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Global Mind Change
Our Living Universe by Duane Elgin
Drawing on the combined wisdom of science and spirituality, futurist Duane Elgin shows us how we are "cousins to everything
that exists." We participate in a living cosmos, he says, and recognizing this fact can provide a foundation for building
a sustainable and meaningful future.
Near-Death Experience
A Terrible Beauty by John Wren-Lewis
The most significant feature of near-death experiences, says the author Wren-Lewis, is that they open our eyes to the light
and love right here in this world, not in some other-worldly heavenly realm.
Societal Transformation
The Spiritual Heart of Service by James
O'Dea
"Any act is an act of service," writes Seva Foundation's O'Dea, and the spiritual heart of service beats at the
center of our most intimate life struggles. Great deeds are not found by conquering some Everest, but by paying close attention
much closer to home.
Inspirational Fiction
Shiva's Spider by James Fadiman
"Buzzing between Shiva's bliss-bestowing hands . . . the fly was about to alight on a mango slice when it struck one
of the almost invisible sticky threads." Fadiman's story of infinitesimal sacrifice in a spider's web is a lesson
for all of us.
Indigenous Wisdom
Ancient Rhythms of the Moon by
Barry Brailsford
Maori elders asked him to go on a journey across the mountains to the far coast. There, others would give him a stone.
So began archeologist Brailsford's initiation into the ways of indigenous wisdom, fulfilling a destiny marked since childhood.
Review Essay
Zen and the Brain by Eleanor Rosch
"Long ago in a distant land, a man's brain abruptly changed." This is how neurologist and meditator James Austin
describes the Buddha's enlightenment, in his book Zen and the Brain. Psychologist Rosch questions this brain-centric view
of meditation.
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