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Meditation as Contemplative Inquiry Zajonc offers an overview of the meditative life, weaving practical instruction together with the guidance and inspiration of the world's great teachers, from Rudolf Steiner to Rumi, and from Goethe to the sages of Asia. |
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Sailing Home: Using the Wisdom of Homer's Odyssey to Navigate Life's Perils and Pitfalls A Contemplative Mind Board Member and respected teacher, Norman Fischer's new book incorporates Buddhist, Judaic, Christian, and popular thought, as well as his own unique and sympathetic understanding of life, in his reinterpretation of Odysseus's familiar wanderings as lessons that everyone can use. |
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The Activist's Ally: Includes a 13-track companion CD of music and practice instructions.
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A Powerful Silence: The Role of Meditation and Other Contemplative Practices In American Life and Work 159 pages, 1.2 MB .pdf file
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Creating the Contemplative Organization: Lessons from the Field 84 pages, 1.9 MB .pdf file
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Inviting the World to Transform: Nourishing Social Justice Work with Contemplative Practice 90 pages, 771 KB .pdf file
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Building a Community of Change: A Report on the Social Justice Gathering 27 pages, 919 KB .pdf file
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Tree of Practices Print
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Tree of Contemplative Practices Print Printed in color on 11" x 17" cardstock. The image can be trimmed to 11" x 14" for framing.
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Recommended books
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Contemplative Practices
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Victor N. Davich |
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Norman Fischer |
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Joseph Goldstein |
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Joseph Goldstein |
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William Johnston |
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Jon Kabat-Zinn |
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Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein |
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John Daido Loori |
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The Monks of New Skete |
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Thich Nhat Hanh |
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Shunryu Suzuki |
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Voices of Insight |
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Meditation as Contemplative Inquiry |
Resources for the Contemplative Workplace
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James A. Autry & Stephen Mitchell |
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Jon Kabat-Zinn |
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Matthew Fox |
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Les Kaye |
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Lewis Richmond |
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David Whyte |
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David Whyte |
Attending Retreats
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Come and Sit: A Week inside Meditation Centers This book devotes a chapter to each of seven traditions: Christianity, Zen, Theravadan Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, Sufism, Judaism, and Hinduism. |
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Lighting the Lamp of Wisdom: A Week inside a Yoga Ashram |
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Making a Heart for God: A Week inside a Catholic Monastery |
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Waking Up: A Week inside a Zen Monastery |
SPIRITUAL SEARCH: Fiction and Memoir
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Meeting Faith: The Forest Journals of A Black Buddhist Nun |
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Mount Analogue |
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Making Waves and Riding the Currents: |
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Stumbling Toward Enlightenment |
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Surfing the Himalayas: A Spiritual Adventure |
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The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton |
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Breakfast With Buddha |
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Pure Heart, Enlightened Mind: The Life and Letters of an Irish Zen Saint |
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Dreaming Me |
Nature and Contemplation
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Meditations of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Into the Green Future |
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Meditations of John Muir: Nature's Temple |
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Meditations of Henry David Thoreau: A Light in the Woods |
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Meditations of Walt Whitman: Earth, My Likeness |
Social Justice Resources
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The Love That Does Justice: Spiritual Activism in Dialogue with Social Service |
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Consciousness-in-Action: Toward an Integral Psychology of LIberation & Transformation |
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The Direct Path: Creating a Journey to the Divine Using the World’s Mystical Traditions |
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The Intuitive Way: A Guide to Living from Inner Wisdom |
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The Intuitive Writer: Listening to Your Own Voice |
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The Long Road Turns to Joy: A Guide to Walking Meditation |
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Meditations on Everything Under the Sun |
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The Spiritual Activist: Practices to transform Your Life, Your Work, and Your World |
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The Way of Council |
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Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life |
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Working Inside Out |
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Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living with |
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Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Return Hope to the Future |
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A Stone's Throw: Living the Act of Faith: social transformation through faith and spiritual practice |
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Brave Hearts, Rebel Spirits |
Law and Contemplation
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Steven Keeva |
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Lloyd Burton |
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George W. Kaufman |
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Benjamin Sells |
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Matthew Fox |
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Joseph Goldstein |
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Jon Kabat-Zinn |
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Jon Kabat-Zinn |
