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• Watermelon Magic ~ Seeds of Wisdom, Slices of Life. A spiritual handbook to tickle you towards Truth! Simple, practical & easy to read, each page's hope and humor encourages us to laugh, dream and risk being ourselves. Solutions for overcoming adversity, inspirational quotes and anecdotes, "Wallymelon Lessons" to teach us to journey joyously through life's challenges.

• What Color is Your Parachute ~ a manual for finding new directions in your job, the gold standard of career guides.
• How to Find Your Mission in Life ~ originally created as an appendix in Parachute, written to answer one of the questions most often asked by job-hunters, "How do I go about finding out what my Mission in life is?"

• Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy ~ cognitive therapy, the essential process of learning to watch your thoughts and separate truth from the fictions your ego tells you; a key to creating a happy, peaceful reality.
• Ten Days to Self-Esteem ~ Practical exercises, a powerful new tool for achieving and maintaining self-confidence and an optimistic outlook--in 10 days. Charts and worksheets throughout. Comb binding.
• Feeling Good Handbook
• Intimate Connections ~ clinically proven program for making friends and finding a loving partner. $6.99 list

• Discover the Power Within You ~ inspirational classic that has led thousands of readers toward a vision of the divine within themselves. Butterworth interprets the Gospel in a fresh context, emphasizing a nonsectarian messag e of Truth for people everywhere. "Truly a life changer as many readers know. This book really does release the power within us all."--Norman Vincent Peale.
• The Universe Is Calling: Opening to the Divine Through Prayer ~ an essential, "dogma-free" spi4ritual guide. Now in paperback, this inspiring book opens a personal path to prayer and meditation to help anyone overcome life's imbalances, injustices, and illnesses. 

• Chicken Soup for the Soul: 101 Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit ~ recipes for spiritual healing--stories that represent the prime ingredients of what is possible, that warm the heart, delight the spirit, and confirm our right to be more fully human. 
• Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul  
• A 2nd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul  
• Chicken Soup for the Surviving Soul ~ 101 Stories to Comfort Cancer Patients and Their Loved Ones. The positive messages actually help patients' healing by improving their attitudes. Special batch of stories of people who are beating cancer and finding renewed meaning in their lives.
• A Cup of Chicken Soup for the Soul No selection is more than two pages long; best-loved sections from past Chicken Soups are here, including On Love, On Parents & Children, On Remembering, On Attitude, On Everyday Heroes, and Eclectic Wisdom. 
• Condensed Chicken Soup for the Soul ~ Over 100 of the best short stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul
• The Aladdin Factor ~ the magical wellspring of confidence and desire that turns dreams into reality--and how to put it into effect in your own life.

• The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism ~ new edition of this modern classic of science and mysticism includes a new afterword in which the author reviews the developments of the 15 years since the book's first publication. Capra responds to the criticisms the book has received, discusses current developments in physics, and posits future possibilities for a new scientific world view.
• The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems ~ The bestselling author of The Tao of Physics introduces radically new ideas about the nature of life. Here Capra prescribes a new scientific language to describe the interrelationships and interdependences of psychological, biological, physical, social and cultural phenomena. His findings provide an extraordinary new foundation for the ecological policies that will allow us to build and sustain communities without diminishing the opportunities for future generations. Simultaneous hardcover release.
• Uncommon Wisdom ~ Written for anyone who wants to know the philosophies of key figures in New Age thought, here is an introduction to serious New Age thinking. Capra charts his own intellectual odyssey and the evolution of a new consciousness through lively discussions with many of this century's most influential minds.
• Belonging to the Universe: Explorations on the Frontiers of Science and Spirituality ~ with David Steindl-Rast and Thomas Matus ~ a remarkably compatible new view of the universe offered by the trailblazer of new science and a contemporary of Thomas Merton. "An entertaining, thought-provoking book filled with conversations, quotations, and colorful stories that make science and theology come alive."--San Francisco Chronicle. Winner of the American Book Award. 

• The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success ~ A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams. How to align with the subtle yet powerful, unseen forces that affect the flow of money in our lives. Seven simple, yet powerful, principles that can easily be applied to create success in all areas of your life. 
• Ageless Body, Timeless Mind ~ The Quantum Alternative to Growing Old ~ Thanks to the extraordinary healing power of the mind-body connection, you can retain vitality, creativity, memory, and self-esteem as you age. 
• The Path to Love ~ Renewing the Power of Spirit in Your Life. Why the path to love has been lost--even though most of life is spent desperately searching for it--and how it can be found again
• Quantum Healing ~ Exploring the Frontiers of Mind Body Medicine. Dr. Chopra brings together the most recent research on this topic from Western medicine and the Ayuervedic medical tradition

• Dragon Doesn't Live Here Anymore ~ fulfillment is within everyone's reach; discover the power of love and self-acceptance in everyday life.
• A Deep Breath of Life: Daily Inspiration for Heart-Centered Living "Take a deep breath of life, and consider how it should be lived."
• Joy Is My Compass: Taking the Risk to Follow Your Bliss ~ empowering collection of insights on following one's own true path to "Joy." How to devote your attention, heart, and vision to nurture the spirit in life; how to hold that vision to live in joy and make happiness a priority. Published 12/96. 
• Rising in Love: Opening Your Heart in All Your Relationships ~ powerful guide for living and having successful relationships.
• Lifestyles of the Rich in Spirit: Living in a Win-Win World ~ Published 10/96

• Do Less, Achieve More: Discover the Hidden Power of Giving In ~ Claiming that "Life was meant to be easy," and "there is no need for suffering and struggle," Chin-Ning takes readers through the rainmaker's "three secrets: fine tuning your actions, putting your mind at ease, and tapping into the Divine power." 

• Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing, Dying ~ his newest book
• Still Here ~ audio cassette (abridged) 
• Be Here Now ~ a classic! Opening your mind to the present moment.
• Grist for the Mill of your awakening. Everything you do, every situation of your life is an opportunity to learn and grow on your spiritual path. 
• Journey of Awakening ~ A Meditator's Guidebook. The Practice of Meditation is the key to spiritual growth and insight, to becoming master of your mind.
• How Can I Help? Stories & Reflections on Service ~ Staying centered in the midst of suffering; especially for those in the helping professions, 
• Compassion in Action ~ Setting Out on the Path of Service (1995), encouragement and advice for those who want to commit time and energy to relieving suffering in the world. Cassette $15.95 (special order)
• The Only Dance There Is ~ Talks Given at the Menninger Foundation (1970) and at Spring Grove Hospital (1972). Understanding the Dance of Life. 
• Finding and Exploring Your Spiritual Path ~ An Exploration of the Pleasures and Perils of Seeking Personal Enlightenment. With wit and wisdom gained from a 25-year search for personal enlightenment, this charismatic spiritual motivator talks from the heart about the often rocky yet ultimately fulfilling road to discovering and living the spiritual life. Audio 
• Path of Service ~ This title is not an exercise in spiritual semantics, but three hours of real-world talk about rediscovering deep truths in an era of accelerated change. 3 Audio cassettes.  
• Sacred Odyssey: Seeking Freedom & Helping Yourself ~  how methods are traps; overcoming fear in the midst of change; spiritual potential; the true source of change; facing adversity; the challenge of doing good; the possibility of compassion; and a great deal more. 2 Audio Cassettes (October 1997), 
• Spiritual Practices and Perspectives for Daily Life ~ an intensive course with Ram Dass,  who teaches that doctrines and dogmas are irrelevant to finding fulfillment and liberation. Instead, he offers simple meditation practices and practical suggestions for finding a way through life's confusion to true awakening. 6 cassettes (March 1997), $53.95
• Miracle of Love ~ a classic in spiritual literature! Anecdotes and teaching stories collected by Ram Dass about his guru Neem Karoli Baba, a true "Avadhoot" (one who has "shaken off" the world, to exist as a wandering vessel of God) who transcended all traditional spiritual paths. Maharaji would laugh, scold, hug, talk briefly, or just sit. Miracles occurred often in his presence. Maharaji's teachings seemed to be love, serve and see God in everything. This old man in a plaid blanket, full of humor and love, shone the Light of Eternal Consciousness. 

• The Power of Meditation and Prayer ~ compilation of essays by prominent thinkers in the New Thought field on the power of meditation and prayer; Larry Dossey (Editor), Jon Kabat-Zinn, Sogyal Rinpoche, jac Kornfield, Michael Toms, Thomas Moore; 224 pages
• Healing Words: The Power of Prayer and the Practice of Medicine ~ the latest evidence linking prayer, healing, and medicine, and calls for a bold new integration of science and spirituality. 336 pages.
• Prayer Is Good Medicine : How to Reap the Healing Benefits of Prayer ~ practical methods and illuminating explorations of the what, where, hows, and whys of the power of prayer to affect our health. Dr. Dossey employs his trademark style of informed and warmly anecdotal writing to examine people's hopes and expectations of prayer. 256 pp
• Recovering the Soul: A Scientific and Spiritual Approach. The compelling medical, scientific, and spiritual evidence for a universal consciousness and presents convincing evidence for a nonlocalized, holistic view of the mind and reality that accounts for even transcendental experiences. 
• Meaning & Medicine: Lessons from a Doctor's Tales of Breakthrough and Healing. Study of the central force that human consciousness exerts in health and illness, through numerous stories of his own patients, exploring the role of meaning in well-being and mind-body interactions. (1992) 
• Prayer Is Good Medicine: abridged version on 2 Cassettes
• Be Careful What You Pray For...You Just Might Get It ~ "With penetrating insight and meticulous research, Dr. Dossey revels the power of prayer to harm as well as to help. This book will forever change how you think and what you pray for." 259 pages

• Protein Power ~ A ground-breaking, protein-rich, low-carbohydrate, clinically tested diet promises to take off weight, lower cholesterol and blood pressure, and improve health without depriving dieters of the foods they love to eat.

