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Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Professor Richard Alpert's star fell fast. To the dismay of his wealthy Boston family, he got fired from Harvard over experimental use of psychedelics with his psychology students. In 1967, he traveled to India to lick his wounds and find himself. And he did, at Neem Karoli Baba's ashram, in a direct encounter with unconditional, unlimited divine love. He returned to America as Baba Ram Dass, countercultural activist for expanded human consciousness....
Author
Publisher
Rodale
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Draws on discussions with meditation teachers, psychologists, and athletes as well as the author's own experiences as an extreme surfer to examine fear, exploring how to identify and understand fear-related behavior for a more fulfilling life.
Author
Publisher
Harper Wave
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"In this meditative memoir--a compelling fusion of Barbarian Days and the journals of Thomas Merton--the author of Saltwater Buddha reflects on his "failing toward enlightenment," his continued search to find meaning and a greater understanding of the Divine in the world's oceans as well as everyday life."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"The incredible story of the woman--actress, dancer, yogi, globetrotter--who brought yoga to America and to much of the rest of the western world. Born Eugenia Peterson in early 20th century Russia, Indra Devi was a rebel from earliest childhood. In the 1930s she fled to Berlin, and then--driven by her passion for yoga and a fascination with yogic philosophy (and Theosophy)--she journeyed to India, at a time when unaccompanied young European women...
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