Judith
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28-Sep-2007
5:31 AM
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Women Who Run with the Wolves allowed me to value myself. Not a typical "how to" but an insight into who I was and that I'm okay just as I am. It's not an easy read, but worth the effort!
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milw visitor
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11-Oct-2007
11:28 AM
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A God Who Looks Like Me, by Patricia Lyn Reilly, had a huge impact on me. It shattered the bearded-judgemental-grandfather-god-in-the-clouds image forever, opening me to find/create/allow to rise to the surface images of Godde that were meaningful to me.
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stacy
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11-Oct-2007
11:37 AM
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So many books have had an impact on me. Many of them are not technically spirituality books, such as novels and memoirs, but the characters moved me in a way that is very much spiritual to me. However, in the realm of books that are more spiritually-based, I would say "Goddesses in Everywoman" by Jean Shinoda Bolen was a big one for me. In this book I was introduced to the goddess Hestia. What I loved best about the book was that all the goddesses were presented as having admirable qualities. The tone was non-judgmental.
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simplywater
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11-Oct-2007
11:40 AM
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Many books have had an impact on me, but Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy, continues to challenge me to look to the spiritual to find my identity.
She recognizes God as both Mother and Father, yet is not timid about challenging those ways of thinking that inhibit our ability to see ourselves and others as purely spiritual.
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Deb Bridge
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11-Oct-2007
3:21 PM
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I have recently been reading books authored by the Buddhist nun Pema Chodron. I have so far read, The Places That Scare You, Start Where You Are, and When Things Fall Apart. These books plus other articles, etc, have had an immense impact on me ...... probably on the level of when I first read Thomas Merton's Seven Story Mountain. Pema's writing is very clear and down to earth. You don't have to be a buddhist to read her. For me, so much of what she writes has brought clarity to my own thoughts that have been running around in my own head and heart.
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Shannon
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12-Oct-2007
9:41 AM
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I go back to Anne Lamott's "Bird by Bird" again and again. It's about writing, and it is about living one's life. There is always something new in it. On my waiting list is "1 Dead in the Attic" by Chris Rose about life in New Orleans after Katrina. The neighborhood I lived in for 2 years is gone, and friends I knew there have scattered. It is one of those huge events that I know will show up in books and movies in years to come. Shannon
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Jen
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12-Oct-2007
10:55 AM
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I've most recently been reading _The Lucifer Effect_ by Philip Zimbardo and _The Lucifer Principle_ by Howard Bloom, _The World Without Us_ by Alan Weisman, and the _Ender_ books by Orson Scott Card. The two Lucifer books have given me a framework to think about evil (individual/systemic/global), and the Ender books have led to the question, "Am I doing what I want to be doing with my life?" and "What's preventing me from making those changes?"
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restingwings
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13-Oct-2007
4:52 PM
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The pathway of spiritual journey winds & twists. My heart & journey never seems to be in the same place along the way, so the books that help me grow are ever changing, and I have read many, many books! Along the way, the two books that have touch the deepest places for me personally: "Gift of the Red Bird" by Paula D'Arcy and "The Unknown She" by Hilary Hart - this is the book that literally changed my life.
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