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The GOD Gene: How Faith Is Hardwired into Our Genes

Dean Hamer

The GOD Gene: How Faith Is Hardwired into Our Genes, by Dean Hamer, argues that "spirituality is one of our basic human inheritances. It is, in fact, an instinct." The author is a leading geneticist. He uses the scientific method to first define or set up criteria for "spirituality" which is quite different from religion. He comes up with a term "self-transcendence" which he defines and then develops criteria to measure. In many ways it is similar to what Abraham Maslow called "self-actualization."

The author is a dedicated scientist and his methodology is not only very rigorous but also painstakingly explained. His mission is to discover: "why humans believe, not whether those beliefs are true." He uses numerous studies, including very persuasive evidence from studies of twins separated at birth, to marshal evidence to buttress his ultimate conclusion that spirituality, self-transcendence, and even mysticism are at least predominately an inherited proposition, and thus hard-wired into the genes.

I found the story of "The Good Friday Experiment," conducted in 1962, fascinating and quite instructive. It was a carefully randomized double-blind placebo experiment using Psilocybin and quantifying its effect on mystical experiences, with a follow up done 25 years later.

Hamer addresses some very interesting topics, such as: "Can consciousness be explained scientifically?" He is very careful to be fair in his treatment of this subject and correctly points out that many who argue that consciousness is solely produced by the brain start out with a mechanistic model of the universe, which is postulated rather than proved. His lengthy discussion of the Y chromosome and its relevance to the Jewish people is very fascinating.

All in all, I really liked this book and respect the author's conclusions, which are: "that there is nothing intrinsically theistic or atheistic about postulating a specific genetic and biochemical mechanism for spirituality" and "that spirituality is genetic, while religion is based on culture, traditions, beliefs, and ideas."

Why God Won't Go Away: Brain Science and the Biology of Belief

Andrew Newburg, M.D., Eugene D'Aquili, M.D., Ph.D., and Vince Rause

Why God Won't Go Away: Brain Science & The Biology of Belief, by Andrew Newberg, M.D., Eugene D'Aquili, M.D., Ph.D., and Vince Rause is an exceptional book which I very highly recommend.

This is very fascinating exposition of the relationship between religious experience and brain functioning. Topics like "The Science of Perception," "How the Brain Makes the Mind," and "The Biology of Transcendence" are among the fascinating topics explored and explained in a manner that is very comprehensible by the layperson. You don't need to be a doctor, scientist, or a yogi to understand this book.

The authors get into some very profound issues. These guys are scientists who buy the whole "materialistic science" viewpoint, which encompasses a strict belief in evolution and that consciousness comes from matter; the brain. However, they are open enough to include data and thoughts that maybe there are other possible explanations. Ultimately, the book is straightforward, honest, and I found it to be a "must read".

They conclude that science and religion do not have to be incompatible. They conclude that our brain is structured to include "mystical experiences" which, from the point of view of a neurophysiologist, are just as "real" as non-mystical experiences. What I liked about the book was that the authors were very clear about laying out the limitations of science and the scientific method.

I Need Your Love- Is That True?

Byron Katie, Michael Katz

How to Stop Seeking Love, Approval, and Appreciation and Start Finding Them Instead

Katie reintroduces the form of self-questioning called "The Work" that she originally presented in Loving What Is, but here she tackles relationships—and what spoils them. According to Katie (writing with the help of Katz, who is also her agent), rather than seeking love and approval from others, you need to find them in yourself. What often blocks that love is one's perception of reality: "If you believe your stressful thoughts, your life is filled with stress. But if you question your thoughts, you come to love your life and everyone in it." "The Work" is central to the process of taking a judgmental thought—such as "my partner is supposed to make me happy"—and subjecting it to four powerful questions, such as "Is it true?" and "Who or what would I be without the thought?" Then Katie suggests turning the thought around and considering different options, such as making yourself happy and making your partner happy. Finally, she suggests ways to find love and acceptance in yourself. Katie's chatty style and her use of detailed dialogues and simple exercises will make many readers feel transformation is inevitable.

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The New Quotable Einstein

Albert Einstein
Collected and edited by Alice Calaprice

Einstein's theories changed the way 20th century mankind viewed the universe. Einstein was not only a Nobel Prize winning scientist, he was a cultural icon. Whether or not you understand Special Relativity or General Relativity, you know that Einstein changed the world as we know it.

I am a fan of Einstein, and as a layman have been fascinated by quantum theory and relativity. From time to time I have been deeply impressed or moved by quotes I have read from Einstein. This book puts it all together.

This is much better than a biography or autobiography. The editor has done a nearly perfect job of selecting and organizing quotes from Einstein so that the reader can understand his life, his intellect, his politics, and his spirituality.

This is a book that everyone will enjoy and profit from. It is fun to read and can be kept by the bedside (or even the john) and digested bit by bit for maximum entertainment and enlightenment. As the reader will learn, Einstein is a mere mortal, and has human faults and foibles, but as the reader will also learn, Einstein is a person of great depth and breadth.

Review by Len Oppenheim

The Golden Frog

Michael Mamas

A few months ago a read a book that really touched me. I normally read non-fiction and like to study, in a general way, things like physics, joytish, vaastu, palmistry etc. A friend, who was awestruck, told me I had to read The Golden Frog, a novel by Dr. Michael Mamas.

It's one of those novels where you know every word is true. It's the story of a young boy, born in Ohio, who grows up to be a great spiritual teacher in the Vedic tradition of Enlightened teachers.

I understand that in real life Dr. Mamas, while a student at Ohio State, began to experience different levels of enlightenment, but had never heard the word enlightenment. Eventually he found Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and sold his Vet practice to study privately, for about 10 years, with various teachers that Maharishi sent him to.

The novel conveys his life experiences and seems to be an attempt by someone who will likely become a well known teacher to say, "Hey I'm over here."

Review by Randy Connare

The Golden Frog, by Michael Mamas, is a unique piece of didactic fiction which will never find its way onto any "best seller" lists, but which will provide pleasure and insight to many who read it. On the cover of the book a reviewer describes it as "The Hardy Boys meet Harry Potter in a spiritual adventure that's ahead of its time." While reading it, I had the thought that it could best be described as "Narcissus and Goldman Lite."

