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Old 07-16-2009, 08:25 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Inspirational Books Thread
So, what books have you read that have inspired you, induced mind meltdown,
changed your take on life, the universe and everything?

1. The Sublime Quran translated by Laleh Bakhtiar

2. Anything written by Octavia Butler.

3. Anything written by Spider Robinson, or by Spider and Jeanne Robinson.
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Old 07-16-2009, 10:11 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Great reading....inspirati onal in some parts devastating in others.
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1. The Qu'ran
2. On the Road byJack Kerouac
3. Junky by Williams S Burroughs

I just really like anything "Beat" The lifestyle fits me with the exception of the drugs/alcohol/sexuality. I'll take the travel,music, and minimalist lifestyle.
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Old 07-16-2009, 06:00 PM   #5 (permalink)
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I have many more, but this one really helped me touch my own roots of what I was raised with and helped me to really learn to read more allogorically and metaphorically.
 
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Old 07-18-2009, 01:47 PM   #6 (permalink)
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1. The Underacheiver's Manifesto

2. The Celestine Prophecy

3. When Will jesus bring The Pork Chops?

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Beautiful verse full of amazing ways to see and describe the Oneness in the world.




And one I always give away to graduates and people who are searching.



This is a good one I really enjoyed that my wife passed to me when she was done. Very similiar search for meaning as the Hesse book.
 
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Old 07-20-2009, 07:42 AM   #8 (permalink)
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1. The Qu'ran
2. On the Road byJack Kerouac
3. Junky by Williams S Burroughs

I just really like anything "Beat" The lifestyle fits me with the exception of the drugs/alcohol/sexuality. I'll take the travel,music, and minimalist lifestyle.
Have you checked out Bakhtiar's translation of the Quran?
 
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