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I’m pretty much always rereading something by either
Krishnamurti or Osho. Those are my favorite philosophers. [4]
[Update: I’d now add Jed McKenna, Kapil Gupta, the Vashistha
Yoga, and Schopenhauer to that list.]
The Book of Secrets: 112 Meditations to
Discover the Mystery Within by Osho
Most meditation techniques are con-
centration methods, and there are many,
many meditation techniques. If you
want
to run through a bunch of them, you can pick up a book
called
The Book of Secrets by Osho. I know he’s gott en a bad rap
recently, but he was a prett y smart guy. It’s actually a transla-
tion of an old Sanskrit book with 112 diff erent meditations. You
can try each one and see which one works for you. [74]
The Great Challenge: Exploring the World Within by Osho
The Way to Love: The Last Meditations of Anthony de Mello by
Anthony de Mello
The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by
Michael
Singer
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius was absolutely life-
changing for me. It’s the personal diary
of the emperor of Rome. Here’s
a guy
who was probably the most powerful
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human being on Earth at the time he lived. He’s writing a diary
to himself, never expecting it to be published. When you open
this book, you realize he had all the same issues and all the
same
mental struggles; he was trying to be a bett er person.
Right there, you fi gure out success and power don’t improve
your internal state—you still have to work on it. [6]
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