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12 books with a reading profile close to Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha by Tara Brach. Inward-looking and contemplative; an easy read.

  1. 1 The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself

    The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself

    by Michael A. Singer

    Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, philosophy

    Michael A.

  2. 2 Power of Now 2007 Engagement Calendar

    Power of Now 2007 Engagement Calendar

    by Universe Publishing

    Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, philosophy

    This engagement calendar serves as a practical tool for applying Eckhart Tolle’s principles of spiritual presence to daily life.

  3. 3 The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming

    The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming

    by Henri J.M. Nouwen

    Also inward-looking and contemplative · 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…

  4. 4 The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying

    The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying

    by Sogyal Rinpoche

    Also inward-looking and contemplative · 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.

  5. 5 Man's Search for Meaning

    Man's Search for Meaning

    by Viktor E. Frankl

    Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, philosophy

    Viktor Frankl recounts his survival in Nazi concentration camps, detailing the psychological stages prisoners endured from admission to liberation.

  6. 6 The Eckhart Tolle Audio Collection (Power of Now)

    The Eckhart Tolle Audio Collection (Power of Now)

    by Eckhart Tolle

    Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, philosophy

    The Eckhart Tolle Audio Collection gathers live recordings and studio sessions centered on the practice of presence.

  7. 7 Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

    Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

    by Sam Harris

    Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, philosophy

    Sam Harris argues that the feeling of selfhood is a cognitive illusion that can be dismantled through disciplined observation.

  8. 8 The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation

    The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation

    by Thich Nhat Hanh

    Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, philosophy

    Thich Nhat Hanh presents mindfulness as the practice of maintaining full awareness in the present moment, rather than a secluded ritual.

  9. 9 Gift from the Sea

    Gift from the Sea

    by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

    Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, philosophy

    Anne Morrow Lindbergh uses five distinct seashells found on Captiva Island to categorize the stages of a woman's life.

  10. 10 BRAVING THE TRUTH

    BRAVING THE TRUTH

    by Rachel Held Evans

    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.

  11. 11 Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

    Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

    by Thich Nhat Hanh

    Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, philosophy

    Thich Nhat Hanh presents mindfulness as a practical physiological and mental habit rather than a secluded religious ritual.

  12. 12 Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

    Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

    by Jon Kabat-Zinn

    Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, philosophy

    Jon Kabat-Zinn defines mindfulness as the intentional practice of paying attention to the present moment without judgment.

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