The dual protagonists, Bruce and Nathaniel, grow up in Beaver Cleaver world in an Ohio suburb. Bruce eventually becomes a practicing psychologist while Nathaniel seeks enlightenment in India, eventually returns to become a veterinarian and finally a spiritual mentor.

While at times I was a little put off by the didactic and stylized form used by the author, in the end the sweetness, wisdom, and connection to Truth won me over. I really enjoyed reading this book and very highly recommend it.

Review by Len Oppenheim

Truth vs. Falsehood: How To Tell The Difference

David R. Hawkins, MD, PhD

The long awaited 4th book by Dr. David R Hawkins , author of best selling Power vs. Force.

This book's exploration into the truth of man's activities is unique, intriguing, and provocative. From a new perspective, one quickly grasps the levels of truth expressed by the media, the arts, writers, painters, architecture, movies, TV, politics, and war, as well as academia and the greatest thinkers and philosophies through the ages and up to present-day science, and advanced theories of the nature of the universe. Most importantly, the ego and its structure are revealed to facilitate the understanding of religious and spiritual truths expressed by the mystics and enlightened sages over the centuries. It becomes apparent why the human mind, unaided, has been intrinsically incapable of discerning truth from falsehood. A simple test is described that, in seconds, can solve riddles that have been irresolvable by mankind for centuries.

This book delivers far more than it promises.

Shut Up! An Ancient Mantra for Complete Happiness

Dvorah Adler

The Simple Truth Your Guru, Therapist and Grandmother Forgot to Tell You

After reading the Shut Up book, I feel as if I was finally given a true taste of what spiritual practices are all about. Can you imagine? After 40 years, I finally feel unconditionally happy (at least, I have for the past couple of days) and amazingly at ease. Dvorah (who made me feel as if we're good friends) combines deep insight with fun and razor-sharp humor, to bring us an inspirational and transformational book that leaves us content and comfortable with our life's circumstances. This book is for people who've been struggling with their self esteem, mental outlook, and daily spiritual practices for a long time, and have still come up empty-handed.

Her chapters read like my life story: When will it get better? Why do I make the same mistakes over and over again? When will I ever learn? After all my meditations and therapy, why am I still so angry? Where is my soul mate? When will I be enlightened? And my personal favorite: How many past lives have I had, and how many more do I need to be free? This book is not only immensely entertaining, but offers a fresh perspective on some well known, overly analyzed and debated topics.

The Shut Up book, as I like to call it, is a pleasant surprise in the field of spiritual, self-help, and New Age books. It goes back to the basic, intuitive knowledge that we've all been born with, but have forgotten in the multitude of knowledge and practices that are available these days. She touches us deeply with love and humor, the kind that makes you move through another day, without regret or wishful thinking, helping us remember how much fun it can be.

I highly recommend this book to anyway who has ever asked the question, "Who am I, what am I doing here, and where am I going?"

Review by Angela Sandoval

What The Bleep Do We Know!?

Our best selling DVD of all time

What The Bleep Do We Know !? deals with the latest connections between Science, physics and spirituality. Our own Dr. John Hagelin is featured in this must have film. What the Bleep was the sleeper hit of 2004, and since it did not get broad distribution you may have missed in the theater. If you have not seen it, you are in for a magnificent treat. If you have seen it once or more, then you know it is a film to be watched over and over. A must for any spiritual seekers collection. This is a great movie to share with friends, as it may open them up to all sorts of possibilities and understandings that may have eluded them.

The Synchronized Universe: New Science of the Paranormal

Claude Swanson, Ph.D.

All my life I have been driven by the desire to know things, to seek answers, and to try to put together the puzzle of what reality is, and how to explain many of the great mysteries of life and human experience.

I think that the author of this book, Swanson, is a soul-mate of mind. He seems driven by the same motives and interests. The difference is that I just read about things and he has actually done the work, done the studies, and compiled them into this most remarkable book.

Swanson is obviously bright (MIT undergraduate degree) and accomplished (Ph.D. and other advanced degrees in physics from Princeton and Cornell.) Furthermore his hero, the Nobel Prize winning physicist Richard Feynman, is also my personal hero. Here in Swanson's own words is his approach to life, which is reflected in this book:

I often wonder how my physics education would have been different if, instead of conducting experiments on radioactivity and superconductivity, for which physics has very good theories, if I had taken the same equipment and gone to a haunted house! Or measured the energy fields around healers as they worked. Then, instead of confirming the science of the textbook, I would have measured things that defy the textbooks. Unfortunately, my curriculum did not include such adventures, and it was ten years later before I got around to those more unconventional pursuits

But it is an important lesson for all scientists. Our educational curriculum is designed to convince that the theories in the book are true. There are no organized curricula in physics departments which encourage the student to seek out the strange places and events that break the rules.

Science has no clue about what consciousness is, for example. There is no adequate physical theory of it, and yet each one of us has one (it?). It is familiar but inexplicable. In this book we have reviewed other subjects which science cannot explain: the out-of-body experience, remote viewing, ESP, prophecy (knowledge of the future), the effects of group consciousness… and psycho kinesis (PK) to name a few. These have been proven repeatedly in laboratory experiments over decades, with the rules of scientific statistics and controls. By any objective measure, they are real phenomena. [Emphasis added]

So, that pretty much tells you where the author is coming from and what this book is about. All that I will add is that it is remarkably readable and the data and experiments chosen are fascinating and often mind-blowing. Swanson is not only an accomplished scientist; but he has obviously done his homework on the spiritual side, citing references from many profound sources. I loved this book!! I hope you will give it a try. Whether you are a believer or a skeptic, a seeker or a finder, a scientist or a layman, I am almost certain you will enjoy the data and the presentation.

Review by Len Oppenheim

The Science of Getting Rich

Wallace D. Wattles

As the title of Wattles' work suggests, this book is first and foremost a guide to acquiring wealth. However there is more to life than achieving financial success, and that is why the author also treats the successful life in general. After making the fundamental claim that everyone has the right to be rich, he puts forward his principles for practical action, aimed to "make the most of yourself." These principles include acting efficiently and getting into the right business, as well as expressing gratitude. The single most important principle stated by the author is creativity. Throughout the book he focuses on the power of thought, and shows how to use willpower for achieving goals. Pointing out that life is a self-fulfilling prophecy, he advocates the purposeful direction of thought and action.

