Archive for the 'Spirituality' category
I Am That, by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
December 15, 2007 9:38 am
What it is: “I Am That” is a collection of transcripted talks of the teachings of an Indian spiritual teacher who went by the name Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj. As Amazon.com says, “‘I Am That’ preserves Maharaj’s dialogues with the followers who came from around the world seeking his guidance in destroying false identities. The sage’s sole concern was with human suffering and the ending of suffering. It was his mission to guide the individual to an understanding of his true nature and the timelessness of being. He taught that mind must recognize and penetrate its own state of being, ‘being this or that, here or that, then or now,’ but just timeless being.”
Nisargadatta Maharaj was born in 1897 with the name “Maruti”, and lived a simple uneducated life, as a husband and shopkeeper in the slums of Bombay, until he died in 1981. He is considered by some however to have attained the supreme state of “moksha” (Sanskrit for “enlightenment” or “liberation”), and to be one of the deepest modern masters of the Hindu school of Advaita Vedanta (emphasizing direct nondualistic realization of truth).
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Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman
November 9, 2007 9:29 am
What it is: This book is about one man’s journey from a path destined for success in traditional terms, to a path that defines success in more universal terms. In plain English, Dan is an athlete, smart, destined for a wife, a “good” job, and a pretty standard day-to-day. Throughout the book, he discovers deeper truths about what is important, and how to live a happier life. It’s a good light read.
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Sex, Ecology, and Spirituality by Ken Wilber
October 26, 2007 1:45 am
What it is: Sex Ecology and Spirituality is the breakthrough book where Ken Wilber first described his All Quadrants, All Levels approach to Integral Thinking. This tour de force of scholarship and spirituality differentiates the pre-rational (magic and mythical) conceptions of spirituality from the rational and the trans-rational (phenomenological and experiential) conceptions of spirituality. He then places the various ideas of spirituality on a developmental spectrum from birth to enlightenment, examining each phase of development through 4 “quadrants” or perspectives that contrast interior and exterior on the one hand, and individual and collective on the other.
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California Vipassana Center
October 19, 2007 10:34 am
Location: North Fork, CA (and others)
What it is: A ten-day silent retreat to learn Vipassana meditation. The course is designed for all levels, even people who can’t sit still for longer than it takes to check email. The instruction leads you bit by bit to the first real sit a few days in. Don’t expect to show up, shut up, sit down, and deal with it. This course gives you tools that build, so you can feel some progress and be able to make that first sit, at around day 5, a real one.
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MotherPeace Tarot Cards
October 6, 2007 9:23 am
What it is: Originally made in the 1970s, during the renaissance of the women’s spirituality movement, this tarot deck is unusual in that the cards are round and the images are women, and goddess-based. Symbols are taken from women-centered rituals and based in non-western (and some western) global cultures.
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