Books like Be Here Now
12 books with a reading profile close to Be Here Now by Ram Dass. Deep, inward-looking, contemplative and open-ended; a moderate read.
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The Prophet
Also deep and inward-looking · personal growth, philosophy
The narrative centers on Almustafa, a prophet who has lived in the foreign city of Orphalese for twelve years.
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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
Also deep and inward-looking · personal growth, philosophy
Shunryu Suzuki outlines the fundamental principles of Zazen, focusing on the concept of "beginner’s mind"—a state of openness and lack of preconception.
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The Eckhart Tolle Audio Collection (Power of Now)
Also deep and inward-looking · personal growth, philosophy
The Eckhart Tolle Audio Collection gathers live recordings and studio sessions centered on the practice of presence.
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The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, inspirational
Alan Watts argues that the sensation of being a separate ego enclosed in a bag of skin is a hallucination.
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BRAVING THE TRUTH
Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, philosophy
This final collection of essays, curated by Sarah Bessey following the author’s death, examines the tension between traditional Christian dogma and the practice of honest doubt.
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The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
Also deep and inward-looking · personal growth, philosophy
Sogyal Rinpoche presents the principles of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, specifically the teachings on the bardo, or the intermediate states between life and death.
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The White Book
by Han Kang
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, experimental
The White Book is a collection of sixty-five short prose pieces centered on the color white.
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Meditations
Also deep and inward-looking · personal growth, philosophy
Marcus Aurelius wrote these personal journals while leading military campaigns, using the pages to practice Stoic exercises rather than to address an audience.
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Lincoln in the Bardo
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, experimental
During the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln visits a Georgetown cemetery to mourn his young son, Willie, who has just died of typhoid fever.
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The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming
Also deep and inward-looking · personal growth, philosophy
After a chance encounter with Rembrandt’s painting of the Prodigal Son, Henri Nouwen spent years analyzing the biblical parable’s three main figures: the reckless younger son, the resentful elder brother, and the compas…
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Time Is a Mother
by Ocean Vuong
Also deep and inward-looking · personal growth, experimental
Ocean Vuong wrote these poems following his mother’s death from cancer, centering the collection on the immediate aftermath of loss and the persistence of memory.
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The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, experimental
Ursula K.
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