According to Wattles, the philosophy of the book is based on a monistic viewpoint of the universe, which is also the foundation of oriental philosophy. Because all of life is connected, the author discourages competition and urges the reader to create value instead. By getting rich in a creative way, no harm is done to other people; on the contrary, others will benefit from the inspiration that comes from the successful person. Arguing strongly in the tradition of John Ruskin that there is no wealth but life, Wattles with his work has created the ancestor of many a modern self-help and personal finance book.

Heart of a Gopi

Raihana Tyabji

Heartwarming tales of Krishna and the Gopis.

Very devotional.

India: Mirror of Truth: A Seven Year Pilgrimage

Steve Briggs

India: Mirror of Truth is the true story of an American Purusha (celibate devotee of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi) sent to India by Maharishi to teach meditation. The author's life-transforming seven-year spiritual odyssey took him from the coastal waters of Kerala to the high Tibetan plateau. Along the way, he encountered saints and shamans, politicians and pundits, astrologers and ascetics, villagers and artisans. He visited ancient holy sites, met swamis living at the source of the Ganges, participated in arcane purificatory rituals, experienced the excitement of thirty million pilgrims at the Kumbha Mela as guest of a maharaja, initiated India's elite into meditation, and shared the company of lamas at Tibetan monasteries in Ladakh in an awesome journey that is as culturally rich as it is spiritually stirring.

Former University of Arizona athletic star and tennis coach, Steve Briggs, spent 21 years on Purusha, his last seven teaching Indian managers to meditate. After seven years teaching meditation in India, the author settled into a remote ashram in the Himalaya before returning to the west in 2002 where he wrote India: Mirror of Truth. Steve lives in Fairfield, Iowa with his wife, Bhumi, and her son.

Deeksha: The Fire from Heaven

Kiara Windrider

"Enlightenment is very easy," says Bhagavan, "and everyone should get enlightened." This quote is lifted from the back cover of perhaps the most remarkable book I have ever read. The author, Kiara Windrider, describes his experiences of enlightenment along with the experiences of many others. This "gift" of enlightenment comes from an Indian man of God, formerly known as "Kalki," but now self-described as "Bhagavan."

The enlightening process is a transmission of energy called deeksha. Bhagavan says that enlightenment is a neurobiological process, and that all it takes is a little adjustment in the brain, which then allows the cosmic energies to flow through and dissolve the concept that we carry around of a separately existing "self," which is in fact only an illusion of perception.

The book claims that we are entering into a new, golden age and enlightenment will be more and more easily attained. The book is well written, the experiences of enlightenment are compelling and credible, and I would think that any "spiritual seeker" would find this book fascinating and perhaps most inspiring. Review by Len Oppenheim

One Song: A New Illuminated Rumi

Michael Green

The extensive body of work by 13th-century mystic poet Jelaluddin Rumi continues to fascinate readers with a taste for the spiritual. His writings, which speak passionately of truth, enlightenment, and love for God, appeal to those of all religions. Translations of Rumi's writings by the contemporary poet Coleman Barks have sold more than 500,000 copies since 1981. Now acclaimed illustrator Michael Green—who collaborated with Barks on The Illuminated Rumi (Broadway Books)—has produced a new and fabulous mystic fusion of sacred poetry and art. This all-new volume features rare poems of Rumi, some of which have never before been translated. There are many collections of Rumi's poetry, but few are illustrated and none as beautifully as this full-color book.

Signs of the Times: The End of the World and the Coming Golden Age

Robert Fitzgerald

The author presents a fascinating account of how time and history follow an astrological structure. This structure consists of astrological ages that are chronicled from before the Age of Cancer, and the invention of agriculture around the world, to the present end of the Age of Pisces, and the much-prophesied apocalyptic end of the world.

Within this pattern an end-time cycle emerges that explains the Apocalyptic energies we see around us today. Astrology also promises, in the coming Age of Aquarius, a new golden age and gives us indications of what needs to be done to survive the end-time.

Where God Lives: The Science of the Paranormal and How Our Brains Are Linked to the Universe

Melvin Morse, M.D., with Paul Perry

Every so often we discover a little gem of a book that is so good, so sweet, and so universal that we take great pleasure in recommending it to everyone. Where God Lives is the perfect example of a perfect little book.

The author, Melvin Morse, M.D. is a pediatrician who practices in Seattle. Early in his medical career he encountered a case of a child who recovered after a Near Death Experience (NDE.) This led him to seek out and treat numerous children who had NDE's. This book relates his experiences with these unique patients, and what they taught him about life, consciousness, the brain, and spirituality.

Whether you consider yourself a "spiritual person," or a scientific materialist, the data and conclusions in this book will be well worth considering. Morse's data and conclusion concerning the functioning of the right temporal lobe of the brain and how it can shape one's perceptions of reality and relationship to humanity and the universe are fascinating and enlightening.

I give this book my highest recommendation for all readers from all walks of life.

Review by Len Oppenheim

Om Ma: Anandamayi Ma

Mangalananda

A short biography of Anandamayi, Ma is filled with beautiful, inspiring stories and includes a number of black and white photos.

Sri Anandamayi Ma (1896-1982) was one of the most influential spiritual luminaries of the Twentieth Century. Her devotees ranged from Prime Ministers and great Saints down to the simplest villagers, and people came from all over the world to simply see Her and sit in Her presence. Though virtually uneducated, She spoke with the authority of direct experience and captivated all with Her sweetness and power. To this day, Her presence and guidance is felt by those who turn to Her in prayer, and Her life is an inspiration to all who feel drawn to the spiritual Path. This book gives an informal introduction to Her life and teachings with the hope that it will direct seekers of Truth to the great source of virtue and blessing which is Anandamayi Ma.

Transcending the Levels of Consciousness

David R Hawkins

Transcending the Levels of Consciousness, explores the ego's expressions and inherent limitations and gives detailed explanations and instructions on how to transcend them. It expands the understanding of the levels of consciousness, as presented in the now widely known Map of Consciousness. This book focuses on the individual, and studies the experiential, subjective blocks to the advancement of consciousness that leads to progressive spiritual awareness and on to higher levels of consciousness—preparatory to advanced states, such as Enlightenment itself. By analyzing the various obstacles and levels to be transcended, certain principles that support spiritual evolution are self-revealing. This book is a practical manual rather than a comprehensive analysis.