• Words to Live by: Inspiration for Every Day
• Your Life Is Your Message: Finding Harmony With Yourself, Others, and the Earth. 
• The Undiscovered Country: Exploring the Promise of Death ~ Using stories and personal anecdotes, Easwaren addresses the lessons death can bring. He sheds light on the perennial questions of time, desire, the nature of the mind, and the realization that the bidy is only the jacket of the soul, and that in death the body dies, but the person does not. The Undiscovered Country shows there is no real death, only passage. 
• God Makes the Rivers to Flow: Selections from the Sacred Literature of the World chosen for Daily Meditation ~ Chosen by one of the world's most respected teachers of meditation, these sacred passages from literature will help lead you to a greater understanding of the world around you and the universe within. 

• Self-Reliance: The Wisdom of Ralph Waldo Emerson As Inspiration for Daily Living Whelan, Richard (Editor) ~ A finely honed abridgement of principal essays of Emerson, one of America's wisest teachers, with an introduction that clarifies the essence of Emerson's ideas and establishes their relevance to our own troubled era. Long before self-esteem and co-dependency were talked about, Emerson's "Essay on Self Reliance" was the definitive work on the subject. 
• The Spiritual Light of Ralph Waldo Emerson ~ Wisdom from an American sage, selected to address the needs and aspirations of modern men and women. These excerpts from the Emerson's writings give us his views on religion and the spiritual realm. Read by Richard Kiley, 2 Audio Cassettes 
• Selected Essays (Penguin Classics)

• Setting a Trap for God: The Aramaic Prayer of Jesus ~ the Lord's Prayer interpreted from the original language
• Let There Be Light: The Seven Keys  
• Treasures from the Language of Jesus  

• Essene Gospel of Peace, Book 1
• Essene Gospel of Peace, Book 2
• Essene Gospel of Peace, Book 3
• Essene Gospel of Peace, Book 4

• Alter Your Life ~ From one of our century's greatest mystics comes a rousing action program, modeled on the example of Jesus, designed to help seekers overcome adversity and take charge of their lives.
• The Sermon on the Mount: The Key to Success in Life and the Lord's Prayer: An Interpretation ~ practical guidelines to people of all faiths who seek to bring health, happiness, and true prosperity into their lives and into the lives of others. 
• The Ten Commandments: The Master Key to Life ~ Inspirational insights and practical advice. Always contemporary and down-to-earth, Emmet Fox reveals in this classic volume how an understanding of ancient wisdom can enable us to lead fulfilling and peaceful lives. 
• Find and Use Your Inner Power ~ An inspirational classic, this resource is for everyone seeking more happiness and success in life. Fox's treasure of wise and inspirational gems offers enduring spiritual truth and practical advice for daily living.

• Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling ~ Gatto was NY State Teacher of the Year not once but twice, but gave up trying to reform schools from the inside. He reveals the curriculum of public schools nationwide under the headings: Confusion, Class Position, Indifference, Emotional Dependency, Intellectual Dependency, Provisional Self-Esteem, and One Can't Hide. This book is a wake-up call to parents with school-age children. Do we really want our children to grow up to be good workers and do as they're told? To buy into the "Good grades=good jobs" myth? Do we want them to believe that the goal in life is to acquire more and more stuff to fuel consumerism? Or should we give them more reflective, unstructured time in childhood to find out who they are, what they like, and how they can contribute to their communities? 

• Creative Visualization ~ easy-to-follow instructions for a variety of exercises using your imagination as a powerful resource to improve your physical and emotional health; visualization, meditation, and affirmation techniques.
• Living in the Light: A Guide to Personal and Planetary Transformation. Guidelines, exercises, and meditations to attain personal fulfillment, aliveness, and renewed creativity. 
• The Path of Transformation: How Healing Ourselves Can Change the World. Only spiritual solutions will work in meeting the global challenges of the next century, and she shows the way to transformation by telling how to heal four key areas--physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. how an opportunity to transform oneself is also an opportunity to transform the planet. Good solid advice in meditation, self-healing techniques, and ways to become more fully committed to your life and world.  Easy-to-read-and-digest.
• Developing Intuition: Practical Guidance for Daily Life ~ Guide to becoming more attentive to the inner voice and using it to determine choice and life's directions. Also explores the role of intuition in health, creativity, career and work, and prosperity. Exercises based on Gawain's workshops and seminars help readers interpret their inner guide.

• Until Now ~ a feast for the eyes and the heart. Sleeping angels...Flower fairies...Woodland nymphs...Watermelon seeds. Anne Geddes's magical world is populated by hundreds of beautiful, chubby babies and gorgeous children dressed as peapods, pansies, peonies, and pearls. Geddes fans will be thrilled by this lush, coffee-table-sized, 10-year retrospective of her work. Hardcover; 264 pages. 
• Little Thoughts With Love ~ Combining tender images by Anne Geddes with poignant quotations about motherhood, this book is about new beginnings, tiny miracles, and futures rich with promise... a treasured gift and beloved keepsake. Hardcover; 124 pages. 

