What follows is a list of books that had an impact on me enough to change my paradigm — my view of what’s true. The ideas in these books along with my personal experience are what helped shape the basis for my CBAR book.
Here’s some literature around the major religions I’ve had the privilege of studying, with the belief system in brackets:
The Holy Bible, New and Old Testament – King James Version (Christian)
Holy Bible – New International Version (Christian)
The Koran – Abdullah Yusuf Ali (Islam)
The Bhagavad Gita – Eknath Easwaran (Hinduism)
Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind – Shunryu Suzuki (Buddhism)
Tao te Ching: The Definitive Edition – Jonathan Star (Taoism)
Guru Granth Sahib – English Translation: Sikh Religion Holy Scriptures (Sikhism)
The Torah: The Five Books of Moses, the New Translation of the Holy Scriptures According to the Traditional Hebrew Text – Jewish Publication Society Inc. (Judaism)
These are some books I’ve read around spirituality that would fall under the New Age category, which also impacted me:
Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 1)
Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 2)
Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 3)
Friendship with God: An Uncommon Dialogue
Communion With God: An Uncommon Dialogue
Way of the Peaceful Warrior – Dan Millman
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment – Eckhart Tolle
A Course in Miracles – Dr. Helen Schucman
Journey of Souls: Case Studies of Life Between Lives – Michael Newton
The Urantia Book (Part 1 and Part 2): The Central, Super, and Local Universe – Urantia Foundation
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success – MD Deepak Chopra
The Secret – Rhonda Byrne
And here is literature that inspired me around the topic of self-improvement:
Think and Grow Rich – Napoleon Hill
The Law of Success – Napoleon Hill
Unlimited Power – Tony Robbins
Awaken the Giant – Tony Robbins
How to Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen R. Covey
The Power of Positive Thinking – Norman Vincent Peale
As a Man Thinketh – James Allen
Richest Man in Babylon – George S. Clason
Rich Dad Poor Dad – Robert Kiyosaki
Who Moved My Cheese? – Spencer Johnson
One Minute Manager – Ken Blanchard
And finally, these are books around science that I found fascinating and informative:
Biocentrism – Bob Berman
A Brief History of Time – Stephen Hawking
On the Origin of Species – Charles Darwin
Relativity: The Special and General Theory – Albert Einstein and Robert W. Lawson
The Little Book of String Theory – Steven S. Gubser
The Elegant Universe – Brian Greene
Quantum Physics: A Beginner's Guide – Alastair Rae
Life after Life – Raymond Moody
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