A Brief Tour of Higher Consciousness: A Cosmic Book on the Mechanics of Creation

Itzhak Bentov

A Brief Tour of Higher Consciousness, by Itzhak Bentov is the best (and most fun) introduction to the modern idea of Enlightenment combined with quantum physics that I have ever come across. And I have been swimming in these "Enlightenment" waters for over 35 years now.

This is the same Itzhak Bentov who, on his last plane ride, as he was boarding the plane, realized that no one on the plane had an aura and he knew that they were all destined to crash. He got on the plane anyway because he knew it was time to move on to greater things. Please just treat this as a rumor.

This little book of 113 pages is light, fun, profound, and mathematical. The author relates the ultimate meaning of the Universe with both the Hebrew and Sanskrit alphabets. Every single one of you should own this book, or at least read it. I especially like the chapter about the Devas because it so closely parallels my own experience.

The subtitle of this tome is also revealing: "A Cosmic Book on the Mechanics of Creation." Wonderful.

Review by Michael Laughrin

About the Author

Itzhak Bentov was a mechanical engineer who combined a brilliant mind for mechanisms and structures with a lifelong interest in meditation, to describe quantum physics and the advanced states of higher awareness in ways easily grasped by readers.

Stalking the Wild Pendulum: On the Mechanics of Consciousness

Itzhak Bentov

In his exciting and original view of the universe, Itzhak Bentov has provided a new perspective on human consciousness and its limitless possibilities. Widely known and loved for his delightful humor and imagination, Bentov explains the familiar world of phenomena with perceptions that are as lucid as they are thrilling. He gives us a provocative picture of ourselves in an expanded, conscious, holistic universe.

About the Author

Itzhak Bentov was a mechanical engineer who combined a brilliant mind for mechanisms and structures with a lifelong interest in meditation to describe quantum physics and the advanced states of higher awareness in ways easily grasped by readers.

Robert Anton Wilson Explains Everything (or Old Bob Exposes His Ignorance)

Robert Anton Wilson

From the author of the legendary underground classic The Illuminatus! Trilogy and many other works comes an unprecedented event: a once-in-a-lifetime meeting with Robert Anton Wilson – captured live on audio. Robert Anton Wilson Explains Everything (or Old Bob Exposes His Ignorance) brings us face to face with one of the most unconventional and brilliant writers of our time, affording listeners an inside view of this enigmatic (and sometimes misunderstood) novelist, visionary, and "stand-up comic for the mystically inclined."

In four engrossing sessions of conversation, Robert Anton Wilson delves into such topics as futurist psychology, the paranormal, God, political conspiracies (real and imagined), the Eight Stages of Consciousness and how to obtain them, life extension and space migration, the origins of language, guerrilla ontology, and much more. Wilson also offers a rare glimpse into his early years growing up in an Irish-American ghetto of New York, his friendship with Timothy Leary, his investigations into various magicks – plus a mind-expanding exploration of Wilson’s newest insights into the state of the human predicament.

This Collectors Edition also includes three classic Robert Anton Wilson lectures: The Acceleration of Knowledge, The New Inquisition, and Religion for the Hell of It.

Secrets in the Fields: The Science & Mysticism of Crop Circles

Freddy Silva

Silva, who has worked in graphic design and advertising for most of his professional life, conveys his keen passion for earth mysticism in this probing examination of crop circles. He examines the history of crop circles, human interactions with them, their probable implications, and, in a section that is alone worth the price of the books for supporters, their effects on our current worldview. Silva also delves deeply into the evidence for crop circles' authenticity. In arguing that they are transhuman events, he discusses the role of electromagnetism and its effects, UFO phenomena and their relation to crop circles, the relationship between crop circles and healing, evidence supporting psychic ability, and language's ability to affect information consciously and subconsciously (this section is sure to stimulate those who suspect that crop circles are a hoax). Readers may be inspired to reexamine preconceived ideas, as Silva's explanations are detailed and well researched and avoid technical jargon. Footnotes and an extensive bibliography encourage further exploration.

Mind Trek: Exploring Consciousness, Time and Space through Remote Viewing

Joseph McMoneagle

A gripping book on a very fascinating subject. Remote viewing is the ability to correctly perceive and describe previously unknown people, places, objects or events. The author had a near death experience and upon awakening perceived psychic flashes … later he was confirmed as a world-class remote viewer. McMoneagle was recruited for a top military program code name Stargate, to develop remote viewing skills for national security purposes. The author has been featured on ABC’s Nightline and in articles in Newsweek and Time. In this book he demonstrates how the proper use of Remote Viewing can unleash great intuitive resources within all of us

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Yantra Mahima

Dr. M.H.K Shastri and PT. Laxmi Kant Vashisth

“The book deals with yantra pooja, design of yantras, the mantras (text with transliteration) being used for worshipping the yantra, energizing (praan prathistha) the yantra & other usages of the yantras. The contents of this book are purely based on old Sanskrit classic. A detailed method of worshiping the yantras is given in the book which would be beneficial for the readers. Contents: Chapters on Introduction, Iconography & Yantras, Astrology & Yantras, Yantra Pooja, Ganesh Yantras, Gayatri Yantras, Devi Yantras, Shiv Yantras, Vishnu Yantras, Surya Yantras, Hanuman Yantras, Astrological Yantras, Numerical Yantras, Saundriya Lahri Yantras, Bhairon Yantras, Vastu Yantras, Six Rites Yantras, Other Yantras.”

The Yantras of Deities and their Numerological Foundations

Frederick W. Bunce

“The author, an internationally known scholar of oriental art, examines a range of tantric yantras, with their varieties, applications, modes of construction and, above all, their iconographic features. Also inter-woven in his text are lucid descriptions of all else associated with a yantra, notably, its deity, its specific purpose, its predominant and secondary numbers and its mantra.

Carrying beautiful visual representations of over a hundred yantras, Professor Bunce's study holds out enduring appeal to the readers concerned not only with the iconography of tantric yantras, but their mystifying under-pinnings as well." (jacket)

Hidden Truth Forbidden Knowledge

Steven M. Greer M.D.

