Best Of: Conscious Evolution and Related Topics By an Amazon.com customer | |
 | Depth Oriented Brief Therapy: How to Be Brief When You Were Trained to Be Deep and Vice Versa (Jossey-Bass Social & Behavioral Science) by Bruce Ecker Buy new: $44.41 / Used from: $16.95 A simple yet profound analysis of why people keep psychological symptoms that they do not like, and what people can do to access the root of a problem. A non-pathologizing model of therapy that integrates psychodynamic, cognitive, and behavioral elements (acknowledging unconscious presumptions, emotional wounds, and kinesthetic/somesthetic manifestations symptoms). |
 | The Act of Will: A Guide to Self-Actualization & Self-Realization by Roberto Assagioli Buy used from: $34.98 It is a shame this is out of print. A superb book on the various stages of the will - from intention to planning to execution. Also touches on spiritual dimensions of the will (i.e. transpersonal and universalistic aspects). |
 | Influence: Science and Practice (4th Edition) by Robert B. Cialdini Buy used from: $1.41 One of the best books on the mechanisms of social influence and how to become more aware of the things that influence us. Well-researched and lucidly written. |
 | Nonsense: A Handbook of Logical Fallacies by Robert J. Gula Buy used from: $5.99 An excellent compilation of errors and ambiguities in the thinking process. Also touches on defense mechanisms, misuse of statistics, and errors in causal inference. |
 | A Question of Values: Six Ways We Make the Personal Choices That Shape Our Lives by Hunter Lewis Buy new: $9.07 / Used from: $0.01 A thought-provoking book on the ways in which people choose their values. Clearly written, with excellent scholarship. |
 | Leadership and Self Deception: Getting Out of the Box by The Arbinger Institute Buy used from: $0.02 A brief yet transformative text on the ways in which we justify our misdeeds to ourselves and others. A clarifying breakdown of the self-deception process that has immediate implications in human life. |
 | The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict by The Arbinger Institute Buy new: $15.61 / Used from: $5.34 This is the sequel (or prequel from the perspective of the narrative) to Leadership and Self-Deception. It goes more in depth into people's "box" structures, or mechanisms by which they justify their self-deceptions. |
 | Bonds That Make Us Free: Healing Our Relationships, Coming to Ourselves by C. Terry Warner Buy new: $18.45 / Used from: $6.19 This author was one of the founding members of the Arbinger Institute, who authored Leadership and Self-Deception as well as The Anatomy of Peace. Warner gives detailed case studies and speaks more extensively about how to live more authentically with one another. |
 | Our Evolution by Waldo Vieira Buy new: $14.00 / Used from: $13.99 An excellent summary of the human evolutionary process from a multidimensional perspective. This work proposes a non-sacralizing, non-ambiguious, experiential approach to investigating the deeper levels of understanding oneself and the cosmos. |
 | Projectiology: A Panorama of Experiences of the Consciousness Outside the Human Body by Waldo Vieira Buy new: $89.99 / Used from: $70.00 A technical work that details virtually every aspect of the OBE process and related phenomena known to date. The author draws from his own knowledge of out-of-body experiences from personal experience, as well as a bibliography approaching 2000 entries. An experiential-scientific approach is recommended for the reader interested in OBEs. |
 | Projections of the Consciousness: A Diary of Out-of-Body Experiences by Waldo, M.D. Vieira Buy used from: $12.99 An inspiring and intellectually stimulating diary of out-of-body experiences, including meetings with sick individuals, highly evolved individuals, and one documented experience of cosmic consciousness. Illustrates very well the assistance that can be performed to others during the period of human sleep. |
 | Journeys Out of the Body by Robert Monroe Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $0.78 Robert Monroe was one of the early pioneers in America to publish on out-of-body experiences. As a businessman with little to no experience with the paranormal, he did not know what to make of them at first, and decided to investigate them to see what they revealed. A classic in the study of OBEs. |
 | Far Journeys by Robert Monroe Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $1.99 The sequel to Journeys out of the Body. Raises certain questions about the nature of time and our purpose here on earth. Questions that can perhaps only be answered by becoming OBErs ourselves. |
 | Ultimate Journey by Robert Monroe Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $5.81 The third installment after Far Journeys. Robert Monroe carries many important discoveries back from the far reaches of inner space. |
 | Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life by David Allen Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $0.89 Excellent book that offers a lot of wisdom on personal productivity as well as integrity and quality of life. Based on the idea that you cannot be competent with achieving large life-goals unless you are adept at organizing the daily actions related to them. Author does a good job of blending some Eastern philosophy ideas into his consulting practice without making it hokey. |
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