Most of the books I read have a spiritual component of some kind. Here are six books I’ve read recently that have made me think and enhanced my spirituality in some way.
1. Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment by Deepak ChopraI just finished reading this and I love it. It’s a wonderful story about some of Buddha’s teachings, with some funny quotes too. It’s just enjoyable thinking about Buddha trucking along through his life. Chopra did a better job of imagining what Buddha’s life must have been like and translating that into a novel than he did with his Jesus book. |
|
2. Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals by Temple Grandin I just love Temple Grandin. I liked her Animals in Translation and Thinking in Pictures. In her cool new book, Animals Make Us Human, she draws analogies between various breeds of dogs and humans, and looks at traits that they have and how they affect us. She looks at cows, goat, chickens and hogs. I love how she writes, dramatically; she thinks in pictures and I do too. She’s a fascinating writer. |
|
3. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael PollanThis book is hard reading, because there’s so much material there, but everybody should read it. You should rent King Corn from Netflix and watch that before reading The Omnivore’s Dilemma. |
|
4. Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution–and How It Can Renew America by Thomas FriedmanThomas Friedman is a columnist with the New York Times and is very well-travelled and connected and knowledgeable about global warming and population. His Hot, Flat, and Crowded is an excellent book. It’s full of so much valuable information. |
|
5. The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism by Fritjof CapraI first read this book when I was living in California in the 1970s. Capra pointed out a lot of fascinating things that have since come out in quantum physics in the past 30 or 40 years. These things are identical to what the yogis and rishis discover through meditation and moving along the path to enlightenment. Things like what’s called “non-locality” in quantum physics, which basically says that we’re all connected. Or the non-algorithmic way that electrons jump, which makes it seem like all things are continually present. Well, we already know that! Capra talked about it years ago. |
|
6. The Yoga of Time Travel: How the Mind Can Defeat Time by Fred Alan WolfThis is the book I’m reading now. Fred Alan Wolf is a physicist who writes about parallel universes. In The Yoga of Time Travel, he seems to be saying that the mind can defeat time. The study of consciousness is my real passion. I’m a frustrated quantum physicist. |
0 like
Permalink: http://www.vibrantnation.com/love-it-lists/6-books-that-have-nourished-me-spiritually/
I hope you like the results you get. I am still using it since this original post from a couple of months ago. I am quite pleased. I have tried & discarded enough cosmetics to stock a small store. LOL
I agree you shouldn't "keep reading" but I don't believe in moving on to the next chapter if I speed-read the last one without comprehending it. Then I agree, move on, the better for having analyzed. Sometimes we stick with the old chapters because t
add your responses
0 Responses
Stay in touch with the conversation. Subscribe to the RSS feed for comments on this post.
You must be logged in to post a comment.