Inspiring Books, Dora and Chris recommend:

Roger Walsh – Essential Spirituality: The 7 Central Practices to Awaken Heart and Mind

Many of you have asked us to recommend a beginners book on meditation. Roger Walsh’s book is a lot more than that. A psychiatrist, philosopher and pioneer of transpersonal psychology, Roger Walsh has spent twenty-three years researching and practicing the world’s spiritual disciplines, and especially meditation, to be able to bring them together in such an engaging, inspiring yet simple way. Using stories, exercises, meditations, myths, prayers, and practical advice, he shows us how to cultivate profound states of mind, and qualities such as kindness, love, joy, peace, vision, wisdom, and generosity, to change the quality of our lives.

Marva Collins Way - Marva Collins and Civia Tamarkin

Marva Collins is a teacher who worked with poor and difficult children, considered by most to have learning disabilities or severe behavioral problems. Yet, she never turned a child away from her school. Instead, she accepted each child and encouraged them to learn and push themselves to succeed. Despite being labeled as un-teachable, these children managed to read, write, and do math well beyond their age level. Remarkably each and every one of Marva Collins’ students graduated from secondary school. Most of her students graduated from university to become doctors, teachers, lawyers, politicians. This book is a continuous inspiration to us showing how only one person’s deep love and unwavering belief in her students’ abilities made a world of difference in their lives.

The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight – Thom Hartmann

“In the 24 hours since this time yesterday, over 200’000 acres of rainforest have been destroyed in our world. Fully 13 million tons of toxic chemicals have been released into our environment. Over 45’000 people have died of starvation, 38’000 of them children. And more than 130 plant or animal species have been driven to extinction by the action of humans… And all this just since yesterday.” In this book, Thom Hartmann offers us not only a strong predicament that change is inevitable, but also proposes solutions to meaningful and lasting change. After a rude awakening to how things are, and how they got that way, hang on for the last third of the book to learn about the new inspiring hope for preserving our planet and humanity.

You’ll See It When You Believe It – Wayne Dyer

Many of you have asked us to recommend a spirituality for beginners book. With over twenty books, Wayne Dyer is one of the most widely read authors of personal transformation and practical spirituality nowadays. Known for his ability to combine spiritual wisdom with psychological insight and personal experiences into simple practices, we find that in this book he relates his personal stories to the discovery of a larger Self exceptionally well. He explains this transition in such a simple and ‘perfectly makes sense’ manner, which can make your personal transformation more natural to you.