Jox Posted December 18, 2014 (edited) I dont have nightstand ... lol, but at my fingertips distance on the floor there are ... Taoist shaman by Kris Deva North, Taoist body and Fusion of 5 elements by Mantak Chia. There is also Kobo e_reader ..., the book opened on it at the moment is, Tien Tao Qi Gong corespondence program ... Edited December 18, 2014 by Jox 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manitou Posted December 19, 2014 I'm also doing a re-read on the Castaneda series. I read the first book as a teenager and thought it was just about drugs. Then I read them again about 15 years ago, after studying metaphysics for some years, and was greatly surprised by the underlying metaphysics contained within. This series is one of those that the higher your eyes are, the more you see. Just like the TTC and many other metaphysical works. So they're a quick 'sitting in the doctor's office' read for me now - but each and every time you read the later books, you see something different because your 'eyes' are looking from a higher plane.  There are just some books that need to be read multiple times. In my experience, a partial list would be  The Impersonal Life, by Anonymous (later determined to be Joseph Benner) Some Christian mention can be easily sidestepped, but it's the best book I've ever seen to bring one to the I Am consciousness.  Advanced Course in Yogi Philosophy and Oriental Occultism, by Yogi Ramacharaka  Anything by Manley Hall will show you new things at different levels.  Also, Blavatsky. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLB Posted December 19, 2014 Kung Fu Engineering by Yan Liu Heavenly Streams by Damo Mitchell Jesus Through the Centuries by Jaroslav Pelikan The Hidden History of the Chinese Internal Martial Arts by Sal Canzonieri Construction Superintendent Operations Manual by Sidney Levy The Patrick Melrose Novels by Edward St. Aubyn  Er, some of those texts are read in the daytime too. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Taomeow Posted December 19, 2014 The Ceasing of Notions by Soko Morinaga. I keep coming back to this one again and again. Â As it Is, by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. Â What I need: good fiction. Define what's good fiction for you, maybe I'll have an idea or two. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beyonder Posted December 19, 2014 (edited) I've got a bookshelf in my bedroom (mostly philosophy, some rhetorics, some physics, some religious stuff), so have no need for keeping books on a nightstand. I'm currently not actively studying anything, though. Edited December 19, 2014 by beyonder 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
forestofclarity Posted December 19, 2014 My definition is well written, entertaining, and with something to say beyond plot points.  Here's a few fiction books I liked:  Catch-22 by Joseph Heller The Razor's Edge by Somerset Maugham The Name of the Rose by Umberto Echo The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon  Define what's good fiction for you, maybe I'll have an idea or two. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Taomeow Posted December 19, 2014 My definition is well written, entertaining, and with something to say beyond plot points. Â Here's a few fiction books I liked: Â Catch-22 by Joseph Heller The Razor's Edge by Somerset Maugham The Name of the Rose by Umberto Echo The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon OK, gotcha. Why don't you try this one: http://www.amazon.com/The-Master-Margarita-Mikhail-Bulgakov/dp/product-description/0679760806 Â 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
forestofclarity Posted December 19, 2014 Thanks. I will give it a shot. Â OK, gotcha. Why don't you try this one: http://www.amazon.com/The-Master-Margarita-Mikhail-Bulgakov/dp/product-description/0679760806 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Astral Monk Posted December 20, 2014  The Razor's Edge by Somerset Maugham   one of my favorite books of all time; the path of the seeker leads to a life of service!  8) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manitou Posted December 20, 2014 As does The Magnificent Obsession by Lloyd C. Douglas. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrandmasterP Posted December 20, 2014 (edited) The Last Train to Scarborough by Andrew Martin. A 'Jim Stringer - Railway Detective' crime fiction paperback. One of a series that I've enjoyed so far. Right now I'm on easy reading. Edited December 20, 2014 by GrandmasterP 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted December 20, 2014 Railway crime ... ? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eric23 Posted December 21, 2014 Very pleased. Some of the most interesting reading I've encountered in a long time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
doc benway Posted December 21, 2014 The Instructions on the Six Lamps translated by Jean Luc Achard The Jew in the Lotus - Rodger Kamenetz Cultivating the Empty Field - Hongzhi Zhengue Tibetan Dream Yoga - Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche Guidance for Living and Dying: Bardo Teaching from the Bön Mother Tantra - Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche  And I just finished the first fiction I've read in a long time - The Martian by Andy Weir It was quite compelling and technical, a nice interlude. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
