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**books:
The
Attention Revolution : Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind, by
B. Alan Wallace, PhD
Our faculty of attention affects us in countless ways. Our very
perception of reality is tied closely to where we focus our attention.
Only what we pay attention to seems real to us, whereas whatever we
ignore—no matter how important it may be—seems to fade into
insignificance... Each of us chooses, by our ways of attending to
things, the universe we inhabit and the people we encounter. But for
most of us, this “choice” is unconscious, so it’s not really a choice
at all.
Robert
Apatow,
Ph.D. The
Spiritual Art of Dialogue : Mastering Communication for Personal
Growth,
Relationships, and the Workplace
Mel Ash.
Shaving
the Inside of Your Skull : Crazy Wisdom for Discovering Who You
Really
Are
"What
exactly is this stuff called belief growing between our ears that
deadens
the sound ofthe universe and makes us deaf to everything but the
whining
and whimpering of our own opinions? ... How can we become who we really
are and not who we're supposed to be and who we're told to be? Early
on,
we are taught to master skills, equipment, and concepts but never, ever
let in on the biggest secret of all: the thing that is behind all this
doing and being, the machinery of consciousness; our essentially empty
and clear minds which exist independent of the sludge of beliefs,
opinions,
and conditioning that constructs what we call normal reality."
Mary
Field Belenky. Women's
Ways of Knowing : The Development of Self, Voice, and Mind
[woman
reader:] '..an outstanding book based on experiential studies and
interviews
of 130+ women in varying fields, roles, and capacities. It explores the
different "voices" or lack thereof that women hide and/or exhibit. This
book not only looks at how women "learn" in formal and informal
settings
yet it looks at the challenges that women face in a
masculine-structured
society and educational settings.'
Joan
Borysenko. Fire
in the Soul : A New Psychology of Spiritual Optimism
Nathaniel
Branden.The
Art of Living Consciously
"It
is true that living consciously obliges us at times to confront painful
realities. It is also true that it demands an effort.
As
a way of operating in the world, living consciously has its cost...
however, the rewards are overwhelmingly greater
than
any apparent drawback. Living consciously is a source of power and
liberation. It does not weigh us down --
it
lifts us up." Guy Claxton. Hare
Brain, Tortoise Mind
Mihaly
Csikszentmihaly. Creativity
: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention
"To
change personality means to learn new patterns of attention. To look at
different things, and to look at them differently; to learn to think
new thoughts, have new feelings about what we experience." [review]
Duane
Elgin. Promise
Ahead: A Vision of Hope and Action for Humanity's Future
'When
we began our journey of awakening roughly 35,000 years ago, we had only
an indistinct sense of ourselves and a strong but largely unconscious
feeling of connection with nature. Over the millennia, we have acquired
a strong sense of ourselves, but at the cost of separating ourselves
from nature. Looking ahead, we have the opportunity to reconnect
consciously with nature and the larger human family. As in the hero's
journey, our challenge is to return to where we started, but with a new
level of insight, compassion, and creativity. T.S. Eliot foretold of
this return when he wrote "And the end of all our exploring Will be to
arrive where we started And know the place for the first time."
Robert
W. Firestone, Ph.D. et al. Conquer
Your Critical Inner Voice
"The
inner critic is the voice in our heads that whispers, whines, and
needles us into place. It edits our thoughts, controls our behavior and
inhibits our actions. It thinks it is protecting us from being hurt -
but all it really does is reinforce feelings of shame and guilt,
sabotage our closest relationships, and contribute to drug and alcohol
abuse. In this new guide, three psychologists teach you how to use the
revolutionary new strategy of voice therapy to externalize the inner
critic, give its statements a reality test, and finally see them for
what they are. Dozens of step-by-step exercises, self-assessment tests,
and journaling activities help you release the inner critic's
stranglehold on your self-esteem, reverse its contribution to
self-destructive behavior, and combat its subversive effect on career
achievement and intimate relationships."
W.