• The Prophet ~ Originally published in 1932, this book has become one of the most beloved classics of our time and has sold millions of copies in this country. Hardcover.
• The Prophet ~ paperback edition
• The Treasured Writings of Kahlil Gibran ~ the most comprehensive volume of works the Lebanese poet and philosopher ever published. His enriching stories, poems, verse and parables, in a beautifully bound collector's edition 
• The Beloved: Reflections on the Path of the Heart  

• The Infinite Way ~ Although it was the first book written by Joel Goldsmith, it contains the whole of his message. He often said that each paragraph in this book could be expanded into another book, and as evidenced in his other books, he has done just that. A line from the introduction by John Van Druten sums it all up, "without some understanding of what this book is about, life is just not quite worth living." 
• Invisible Supply; Finding The Gifts Of The Spirit Within ~ Goldsmith's writings have inspired millions and taught that we all have a mission in life. Invisible Supply outlines ten principles--what Goldsmith calls the Infinite Way--that will not only bring about inner peace and the growth of spiritual consciousness but will also provide for material needs. 
• A Parenthesis in Eternity ~ Goldsmith explains the Circle of Eternity--the basis of his approach to mysticism--and tells how to transcend the "parenthesis'' of our everyday lives that falls between birth and death. 
• The Thunder Of Silence ~ Using simple yet powerful guidelines, renowned teacher Joel Goldsmith shows how to achieve health & harmony and positively influence others by discovering God's grace within ourselves. His "style is simple, colloquial, spontaneous, and serious." 
• The Art of Meditation ~ This classic, best-selling introduction to a regular program of daily meditation defines meditation's vital role in spiritual living, and features careful instructions, illustrative examples, and specially written meditations. 
• Practicing The Presence ~ The Inspirational Guide To Regaining Meaning And A Sense Of Purpose In Your Life ~ awareness of the divine and transcendental in our daily lives.
• Invisible Supply: Finding the Gifts of the Spirit Within ~ Ten principles of spiritual development, or the Infinite Way, that will not only bring about inner peace and the growth of spiritual consciousness but will also provide for material needs.  In Goldsmith's own words, transcribed from his tapes.
• Living the Infinite Way ~ Goldsmith's guide to tapping God's infinite wisdom and divine love, with clear guidelines for prayer and meditation. 

• Being Peace ~ Being Peace is a jewel of love and wisdom, a mirror reflecting our own happy Buddha-hood, and a recognition that will inspire everyone, regardless of previous religious persuasion, with the unexpected joy of smiling. Hanh reminds us of the fundamental importance for the world of just one person smiling, breathing, and being peace and this is empowering.
• Peace Is Every Step : The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life ~ In this modern spiritual classic, a world spiritual leader and Zen master shows how to adapt simple Zen principles for daily living and the way to peace. Offers ways to use everyday events--washing dishes, eating a meal, sitting in traffic--in the quest for peace and fulfillment. 
• Touching Peace ~ sequel to bestselling Being Peace, Hanh develops his teachings on practicing peace in our everyday lives. Based on talks given during his 1991 visit to the U.S. during the Gulf War. "One of the most beloved Buddhist teachers in the West..." 
• The Art of Mindful Living ~ Zen meditation master teaches how to bring compassion and inner peace into daily life. Practical teachings about how to bring love and mindful awareness into our daily experience, to unify meditation practice with the challanges we face in today's world. Includes techniques for meditation and more. 2 cassettes  
• Living Buddha, Living Christ ~ Drawing on Christian theology, as well as his own Buddhist beliefs, Hanh examines the qualities of compassion and holiness, integral parts of both traditions. Ben Kingsley reads. Audio (abridged) 

• Smart Moves: Why Learning Is Not All in Your Head ~ How is the body involved in learning from infancy right through adulthood? Physical activity is crucial. A neuroscientist explains why and gives simple physical exercises that can increase anyone's learning power immediately. It explores brain development, neurological effects of TV, nutrition, stress, and causes of the growing plague of learning disabilities. 

• The Tao of Pooh ~ Hoff explains the central tenets of Taoism and further illustrates them with familiar excerpts from The House at Pooh Corner stories (1923), Chinese proverbs, maxims, and tales from Lao Tzu and others. The result is at once thought-provoking and charming. Pooh epitomizes the "uncarved block," as he is well in tune with his natural inner self. Pooh enjoys simple pleasures and the daily progress of life. This is a small literary event that will leave all who experience it a little more serene.
• The Te of Piglet ~  This sequel uses characters from A. A. Milne's children's classics to illustrate the Taoist philosophy of living in harmony with nature. Piglet shows the Way, turning his smallness into an asset and embodying Te,  the Chinese word for virtue.

• Teach Only Love: The Seven Principles of Attitudinal Healing - a classic! 
• Love Is Letting Go of Fear ~Based on material from A Course in Miracles, the lessons in this book demonstrate how to let go of fear and help us remember that our very essence is love. Provides daily exercises that give a direct and effective way to bring about individual transformation. 
• Out of Darkness into the Light: A Journey of Inner Healing ~ Known for his extensive pioneering in the field of attitudinal healing, Dr. Jampolsky shares his journey from severe depression, guilt and near alcoholism to a true "miracle": an inner healing and infusion of life that was truly against the odds. 
• Good-Bye to Guilt: Releasing Fear Through Forgiveness 
• Love Is the Answer: Creating Positive Relationships ~ with Diane Cirincione. Fifteen daily lessons show how to apply the "Seven Stepping Stones" to overcoming obstacles in this practical and intimate guide to developing inner growth and healing. Simple, yet effective principles of inner healing and how they can work in daily life. 
• Listen to Me: A Book for Women and Men About Father-Son Relationships ~ with Lee L. Jampolsky ~ In this tribute to the father-son relationship, Gerald and Lee Jampolsky explore their own history in a series of personal letters to each other. This book provides a healing bridge between fathers and sons. 
• Change Your Mind, Change Your Life: Concepts in Attitudinal Healing ~ with Diane Cirincione. Based on the belief that we have the power to replace the fear that creates most of our pain with love, this hands-on guide to using the principles of A Course in Miracles to achieve both success and serenity in nearly every walk of life is a major new contribution to the literature of healing. 

• Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life ~ the principles of mindfulness--the ancient Buddhist method of stress reduction. Kabat-Zinn blends stories, anecdotes, poems, images, and scientific observations with easily followed instructions in the art of "capturing" the present and living fully within each moment in order to achieve inner peace. 
• Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness ~ The founder of the Stress Reduction Program at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center explains how to use "mindfulness"--moment-to-moment awareness--to cope with both illness and the everyday tensions encountered in life. 
• Mindfulness Meditation: Cultivating the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind ~ turn life's trials into a source of strength and power in Mindful Meditation. Listeners will learn to heal by changing their perceptions and remembering their best moments. Audio

• Handbook to Higher Consciousness - Steps to creating a life of peace and love..."The Methods work if you do!" 
• The Power of Unconditional Love ~ how to create happy, loving, and vital relationships and deal with the changing wants and needs of your loved ones. "This book is practical and specific. You can use it to begin enriching your relationships immediately."--John Bradshaw. 
• Your Heart's Desire: A Loving Relationship  
• Gathering Power Through Insight and Love ~ companion to the Handbook, this book contains methods and processes based on years of leading personal growth workshops throughout the world. Shows exactly how to develop perception, heartfelt love, and inner peace. 
• Your Road Map to Lifelong Happiness: A Guide to the Life You Want ~ latest guide addresses inner child work, relationship problems, and personal growth, and offers breakthrough methods for reclaiming lost esteem and confidence. Keyes explains how poor coordination between the conscious and unconscious impairs the ability to enjoy life. 

• The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine (1996)~ This personal, provocative story of the author's journey to capture her feminine soul and to live authentically from that soul makes a fascinating, well-researched and well-written story. Kidd's successful pilgrimage from her Southern Baptist roots and away from the patriarchal and fundamentalist Christian religious systems toward the Divine Feminine.  With research on theology, mythology and the arts, and guideposts from the most powerful feminist religious voices of her times.
• When the Heart Waits: Spiritual Direction for Life's Sacred Questions (1992) ~ Providing wisdom and comfort to Christians in doubt and crisis, this is an inspirational autobiographical account of personal pain, spiritual awakening, and divine grace. Virtue magazine's 1991 "Book of the Year." 
• The Secret Life of Bees (2003) ~ wonderful fiction with themes of reconciliation, coming of age, sisterhood, mother-daughter relationships, civil rights, the divine feminine, and even beekeeping. This book is set in small-town S.C. in 1964, the year of the Civil Rights Act, and has "a hive's worth of appealing female characters, an offbeat plot, and a lovely style." 
• The Mermaid Chair (2005) ~ soulful tale of Jessie Sullivan, a middle-aged woman whose stifled dreams and desires take shape during an extended stay on Egret Island, where she is caring for her troubled mother, Nelle. With a magical sense of whimsy & poignancy and an obvious importance on the role of mysticism and legend, this is a novel of relationships and moral issues. 

• A Path With Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life ~ Beloved Western Buddhist master Kornfield makes known his personal, practical wisdom, garnered from 25 years of practicing and teaching the path of awakening, as he guides self-searchers to a simplicity of perception that brings alive spiritual practice, peace, and truth in their daily lives. 
• Buddha's Little Instruction Book ~ simple advice, gentle guidance, and humor--distilled and adapted for the needs of contemporary life. 
• Meditations of the Heart: Classic Meditations Based on the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism ~ practical introduction to the art of Buddhist meditation. These meditations take less than 10 minutes to practice, yet will take listeners to the heart of essential Buddhist teachings. Audio
• Teachings of the Buddha (Shambhala Pocket Classics) One of the best-known American-born meditation teachers draws from the most popular sources of Indian, Tibetan, Chinese, and Japanese writings to create a treasury of essential sayings and teachings from Buddhist literature that will appeal to anyone interested in the wisdom of the East. 
• Teachings of the Buddha ~ A treasury of Buddhist writings drawing from the most popular sources of Indian, Tibetan, Chinese and Japanese literature, this book offers traditional instruction on how to practice sitting meditation, cultivate calm awareness, and live with compassion. Also included are a number of new selections on the role of women in early Buddhism. 
• Soul Food: Stories to Nourish the Spirit and the Heart 
• The Inner Art of Meditation Distilled from a series of five classes, this course shares with listeners Kornfield's direct experience in awareness training with Buddhist masters in Thailand, India, and Burma. 6 cassettes.  