A fascinating account of near death experience, cosmic consciousness, government cover-ups, UFO’s, and the coming age of enlightenment. The author is a brilliant ER physician with personal experiences with UFO’s going back to his youth. "In Hidden Truth – Forbidden Knowledge Dr. Greer provides his own personal disclosure based on years of high-level meetings with over 450 military and government-connected insiders and whistle-blowers and briefings with senior government officials, such as former CIA Director R. James Woolsey, members of the US Senate and senior UN officials. In addition to these disclosures, Hidden Truth – Forbidden Knowledge unveils the actual contact experiences Dr. Greer has had with UFOs and Extraterrestrial Civilizations, beginning as a young child. In one of the most amazing and moving personal stories ever shared, he explains how after a prolonged near-death experience at age 17, he experienced cosmic consciousness and found the Rosetta Stone of ET contact: the power of the unbounded mind within each of us. Later this led to numerous Close Encounters of the 5th Kind; contact with ET’s initiated by Dr. Greer and later by larger groups of people through the CSETI (Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence) project." Believer or skeptic, this book will make you think twice.

Yoga Consciousness in Ancient Mystery Religions

Tony Butcher

Tony is a long time TM meditator and Siddha. In this new book he shows us how to interpret fairy tales in a new way in the light of the teachings of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and other mystery school philosophies. From the ancient Egyptian writings of Thoth, to the Yoga Sutras, Tony shows how this ancient knowledge all weaves together to point the way to liberation.

The author takes 10 well known fairy tales and views them as coded messages on transcendental realities, describing their mystic symbolism. From Cinderella to Snow White, learn the real meaning of what these stories are telling us about our true natures. And on some level you will have realized you have known this all along.

Namarupa

Various Authors

We don’t usually recommend magazines, but Tony sent me Namarupa, a unique publication with articles about India, its masters, and its teachings, along with many fantastic photos. I would highly recommend this issue (Number 6) for its excellent interviews and articles about Nisargadatta. There was a fabulous interview conducted by Claudia Turnbull, who many in the Fairfield community would know. She interviewed Naga Baba Rampuri. I think the interview is superb, and after you read it you may wish to read his book, Baba: Autobiography of a Blue-Eyed Yogi. This is a book I found most fascinating and reviewed here a number of months ago.

Review by Len Oppenheim

John of God

Heather Cumming & Karen Leffler

John of God is a famous Brazilian healer who has been seen by millions of people. Now his story has been put into book form. John of God is the incredible story of an illiterate man who has healed many. The book is filled with testimonials by many who have been cured by this simple man. The genesis of the book was to present documentation of the many testimonials of those whose lives were touched by this healer and matured into the first complete accounting of John’s incredible story. The book is filled with stirring words and photographs.

Kundalini-From Hell to Heaven

Ganga Karmokar

Questions and answers on the awakening of the Kundalini energy, the book is not a how to; neither is the focus on theories but on actual experiences by people who have gone through the process, as well as questions and answers on what the process of awakening the Kundalini energy means to us on a physical and spiritual level. This book is a must read for anyone going through or just curious about awakening Kundalini.

Ringing Cedars of Russia: Anastasia

Vladimir Megre

The first book of the Ringing Cedars Series, tells the story of entrepreneur Vladimir Megre's trade trip to the Siberian taiga in 1995, where he witnessed incredible spiritual phenomena connected with sacred 'ringing cedar' trees. He spent three days with a woman named Anastasia who shared with him her unique outlook on subjects as diverse as gardening, child-rearing, healing, Nature, sexuality, religion and more. This wilderness experience transformed Vladimir so deeply that he abandoned his commercial plans and, penniless, went to Moscow to fulfil Anastasia's request and write a book about the spiritual insights she so generously shared with him. True to her promise this life-changing book, once written, has become an international best-seller and has touched hearts of millions of people world-wide.

Ringing Cedars of Russia: Ringing Cedars of Russia

Vladimir Megre

The second book of the Series, in addition to providing a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the story of how Anastasia came to be published, offers a deeper exploration of the universal concepts so dramatically revealed in Book 1. It takes the reader on an adventure through the vast expanses of space, time and spirit – from the Paradise-like glade in the Siberian taiga to the rough urban depths of Russia's capital city, from the ancient mysteries of our forebears to a vision of humanity's radiant future.

Ringing Cedars of Russia: The Space of Love

Vladimir Megre

The third book of the Series, describes author's second visit to Anastasia. Rich with new revelations on natural child-rearing and alternative education, on the spiritual significance of breast-feeding and the meaning of ancient megaliths, it shows how each person's thoughts can influence the destiny of the entire Earth and describes practical ways of putting Anastasia's vision of happiness into practice. Megre shares his new outlook on education and children's real creative potential after a visit to a school where pupils build their own campus and cover the ten-year Russian school programme in just two years. Complete with an account of an armed intrusion into Anastasia's habitat, the book highlights the limitless power of Love and non-violence.

Ringing Cedars of Russia: Co-creation

Vladimir Megre

The fourth book and centrepiece of the Series, paints a dramatic living image of the creation of the Universe and humanity's place in this creation, making this primordial mystery relevant to our everyday living today. Deeply metaphysical yet at the same time down-to-Earth practical, this poetic heart-felt volume helps us uncover answers to the most significant questions about the essence and meaning of the Universe and the nature and purpose of our existence. It also shows how and why the knowledge of these answers, innate in every human being, has become obscured and forgotten, and points the way toward reclaiming this wisdom and – in partnership with Nature – manifesting the energy of Love through our lives.

Ringing Cedars of Russia: Who Are We

Vladimir Megre

The fifth book of the Series, describes the author's search for real-life 'proofs' of Anastasia's vision presented in the previous volumes. Finding these proofs and taking stock of ongoing global environmental destruction, Vladimir Megre describes further practical steps for putting Anastasia's vision into practice. Full of beautiful realistic images of a new way of living in co-operation with the Earth and each other, this book also highlights the role of children in making us aware of the precariousness of the present situation and in leading the global transition toward a happy, violence-free society.

Ringing Cedars of Russia: Book of Kin

Vladimir Megre

The sixth book of the Series, describes another visit by the author to Anastasia's glade in the Siberian taiga and his conversations with his growing son, which cause him to take a new look at education, science, history, family and Nature. Through parables and revelatory dialogues and stories Anastasia then leads Vladimir Megre and the reader on a shocking re-discovery of the pages of humanity's real history that have been distorted or kept secret for thousands of years. This knowledge sheds light on the causes of war, oppression and violence in the modern world and guides us in preserving the wisdom of our ancestors and passing it over to future generations.

