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For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you. Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how to live and die.

By Anne Lamott
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Anne Lamott is an American teacher, speaker, and author of numerous novels and nonfiction books. Her writings and teachings cover subjects such as faith, Christianity, and sobriety.

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Sacred Sundays with Lorin Roche & Camille Maurine: The Radiance Sutras

Sacred Sundays is a monthly consciousness-raising salon featuring some of today's leaders in self-help, healing, meditation, and modern spirituality. The event is hosted by mindfulness meditation teacher and Author Ora Nadrich.

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Lorin Roche
2018
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What Really Happens in Meditation

There is often a review of the to-do's while meditating. Meditation is a bath in the life force.

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Lorin Roche
2018
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Breath Taking: 60 Breathing Techniques to Enhance Your Health and Joy of Living

Roche answers questions and debunks meditation myths, and gives three easy-to-follow techniques for getting started; "The Do Nothing Technique," "Salute Each of the Senses," and "Feeling at Home Exercise.

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Lorin Roche
2001
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Meditation for Self-Mastery

Through the practice of meditation, there are certain changes that happen in the mind. One of the most important changes is that you become master of your mind.

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Sri Swami Satchidananda
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Alanis Morissette on Meditation and Creating

This is a brief excerpt from "Taking a Beautiful Seat and Trusting Life" - a conversation with Alanis Morissette at the Mindfulness & Meditation Summit, January 2018.

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Alanis Morissette
2018
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9 Lifestyle Changes that Happen After You Start Meditating

Once you begin meditating daily, life as you knew it will begin to take on some interesting twists and turns.

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Light Watkins
2020
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Interview with Meditation Leader: Biet Simkin

Biet Simkin is a meditation + spiritual leader in the celebrity world. We discuss how her book, "Don't Just Sit There!: 44 Insights to Get Your Meditation Practice Off the Cushion and Into the Real World", can help others during COVID-19.

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Biet Simkin
2020
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The Book of Life: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti

Inspired by Krishnamurti’s belief that truth is found through living, The Book of Life presents 365 timeless daily meditations, developed thematically over seven days, illuminating the concepts of freedom, personal transformation, living fully awake, and much more.

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J. Krishnamurti
1995
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Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death

The Buddhist approach to death can be of great benefit to people of all backgrounds—as has been demonstrated by Joan Halifax’s decades of work with the dying and their caregivers.

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Joan Halifax, Ira Byock (foreword)
2009
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