I have Read many really good books but I have to say the one that Made the most difference for me was “ A Return to Love “ by Marianne Williamson. Based on “ A course in Miracles “ which I have not yet been able to complete but I think I have a good understanding of . Thanks Jon.
Anna karenina, hard to pin point how it exactly changed my life but Levin and Vronskies characters sort of melded into mine when I first read it aged 15. For one it made me feel it was ok to have a contradictory character and two, it infused me with a romantic yet helpful attitude towards nature and relationships.
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz, Trust: Living Spontaneously and Embracing Life by Osho, and The Empty Boat: Encounters with Nothingness (Reflections on the Stories of Chuang Tzu) by Osho
Yes!!! Dick and Jane! Then the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. The co-author, Bill Wilson had researched Life/God, which led me to do my own. Step 2 reads: Came to believe a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. I had to come to know that Higher Power whatever It was!
I can answer this in so many book filled answers but if you were raised at least in America at a certain time we had these books called Dick and Jane as well as Dr. Suuess and nothing made me feel as happy and joy filled as being able to read , . so they started a life long journey of reading and writing love which of course has led to a lifetime of learning and a blessedly open mind. So these books, in childhood set off a lifelong openness to diversity and acceptance, and I hope a cosmocentric world view which I continue to work on always.
📚 Here is a list of the books that were mentioned in the answers...
1. The Road Less Travelled by M. Scott Peck
2. Prometheus Rising by Robert Anton Wilson
3. A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson
4. Dick and Jane Books
5. Alcoholics Anonymous: The Big Book
6. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
7. Dr. Seuss Books
8. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
9. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
10. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
11. Letters from a Stoic by Seneca
12. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
13. Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton (Jon's pick)
The way of the superior man.
Nonviolent communication.
The Mind Illuminated
Prometheus Rising by Robert Anton Wilson
I have Read many really good books but I have to say the one that Made the most difference for me was “ A Return to Love “ by Marianne Williamson. Based on “ A course in Miracles “ which I have not yet been able to complete but I think I have a good understanding of . Thanks Jon.
Anna karenina, hard to pin point how it exactly changed my life but Levin and Vronskies characters sort of melded into mine when I first read it aged 15. For one it made me feel it was ok to have a contradictory character and two, it infused me with a romantic yet helpful attitude towards nature and relationships.
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz, Trust: Living Spontaneously and Embracing Life by Osho, and The Empty Boat: Encounters with Nothingness (Reflections on the Stories of Chuang Tzu) by Osho
Man's Search for Meaning, Letters from a Stoic. Currently reading Meditations and there's so much wisdom in here
The power of now by Eckhart Tolle and the Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
Yes!!! Dick and Jane! Then the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. The co-author, Bill Wilson had researched Life/God, which led me to do my own. Step 2 reads: Came to believe a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. I had to come to know that Higher Power whatever It was!
The road less travelled.M scott Peck
The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle
Atomic Habits - James Clear
Documentary -
David Attenborough : A Life On Our Planet
Recordings from Alan Watts, OSHO.. they changed my life completely. :)
I can answer this in so many book filled answers but if you were raised at least in America at a certain time we had these books called Dick and Jane as well as Dr. Suuess and nothing made me feel as happy and joy filled as being able to read , . so they started a life long journey of reading and writing love which of course has led to a lifetime of learning and a blessedly open mind. So these books, in childhood set off a lifelong openness to diversity and acceptance, and I hope a cosmocentric world view which I continue to work on always.
The books by Kim Stanley Robinson