Best inspiration & spirituality books according to redditors
We found 36 Reddit comments discussing the best inspiration & spirituality books. We ranked the 24 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 36 Reddit comments discussing the best inspiration & spirituality books. We ranked the 24 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
You can guarantee she is a snooper and probably trying to find if he has condoms etc. He needs to get these two books and put them where she'd look for condoms etc:
https://www.amazon.com/Single-Saved-Embracing-Celibate-Life/dp/1496951891
https://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Christs-Virginity-Celibate/dp/0898701619/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1506136070&sr=1-3&keywords=Celibate+Life
The purpose being to make her think he is not interested in sex. Sometimes you have to go with the long game.
Favorite theologians on this subject:
There's also been two books written about the case:
Innocence : The True Story of Steve Linscott, which was published by Zondervan, a religious publications outfit
and [Maximum Security by Steve Linscott himself, via Crossway Books] (https://www.amazon.com/Maximum-Security-Steven-Linscott/dp/0891077871/ref=la_B001KJ0BE0_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1525452899&sr=1-1)
If this is the right case, I'm guessing the first book is the one the OP read.
Ex-Southern Baptist checking in..
Giving up the concept of 'the afterlife', without a doubt.
Seeing every dead relative, friend or maybe even pets (there are still folks out there claiming it's possible: https://www.amazon.com/Do-Pets-Go-Heaven-Evidence/dp/0975387626 ) that I loved once more. And that we'd all go frolic through the countryside together after I was finally 'fortunate' enough to die.
I miss my grandmothers, I miss my uncle that was murdered, I miss my dumb-ass buddy that shot himself, and I miss Maggie the beagle.
Even after I abandoned my particular version of Christianity, I wasted quite some time flirting with other religions' version of the afterlife. Just hoping..and hoping..until I realized it was the same old vacant promises that the religion I'd been born into had made.
I really think this is the great crime of religion. Handing out that hope that your pain and suffering will, one day, turn into joy.
I've often had theists I know when I talk about what death really is death say, "Well, it's like the lottery! Most of the time, your hopes are dashed..but hey! Somebody's gonna win it! You just have to wait your turn!".
No. There's no way it's the same. Yeah, somebody does eventually win the lottery. But at least money actually exists. I haven't seen much evidence that gods do. And you have to presuppose that at least one god exists to even entertain the idea of an 'afterlife'.
EDIT: TL;DR: Never fell for all the "You're worthless because you're human!" crap, but wasted many years because folks who believed in Jesus told me I'd get to eat my Granma's fried chicken in heaven.
The Maze of Mormonism is an older but very good book about the history and beliefs of Mormonism, including photocopies of actual LDS church documents. It might be too much to get through in a week, but it's still a great resource for a solid understanding of what Mormons actually believe.
When he tries to address modern culture issues, Fr Seraphim sounds a lot like Constance Cumbey and other pop Christian writers of the early 80s.
I'll stick with his translations of the fathers and his later writing on Christianity of the heart. That's the good stuff.
Neville lecture transcripts are also available via Amazon, if you prefer either printed paper or Kindle format, and don't mind paying (links thanks to /u/Andalusian_Dawn):
The Awakening: 1963 Lectures
Imagining and the Transformation of Man: 1964 Lectures
The Wonder Working Power of the Imagination: 1965 Lectures
I Am Is the Way: 1966 Lectures
Imagining Creates Reality: 1967 Lectures
The Fall and Restoration: 1968 Lectures
I don't think you're going crazy. It sounds like you are exploring religion openly and honestly, with sincerity and good intentions.
Have you explored in other Texts as well? In a World Religions compilation of some sort? (I like this one for starters: it might be at your local library.)
I'm wondering if you might be recognizing the Voice of God everywhere that it is to be found, except that your "Christianity-sensor" is burnt out from bad experiences; or if it is indeed Judaism in particular.
What happens if you read some of these, the Hidden Words by Baha'u'llah?
Or these, from Hinduism?
