Consciousness & Thought

Letting Go describes a simple and effective means by which to let go of the obstacles to Enlightenment and become free of negativity. During the many decades of the author's clinical psychiatric practice, the primary aim was to seek the most effective ways to relieve human suffering in all of...

The modern world can be a complicated, frenzied, and noisy place, filled with too many options, products, ideas and opinions. That explains why what many of us long for is simplicity: a life that can be more pared down, peaceful, and focused on the essentials....

Brought to you by Penguin. The audiobook edition of Happy, read by Derren Brown. Everyone says they want to be happy. But that's much more easily said than done. What does being happy actually mean? And how do you even know when you feel it? In Happy Derren Brown explores changing concepts of...

A professor of religious studies meticulously documents his insights from 73 high-dose LSD sessions conducted over the course of 20 years Chronicles, with unprecedented rigor, the author’s systematic journey into a unified field of consciousness that underlies all physical existence ...

Plato called it “daimon”, the Romans “genius”, the Christians “guardian angel”; today we use such terms as “heart,” “spirit,” and “soul.” While philosophers and psychologists from Plato to Jung have studied and debated the fundamental essence of our individuality....

This audiobook, narrated by William Roberts, explores the evolution of consciousness through the archetypes and myths that are universal to all humanity....

A thought-provoking essay that teaches us that confidence is not a gift from the gods, but a skill that can be learned....

The national bestseller chosen by The New York Times Book Review as one of the ten best books of 1991 is now available as an audiobook....

Michael Jordan credits George Mumford with transforming his on-court leadership of the Bulls, helping Jordan lead the team to six NBA championships....

In this rare peak into the personal life of the author of numerous bestselling novels, gain an understanding of David Foster Wallace and how he became the man that he was. Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at...

Lucidly and beautifully written, Peace Is Every Step contains commentaries, meditations, personal anecdotes, and stories from Nhat Hanh's experiences....

Bring meaning and joy to all your days with this internationally best-selling guide to the Japanese concept of ikigai....

What if the secret to attracting everything you’ve ever wanted wasn’t about chasing harder—but letting go? Think about it: the job offer comes when you stop obsessing over your inbox. The text finally arrives when you move on. The money starts flowing the moment you stop stressing about it.

Elaine Scarry bases her study on a wide range of sources: literature and art, medical case histories, documents on torture compiled by Amnesty International, legal transcripts of personal injury trials, and military and strategic writings....

The Diamond Cutter presents readers with empowering strategies for success in their personal and professional lives....

A faithful translation is rare; a translation which preserves intact the original text is very rare; a perfect translation of Montaigne appears impossible....

We, Western minds, have forgotten who we are, despite having never once stopped being who we are. We've lost touch with the impersonal, Daimonic forces that give us direction and the sacrificial nature of our existence.

An entertaining illumination of the stupid beliefs that make us feel wise. You believe you are a rational, logical being who sees the world as it really is...

Throughout history, great thinkers have explored life, leadership, and self-mastery. This collection presents their most influential works, updated for today’s listeners. Whether seeking guidance on resilience, strategy, or ethics, these timeless classics remain relevant.

A history of the Renaissance told through the lives of its most influential patrons. From the late Middle Ages, the independent Italian city states were taken over by powerful families who installed themselves as dynastic rulers. Inspired by the humanists, the princes of 15th- and 16th-century...

In this short book, Roger Scruton presents an original and radical defense of human uniqueness. Confronting the views of evolutionary psychologists, utilitarian moralists, and philosophical materialists such as Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett, Scruton argues that human beings cannot be...

Joseph Campbell famously compared mythology to a kangaroo pouch for the human mind and spirit: “a womb with a view.” In Myths to Live By, he examines all of the ways in which myth supports and guides us, giving our lives meaning....

In this book, Rupert Spira distills the message of all the great religious and spiritual traditions into two essential truths: happiness is the very nature of our self or being, and we share our being with everyone and everything.

