Most Recommended Books:

Integral Life Practice Book
By Ken Wilber, Terry Patten, Adam Leonard, and Marco Morelli

Integral Life Practice (ILP) is not just a new approach to self-development and higher awareness, but a way of making sense of -- and making the best use of -- the full spectrum of insights, methods, and teachings for cultivating a more open, balanced, and integrated life. ILP condenses East and West, ancient and cutting edge, within a highly flexible and contemporary system that you can use whether you’re a professional, a mom, a student, an athlete, an engaged spiritual practitioner (including a beginner) -- or all of the above. Visit the link above and read the first two chapters of this book for free.

Integral Life Practice Kit

The ILP Kit, based on the Integral Model, is a result of decades of study resulting in the most comprehensive map of human development that shows you how to incorporate the best practices of all the world’s wisdom traditions -- East and West, ancient and modern, spiritual and psychological. The ILP Kit has four primary modules, as well as multiple secondary practices. These modules are designed to address all aspects of your being and life. This Practice Kit features some of the world-renowned teachers from this special course: Ken Wilber, Zen Master Genpo Roshi, and Sensei Diane Hamilton, along with other gifted teachers like them.

The Integral Vision
By Ken Wilber

A bite-sized, yet comprehensive introduction to Ken Wilber's integral theory and practice. Comes complete with many pages of helpful diagrams and colorful illustrations.

Esalen: America and the Religion of No Religion
By Jeffrey J. Kripal

"The first all-encompassing history of Esalen: its intellectual, social, personal, literary and spiritual passages. Kripal brings us up to date and takes us deep beneath historical surfaces in this definitive, elegantly written book." - Playboy "Kripal tells the story of this beautiful retreat in California's Big Sur region - its history at once sexy, salacious, intellectual and political - with reverence and playfulness.... He is an engaging storyteller and Esalen a worthy subject (a kind of Us Weekly for the discerning intellectual)." - Publishers Weekly "Kripal examines Esalen's extraordinary history and evocatively describes the breech birth of Murphy and Price's brainchild. His real achievement, though, is effortlessly synthesizing a dizzying array of dissonant phenomena (cold war espionage, ecstatic religiosity), incongruous pairings (Darwinism, Tantric sex), and otherwise schizy ephemera (psychedelic drugs, spaceflight) into a cogent, satisfyingly complete narrative." - Atlantic Monthly

The Future of the Body:
Explorations Into the Further Evolution Of Human Nature
By Michael Murphy

Publishers Weekly writes: "Esalen cofounder Murphy has produced a massive tome that could become a bible of the New Age movement. His main thesis is that each of us harbors latent metanormal capacities rooted in biological evolution: ESP, clairvoyance, extraordinary movement abilities, uncanny somatic awareness and self-regulation, superabundant vitality and universal love, among others. Our genetic inheritance, he argues, predisposes us toward developing these powers, which can be mediated by Christian grace, the Tao or the workings of Buddha Mind, and also can be developed through specific practices. These include psychotherapy, fitness training, martial arts, meditation, biofeedback and prayer. Murphy's claims for extraordinary human potential are annotated with references to 3000 sources, ranging from physiological studies of meditators to reports of near-death experiences. In closing he scans the impulse toward wholeness in ancient and modern cultures and warns of the mental imbalance that misuse of transformation discipline can cause. An exciting synthesis."

Thank God for Evolution:
How the Marriage of Science and Religion
Will Transform Your Life and Our World
By Michael Dowd

Publishers Weekly writes: "Since 2002, ordained United Church of Christ minister Dowd and his wife, science writer Connie Barlow, have traveled the country celebrating evolution as a grand epic story with a host of psychological and moral implications for shaping contemporary life. As narrator, Dowd projects an earnest next-door neighbor teaching style that earns a measure of patience and forgiveness when he undertakes divergent metaphors and analogies that may leave listeners scratching their heads at times. Dowds talking points offer a potpourri of scientific and theological insights that remain generally engaging, though not necessarily stirring. He reaches the peak of his effectiveness when he provides specific calls to actions for his audience to meld flat-Earth Christianity and evolutionary Christianity in both their personal problem-solving and in larger global challenges. These nuggets make the lengthy journey worthwhile, at least for those in the fields of science and religion wanting to foster new areas for dialogue beyond the current culture wars."