Writings are like the facets of a diamond that give insight and life to a rainbow of possibilities found in human expression...never stop reading!
Try one of these:
You, Your Friends, Your Friends of Friends, by Gina Kolata, The New York Times
Seven Arrows or Lightning Bolt by Heyemeyosts Storm. Stories designed to carry a native message and lifestyle of peace.
Love, Medicine and Miracles by Bernie Seigel, MD Healing through the heart, also Peace, Love and Healing, and other works.
The Merck Manual: The book doctors use to look up your symptoms and what to do about them.
Be Here Now by Ram Dass(a.k.a.Richard Alpert, MD) A journey of the mind and spirit, as well as any other books by him, the latest being “Still Here Now”. He’s one of my gurus…and you can find more on his website at RamDassTapes.org
Progress and Poverty by Henry George. A revealing view of economics and the way life could be, in a more perfect world where life liberty and property are the inalienable rights.
Mirage of Health by René Dubos. His far-reaching and inspiring treatise on health.
The Change Masters by Rosabeth Moss-Kanter. Insights into success in corporate America.
The Anatomy of an Illness by Norman Cousins. One wise man’s account of using humor and self-empowerment to beat the odds.
On Death and Dying by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross. On coming to grips with the end of life as we know it...Also look at Stephen Levine’s books on death such as “Who’s Dying?”
Life after Life by Raymond A. Moody. What may we expect in the hereafter..?
The New Laurel’s Kitchen by Laurel Robinson. A very tasty and informative vegetarian cookbook. Check out the famous Moosewood Cookbook as well, guaranteed delicious!
The Good Food Book by Jane Brody. An authoritative book on food and nutrition and healthy recipes.
Towards a Psychology of Man’s Possible Evolution by P.D. Ouspensky. A manual about the psychology of the human instrument, a framework for learning practical ways to use it well.
The Relaxation and Stress Management Workbook. An excellent ‘How to’ book on various methods: Visualization, Autogenics, Meditation, Progressive Relaxation, Biofeedback, etc.
Roget’s International Thesaurus or Bartlett’s Roget’s Thesaurus. Both are great tools for effective writing. If you want to write well one of these two ‘index type’ tomes is indispensable; accept no substitutes.
Self Esteem by Matthew McKay and Patrick Fanning. A how to manual on this pivotal subject.
Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach by Jane Vella. A great booklet on grass roots teaching methods.
Many Lives, Many Masters (and other books) by Dr. Brian Weiss. The Chairman of Psychiatry at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in Miami, gives veritably convincing accounts of past-life regression therapy.
The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk, a Californian feminist takes a futuristic look at the scenario after eco-disaster: the contrast of problems and possibilities, idealism and desecration is eye opening.
Living on the Earth by Bill Duesing. An eclectic series from WPKN on ‘treading lightly’ on the planet. Bill began an ecology camp in New Haven and organizes for the Natural & Organic Farmers.
Man and his Symbols by Carl Jung. A classic on the collective unconscious and our dream states.
Space-Time and Beyond by Bob Toben and Alan Wolf. Imaginative and creative rendition of cosmic unity, scientific theory, and the nature of consciousness, even cosmic consciousness!
Your Complete Medical Record and Take this Book to the Hospital by People’s Medical Society.
What Really Matters? By Tony Schwartz. A cross-country search for self-discovery as he visits with many of the great investigators of meditation, biofeedback, Gestalt psychology, drug research, etc.
Love is Letting go of Fear by Gerald Jampolsky. A wonderful approach to attitudinal change.
Food for Thought, The Vegetarian Philosophy by Avadhutika Anandamitra Acaria
Waking Up: Overcoming Obstacles to Human Potential by Charles Tart.
Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn. Using the wisdom of your body and mind to face stress, pain, and illness. The Univ. of Massachusetts Medical Center’s program for stress reduction.
Reinventing Medicine. by Larry Dossey, MD. Beyond mind-body to non-local states of being and healing. His other writings such as “Healing Words” look at prayer and healing.
The Hunger for Ecstasy : Fulfilling the Soul’s Need for Passion and Intimacy by Jalaja Bonheim Ph.D. An immensely direct, experiential approach to finding divinity and joy in life.
Sweat Your Prayers by Gabrielle Roth. Movement to free your body and regain your spirit.
Lunchtime Enlightenment by Pragito Dove. Modern meditations to free the mind.
The Afterlife Experiments by Gary Schwartz Breakthrough scientific evidence of life after death!?
The Living Energy Universe by the same authors as above
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom. A great account of this professor’s last teachings as he lived through and beyond the presence of Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS). Also, The Five People you Meet in Heaven by the same author, a harmonizing metabolism of life’s learning experiences or curriculum, after death.
The China Study by Colin Campbell One of the most authoritative and well-researched books I have ever read. This one is about the effects of diet on health and very eye opening indeed.
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