Aghora: At the Left Hand of God

Robert E. Svoboda

A classic all time best seller Aghora :At the Left Hand of God is a view of the left path of Tantra. The story of a Hindu Shaman.. a trickster that teaches with sharp dark truths interspersed with humour. The story is fascinating ..the path for the very few. This is one of 21st Century’s all time best sellers.. If you are looking for spirituality from unlikely places this book is one you should not overlook. This explains the tantric path in great detail .. more so then you may even wish to know., showing how the typical western view of Tantra is over simplified and homogenized.

Medicine of Light: A Shaman's Journey through Mystic Space-Time

Amarananda Bhairavan

If you enjoyed Kali’s Odiiyya (see review August 2007 newsletter) you may be interested in Amarananda Bhairavan’s latest book: Medicine of Light: A Shaman’s Journey through Mystic Space-Time . This exciting story contains information about incarnation, karma, the subtle body and the "cosmology" of consciousness. More than a New Age novel, Medicine of Light will make you want to read it in one sitting and come back again and again for its valuable teachings in consciousness.

Water Crystal Healing: Music & Images to Restore your Well-Being

Masaru Emoto

From the bestselling author of The Secret Life of Water comes a two-CD collection of classical music to aid in physical and emotional healing, accompanied by a book of commentary and his signature water crystal photographs. Full color.

The Head Trip: Adventures on the Wheel of Consciousness

Jeff Warren

This is one of those very rare non-fiction books that is so easy to read and so interesting and well framed that it sucks the reader into its web just like a great novel.

The first 150 pages or so deals with the nature of sleep. The neurology, the physiology and the subjective experiences are all dealt with in a coherent and personalized manner. I can’t begin to explain how fascinating it is to learn so much about sleep, something which we so take for granted, and yet which is so little understood. This was truly an amazing section; funny, entertaining, and full of science and insights that are so good I would call them “gifts” from the author.

Most of us have some familiarity with the concepts of deep sleep and REM sleep. Few of us I would venture to say, know much if anything about the Hypnagogic, The Watch, The Lucid Dream, The Trance, The SMR, or The Pure Conscious Event. Each of the above is the subject of a chapter in the book. Each chapter is fascinating and enlightening. I really feel enriched by the lessons about sleep and even find myself enjoying the act of going to sleep, sleeping, and even waking in the middle of the night now that I understand so much more about it. If the book was complete with only the final chapter on sleep that would be more than enough to recommend this as one of the best books I have read in many years. I feel that I cannot emphasize enough how reading this book has enhanced my experiences and enjoyment of going to sleep, sleeping, and even waking up!

What is particularly charming about this book is that the author has not only done an excellent job of researching the subject, more importantly he has made himself a guinea pig, participating in a number of studies and experimenting with various techniques himself. His experiences and commentaries are very rich and most fascinating.

But there is more, as the author goes on to explore the waking state and its many nuances. His exploration of hypnosis, day dreams, SMR, and a newer more sophisticated form of neurofeedback covers fascinating territories with the same thoroughness, insightfulness, and personal participation as his studies of the sleep states.

This is one of those books I want everyone to read. I hope many of you will enjoy this as much as I did. The last book I felt this strongly about, in terms of its universal appeal was The Omnivore’s Dilemma.

Review by Len Oppenheim

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The Mystical I

Joel Goldsmith

An Advaita book from the Christian perspective. Joel speaks of the risen Christ as a metaphor of our own resurrection to full embody the “I” dying to the small i. Using quotes from the New Testament Goldsmith shows us the obvious misinterpretations of many of the sacred words. Someone once told me that Goldsmith was initiated by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in the 60’s…though I cannot confirm that, Joel’s writing seems in synch with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi philosophy.

Here is my friend and Advaita teacher Michael Baxter’s commentary on The Mystical I

“Finally, a little book that bridges the big gap between Christianity and Advaita Vedanta!

“Although the ideas in this book are presented in Christian terms, they are clear expressions of Advaitic principles. At their very core is the assertion that I-ness itself is the key, both to understanding who or what God is and to one’s personal journey back to Him.

According to Mr Goldsmith, we find in God the True I-ness, in Jesus the pure reflected I am-ness, and in man the familiar feeling of i-ness at the center of each experience. Here are a few of the pages on which Mr Goldsmith says something very interesting,

• p. 31 .. the ‘I’ of me is the ‘I’ of you .. I am recognizing your I-ness ..
• p. 39 ‘I’ is the presence of God .. that Self is ‘I’ .. ‘I’ is that very God ..
• p. 50 It is in this word, ‘I’, that you find the entire secret of the spiritual message given to the world by Jesus Christ …
• p. 50 Rightly interpreted, the words ‘I am the way’ mean … ‘I’ is the way …
• p. 51 Is there any He within you other than the ‘I’ of your own being … your own Self? …
• p. 57 The revelation of Jesus Christ is that ‘I’ is the way …
• p. 74 When you understand that Jesus used the word, ‘I’, in two different ways …
• p. 132 Again we come to that word, ‘I’, and the two ways of using it ..

These and many similar statements have helped me to appreciate both traditions and their essential unity. Whatever your faith is, I hope you’ll enjoy this small but potent book as much as I do. “

Review by Michael Baxter

New Lives: 50 Westerners Search for Themselves in Sacred India

Malcolm Tillis

A engrossing study of 50 Westerners living ascetic lives in India.. many have been there for decades and have renounced all ties to the Western world.

Among the individuals we meet are…

• Vijayananda, a devotee of the great saint Anandamayi Ma
• Ani Tenzin Palmo (Diana Perry), who lived and meditated in a cave over 12,000 feet in the mountains
• Swami Jnanananda, who spent years wandering and meditating in the Himalayas in the company of saints and yogis
• Lucia Osborne, wife of author Arthur Osborne, a close follower of the great sage Ramana Maharshi
• Father Bede Griffith, a Benedictine monk who has formulated a synthesis of Christianity and Hinduism

Many of the seekers have left successful material lives behind in exchange for the inner wealth of the spirit.

The book is in interview format and is a must for any one interested in the many diverse paths of the spiritual journey.

