The Hero With A Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell
We all have a hero inside of us.
Across the planet, in the vast array of cultures and societies throughout time, the journey of the hero is always the same.
Life Would Be Easy If It Weren’t For Other People, Connie Podesta
To be Assertive is to be enlightened! More commentary coming soon….
The Seat of the Soul, Gary Zukav
Currently ranked as the best book I’ve read in 2020. Commentary coming soon…
Getting Things Done, David Allen
David Allen is an incredibly spiritual man and I was inspired by his search for a “mind like water”. I had the honor of shaking his hand at a seminar and got an autograph on my copy of the book!
The Surrender Experiment, Michael Singer
One of the best books I read in 2019. This was the inspiration I needed to restart my meditation practice. Still going strong a year later. More commentary coming soon…
The Three Pillars of Zen, Philip Kapleau
Recommended by Michael Singer in The Surrender Experiment, this is a handy how to for developing a meditation practice. It is also a chronicle of individuals who have experienced glimpses of enlightenment through meditation. It almost reads like a reality show where the participants compete to find enlightenment.
Foundational Concepts in Neuroscience, David E. Presti
I wanted to learn more about the science of consciousness, so I decided to start with the basics of neuroscience. This amazing book goes from atoms to consciousness beautiful in such a simple way.
Mind Beyond Brain, David E. Presti
This was a follow up to his book, Foundational Concepts in Neuroscience. This book picks up where the last one left off and goes deep into the reaches of consciousness. More commentary coming soon…..
Level Up Your Life, Steve Kamb
While Level Up Your Life was a motivating read filled with throwbacks to so many of my favorite childhood heroes and superheroes, the thing I will remember most is the concept of collecting underpants.
The One Year Bible, New Living Translation
At one point in my spiritual searching, I decided I would attempt to read the Bible, cover to cover, all the way through. This edition made that very simple. This version of The Book is broken down into 365 excerpts that when read daily can be completed in one year. Its a commitment but worth the Journey. More commentary coming soon…
Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand
This book has been an extremely important part of my journey. This post represents not only Atlas Shrugged, but all of Ayn Rand’s other works both fiction and non fiction. She developed the philosophy of Objectivism which I studied for several years in my early thirties. If there’s anyone out there that is familiar with …
Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse
Required reading from an introductory course on Buddhism that I took in college. I come back to this book often. It is a story of enlightenment. Commentary coming soon…