• Holy Bible From the Ancient Eastern Texts Aramaic of the Peshitta (q)
• New Testament Light ~ More Light on the Gospels, Acts, the Epistles, and Revelation: Over 400 Passages explaining idioms in the New Testament 
• Idioms in the Bible Explained: And, a Key to the Original Gospels 

• What Your Doctor May Not Tell Your About Menopause ~ breakthrough book about Natural Progesterone therapy. Women have traditionally used estrogen supplements to protect against osteoporosis and heart disease, but women who use estrogen for more than five years have a 46% higher risk of breast cancer than women who don't use it. Natural progesterone creams can actually rebuild bone tissue without the side effects of estrogen. Natural progesterone, the same hormone produced by a woman's ovary, is made from naturally occurring plant steroids found in wild yam and other natural sources. It is NOT the synthetic version that is commonly purchased as tablets with a prescription (such as Provera), which can produce severe side effects including increased risk of cancer, abnormal menstrual flow, fluid retention, nausea, and depression. 

• Who Dies?: An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying ~ how to open oneself to the immensity of living with death, to participate fully in life as the perfect preparation for whatever may come next. Who Dies? provides calm compassion rather than the frightening melodrama of death. 
• A Gradual Awakening ~ Poet and teacher of meditation Dr. Steven Levine writes simply and gently about his personal experiences with and insights into vipassana meditation 
• Embracing the Beloved: Relationship As a Path of Awakening ~ how to use a relationship as a means for profound inner growth and healing. Their insights and anecdotes will benefit all who are drawn to looking inward and all who seek a relationship as a path for spiritual renewal. "A poetic and compassionate book about the healing potential of love and familial relationships."--Publishers Weekly. 
• Meetings at the Edge: Dialogues With the Grieving and the Dying, the Healing and the Healed ~ Based on his extensive counseling work with the terminally ill, Dr. Levine's book integrates death into the context of life with compassion, skill, and hope. Capturing the range of emotions and challenges that accompany the dying process, Meetings at the Edge offers unique support to readers dealing with this difficult experience. 
• Healing into Life and Death ~ A vision of healing that deals with the choice and application of treatments, techniques for working with pain and grief, and the development of merciful awareness as a means of healing, Healing into Life and Death discusses Levine's holistic approach to the healing of the mind, body, and soul. 
• A Year to Live: How to Live This Year As If It Was Your Last ~ how to live mindfully each moment, each hour, each day 
• Guided Meditations, Explorations and Healings ~ The culmination of nearly two decades of personal and professional exploration, this compassionate, timeless guide offers readers a unique source book comprised of guided meditations, new and familiar, for the deeper healing of spirit, mind and body. 

• A Little Book of Forgiveness (1999) ~ Challenges and Meditations for Anyone With Something to Forgive. Encourages readers to think about forgiveness--of others and themselves--in new ways. Rooted in diverse spiritual traditions with a vision that is clear, compassionate, and transformational, this wise and elegantly-packaged book is a potential recovery classic.
• The Book of Practical Faith: A Path to Useful Spirituality (1999) ~ Americans are struggling to deal with the complexities of modern life and seeking answers that go beyond those offered by traditional religions. Miller recounts his own health and spiritual crises and how they led to a rediscovery of faith. 
• The Complete Story of The Course: The History, the People, and the Controversies Behind "A Course in Miracles" (1997) ~ What exactly is the Course and where did it come from? Who are its students and teachers? What are its shortcomings, who are its critics? Is it New Age, Christian, Buddhist, or something else entirely? What about its effects on students' lives? What are the real stories of such famous Course students as Marianne Williamson and Jerry Jampolsky? What is its relationship to psychotherapy? 252 pp

• Way of the Peaceful Warrior ~ Based on the true story of Dan Millman, a world champion athlete, this insightful volume explores Millman's journey into the realms of romance and magic, light and darkness, body and spirit. 
• The Laws of Spirit: Simple, Powerful Truths for Making Life Work ~ While hiking in the mountains, Millman encounters a mysterious woman sage who invites him on "a mission of great importance." Over the course of several days and nights, she uses the mountain wilderness as a means to reveal the "laws that make life work." Twelve of the core principles upon which all religions, moral systems, and spiritual teachings are founded. Pointing the way to a harmonious life, The Laws of Spirit includes quotations and reminders from across the centuries that elevate, inform, and inspire. 

• Open & Innocent: The Gentle, Passionate Art of Not-Knowing ~ (Mindfulness Series) 
• There Is Only Now ~ A Simple Guide to Spiritual Awakening, Unconditional Love, Liberation and Transformation
• Audio Taped Talks by Scott Morrison

• Anatomy of the Spirit : The Seven Stages of Power and Healing  
• Energy Anatomy: The Science of Personal Power, Spirituality, and Health ~ Dr. Caroline Myss fuses new research with her work as a respected medical intuitive to reveal the body's energetic network, where spirit, matter, and power intersect. On Energy Anatomy, Dr. Myss describes her ground breaking theories about how the human mind encodes thought, and stores it within specific areas of the body. 6 cassettes  
• Why People Don't Heal : Overcoming the Hidden Blocks to Wellness Cassettes
• Spiritual Madness : The Necessity of Meeting God in Darkness Cassettes  

• Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease: The Only System Scientifically Proven to Reverse Heart Disease Without Drugs or Surgery

• Earthsteward's Handbook  
• Warriors of the Heart ~ This book is based on the author's years of conflict resolution work around the world, and will serve you whenever you wishto increase communication and decrease anxiety and conflict. 
• Essene Book of Meditations and Blessings
• The Essene Book of Days

• Evolution's End; Claiming The Potential Of Our Intelligence ~ A provocative critique of the way we raise our children and undermine our society's future from a pioneering thinker who speaks to the heart as well as the mind. The bestselling author of The Crack in the Cosmic Egg challenges us to stop the damage and reclaim our human potential as evolution's end. 
• Magical Child ~ Right from the instant of birth, says Joseph Pearce,the human child has only one concern--to learn all that there is to learn about the world. But in the West we tend to thwart this concern from the very start. Available once again, Magical Child shows how to restore this amazing capacity for creative intelligence that is innate in every human.
• Magical Child\Magical Adult ~ Pearce speaks to the concerns of parents eager to give their offspring a good start in the world,explaining that the key to tapping virtually unlimited potential within the child is to develop the heart-brain connection. 2 cassettes.
• The Crack In The Cosmic Egg; Challenging Constructs Of Mind And Reality ~ out of print, click on title to request a search. 

• I Don't Want to Talk About It : Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression ~ Terrence Real, a therapist, examines the dirty little secret of the American Male: chronic depression. Since their feelings of helplessness are considered unmanly, men with depressive disorders tend to hide them, which makes the descent into blackness even steeper. Real urges men (and women!) to cast aside their clichéd notions of gender and to accept that feelings are neither masculine nor feminine but essentially human. 

• #1: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ~ In the non-magic human world--the world of "Muggles"--Harry is a nobody, treated like dirt by the aunt and uncle who begrudgingly inherited him when his parents were killed by the evil Voldemort. But in the world of wizards, small, skinny Harry is famous as a survivor of the wizard who tried to kill him. He is left only with a lightning-bolt scar on his forehead, curiously refined sensibilities, and a host of mysterious powers. A mysterious letter, delivered by the friendly giant Hagrid, wrenches Harry from his dreary, Muggle-ridden existence: "We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry"... and that's where the real adventure ~ humorous, haunting, and suspenseful ~ begins. First published in England, this book has won the National Book Award, the Smarties Prize, the Children's Book Award, and is short-listed for the Carnegie Medal, the U.K. version of the Newberry Medal. 
• #2: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ~ Harry's second year at Hogwarts. 
• #3: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ~ Harry's third adventure. 
• #4: Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire ~ the latest adventure at Hogwarts! The Quidditch World Cup and the Triwizard Tournament. 752 pages, Hardcover. 
• #5: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ~ "Dumbledore lowered his hands and surveyed Harry through his half-moon glasses. 'It is time,' he said 'for me to tell you what I should have told you five years ago, Harry. Please sit down. I am going to tell you everything.'"  

• The 13 Original Clan Mothers: Your Sacred Path to Discovering the Gifts, Talents, and Abilities of the Feminine ~ practical and visionary guide to gaining self-knowledge through the ancient teachings of Native American clan mothers. 
• Medicine Cards: The Discovery of Power Through the Ways of Animals ~ set of Book and Cards 
• Sacred Path Cards: The Discovery of Self Through Native Teachings ~ set of beautifully illustrated cards and a comprehensive guidebook based on Native American sacred teaching
• Earth Medicine: Ancestors' Ways of Harmony for Many Moons ~ find the true spirit of Native American ways of knowing in these heartfelt meditations, poems, stories, and lessons. In 364 daily offerings organized according to the cycles of the moon, Sams offers stirring insights into the spirituality of the earth. 

• Mastering the Zone ~ Barry Sears' 1995-96 bestseller, The Zone, changed the way many people look at nutrition and weight loss. Although his plan advocates eating fewer calories and exercising more, it also stresses getting more of those calories from fat and protein, and fewer from carbohydrates. Now he's back with an exciting new book teaming with tantalizing recipes and insightful information that will deepen readers' understanding of this revolutionary health and fitness program. 224 pp. Hardcover. 

• Getting Well Again ~ using visual imagery, meditation, and relaxation techniques to enhance the immune system and subdue cancer; pioneer in experimental work with "terminal" cancer patients. 
• The Healing Journey  
• Cancer Recovery and Recurrence Prevention Audio Cassette guided meditation and music 

• Do What You Love, The Money Will Follow ~ Discovering Your Right Livelihood. A liberating, step-by-step guide to finding the work best suited to your needs and talents. Overcome fears, learn to take risks, and evaluate and build self-esteem. 
• Elegant Choices, Healing Choices ~ Sinetar continues to explore the ways in which adults grow toward wholeness. She says they do so by selecting options. These elegant choices that are life-supporting in motive and quality enable men and women to become healthier, stronger, and more actualized.
• Ordinary People As Monks and Mystics ~ Lifestyles for Self-Discovery
• To Build the Life You Want, Create the Work You Love : The Spiritual Dimension of Entrepreneuring ~ provocative sequel which shows readers how to embrace the seven inner qualities of effective, fulfilled entrepreneurs--a practical handbook for anyone who wants to do what they love for a living. 
• True Wealth: Finding Your Way to Inner Riches and Outer Achievements ~ ideas, teaching stories, and exercises that build a new understanding of the connection between work and spirit. 4 cassettes  

• Conversations With God: An Uncommon Dialogue ~ author's extraordinary experience of conversing with God--achieved through the process of "auto-writing." 240 pp.
• Conversations With God, Book 2: An Uncommon Dialogue ~ Book 2 moves from personal issues to more global and political concerns. Included are questions about the nature of time and space and human sexuality, as well as geophysical and geopolitical considerations of worldwide implication. 

