eye_of_the_storm Posted April 25, 2013 A list of sages / saints / mystics / philosophers that have helped on your quest?I think any names repeated is a good thing... giving more credit to that particular influence. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adept Posted April 25, 2013 (edited) J Krishnamurti Lao Tzu Confucius Xunzi Bankei Liu I Ming Edited April 25, 2013 by adept Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adept Posted April 25, 2013 Jeff Foster Eckhart Tolle David Icke Swami Lakshmanjoo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C T Posted April 25, 2013 Richard Bach was the first. Â Then the motivational lot, Zig Ziglar, Leo Buscaglia, OG Mandino, and a whole host of others came to the fore. This was the time when i was immersed completely in amassing wealth and having the right wind in the sail affirmed my ambition. Â After that, during the weaning phase, it was Alan Watts. Â Followed by Ma Anandamayi. Devotional phase. Â After that, met my root guru, Rinchen, who opened to me a world where i have never been before. Â For literary fun, i dig all buddhist works by the various adepts and saints, especially Thinley Norbu, Longchenpa and Lama Govinda. Â Nothing too sensational happened. No kundalini waves, everything just quite casually neat and collective, in fact. Â Â What about yours? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eye_of_the_storm Posted April 25, 2013 (edited) I realised after I made the post...I can't really endorse anyone having never studied anyone entirely... lots of bits and pieces from many things.+ Films, Art, MusicI think I could sayEpictetusAlan Watts Edited April 25, 2013 by White Wolf Running On Air Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Who.am.i Posted April 25, 2013 Ramana Maharshi Chunyi Lin Lester Levenson Nisargadatta Maharaj Eckhart Tolle James Allen Paramahansa Yogananda Ernest Holmes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cat Pillar Posted April 25, 2013 Richard Bach was the first. Â Me too!! A friend of mine loaned me a copy of "Illusions" and told me I should read it. It pretty much rocked my worldview and jump-started my interest in figuring out just what this reality thing is. Â Others that have helped me the most: Â Robert Monroe Robert Bruce (these two helped crack open my worldview even further) Lao Tzu Greg Goode Michael Lomax Alan Wallace (most recently) Â And I have to say the conversations here at TTB's have helped me immensely as well. Nothing like live interaction to see how things play out dynamically. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RiverSnake Posted April 25, 2013 Path Notes by Glenn Morris was my Catcher In the Rye  My 2 cents, Peace Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lienshan Posted April 25, 2013 The unknown author of I Ching + Niels Bohr + The unknown author of the Guodian Tao Te Ching Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
madMUHHH Posted April 25, 2013 Eckhart Tolle Laozi Zhuangzi Epicurus Saul Williams Tool Ayahuasca  :-O Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seeker of Wisdom Posted April 25, 2013 Buddha Lao Tzu Confucius Alan Wallace Hui-neng Patanjali Jesus Bill Bodri Swami Sivananda  When I get round to reading his 'fundamental verses', I expect Nagarjuna will make that list. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3bob Posted April 25, 2013 . It's not just the "good guys" for without the "bad guys" who would be the good guys be, and how strong would they be without being proven against all odds? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RiverSnake Posted April 25, 2013 . It's not just the "good guys" for without the "bad guys" who would be the good guys be, and how strong would they be without being proven against all odds? Who's saying there good or bad? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stosh Posted April 25, 2013 Dont be like that dude! is fairly strong reasoning. I think you should go ahead and list anti-heros But it aint my thread Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seth Ananda Posted April 25, 2013 Hermes Trismegistus, Balinas, Appolonias, Plato, Socrates, Plotinus, Porphry, Iamblichis, Empedicles, Hypatia, Agrippa... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vanir Thunder Dojo Tan Posted April 25, 2013 ? No one any more or less noteworthy than a homeless bum on the streets begging for alcohol(/money) or Albert Einstein. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3bob Posted April 26, 2013 (edited) . you can bet your bottom dollar there is good and bad right up to the no-thing. Â (good as in dharmic, bad as in anti-dharmic) Edited April 26, 2013 by 3bob Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dawei Posted April 26, 2013 Hui Neng; Huang Po Li Erh Xi Wang Mu Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Immortal4life Posted April 26, 2013 (edited) Here was my thread I made kind of about this subject http://thetaobums.com/topic/23698-teachers-in-history/  Amilius  Adam  Enoch  Thoth  Melchizedek  Joseph  Joshua  Asaph  Solomon  Jeshua  Zend  Jesus  Krishna  Zoroaster  Daniel  John the Baptist  The Essenes  Lao Tzu  Buddha Sakyamuni  Muhammed  The Hopi Edited April 26, 2013 by Immortal4life Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eye_of_the_storm Posted April 26, 2013 (edited) . It's not just the "good guys" for without the "bad guys" who would be the good guys be, and how strong would they be without being proven against all odds?  Yes haha  I had a similar thought also after the post... pondering my own // Much bigger question than I had first imagined.  Maybe I should have said rather than helped... most resonated / in agreement with or the like.  Ah well... good stuff so far!  My idea originally was that folks starting on the path could have a nice list of people / thoughts etc to look into if they so wished.  It takes some time to sort out what is good and what is not (but then who is to say...+ as you say above)  Hopefully I nice little kickstart for some... or even potential new sources for the more traveled Edited April 26, 2013 by White Wolf Running On Air Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C T Posted April 26, 2013 Come to think of it, there was Snoopy, who did his bid to shape my world when i was 10 or so.... Â "My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, yet I'm Happy. I cant figure it out. What am I doing right?", bemused Snoopy. Â Another time, he told his friend, "If you put your supper dish to your ear, you can hear the sounds of a restaurant." Â Cool philosopher, Snoopy is. A real immortal. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RiverSnake Posted April 26, 2013 I was also quite influenced by the verses of the 3rd patriarch of Zen. To this day I still try and life by this poem: http://www.age-of-the-sage.org/buddhism/third_patriarch_zen.html  My 2 cents, Peace 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spiraltao Posted April 26, 2013 Tesla Richard. Brautigan (not sure on spelling) .  Confucius  Krishnamirti  Lao Tzu  Sifu and whole ng family  My parents  Lao Xie Matsuo  God      1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vanir Thunder Dojo Tan Posted April 26, 2013 I'd be wrong not to mention my parents. I've had at least 6 Mom and dad; first and foremost mom. my first 2 parents mean the most. everyone after that has only helpped me see the many perspectives of reality and made up for small stuff mom and dad couldnt do n_n 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