Timothy Gallwey The
Inner Game of Music
Rosalene
Glickman. Optimal
Thinking: How
to Be Your Best Self
Optimal
Thinking is the language of our best self. It empowers our highest self
to take charge. We ask the best questions, obtain the best solutions,
and make the most constructive decisions in every situation -- and
eliminate "if only.." ...In
today's competitive world, many positive thinkers still think in
mediocre terms and settle for second best. Whenever you think
suboptimally, it costs you time, energy, joy and money. You function at
your peak when you think in optimal terms. Optimal Thinking -- not
positive thinking -- is the mental basis of peak performance. from author site optimalthinking.com
Pierre
Grimes, Regina L. Uliana Philosophical
Midwifery : A New Paradigm for
Understanding Human Problems With Its Validation
[excerpt]
"It is entirely possible to verify for oneself that we are part of a
caring and intelligible universe. ... our mind constantly communicates
with us and for our benefit. The communications from the mind are as
profound as they are utterly appropriate to our circumstances; for
while the scope of the mind is pervasive, its precision is always
directed to what is personally significant. We will demonstrate that
our choice of goals, the problems we face, the daydreams or fantasies
we have, and the dreams that visit us in our sleep each and every one
of them are like doorways into the richest source of insights into our
life. What we discover through these insights is that the mind itself
provides ample evidence of its own goodness and intelligibility."
Willis
Harman. Higher
Creativity : Liberating the Unconscious for Breakthrough Insights
William
Irwin. The
Matrix and Philosophy: Welcome to the Desert of the Real
William
Irwin. The
Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer
William
Irwin. Seinfeld
and Philosophy: A Book about Everything and Nothing
J.
Krishnamurti The
Awakening of Intelligence
J.
Krishnamurti The
Book of Life
"Truth
can come to you only when your mind and heart are simple, clear, and
there is love in your heart; not if your heart is filled with the
things of the mind... Then you are simply a human being without a
label, without a country. This means that you must strip yourself of
all those things and allow truth to come into being; and it can come
only when the mind is empty, when the mind ceases to create."
J.
Krishnamurti To
Be Human
"Abandon
all authority, including that of [your] own experience, when observing
oneself, others, and life. ... Truth is a pathless land. ... [one]
cannot arrive at truth through any organization, through any creed,
through any dogma, priest, or ritual, nor through any philosophical
knowledge or psychological technique. [You have] to find it through the
mirror of relationship, through the understanding of the content of
[your] own mind, through observation and not through intellectual
analysis or introspective dissection."
Robert
Lawrence Kuhn Closer
to Truth : Challenging Current Belief
"..brings
together 55 leading scientists, scholars, artists and thinkers to
consider state-of-the-art ideas affecting the human condition...
physics to philosophy, consciousness to cosmology, creativity to
longevity... renowned thinkers--including philosophers John Searle and
Patricia Churchland; physicists Leon Lederman and Andre Linde;
astronomers Neil de Grasse Tyson and Wendy Freedman; artificial
intelligence pioneers Marvin Minsky, Edward Feigenbaum and Ray
Kurzweil... creativity experts Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Edward De
Bono..."
Robert
Lawrence Kuhn Creativity
and Thinking (Closer to Truth audio series)
"...the
nature of creativity, manifesting creativity in the work environment,
methods for generating creativity, thought processes in the last
millennium (and the new one), the relationship between technology and
modes of thought, and the exhilarating effects of music and art."
Ellen J.
Langer The
Power of Mindful Learning
[Amazon.com:]
'Professor Langer seeks to prove that real learning takes place in a
"mindful" environment that provides a context for the subject.. and
allows us to bring something of ourselves into the process. As an
example, she points to a study of two groups of piano students, one of
which was taught through repetition and memorization of scales, while
the other was encouraged to respond to their own thoughts and emotions.
The second group became more competent and more creative.'
...
