Inspirational Books Thread

hijabihippie · 07-16-2009, 07:25 AM

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.

verklingen · 07-16-2009, 07:38 AM

HTAM · 07-16-2009, 09:11 AM

Great reading....inspirati onal in some parts devastating in others.

I10HaulR · 07-16-2009, 04:26 PM

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.

**SageTree** · 07-16-2009, 05:00 PM

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.

Debaser · 07-18-2009, 12:47 PM

1. The Underacheiver's Manifesto

2. The Celestine Prophecy

3. When Will jesus bring The Pork Chops?

**SageTree** · 07-18-2009, 01:21 PM

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.

hijabihippie · 07-20-2009, 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by I10HaulR

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?

PhishDude · 05-04-2010, 11:08 PM

verklingen, A friend told me about the Cosmic Serpent book. I am currently reading it.

shakeNbake06 · 05-05-2010, 10:42 AM

The other day I read The Bhagavad Gita (translated by Eknath Easwaran) in one sitting! really amazing book, gave me a completely different perspective of pretty much EVERYTHING. I'd like to eventually read the entire Bible, but it's so long.. I also got a Qur'an translated by Abdullah Yusuf 'Ali - but like the Bible, it will take ages to read lol.

http://www.amazon.com/Bhagavad-Gita-...3080371&sr=8-1

Qui-Bong Jinn · 05-05-2010, 11:12 AM

Life after Death - Deepak Chopra, totally changed my beliefs.

kRad · 06-24-2010, 11:50 AM

Simple and I would suggest everyone to read one or more of thier books

Aldous Huxley

Terrence Mckenna

Any book by there's two are inspiring, also they are probablly father along the track's of the pursuit of truth then anyone I've come across.

Geeno · 06-26-2010, 09:17 AM

I'm reading a book called Outliers. It's all about why people became successful at things.

my_scatterheart · 06-28-2010, 12:16 PM

Über King · 07-01-2010, 02:57 PM

hardboiled wonderland and the end of the world - haruki murakami
Roadside Picnic - arkady and boris strugatsky

farmergiles · 07-01-2010, 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SageTree

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.

I've been to a house where he used to stay on Crete. Kazantzakis is a mega writer. I love the slant that book puts on the New Testament.

**SageTree** · 07-02-2010, 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by farmergiles

I've been to a house where he used to stay on Crete. Kazantzakis is a mega writer. I love the slant that book puts on the New Testament.

That's cool man.

I really like it because this seem ,to me, to be a man that has deeply considered his faith, and this book is a really cool 'what if' tale of questioning and finding answers outside the box.

It really touches the self-less-ness in it all but only after a fully indulgent swing into fantasy.

Cheers!

Mikey · 07-08-2010, 08:59 PM

i'm allowed to listen to my ipod now while working the farm

so if any of you have links to audiobooks it'd be great

Lloydy · 07-09-2010, 04:30 AM

mein kampf

**~~Dantastic~~** · 07-09-2010, 05:11 AM

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SageTree ~Kalyāṇa-mitrā~ Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: In Love Posts: 23,414 Blog Entries: 26 Thanks: 13,070 Thanked 6,767 Times in 4,664 Posts	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. __________________ "What's oppressive is letting your life be confined by old definitions of what everything is." -Zen Meister my_scatterheart YaHooka is.... Cannabis lovers from around the world pulling up a comfy chair, picking up a vaporizer, a bong, a brownie, a pipe, or a joint, getting high, stoned, buzzed or healthy. Uniting our minds in conversation...While Portraying a Positive Image of marijuana and marijuana users to the world. Treat your fellow YaHookans with kindness,respect and tolerance.

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shakeNbake06 Old School Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 368 Thanks: 21 Thanked 56 Times in 29 Posts	The other day I read The Bhagavad Gita (translated by Eknath Easwaran) in one sitting! really amazing book, gave me a completely different perspective of pretty much EVERYTHING. I'd like to eventually read the entire Bible, but it's so long.. I also got a Qur'an translated by Abdullah Yusuf 'Ali - but like the Bible, it will take ages to read lol. http://www.amazon.com/Bhagavad-Gita-...3080371&sr=8-1 Last edited by shakeNbake06; 05-05-2010 at 10:44 AM.

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