Dave's Favorite Books & Music
Please take a look at my favorite books & music.
They are on separate pages grouped by the following subject list:
Our affiliation with Amazon.com helps us to keep this web site going. So thanks for your patronage.
BOOKS
|
MUSIC CDs
DVDs
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This month's recommended books & DVDs are:
Practicing Conscious Living and Dying:
Stories of the Eternal Continuum of
Consciousness by Annamaria Hemingway Part of my NDE story is one of the stories included in this book. I think it is a wonderful book, not just because my story is included, but because Annamaria has put together an incredibly inspiring collection that will bring a tear to everyone's eyes. It motivates you into living a more conscious life and helping others. An uplifting collection of spiritually illuminating
texts and powerfully thought- provoking real life stories, showing death as
an integral part of life. Modern medical advances have resulted in death and
dying becoming a taboo, which leaves us feeling isolated when the
inescapability of death touches our lives. These touching observations of
closeness to someone else who is dying, and personal accounts of near death
experiences and after-death communication, illustrate how coming to terms
with the inevitability of death is actually a life-affirming experience.
These emotionally powerful and inspirational experiences address timeless
questions and show how each of the people has come to understand that death
teaches us that the preciousness of life must be lived with a sense of
purpose and meaning, as a celebration of our existence. |
|
A New Earth:
Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (Paperback) by Eckhart Tolle A lot of what is said in this book is not new but Eckhart brought these concepts together as a step by step approach to enlightenment and diminishing ego. I wish I had this book available after my Near-Death Experience, It would have explained most of the spiritual enlightenment I went through and explain what I had to find out for myself over a 25 year period. A New Earth is a profoundly spiritual manifesto for a better way of life—and for building a better world. With his bestselling spiritual guide The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle inspired millions of readers to discover the freedom and joy of a life lived "in the now." In A New Earth, Tolle expands on these powerful ideas to show how transcending our ego-based state of consciousness is not only essential to personal happiness, but also the key to ending conflict and suffering throughout the world. Tolle describes how our attachment to the ego creates the dysfunction that leads to anger, jealousy, and unhappiness, and shows readers how to awaken to a new state of consciousness and follow the path to a truly fulfilling existence. |
|
Way of the Peaceful Warrior DVD Peaceful Warrior is a inspirational movie that I highly recommend. Peaceful Warrior' is one of those rare films that both entertains and teaches without sacrificing one for the other. The production values are high, the dialogue believable and the performances strong. Scott Mechlowicz was definitely the right choice to play the role of Berkley gymnast Dan Millman and Nick Nolte delivers one of his best performances in years as the mysterious Socrates, garage attendant and "New Age" Zen Master. Add to the mix Amy Smart as Dan's love interest Joy and you have a little romance as well. The message well presented and the actors are amiable. |
|
The Big Book of Near Death Experience: The Ultimate Guide to What Happens When We Die by P.M.H. Atwater PMH has don it again, this is an
up date to the "Complete Idiots Guide to NDEs", an intellectual tour de
force; the most comprehensive reference book for the near-death phenomenon.
The Big Book of Near-Death Experiences encompasses every aspect of the
near-death phenomenon: the experience, aftereffects, and implications.
Atwater's simple, appealing format includes drawings and cartoons by Spirit
Painter and Chuck Vadun and sidebars from experts. She investigates and
reports on the power of changed lives, the reality of deceased who come
back, visitors at death's edge, out-of-body travel, the expansion of normal
faculties, the awesome presence of Deity and the importance of spirituality.
|
|
Courageous Souls:
Do We Plan Our Life Challenges Before Birth? by Robert Schwartz Courageous Souls explores the premise that we are all eternal souls who plan our lives, including our greatest challenges, prior to birth for purposes of spiritual growth. The book contains ten true stories of people who planned physical illness, having handicapped children, deafness, blindness, drug addiction, alcoholism, losing a loved one, and severe accidents. Because very different life challenges are often planned for similar reasons, readers who have not faced these specific challenges will nevertheless see themselves - and their motivations as a soul - in these stories. As readers come to realize that they themselves planned their lives, suffering that once seemed purposeless becomes imbued with deep meaning. Wisdom may be acquired in a more conscious manner; feelings of anger, guilt, blame, and victimization are replaced by acceptance, forgiveness, peace, and gratitude. |
Part documentary, part narrative drama, and part visual
hallucinogen, this is a film that blows the door off the
metaphysical closet. Everyday folks are realizing that they are not
alone in contemplating the nature of reality, exploring the
convergence of science and spirituality, and yearning for something
more to the human experience. In fact, What the Bleep filmmaker
William Arntz felt that there were "millions of closet
metaphysicians in America, just hungering for a movie like this."
Movie industry insiders told him there wasn't a market for this kind
of innovation, saying that he was committing "financial suicide".
Fortunately for us, Arntz ignored their discouraging
pronouncements-and this gem of a movie ended up becoming a box
office phenomenon, largely by overwhelmingly positive word-of-mouth.
|
Cancer: 50 Essential Things to Do
by Greg Anderson This definitive guide, revised and updated with over 25% new material, empowers cancer patients and their loved ones to move beyond their disease. Greg Anderson, a cancer survivor, has designed this book for the recently diagnosed, those with recurring symptoms, and those who are well but have a lingering fear that the disease may strike again. Informative and inspiring, Cancer: 50 Essential Things to Do goes hand-in-hand with the patient's medical treatment and is an invaluable roadmap to recovery. Filled with practical, healing "action steps" that have been used by thousands of cancer survivors, the revised edition also contains important new information--including recently approved medical treatment options, updated cancer research, and Internet resources--geared toward making sense of the fast-changing world of cancer treatment and recovery. |
Graceful Passages: A Companion for Living and Dying (Book
& 2 CD Set) by Michael Stillwater, and Gary Remal Malkin The wonder of life is often overlooked. The preciousness of being alive, of appreciating ourselves, each other, and our world, is sometimes the last thing we remember in our rush. The book’s heartfelt words, from some of the world’s greatest visionary leaders, are set to original soul-stirring music, creating an atmosphere of relaxation, insight, and healing. Created by the cofounders of the Companion Arts Foundation, Graceful Passages addresses themes of letting go, closure, expressing love, forgiveness, appreciation of life, and continuity of spirit from different perspectives and faith traditions. Through words and music, this beautifully designed set offers a renewal of faith to anyone struggling with grief. |
|
Essiac
: A Native Herbal Cancer Remedy by Cynthia Olsen This book is a no frills, frank discussion of the use of essiac to build up the immune system so the body can fight cancer and many other immune related diseases. The history of the discovery of native use of essiac by Rene Caisse and how she was able to use it successfully to help a large number of people is very encouraging to potential users of essiac today. I continue to use Essiac tea every day.
Order your copy now by clicking on the book link.
|
Our affiliation with Amazon.com helps us to keep this web site going. So thanks for your patronage.
Last date this was updated 02/11/2009