Very curious if any of these affect you similarly! :)
Pretty sure it is his son. He was selling motivational tapes for youth by the time he was in college, thanks to Daddy's connections. Ashamed to say I owned them, but only because the parents bought them for me. I still remember his derogatory joke about BYU coeds on one tape. Yikes. how did those get past his LDS publisher when they were minting them for publication?
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https://www.amazon.com/Life-Like-Football-Game-Troy/dp/1555039642
Interesting! I hadn't noticed thar the text lectures on the Neville & Carl website were abridged. From what I have, Neville rambles a little, like any older man and isn't quite as succinct.
I don't listen to Neville in his own voice much due to hearing problems, which is why transcriptions are so important to me. I guess I will have to compare the original audio to the transcriptions I bought.
I bought these on Amazon Kindle. The books are supposedly exact transcriptions and go from year to year and appear to be from 1963 - 1968. I have 1963 -1967 and they are amazing and massive. I am a prolific reader and I've only finished one book completely. I learn something new with each one. If you get the kindle editions, they're only about $4 each, which is well worth the price. Yeah, they're not free, but for me personally, they're worth the price.
Here are the links:
The Awakening: 1963 Lectures
Imagining and the Transformation of Man: 1964 Lectures
The Wonder Working Power of the Imagination: 1965 Lectures
I Am Is the Way: 1966 Lectures
Imagining Creates Reality: 1967 Lectures
The Fall and Restoration: 1968 Lectures
I am sorry for your loss. I had a good friend of mine die last October and the most random things make me cry occasionally. Harold Ivan Smith has written a couple of very good books on the subject, which I found very helpful. The books do have some religious stuff in them which I just skipped over and I don't feel that it detracted from the advice.
My pastor often says, "your history does not determine your destiny". My poem on this very subject is in one of his books, "Moving Beyond Mediocrity" and if you can find a way to send me a private contact method, I'll send you a copy of the poem which may well help you move on. Alternatively perhaps I'll gather up the courage to post it on a blog somewhere. (EDIT: just realised Reddit has a PM style feature. Sent you the poem).
Also, please read (even in preference to my pastor's book) the phenomenal Ragamuffin Gospel which was instrumental in my own recovery from utterly-failed-church-planter back to productive-and-sincere-follower-of-Jesus :-)
Not counting shipping, this is only a penny (but costs four bucks with), or there is this for 99 cents total.
This pretty purple dress is $36.99, free shipping.
Congratulations on having your first contest!! And thank you. :)
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Find the book in Kindle and paperback formats.
The Science Of Yoga By I. K. Taimni
The most direct and rapid means to eternal bliss
The most direct and rapid means to eternal bliss (full text website)
Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm: Beyond the Doors of Perception into the Dreaming of Earth
/u/Toptomcat nailed it. Wholeheartedly agree in reference to Bubishi, not very practical but interesting nonetheless. I loved Draeger's CAFA and Unante is comprehensive thesis on the historical origins and lineages of the Okinawan fighting arts. These titles might not be for everyone but I am a history buff in addition to a martial artist so I enjoyed them.
Couple of others:
A few off-topic but related titles:
The Flight of the Feathered Serpent by Armando Cosani
a fantastic book from a journalist during the second world war who befriends a most peculiar fellow, later disappearing amidst the turmoil of the war and politics, but later sending him a copy of some things to publish with the book he was writing about their friendship, so all ended up compiled into one book. The best book on earth.
No, not a man of peace, not me.
I didn't mean to suggest you should not have posted Richard Rohr.
I can see how that could be posted here. There was a time when I was a big fan of Brother Lawrence, Practice of the Present. http://www.amazon.com/The-Practice-Presence-God-Teachings/dp/1434410137
One of my oldest friends was a monk in Cistercian monastery for years.
He is more interested in Zen now. It has been interesting to see the evolution.
I suppose there would be a place for a polite approach to where Richard Rohr is coming from, the kinds of issues he is attempting to reconcile. Its interesting.
surreptitiously adding Taiwan Tibet and is that Japan to their geographic outline is wishful thinking. Don't panic until they add Russia and environs.