Books and resources to help you find inner peace and heal yourself

Recommended Books

Please understand that I provide this list to save time in finding the books that are of interest to you and I wouldn't presume to say which ones if any you should read. In my experience most of these books require slow, contemplative, intentional, unbiased, reading to glean the treasures they contain. The benefits may be maximized by personal introspection and appropriate action.

The comments are obviously my own personal thoughts and may not match the author's or your impressions. So take them for what their worth. Click on the book image or title to be taken to Amazon.com where you can purchase the book online.

		Loving What Is by Byron Katie:
		A very powerful simple approach to undoing the thoughts, beliefs and “stories” that run through our minds and limit our happiness and contact with our essence. This is an approach that I find extremely effective with clients.

		The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle:
		Realizing that most of us spend an almost insignificant amount of time living on the razor’s edge of the present which is the only place anything really takes place, I found this book to be a simple but powerful approach to the present. But more than that, by facilitating the journey to the present it takes us to our Self. A key to living consciously.

		Love Is Letting Go of Fear; and others by Gerald G. Jampolsky:
		A powerful little book based on A Course in Miracles that points to letting go of the past and future as a means to letting go of fear and living powerfully in the essence of love.

		A Course in Miracles:
		This book is the one I would take to the proverbial desert island. It seems to me to be the most unadulterated truth dealing with the reality of Truth and Love and the illusion of Fear and ego. (Ego in the spiritual sense versus psychological). It brings one to an understanding of the separation illusion and the path back through true forgiveness — the release of all judgments. This can be a challenging read if you are not willing to question every belief you have ever had.

		Happiness Is a Choice by Barry Neil Kaufman
		A great book for helping us to realize that we are not victims of what happens externally and that contrary to popular opinion we really do have a choice as to how we feel in any given moment or situation.

		A Brief History of Everything:
		Sex, Ecology, Spirituality; and others by Ken Wilbur: The titles may be misleading but Ken is one of the most important modern day thinkers and authors with an unbelievable capacity to intelligently integrate consciousness, philosophy, psychology, religion, science, spirituality, social theory, and intellectual thought. He masterfully “undoes” a lot of misperceptions and fuzzy thinking while offering a comprehensive view of the human world that makes sense. It can be challenging to read his materiel but worth the effort.

		The Thunder of Silence:
		he Mystical I; The Art of Meditation; A Parenthesis in Time; The Infinite Way; and many others by Joel Goldsmith: Very powerful well written books by a man who obviously talks from personal experience and contact with the Presence. I love the simplicity of his approach that goes way beyond mental spirituality or metaphysics. He quickly and masterfully points out how one can avoid the many misperceptions and traps on the spiritual path. In the book Living by Grace pages 102-103 he describes an approach to utilizing his work.

		Anatomy of the Spirit by Caroline Myss:
		Includes an inspired synthesis of the ancient wisdom of the Christian sacraments, the Hindu charkas, and the Kabbalah’s Tree of Life and how they lead to higher consciousness and spiritual maturity.

		The Seat of the Soul by Gary Zukav:
		I ran across this book several years ago and am delighted to see it enjoying a resurgence recently. He speaks of our journey toward authentic power (versus external power) as the goal of our evolutionary process and the purpose of our being.

		The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz:
		A great little book that shows how we can achieve personal freedom through the agreements that he presents and explains

		Nothing Real Can Be Threatened by Tara Singh:
		A book based on A Course in Miracles that addresses the transcending of fear and thought written by a man who has had close associations with Mr. J. Krishnamurti, Prime Minister Nehru, Eleanor Roosevelt, Aldous Huxley and particularly with the scribe of A Course in Miracles.

		Think On These Things (Krishnamurti) edited by D. Rajagopal:
		It is difficult to choose among the several books by or about Krishnamurti but this may be good place to make his acquaintance. A very direct and lucid being who pointed to traps humans get caught in and the way to achieve liberation from the self.

		Guilt is The Teacher, Love is the Lesson by Joan Borysenkoz:
		Joan aims at supporting the healing of our heart and soul by liberating ourselves from the unbelievably heavy burdens of guilt and remorse.

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