Please note: This title will be put on back order and ship end of May

Banaras Region: A Spiritual Guide

Rana P.B. Singh and Pravin S. Rana

An encyclopedic study of the Banaras area. The book is broken down into 3 sections.

The first section deals with the historical background of Banaras as well as its many religious festivals. It includes a suggested detailed area walk specifically for spiritual pilgrims. The section also includes many drawings of local temples.

The second deals with the area immediately surrounding Banaras, and includes visits to Goddess areas and an ancient Shiva temple.

The third section covers areas further away, such as as Baijanath Dham, City of Shiva.

A wonderful resource filled with maps and line drawings. This is a spiritual travel guide to an area where one’s self can easily be lost.

My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey

Jill Bolte Taylor

A first hand account of Jill’s experience of a massive stroke. She became a silent witness to her body’s breakdown and subsequent healing. Observing her left brain dying she experienced her right brain taking over, with the corresponding feelings of euphoric nirvana, a deep feeling of spiritual oneness and total peace. Because the author is herself a brain scientist her astute observations become even more compelling.

If you have yet to do so, watch her powerful video on YouTube, then buy her book.

Jill states that the stroke is the best thing that ever happened to her, having taught her that the feeling of nirvana is never more than a thought away. Her remarkable insights are, for me, verification of much of the true spiritual/Advaita literature. I found this to be a fascinating book.

“I was, by anyone’s standard, no longer normal. In my own unique way, I had become severely mentally ill. And I must say, there was both freedom and challenge for me in recognizing that our perception of the external world, and our relationship to it, is a product of neurological circuitry. For all those years of my life, I really had been a figment of my own imagination.” —Jill Bolte Taylor

Review by Tony Kainauskas

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Creating the Soul Body: The Sacred Science of Immortality

Robert E. Cox

Former Purusha (celibate male follower of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi) Robert Cox's latest book has recently been published: Creating the Soul Body: The Sacred Science of Immortality .

“Robert Cox maps the spiritual journey of consciousness and reveals the process of creating an immortal soul body. He also shows that this ancient spiritual knowledge (from Vedic, Egyptian and Hebraic traditions) resembles advanced theories of modern science, such as wave and particle theory and the unified field theory, and reveals that modern science is only now awakening to this ancient science of immortality.”

Robert goes on to explain how ancient civilizations were much more intelligent than our own, and how the ancients' science of consciousness surpasses even the most advanced physical theories of today.

The Phenomenon of Man

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

This book is probably one of the most significant books written. Teilhard describes how ever expanding consciousness, which he calls the interior of things, powers the flow of evolution in an ever increasing expression of Being. De Chardin was trained as a scientist and paleontologist as well as being a Jesuit priest. He was the co-discoverer of Peking Man.

Teilhard systematically observes how there is a pattern in nature, moving from a simple aggregate of atoms, to a synthesis into molecules and into organic matter, finally resulting in self-reflective man. He postulates this inner nature as organizing the external nature of matter. This inner nature has the effect of being anti-entropic. With each step towards greater complexity there is a greater expression of consciousness, which he defines as the ability to make a greater number of responses to a given stimuli. Eventually, with man, the possible number of responses becomes infinite, as mankind has the ability to self reflect, and thus consciously effect the direction of evolution. As a culmination, he speculates on the next possible step in evolution past mankind, which would be a synthesis of humanity where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts, and each individual is completely fulfilled in this association.

This book is a must read for anyone interested in the growth of consciousness and evolution.

Review by John Theobald

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives

David Eagleman

Does heaven consist of all our desires coming true, therefore creating our own personal hell?

Does God spend his evenings reading Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein because he finally found a character who can relate to his own personal experiences?

Were we created by machines of subpar intelligence? Did they create us so they can come to us for the answers to which they themselves cannot fathom… only to be disappointed by a human creation that cannot provide these so called answers?

In the afterlife do we relive all our experiences but only this time in sequential order… sleeping for 30 years in a row… showering for 200 days... Sitting on the toilet for 5 months?

This creative book delves into 40 possibilities or visions of what the after life can look and feel like.

Each chapter is just a few pages long and can be read in a few moments. But the humor and understanding of the human condition in each of these snippets of the hereafter is profound. This is a truly unique book filled with much valuable insight on the human condition, both on a spiritual and materialistic manner. Written by a neuroscientist.

Review by Tony Kainauskas

The Final Event: Dawn of the Age of Truth

Robert Cox

The latest book by former Purusha member Robert Cox has just been published.

The Final Event provides major new insight into the timing and significance of the momentous events beginning now to unfold on planet earth at this most crucial period of human history. Based upon his own intuitive cognitions, the author ties together prophetic indicators derived from the Vedic, Egyptian, Christian, Greek, Judaic, and Mayan traditions. Robert predicts that the 42-month transition period, (that began June 2009) which marks the time of Tribulation, will end on December 21, 2012, when the light of the new Golden Age will first be seen.

Entangled Minds: Extrasensory Experiences in a Quantum Reality

Dean Radin

This is a book that I hope every single person will choose to read. Whether you are a Muslim, Jew, Christian, Buddhist, Hindu or Atheist; whether you are strict materialist or a believer in spirituality, whether you are rich or poor, a doctor, lawyer, Indian Chief, or welfare recipient I think you will appreciate this book and be a better informed person for having read it.

The book explores what I consider to be the most important philosophical and scientific issues we encounter in life. It deals with what the author calls "The New Reality", which is an important paradigm shift that is arrived at by a scientific and statistical analysis of PSI experiments all over the world, combined with the most cogent and easily understandable explanations of quantum mechanics I have ever read. It is rounded out by the author's understanding of the emerging paradigm of "entanglement".

The first 7 or 8 chapters (about 150 pages or so) are somewhat heavy on the statistical analysis, but done in a very easy-to-understand and fun-to-read style. The author lays out incredibly convincing evidence for the existence of PSI. PSI is a term that includes all sorts of mind-to-mind and mind-to-matter relationships. These include simple tests for ESP, and moves on to precognition, gut feelings, dreams, mind influencing matter etc. In my opinion, some of this stuff is so exciting and so mind-blowing or mind-boggling that it is impossible to read this book without getting very excited. After demonstrating beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of PSI, the author next tackles the more formidable job of trying to explain the mechanics of how it works. Chapter 12, A New Reality, I would rate as probably the single best chapter I have ever read in any book at any time. If one wants to skim the first 200 pages and go right to this chapter you will still get your money's worth.

