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Enlightenments, Not Enlightenment

By Jack Kornfield — 2018

Awakening is not the same for everyone—even spiritual masters manifest their wisdom differently and took various paths to get there.

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Activation of Energy: Enlightening Reflections on Spiritual Energy

An important Christian philosopher contends that if human energy is channeled in the right direction, "upward and outward," spiritual energy as a motor force in the universe will outdistance technological advance.

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Teilhard de ChardinPierre
2002
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The Enlightenment Process: A Guide to Embodied Spiritual Awakening (Revised and Expanded)

The Enlightenment Process describes the process of enlightenment as the gradual realization of our most subtle dimension of unified, all-pervasive consciousness.

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Judith Blackstone
2008
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Awakening: Conversations with the Masters

With more than two million books sold and countless admirers throughout the world, Anthony de Mello is regarded as one of the most influential religious teachers of the past fifty years. Since his death in 1987, widespread recognition of his work’s enduring value has continued to grow.

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Anthony de Mello
2003
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The Spectrum of Consciousness

Wilber’s groundbreaking synthesis of religion, philosophy, physics, and psychology started a revolution in transpersonal psychology.

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Ken Wilber
1993
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No Boundary: Eastern and Western Approaches to Personal Growth

A simple yet comprehensive guide to the types of psychologies and therapies available from Eastern and Western sources. Each chapter includes a specific exercise designed to help the reader understand the nature and practice of the specific therapies.

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Ken Wilber
2001
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Karma: A Yogi’s Guide to Crafting Your Destiny

A new perspective on the overused and misunderstood concept of “karma” that offers the key to happiness and enlightenment, from the world-renowned spiritual master Sadhguru. What is karma? Most people understand karma as a balance sheet of good and bad deeds, virtues and sins.

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Sadhguru
2025
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Joining a Larger Community of Compassion

This sneak peak with Acharya Gaylon Ferguson is from the Science of Meditation online summit. You can sign up for the whole 5 day summit which runs Oct. 19-23, free right here: https://online.shambhalamountain.org

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Gaylon Ferguson
2016
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Natural Wakefulness: Discovering the Wisdom We Were Born With

There are two essential elements to the spiritual path says this popular teacher from the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa: understanding that you’re already enlightened, already perfect in wisdom right here and now, and accessing that natural wakefulness through spiritual practice.

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Gaylon Ferguson
2025
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Beyond Thinking: A Guide to Zen Meditation

Spiritual practice is not some kind of striving to produce enlightenment, but an expression of the enlightenment already inherent in all things: Such is the Zen teaching of Dogen Zenji (1200–1253) whose profound writings have been studied and revered for more than seven hundred years, influencing...

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Eihei Dogen
2004
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On Quality: An Inquiry into Excellence: Unpublished and Selected Writings

“The ultimate goal in the pursuit of excellence is enlightenment.” Robert M. Pirsig wrote this unpublished line in 1962 while a patient at Downey Veteran Administration Hospital in Illinois, where he was admitted as a psychiatric patient.

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Robert M. Pirsig, Wendy K. Pirsig
2022
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