The now-classic Metaphors We Live By changed our understanding of metaphor and its role in language and the mind.

#1 New York Times Bestseller More than 1.5 Million Copies Sold Thomas Moore's now classic work provides a powerful spiritual message for our troubled times. In Care of the Soul readers are presented with a revolutionary approach to thinking about daily life—everyday activities, events...

Los cuatro acuerdos presentaban un sencillo pero poderoso código de conducta para alcanzar la libertad personal y la verdadera felicidad. Ahora, el Cuaderno de trabajo de Los cuatro acuerdos nos lleva aún más lejos en el viaje para recobrar la conciencia y la sabiduría de nuestro auténtico...

Under the rule of the Roman Empire, the slave Epictetus (“acquired”, “bought”, in Greek) not only sought his freedom, but also devoted his life to one of the most important schools of philosophy: Stoicism.

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The Instant New York Times Bestseller "Pollan’s real genius—the word is not too strong—remains intact. That is his uncanny ability to scent the direction in which the culture is headed. He did it with food and psychedelics, and now, though A World Appears focuses on AI only intermittently...

Um guia de estudo inteligente e confiável que oferece estratégias bem-sucedidas de mudança, com insights envolventes sobre a condição humana Os estoicos viveram há muito tempo, mas tiveram alguns insights surpreendentes sobre a condição humana – insights que perduram até hoje. A tradição filosófica, fundada em Atenas por Zenão de Cítio em 301 a.C., perdurou como um movimento ativo por quase quinhentos anos, e contribuições de mentes deslumbrantes como a de Cícero, Sêneca e Marco Aurélio ajudaram a criar um corpo de pensamento com um objetivo extraordinário.

El libro examina cómo los dioses, que representan aspectos divinos y elevados de la humanidad, han sido relegados o "desterrados" por el materialismo, el egoísmo y la ignorancia espiritual. Esta obra plantea que cada individuo tiene una chispa divina que puede ser redescubierta y cultivada. Propone un retorno a una vida más consciente, en la que se reconozca la unidad fundamental entre el ser humano y el cosmos. A través de un lenguaje poético y filosófico, el autor invita a sus lectores a reflexionar sobre su propósito espiritual y a trascender las limitaciones del pensamiento convencional.

For a century, the collective unconscious has been one of the most provocative and most dismissed ideas in the history of psychology. Carl Gustav Jung claimed that human beings share a deep symbolic substrate set of recurring patterns he called archetypes that shapes our dreams, myths, and stories with a regularity no single culture invented. Science rejected the claim. The theory was vague, unfalsifiable, and steeped in mysticism. The verdict seemed final.

In Narcissists from Mars and Venus, Boris Kriger reveals that the devastating cycle of idealization, devaluation, and discard that characterizes narcissistic relationships is not a mystery of individual pathology but an emergent property of a dynamical system — a pattern that arises whenever five structural conditions are met. The same pattern governs thermostats, authoritarian regimes, cults, corporate hierarchies, addiction, and algorithmic platforms. The equations are identical. Only the variable names change.

Este libro no viene a salvarte. Viene a recordarte que nunca lo necesitaste. Si buscas una fórmula, un gurú o un "paso a paso", aquí no lo vas a encontrar. Lo que sí vas a encontrar: Un marco para recuperar criterio, sostener límites y decidir con claridad. RADIAR propone una confrontación directa con tu soberanía personal: distinguir lo que eliges de lo que solo repites; dejar de delegar autoridad; asumir el costo real de tus elecciones.

The Flowing Self: Identity in Drift and the Dynamics of Being offers a radical rethinking of what it means to be a self in a world shaped by continuous change, relational complexity, and the dissolution of fixed categories. Rejecting essentialist models of identity and therapeutic narratives of self-discovery, the book presents a structural account of selfhood as a lawful process—not something possessed, but something inferred, constructed, and maintained through dynamic coherence over time.