Lou
Marinoff. Plato,
Not Prozac: Applying Eternal Wisdom to Everyday Problems
Lou
Marinoff. The
Big Questions: How Philosophy Can Change Your Life
Matthew
Mckay, Patrick Fanning. Prisoners
of Belief: Exposing & Changing Beliefs That Control Your Life
Michael
Michalko. Cracking
Creativity
We
tend to think reproductively, that is on the basis of similar problems
encountered in the past.
We
fixate on something that has worked before... Then we analytically
select the most promising
approach
based on past experiences, excluding all other approaches, and work in
a clearly defined
direction
to solve the problem. Because of past experience, we become arrogantly
certain that our
conclusion
is correct. In contrast, a creative thinker will approach a problem on
its own terms.
Michael Michalko (Newsweek International Edition)
Tom
Morris. If
Aristotle Ran General Motors
Richard
Moss. The
Black Butterfly : An Invitation to Radical Aliveness
[reader:]
"Dr. Moss writes of his own powerful, beautiful, and totally
spontaneous awakening experience and how he struggled to understand it
and, through it, begin the process of living a life of "radical
alivesness". ... Dr. Moss writes that "Awakening is going on in varying
degrees in every person. It is not something from which we can turn
away."
M. Scott
Peck.The
Road Less Traveled and Beyond
David
Perkins Archimedes'
Bathtub: The Art and Logic of Breakthrough Thinking
'From
Archimedes' discovery of the principle of water displacement while
taking a bath to Einstein's Theory of Relativity, from Brunelleschi's
development of perspective drawing to the Impressionist revolution,
from the taming of fire to the creation of the laser, "breakthrough
thinking"--that is, a sudden, seemingly unaccountable moment of
inspiration--has shaped and advanced civilization. But Nature invents,
too--through evolutionary watersheds like vertebrate mammals and
formerly grounded creatures making the leap to flight. How, then, does
breakthrough thinking really work? What, if anything, does human
invention have in common with biological evolution? In this sly tour de
force of deep analysis and practical exercises, David Perkins explores
the common logic behind breakthroughs across many fields, historical
periods, and evolutionary epochs. Drawing on a rich knowledge of
artificial intelligence and cognitive psychology, Perkins offers a
uniquely integrative theory of how breakthroughs occur, along with
dozens of delightful mind puzzles and illustrations.."
David
Richo. Shadow
Dance: Liberating the Power and Creativity of Your Dark Side
"Our
scared and arrogant ego has an enormous capacity not to know itself,"
says Esalen Institute psychotherapist David Richo. The shadow self, the
dark side of the personality, is hidden in the psyche. Others often see
it, but we do not. As Jung says, "The shadow is the negative side of
the personality, the sum of all those unpleasant qualities we like to
hide, together with the insufficiently developed functions and the
contents of the personal unconscious....[The shadow] also displays a
number of good qualities such as normal instincts, appropriate
reactions, realistic insights, creative impulses, etc."
Bryan E.
Robinson, Ph.D. Don't
Let Your Mind Stunt Your Growth
[Amazon.com:]
"Current experiences are often framed by negative beliefs, thoughts,
and feelings created in the past. In this book, practicing psychologist
and inspirational author Bryan Robinson helps readers replace these old
frames with new, healthier ones.... This collection includes for each
of 70 passages, a famous quote; a personal vignette, case study, or
fable; a psychological technique or spiritual principle; and a brief
suggestion on how to integrate positive principles into work, intimate
relationships, and daily lives."
Mary
Rocamora. The
Personal Journey Workbook: A Guide to an Extraordinary Life
"to
show a way to get Awareness free of old, limiting patterns so that a
fresh and expansive life can be lived... a carefully designed
exploration of awareness and beliefs using accessible, non-dogmatic
information and precisely crafted inductive exercises."
Peter
Russell. Waking
Up in Time
"The
still mind is a mind that is not moved by ideas or understandings -- at
least, not as we normally think of them. This knowing comes from a
direct acquaintance with the Self. I simply AM. I am not any thing;
there is no substance or form to my being. Yet its reality is
absolutely clear -- and undeniable."
