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- - - - Active dialouge with God through journaling (reciving "replies in the mind") - Like -> #
      - Background in "A Course In Miracles Workbook
        Course In Miracles Society"
      - Biblical understanding from a Non dual perspective
      - Very down to earth and insightful (an obvious starter for doubters)
    - - https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/24026/Hovedoppgavex-xBedexGriffiths.pdf?sequence=1
      - A Catholic monk going to India
      - An essay on how his views developed through many books
      - Unification of Hinduism and Christianity in Bede's words
    - - Active imagination (similar to conversations with God(?) + psychoanalytical)
      - Psychology meets spirituality
      - Taking the heroes Journey to a more deep understanding (than Campbell)
      - Black books as a recommended followup "Part 2"
    - - worked on advancing Spiral Dynamics into Aqal integral
      - Post-modern spirituality
      - Explains many high-level pathologies and traps
    - - http://enlight.lib.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-ENG/loy10.htm
    - - Autobiography of a modern day self-made multi-millionaire who turned full-time monk
      - After 10 years of making millions, he gave away all of his money and moved into an ice-cold cave in the Himalayas to meditate 18 hours a day.
      - Rats and insects would bite and crawl over him as he pushed himself to inhuman levels of meditation, finally attaining full enlightenment. He is a living modern-day Buddha. His story will bring you to tears.
    - - his is a book about epistemology and levels of consciousness
      - The fundamental question this book answers is: How do you distinguish truth from falsehood?
      - contains a treasure trove of wisdom and information about how humanity stratifies itself along various levels of consciousness.
  - - - Enlightenment from the perspective of Advaita Vedanta
    - - Short
      - existential insights surrounding enlightenment.
      - the nature of language
      - the nature of mind
      - the nature of life and death
    - - This is a no-bullshit guidebook for how to actually achieve enlightenment. One of the most important books I've ever read.
      - The ultimate book on enlightenment and real, tangible spirituality.
      - Warning, it will challenge everything you know about life.
    - - A very short but powerful book about the true nature of God and enlightenment.
      - Illusion shattering wisdom
      - A top book on the core of enlightenment from a self inquiry POW
    - - A compare-and-constrating of how different Eastern schools explain nonduality, including many of its consequences and facets.
      - Comparisons are presented from various schools of Buddhism, Hinduism, Advaita, Daoism, and Zen
      - Written by an enlightened Zen practitioner in a Western academic style.
    - - Enlightenment from a Christian perspective
      - 360 exercises for raising your consciousness.
      - Non-Dual christianity at it's core
      - Daily practices
    - - various degrees and levels of awakening,
      - Ramaji's 0-1000 levels of consciousness scale
      - detailed descriptions of each level and the obstacles for reaching the next level are of immense value to anyone pursuing non-duality.
    - - This tiny little book is a powerful distilled method of self-inquiry.
      - You basically learn how to systematically negate every image or idea you have of yourself, until Nothingness -- your true nature -- is all that remains.
      - This one technique, done repeatedly, can produce enlightenment. It's very direct.
    - - A concise and no-BS explanation of what kundalini is, how it works, how to raise it safely, and how it fits into the nondual paradigm. Exercises are given to be used in conjunction with Kriya Yoga for raising kundalini and attaining a kundalini awakening.
      - The most powerful and essential Kriya Yoga techniques in under 100 pages.
    - - top 3 of the most important and practical books you can read about consciousness and pursuing enlightenment.
      - . A no-bullshit, goal-oriented and fully rational approach to enlightenment from a Western Buddhist perspective.
      - This books offers invaluable maps of the stages of spiritual progress and address many practical obstacles that trip up nearly all serious meditators.