• Become What You Are ~ The intelligence, playfulness of thought, and directness of language that made Alan Watts a perennially popular interpreter of Eastern thought are delightfully displayed in this collection of 11 short essays. Here he discusses a broad range of topics, including the Taoist approach to harmonious living and the psychological symbolism in Christian thought. 
• Essential Alan Watts  
• The Way of Zen  
• Cloud-Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown ~ A Mountain Journal
• Alan Watts Teaches Meditation ~ Learn the art of meditation from one of the West's most respected spiritual teachers. Audio 
• Zen Clues~ This dynamic tape follows Watts as he uncovers the secrets of Zen and solves some of life's essential mysteries. These engaging segments were drawn from several live performances by one of the most entertaining philosophers of our time. With his unusual wit and wisdom Watts shows how questions about the meaning of life and the identity of the true self are elegantly resolved in the way of Zen. 2 cassettes.

• The Quiet Mind ~ "The secret of strength lies in the quiet mind." 
• Spiritual Unfoldment I ~ How to discover Invisible Worlds ~  White Eagle's basic guide book to realizing the God within. The first in a series of four books, its title describes the gentle process of awakening that occurs within, like the opening of a rosebud or the natural unfurling of butterfly wings. "The fundamental purpose of your life is that you may find truth." 
• Gentle Brother 
• Morning Light ~ beautifully simple examples of living in pure love and light as taught to us by Jesus. When we make the time to go within, we can see the light and believe and trust because it is within us. The planet is in great need of healing now and once we can heal ourselves, the white light energy can be shared and we will be reunited in the connection of oneness. Morning Light reaffirms the truth and possibilities you can awaken to in life. 
• Path of the Soul ~
• Jesus, Teacher and Healer ~ helps reconcile Jesus and His teachings with New Age beliefs. White Eagle draws a distinction between Jesus and the "Christ spirit." "Through Jesus flowed the heavenly light, the Sun, the supreme light of the heavens. In your world you know that light by the name of Christ; and as this light came through the prepared channel, and Son of God, Jesus, you know this great one as Jesus Christ...Christ is that light which has manifested in degree through other teachers."

• Autobiography of a Yogi ~ a classic! 
• Man's Eternal Quest ~ This series of fascinating talks explores subjects that include approaches to God-awareness, meditation, life after death, the nature of creation and powers of the mind. 
• Sayings Paramahansa Yogananda  

• A People's History Of The United States; 1492-Present, Rev And Updated Ed. ~ "brilliant and moving history of the American people from the point of view of those who have been exploited politically and economically and whose plight has been largely omitted from most histories" 
• The Howard Zinn Reader ~ "direct, forthright, and accessible writing of radical historian Howard Zinn, presenting the depth and breadth of his concerns in one volume, emphasizing six areas that have been important to Zinn's work since the late 1950s--race, class, war, law, history, and means and ends. 
• You Can't Be Neutral On A Moving Train; A Personal History Of Our Times ~ "a powerful, politically electric book" (Jonathan Kozol)--"a warmhearted memoir of a teacher who committed his politically engaged life to the belief that love is a command to action" 

• A Course in Miracles ~ from Foundation for Inner Peace, 365 daily lessons and experiential activities to deepen your spiritual understanding. In 1965 Helen Schucman, a professor of medical psychology at Columbia University, responded to an authoritative inner voice who identified himself as Jesus, and who urged her to take down what would become A Course in Miracles from inner dictation. A self-study course in spiritual psychology, A Course in Miracles focuses on the principles of universal love and forgiveness. Combined volume, paperback, 1,296 pp. 

• The Children's Illustrated Bible ~ By Hastings, Selina/ Thomas, Eric (Ilt) ~ Best-loved stories from the Old and New Testaments are related in a fluid, inviting style that reflects the character and poetry of the original text. Over 500 detailed, full-color illustrations record scenes from the Bible--from Genesis to Revelation, from the Ark to the Acts of the Apostles--perfectly capturing each story's tone and mood. 

• Rise Up Singing: The Group Singing Songbook by Peter Blood (Editor), Kore L. McWhirter (Illustrator). From ballads to the Beatles, Bob Dylan to Broadway, here are the words to the songs you've loved in the past--with many more from friends in the future. Arranged alphabetically within chapter groupings ("lullabies;" love songs;" etc.) this collection is great for campfires, school and church functions, or at home with the family. "A true treasure!"--Joan Baez.  A wonderful source for a wide range of songs. 

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