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Inner Life books

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Our “inner life” is a colorful way to refer to our sense of self as reflected in our ability to examine and accurately track the many facets of who we are as an individual: our thoughts, hopes, dreams, feelings, beliefs, and instincts; our “good” parts and our “bad;” and our spiritual, physical, and relational health. A healthy inner life is generally regarded as one where we have a fair control over our emotions, good self-awareness, and clarity about our values and purpose.

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On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored: Psychoanalytic Essays on the Unexamined Life

In a style that is writerly and audacious, Adam Phillips takes up a variety of seemingly ordinary subjects underinvestigated by psychoanalysis--kissing, worrying, risk, solitude, composure, even farting as it relates to worrying.

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Deepening Insight: Teachings on vedanā in the Early Buddhist Discourses

The ensuing pages present a selection of passages from the early Buddhist discourses that provide perspectives on the cultivation of liberating insight into vedanā, “sensation,” “feeling,” or “feeling tone.

Bhikkhu Anālayo

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The Inner Journey Home: The Soul’s Realization of the Unity of Reality

What is the soul, and how do we come to know it? What is its journey in life, and what stages and obstacles are encountered along the way? These questions are explored here in detail according to the Diamond Approach, a spiritual path that combines systematic inquiry into personal experience, the...

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Guided Buddhist Meditations: Essential Practices on the Stages of the Path

The Stages of the Path, or lamrim, presentation of Buddhist teachings (a step-by-step method to tame the mind) is a core topic of Buddhist study. The lamrim meditations remind us that the process of transforming the mind, unlike so much of our frantic modern society, is a slow and thoughtful one.

Thubten Chodron, H.H. the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

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365 Prescriptions for the Soul: Daily Messages of Inspiration, Hope, and Love

Dr. Bernie Siegel writes with humorous, down-to-earth wisdom that has improved the lives of countless readers.

Bernie S. Siegel

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Lit from Within: Yoga, Teachings, and Practices to Illuminate Our Inner Lives

More than just physical poses on a mat, yoga can be a profound path of self-realization.

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Meditation: Intimate Experiences with the Divine through Contemplative Practices

Contemplate the intimate journey of coming home to yourself as Sister Dr. Jenna and our sacred storytellers share their true, personal stories about meditation as a gateway into the mystical.

Sister Dr. Jenna

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The Journey of Robert Monroe: From Out-of-Body Explorer to Consciousness Pioneer

In 1971 Doubleday published a book called Journeys Out of the Body, a Virginia businessman's memoir of his weird and wonderful adventures on other planes of reality.

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The Art of Vinyasa: Awakening Body and Mind through the Practice of Ashtanga Yoga

The Art of Vinyasa takes a unique look at Ashtanga yoga as meditation in motion that produces profound inner change.

Richard Freeman, Mary Taylor

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The Voices Within: The History and Science of How We Talk to Ourselves

A luminous exploration of the nature of thoughts, from daydreams to the voices in our heads At the moment you caught sight of this book, what were you thinking? Was your thought a stream of sensations? Or was it a voice in your head? Did you ask yourself, "I wonder what that's about?" Did you...

Charles Fernyhough

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