silent thunder Posted December 21, 2014 The Instructions on the Six Lamps translated by Jean Luc Achard The Jew in the Lotus - Rodger Kamenetz Cultivating the Empty Field - Hongzhi Zhengue Tibetan Dream Yoga - Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche Guidance for Living and Dying: Bardo Teaching from the Bön Mother Tantra - Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche  And I just finished the first fiction I've read in a long time - The Martian by Andy Weir It was quite compelling and technical, a nice interlude. I love that book. Thanks for the reminder, I'm adding that to the night stand right now... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manitou Posted December 21, 2014 I love that book. Thanks for the reminder, I'm adding that to the night stand right now... LOL. Did you finally buy a nightstand? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrandmasterP Posted December 21, 2014 Railway crime ... ? Â Yep..... Â "One night, in a private boarding house in Scarborough, a railwayman vanishes, leaving his belongings behind... Â It is the eve of the Great War, and Jim Stringer, railway detective, is uneasy about his next assignment. It's not so much the prospect Scarborough in the gloomy off-season that bothers him, or even the fact that the last railwayman to stay in the house has disappeared without trace. It's more that his governer, Chief Inspector Saul Weatherhill, seems to be deliberately holding back details of the case - and that he's been sent to Scarborough with a trigger-happy assistant. And when Jim encounters the seductive and beautiful Amanda Rickerby a whole new personal danger enters Jim's life..." Â Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manitou Posted December 21, 2014 (edited) The thing that really bothers Stringer is that among the last railwayman's belongings, was a beheaded torso, found stuffed behind the toilet in the railwayman's loo. What is really bothersome to Stringer is that Inspector Weatherhill, however, is never seen without a bowling ball carrier in his possession. It seems to be a bit lighter than a bowling ball, however.... approximately 15 pounds. Edited December 21, 2014 by manitou 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrandmasterP Posted December 23, 2014 (edited) Well I finished it. Bit dark it was too. Onto something cheerier now Louise Penny's How the Light Gets In French Canadian detective crime thriller set at Christmas. Edited December 23, 2014 by GrandmasterP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soaring crane Posted December 23, 2014 Collected Poems of Langston Hughes Call of the Wild/White Fang, Jack London Jeeves Compendium vol 3, PG Wodehouse The Dynamics of Standing Still, by Peter den Dekker Yijing, Moran/Yu and Wang Bi/Lynn Dao De Jing, Gunther Debon and DCLau Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep, as mentioned above (was a Christmas present, not really my thing) Decoding the Dao, Tom Bisio Bagua Neigung, Tom Bisio The Internal Structure of Cloud Hands, Robert Tangora (sleeper of the decade, it's good stuff) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ralis Posted December 23, 2014 Â Collected Poems of Langston Hughes Call of the Wild/White Fang, Jack London Jeeves Compendium vol 3, PG Wodehouse The Dynamics of Standing Still, by Peter den Dekker Yijing, Moran/Yu and Wang Bi/Lynn Dao De Jing, Gunther Debon and DCLau Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep, as mentioned above (was a Christmas present, not really my thing) Decoding the Dao, Tom Bisio Bagua Neigung, Tom Bisio The Internal Structure of Cloud Hands, Robert Tangora (sleeper of the decade, it's good stuff) Â If you are reading Jack London, his short story 'To Build A Fire' is a must read. I read most of his works back in the 60's. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chang Posted December 23, 2014 Â Collected Poems of Langston Hughes Call of the Wild/White Fang, Jack London Jeeves Compendium vol 3, PG Wodehouse The Dynamics of Standing Still, by Peter den Dekker Yijing, Moran/Yu and Wang Bi/Lynn Dao De Jing, Gunther Debon and DCLau Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep, as mentioned above (was a Christmas present, not really my thing) Decoding the Dao, Tom Bisio Bagua Neigung, Tom Bisio The Internal Structure of Cloud Hands, Robert Tangora (sleeper of the decade, it's good stuff) Â Does not Mistress Crane grumble regarding the great pile of books by the side of the bed? Mistress Chang is always on at me to have a clear out. Â I also am something of a Jack London fan. Have you read The Sea-Wolf? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ralis Posted December 23, 2014 I am on my fifth reading of 'Radix'. I have an old paperback copy in my truck along with a Kindle ebook. Any of his works are well worth reading. Â http://www.amazon.com/RADIX-A-Attanasio/dp/1604504595 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
