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 Be As You Are
edited by David Godman
People of different cultures, ages and levels of diverse spiritual paths came to Ramana to ask questions. Many people recorded his answers. I have read four excellent books containing many questions and answers. Two recurring themes are: (1) Seeming contradictions are instead, Ramana's answers exactly appropriate to the level of understanding and the special needs of each unique person, and (2) Ramana himself is unique. At 16, he reached self-realization suddenly, directly and thereafter, he was never without it. Godman began his Indian studies in 1976; he is past librarian of Ramana's ashram in India and former editor of The Mountain Path, a Ramana Journal. Reviewed by Roberta Beckman.
Price: $16.95  
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 The Camino
by Shirley MacLaine
This captivating book chronicles MacLaine's pilgrimage across northern Spain on the scenic 500-mile long Santiago de Compostela Camino. "It is said that the 'Camino' lies directly under the Milky Way and follows ley lines that reflect the energy from those star systems above it...The Santiago Camino has been traversed for thousands of years by saints, sinners, generals, misfits, kings and queens." It is traveled with the intent to find one's true spiritual Self and to find peace within one's self. Guided by unseen friends, MacLaine conquers the Camino's vast emotional and physical obstacles, resulting in an incredibly profound understanding of her spiritual identity, human origins, and time. Inspiring and affirming, you may read this book more than once as you, too, move along your journey of the spirit. Reviewed by Renee Rathman, a friend of NRB.
Price: $13.95
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 The Four Agreements
by Don Miguel Ruiz
Ruiz, a Toltec shaman, offers an inspiring lesson in The Four Agreements. Based on ancient Toltec knowledge, Ruiz pinpoints four specific agreements that can help us transform our self-defeating thoughts and behaviors into new lessons and patterns of happiness and growth. Beautifully and clearly written, The Four Agreements introduces and explores such lessons as be impeccable with your word and don't take anything personally. Ruiz stresses that the most important agreements are the ones you make with yourself, and by recognizing how we conduct ourselves with others, how we internalize their opinions, and how we control our own behavior, we can begin breaking old, destructive agreements, and begin forming new, beneficial agreements with ourselves. Thought-provoking and entertaining!
Price: $12.95
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 Five Things We Cannot Change... and the Happiness We Find by Embracing Them
by David Richo.
The best selling author of How to Be an Adult in Relationships distills his thirty years of experience as a therapist to explain the roots of unhappiness and the surprising secret to finding freedom and fulfillment. The five areas we resist in life provided great opportunities to open, accept and even embrace our lives under any circumstances. Giving us practical exercises with a blend of Eastern spirituality and Western psychology he shows us how to open up to our lives-including what is frightening, painful or disappointing-and discover our greatest gifts. Reviewed by Andrew Macklem-Cross.
Price: $12.95
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 The Man Who Talks with the Flowers
by Glenn Clark
This is the life story of Dr. George Washington Carver who was born a slave and became a master horticulturist and lecturer. He discovered over 300 uses for the peanut and 150 uses of the sweet potato. Carver is recognized for saving agriculture in the South by advocating rotation of these crops with cotton. This is an intimate account from Glenn Clark who was “one of the boys” who spread Carver’s message that prayer works. Dr. Carver was a spiritual teacher who taught that “if you love something enough it will reveal the secrets of its soul.” Few knew that he was also a healer of some renown, using prayer and peanut oil to help polio patients. This is a wonderful little book that you’ll truly love and want to give all of your friends! Reviewed by Darlene Potter.
Price: $4.95
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