner Books

East of Eden - John Steinbeck

Penguin


Category 3

Lust for Life - Irving Stone

Penguin

The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Signet

Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid - Douglas Hofstadter

Harvester

Love and Math - Edward Frenkel

Basic Books

Shōgun - James Clavell

Delacorte Press


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