One of my heros is Richard Feynman, Nobel Laureate physicist. (By the way, Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman—reviewed on this site, just click on the title—is one of my all-time favorite books.) Feynman believed that the single most important experiment in quantum physics was the famous "two-slit" experiment which demonstrates that light—and/or particles like electrons—are both particles and waves, depending upon how one observes them. In chapter 12 of this book, Dean Radin does the best job I have ever seen of explaining how the two-slit experiment works, what it implies about reality and consciousness and how we draw on it and our own understanding to better perceive the mysteries of creation, of time, space, and physical reality.

If you never read a book about relativity and quantum physics I can understand why it might be intimidating to do so. I think that the explanations in Chapter 12 are so well done and put into such a perfect context that anyone at all could gain great insight and pleasure from reading it. You might gain everything you need to know or grok from this single chapter rather than wading through hundreds or thousands of pages as I have done. The author does an outstanding job of presenting many different and credible theories of the mechanics of how PSI might operate. This, in turn, is done in the context of some very special insights into the nature of consciousness, group consciousness, and reality drawn from a scientific basis but integrated into a more holistic outlook.

I could go on and on, but this review is already too long. One of my favorite books of all time is The Holographic Universe, by Michael Talbot. I can't say that this book is quite as good or important as Talbot's book, but it is right up there with the best and most important books I have read that try to tie together themes of science and consciousness. Some of the studies about group consciousness and how it affected random numbers generated by computers is not only compelling, but mind-blowing.

Obviously I recommend this book as highly as I can and I do hope many of you will enjoy it nearly as much as I did.

Review by Len Oppenheim

Secret Journey to the Enlightened Mind: Life with Three Spiritual Giants of Our Age

Dr. James Weldon

Those of you who consider yourself spiritual seekers, and love to hear about "flashy experiences" will love reading Secret Journey to The Enlightened Mind: Life with Three Spiritual Giants of Our Age, by Dr. James Weldon.

Some readers told Tony they loved the book once they got past the first 60 or 80 pages, which dealt with the Author’s early years. In fact, I found his youth and upbringing and experiences very entertaining and quite useful in putting into context the rest of his life. The "sizzle" begins with his initiation into TM and his experiences with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. He goes on from there to associate with Siddha Yoga (Muktananda and his spiritual heir Gurumayi Childvilasananda). Finally, he finds his fulfillment with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.

The book has integrity. I felt the honesty of the experiences and enjoyed the journey. For those of you who, like me, enjoy autobiographical accounts of spiritual quests, this is a must read. It is truly a memorable spiritual saga, and for those of us who like to hear about the intimate details of spiritual enfoldment this is a true page-turner and not to be missed.

Review by Len Oppenheim

The Elixir of Immortality: A Modern-Day Alchemist's Discovery of the Philospher's Stone

Robert E. Cox

In 1989, while attempting to extract precious minerals from his property, a wealthy Arizonan obtained a mysterious white material that initially defied scientific attempts to identify it. After several years of testing, this substance was revealed to consist of gold and platinum—but in a form unknown to modern science. Further research showed that this powder, which had also been discovered to possess marvelous healing powers, contained monatomic forms of precious metals whose electron units had been altered to no longer display the physical, chemical, or electrical properties of the original elements. This substance, Robert Cox shows, bears eerie resemblance to the ultimate quest of the alchemists: the elixir of immortality.

The mysterious material-spiritual science of alchemy was once pervasive throughout the ancient world, spanning the globe from China and India to Egypt and medieval Europe. In The Elixir of Immortality, Robert Cox reviews the alchemical lore of these traditions and the procedures each used to produce this fabulous elixir. Using his own alchemical research, he then reveals secrets that have been kept hidden for millennia heuncovered in his own modern-day quest to rediscover this long-sought-after elixir of life.

ROBERT E. COX holds a master’s degree in Vedic Studies from the Institute of Creative Intelligence in Switzerland. He is the author of Creating the Soul Body and The Pillar of Celestial Fire and has spent more than 15 years engaged in alchemical-metallurgical research.

Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness Are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Univers

Robert Lanza

A very exciting and important book. The central thesis of this book is that "life creates the universe rather than vice versa". The thesis is developed using the multi-discipline backgrounds of the authors, which include leading edge biology, neuro-science, astronomy, quantum physics, and even common sense.

Here are a smattering of what I consider to be important quotes or insights found in this book: "Until recently, we thought we knew what the universe was made of, but it now turns out that 96 per cent of the universe is composed of dark matter and dark energy, and we have virtually no idea what they are." "It even turns out that the Big Bang has no answer for one of the greatest mysteries in the universe: why is the universe exquisitely fine-turned to support life?"

"It is well known that quantum theory, while working incredibly well mathematically, makes no logical sense…" "In the last few decades, there has been considerable discussion of a basic paradox in the construction of the universe as we know it. Why are the laws of physics exactly balanced for animal life to exist? For example, if the Big Bang had been one-part-in-a-million more powerful, it would have rushed out too fast for the galaxies and life to develop…"

"And this is one of the central themes of biocentrism and this book: that the animal observer creates reality and not the other way around."

The above should give you enough of a taste to figure out whether or not this is a book for you. I find this approach and thinking fascinating and meaningful. This is one of the best and most important books I have ever read.

Review by Len Oppenheim

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Cinema Nirvana: Enlightenment Teachings from the Movies

Dean Sluyter

Dean is a superb writer, film critic and teacher who infuses this book (his third) with deep spiritual insights (mostly Buddhist) about movies. A partial list of the films included in the book are…

• A Night at the Opera (Marx brothers)
• The Truman (true man) Show
• Momento
• A Fist Full of Dollars
• Casablanc
• Easy Rider
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
• The Godfather

He also unfolds his own personal spiritual journey throughout the book, including his many years in the TM Movement. Dean, who became a TM teacher in 1971, was among the earliest MIU graduates, receiving his M.A. in 1975. His course in Enlightened Literature at the Pingry School in New Jersey was the first program to offer TM instruction to high school students, and several Movement leaders got their start in Dean’s classroom. This is a hard book to put down, and you'll find yourself re-reading certain chapters to deepen your understanding, not just of the films, but also of Buddhist philosophy and psychology.

Review by Mark Wilensky