Zen

Mary Shutan’s kundalini book is very specific and accurate for advanced stages of permenant kundalini awakening.

Viktor Frankl was in a concentration camp when he developed this book. A crucial voice in any discussion of modern spirituality.

Krishnamurti is an essential reference for anyone interested in meditation, metacognition, or just good writing. Love him.

The life work of psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is on the positive psychology concept of ‘flow”.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi talks about his life’s work on finding and accessing higher consciousness states.

Shucman describes in clear and kind terms the use of the human lifetime to progress through spiritual curriculum.

Chris Langan describes samadhi experience, as the pragmatic end-result of scientific endeavor.

For a scientist on a spiritual path, learning to declutter the mind is different than other professions because you use the mind to work.

Eugene Herrigel wrote a very lovely book on zen which has the property of being accessible at any level of the spiritual journey.

The basic premise of Dollhouse is an interesting version of reincarnation and a lot of the storyline explores this premise in a safe fictionalized space.

The storyline of the Framework details different awakening styles and what is required for a spiritual awakening.

McKenna’s writing is based on the Zen Buddhist tradition but he writes in a form and syntax that is very accessible to Westerners.

Rumi was not only awakened, but he also described this state with whimsy and compassion in both poetry and dance. His words bleed love and one does not need to be a spiritual student to appreciate their beauty.

An excellent book that is essential to ground an inflated ego at some point in the awakening. I wish I’d read it earlier than I did but c'est la vie.