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A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: This hardcover edition of The Seat of the Soul celebrates its tenth anniversary. The Seat of the Soul became a national bestseller when it was first published, but more people are buying it now than ever before. Why is this? It is because a new species is being born. The Seat of the Soul is about this birth. This new species longs for harmony, cooperation, sharing, and reverence... (more)

The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times (Shambhala Library)

The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times (Shambhala Library)

by Pema Chodron

We always have a choice, Pema Chödrön teaches: We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us and make us increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and make us kinder. Here Pema provides the tools to deal with the problems and difficulties that life throws our way. This wisdom is always available to us, she teaches, but we usually block it with habitual patterns rooted in fear. Beyond... (more)

The Invitation (Unabridged)

by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

"The Invitation" is a declaration of intent, a map into the longing of the soul, the desire to live passionately, face-to-face with ourselves and skin-to-skin with the world around us, to settle for nothing less than what is real." -from The Invitation Shared by word of mouth, quoted on the World Wide Web, recited over the radio, and read aloud at spiritual conferences and other gatherings, "The Invitation"... (more)

Core Transformation: Reaching the Wellspring Within

Core Transformation: Reaching the Wellspring Within

by Connirae Andreas

This book will take you on a healing inner journey to the depths of your being. You'll be guided through 10 simple steps, through which your limitations become the doorway to powerfully transforming states of being that most people describe as "inner peace" "love" or "oneness."

Care of the Soul

A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life

by Thomas Moore, Peter Thomas

This New York Times bestseller (more than 200,000 hardcover copies sold) provides a path-breaking lifestyle handbook that shows how to add spirituality, depth, and meaning to modern-day life by nurturing the soul.

Change Your Mind-And Keep the Change : Advanced NLP Submodalities Interventions

Change Your Mind-And Keep the Change : Advanced NLP Submodalities Interventions

by Steve Andreas, Connirae Andreas

This advanced NLP book builds on the foundation established in Heart of the Mind, by the Andreases, and Using Your Brain—for a CHANGE, by Richard Bandler. Presented in "live seminar" format, this book offers rich information and specific examples of how to work successfully in helping people change. Specific methods are presented for changing habits, for congruently finally saying "no" when that is appropriate,... (more)

The Miracle of Mindfulness

by Thich Nhat Hanh, Mai Vo-Dinh

There have been more than 250,000 copies sold of this famous introduction to Buddhist meditation. Thich Nhat Hanh's gentle stories and exercises show us how to use the practice of

Being Peace

by Thich Nhat Hanh, Rachel Neumann

An ideal starting-point for those interested in Buddhism, Being Peace contains Thich Nhat Hanh's teachings on peace and meditation. Using real examples from his own life, as well as poems and fables, Nhat Hanh explains his key practices for living "right in the moment we are alive." These lessons are taught with fine writing and sparkling phrases that draw the reader in and make Being Peace a book that... (more)

Cosmic Trigger.

by Robert Anton Wilson

Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing, and Dying

Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing, and Dying

by Ram Dass

More than thirty years ago, an entire generation sought a new way of life, looking for fulfillment and meaning in a way no one had before. Leaving his teaching job at Harvard, Ram Dass embodied the role of spiritual seeker, showing others how to find peace within themselves in one of the greatest spiritual classics of the twentieth century, Be Here Now . Now, as many of that generation enter the autumn of their... (more)

Practicing Peace in Times of War

by Pema Chodron

With war and violence flaring all over the world, many of us are left feeling vulnerable and utterly helpless. In this book Pema Chödrön draws on Buddhist teachings to explore the origins of aggression, hatred, and war, explaining that they lie nowhere but within our own hearts and minds. She goes on to explain that the way in which we as individuals respond to challenges in our everyday lives can either... (more)

Think on These Things

by J. Krishnamurti

‘The material contained in this volume was originally presented in the form of talks to students, teachers and parents in India, but its keen penetration and lucid simplicity will be deeply meaningful to thoughtful people everywhere, of all ages, and in every walk of life. Krishnamurti examines with characteristic objectivity and insight the expressions of what we are pleased to call our culture, our education,... (more)

Iron John: A Book About Men

by Robert Bly

In this deeply learned book, poet and translator Robert Bly offers nothing less than a new vision of what it is to be a man. Bly's vision is based on his ongoing work with men and reflections on his own life. He addresses the devastating effects of remote fathers and mourns the disappearance of male initiation rites in our culture. Finding rich meaning in ancient stories and legends, Bly uses the Grimm fairy... (more)

Anam cara

by John O'Donohue

In this text, the author uses the Celtic vision of life as a means to examine the landscape of the soul. Informed by the Celtic mystical tradition "Anam Cara" (which means soul friend) re-examines the contemporary perception of spirituality and argues that instead of seeking to satisfy our spiritual hunger on an everlasting journey of exploration that will uncover every riddle, every mystery, we should seek to... (more)

Will and Spirit: A Contemplative Psychology

Will and Spirit: A Contemplative Psychology

by Gerald G. May

"A rich book covering many areas of human experience. . . . For the person looking for an intelligent and clear presentation of the relationship between psychological and spiritual growth, this is the book to read.'-- America

The Journey: A Practical Guide to Healing Your Life and Setting Yourself Free

The Journey: A Practical Guide to Healing Your Life and Setting Yourself Free

by Brandon Bays

This is a book about Freedom All of us sense that deep inside lies huge potential. We long to experience it, yet something holds us back. We long to set ourselves free, but we don't know how. In this book, you finally learn how. When Brandon Bays was diagnosed with a basketball-sized tumor in her uterus, she was catapulted into an extraordinary, soul searching journey. Determined to heal naturally, she... (more)

Freedom Is: Liberating Your Boundless Potential

Freedom Is: Liberating Your Boundless Potential

by Brandon Bays

"This book is written to give you a living experience of freedom." These are the opening words of Freedom Is -- and Brandon Bays gives us exactly what she promises. This is a book about freedom, freedom in the truest sense, freedom on all levels of being. Brandon doesn't merely talk about freedom; she gives us a direct experience of it. She guides us, in her sure and gentle way, into the stillness and joy... (more)

Changing Belief Systems With NLP

by Robert Dilts

Our beliefs are a very powerful influence on our behavior. It is widely understood that if someone really believes he/she can do something, he/she will do it; but if he/she believes something is impossible, no amount of effort will convince him/her that it can be accomplished. Our beliefs about ourselves and what is possible greatly affected our day to day effectiveness. All of us have beliefs that serve as... (more)

Beliefs: Pathways to Health and Wellbeing

Beliefs: Pathways to Health and Wellbeing

by Robert Dilts

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by Gary Zukav

by Pema Chodron

by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

by Connirae Andreas

A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life

by Thomas Moore, Peter Thomas

by Steve Andreas, Connirae Andreas

by Thich Nhat Hanh, Mai Vo-Dinh

by Thich Nhat Hanh, Rachel Neumann

by Robert Anton Wilson

by Ram Dass

by Pema Chodron

by J. Krishnamurti

by Robert Bly

by John O'Donohue

by Gerald G. May

by Brandon Bays

by Brandon Bays

by Robert Dilts

by Robert Dilts

by Robert Dilts