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Discover the benefits of mindful living with your host, Timber Hawkeye.

The following is a list of book recommendations and why I recommend them. I remember the first time I read the untethered soul by Michael Singer. I would read a paragraph or two, put the book down, close my eyes, and try to wrap my head around what I had just read because it

completely shifted my perspective. When we talk about self-exploration we think of a

journey inward, yet the narrative invites us to take a bird's eye view of our behavior, thoughts, and emotions,

which can be extremely uncomfortable at times, but immeasurably valuable.

It's not a thick book, but it took me a while to get through it because I would pause so often to contemplate the ideas presented therein.

We've been driving the vehicle that is us for many years.

When you're ready to look under the hood to better understand why we sometimes

run hot or cold, where our limitations are, or what makes that funny noise in the engine,

then head over to the recommended bookshelf section on Buddhist boot camp.com and go down the list of recommended books.

Re-listen to this podcast episode to figure out which literary gem to tackle next, and then pass the books along to someone else on the journey.

The only other book I regularly return to and read time and time again,

has gone out of print and thankfully back into print multiple times

over the years. It is called Passage Meditation by Eknauth Iswaran. I remember reading it for the first time

in the early 90s and then again 10 years later and thinking

Are you kidding me? I knew this information 10 years ago, but it took it that long to sink in

I guess we can only absorb what we're ready to understand at any given

moment and not an ounce more. But I truly believe this book timelessly and colloquially

shares a foolproof recipe to mindful living.

During my first book tour across the US with Buddhist boot camp back in 2013

I gave a talk in Richmond Virginia during which an elderly man with a long white beard gave me strange

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