Jeffrey
Satinover. The
Quantum Brain: The Search for Freedom and the Next Generation of Man
"It
is the first book on the brain that combines a grasp of the physics of
the microcosm and the technologies of artificial intelligence, neural
networks, and self-organizing systems, with a recognition of the
transcendant properties that define the mind and differentiate it from
matter. Although the subject is inherently difficult and novel, Jeffrey
Satinover is an inspired guide through the fertile areas of convergence
among the pivotal sciences of the age. From such insights will emerge
both new technologies and new philosophies and theologies for the
twenty-first century." - George Gilder, Editor, Gilder Technology Report
Martin
Seligman. Learned
Optimism: What You Can Change... and What You Can't
"We
can control our thoughts as we can our muscles... One of the most
significant findings in psychology in the last twenty years is that
individuals can choose the way they think." [more on work of Seligman on
page : positive psychology]
Robert
L. Solso. The
Psychology of Art and the Evolution of the Conscious Brain
Robert
J. Sternberg. Defying
the Crowd
"Internal
obstacles can be of several kinds. One kind is the mental block... You
can get stuck in one way of seeing a problem... Another internal
obstacle is internal rigidity. .. not only uncomfortable questioning
old ways... but actually unable to defy authority... when you are on
the verge of seeing things in another way, you stop thinking. Before
blaming external obstacles, therefore, you need to ask yourself whether
there are obstacles in yourself that are proving to be barriers to
creative expression."
Robert
J. Sternberg, Janet E. Davidson. The
Nature of Insight
[Booknews:]
"Brings together diverse perspectives on the nature and origins of
insightful thinking, and examines the history of theory and research on
the topic. Contributors draw on aspects of experimental psychology,
cognitive science, and social history to look at creative puzzle-
solving, the mental processes behind new inventions, and the thinking
of some of the most insightful people in history, and consider
metaphors such as evolution and investment as bases for understanding
insight."
Charles
Swindoll. Attitude
: Your Most Important Choice
The
longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.
Attitude, to me is more important than education, than money, than
circumstances,
than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or
do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. ... The
remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude
we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past ... we cannot
change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change
the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we
have, and that is our attitude.
Charles
T. Tart. Living
the Mindful Life
Charles
Tart, PhD. Waking
Up: Overcoming the Obstacles to Human Potential
Charles
T. Tart. Mind
Science: Meditation Training for Practical People
[author:]
"I've always been interested in meditation and mindfulness techniques.
My professional and scientific interest comes from seeing these as
ways... to understand and use my own mind more effectively... My
scholarly and scientific understanding was, for a long, long time, the
only understanding I had of meditation: I had tried various classical
meditation techniques off and on for years - with very poor results. My
mind was just too busy and jumpy. Someone could instruct me, "First,
quiet your mind and then....." but I never got past that first part....
After years of repeated failure at meditation, I discovered G. I.
Gurdjieff's ideas of developing mindfulness in the midst of everyday
life, instead of walking around in the waking daydream we usually live
in. ... My new book... is based on a very successful workshop in which
I introduced people to classical concentrative and insight meditation
and segued from that into Gurdjieffian mindfulness practices for daily
life."
Shelley
E. Taylor, PhD. Positive
Illusions : Creative Self-Deception and the Healthy Mind
"Optimism
is an underrated resource. It gives you much more than people imagine
it does." Shelley E. Taylor, PhD
Frances
Vaughan, Ph.D. Paths
Beyond Ego: The Transpersonal Vision
Ken
Wilber Integral
Psychology : Conciousness, Spirit, Psychology, Therapy
"While
attempting to include the best of modern scientific research on
psychology, consciousness, and therapy, [this book] also takes its
inspiration from that integral period of psychology's own genesis
(marked by such as Fechner, James, and Baldwin, many others..). ...
includes a discussion of around two hundred theorists, East and West,
ancient and modern, all working, in their own way, toward a more
integral view."
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