Books like The Wisdom of No Escape: How to Love Yourself and Your World
12 books with a reading profile close to The Wisdom of No Escape: How to Love Yourself and Your World by Pema Chödrön. Inward-looking and contemplative; a moderate read.
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Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha
by Tara Brach
Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, philosophy
In Radical Acceptance, Tara Brach addresses the pervasive feeling of personal deficiency she calls the trance of unworthiness.
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The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, philosophy
Michael A.
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The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming
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…
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The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
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.
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The Eckhart Tolle Audio Collection (Power of Now)
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.
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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.
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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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Man's Search for Meaning
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.
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Power of Now 2007 Engagement Calendar
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.
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When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
by Pema Chödrön
Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, philosophy
In this guide to Buddhist philosophy, Pema Chödrön explains that pain and instability are natural conditions rather than problems to be fixed.
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Gift from the Sea
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.
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The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Also inward-looking and contemplative · personal growth, philosophy
Eckhart Tolle identifies the human ego as a dysfunctional state of consciousness that thrives on constant mental noise.
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