Suggested Reading

“In your reading I would encourage you to remember that each book, even those for which a claim of divine inspiration has been made, reflects the perceptions and understandings of human beings. They are typically steeped in the influences of the times and places, cultures and traditions, that gave them birth. Each book is a report of one person’s experience and opinion. No book, text, tradition or teacher can rightfully lay claim to an absolute grasp of truth. Rather, the wide range of understanding and expression reflected in these books should remind us of the living and ever-expanding nature of ‘truth’.”

Barbara Cordts

The works of or about:

Idries Shah
Rumi
Paramahansa Yogananda
Ramana Maharshi
Eknath Easwaran
Nisargadatta Maharaj
Osho
Krishnamurti
Adi Da Samraj
Lama Anagarika Govinda
Pema Chodron
Namkhai Norbu
Patrul Rinpoche
Shunryu Suzuki
Lao Tzu
William James
Ira Progoff
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Meister Eckhart
Herbert Guenther
Mircea Eliade
Gareth Knight
Ken Wilber
Roberto Calasso
Jane Roberts
Edgar Cayce
Vernon Howard
Beatrice Bruteau
Bernadette Roberts

(This is not an exhaustive list.)

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