Here are my top eight books!

2024-10-18T00:00:00+01:00 | 1 minute read | Updated at 2024-10-24T13:55:37+02:00

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Here are my top eight books!

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Here’s some stuff I’ve been reading the last few months. Here are my top eight books!

Number one, Living Untethered, is a must-have as far as I’m concerned. It is very easy to understand and to the point, and will give you the theory and some sense of what self-realization is. I think with most of these books, the actual practical insights or exercises are lacking. The Direct Path: A User Guide has a lot of exercises, but I found them to be of low quality. I recommend finding and listening to Stephan Bodian for better exercises.

  1. Living Untethered: Beyond the Human Predicament by Michael A. Singer

  2. The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael A. Singer

  3. Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender by David R. Hawkins

  4. Shift into Freedom by Loch Kelly

  5. Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening by Joseph Goldstein

  6. Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond: A Meditator’s Handbook by Ajahn Brahm

  7. The Art of Meditation by Matthieu Ricard

  8. The Direct Path: A User Guide by Greg Goode

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You’ll find writings on non-duality, self-realization, Zen, Tantra and related topics here. My aim is to make these profound subjects approachable and digestible. I’ve found much of the literature abstract and inaccessible; understanding should be within everyone’s reach.

I’m a self-development addict; it’s fascinating to take yourself as the research object. I’ve explored various self-development trainings and retreats: primal therapy, shadow work, breath work, menswork, concentration meditation, etc. In the last decade, my main teachings come from Rinzai Zen under various teachers (mostly indebted to Jun Po Dennis Kelly Roshi - my most important teacher), and Tantra (various schools).

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