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“Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at
all.”
- Henry David Thoreau
In this age of information,
finding good books, movies, or educational material to share with our children, and for parents and educators
to draw spiritual inspiration from should be very easy, right? Actually,
the exact opposite has happened.
Our culture of instant
gratification, quick fixes, and general superficiality has spawned an
enormous pseudo-spiritual literary industry, and our bookstores are filled
with works of imagination trying to pass out as spiritual truths.
The lay person is faced with a daunting prospect, if he or she wants to
seriously explore the spiritual dimension of life, and not get sucked in
the New Age watered down and confused version of spirituality.
Although it is enormously comforting, moving, and inspiring to read about past
lives, angels, ascended masters, channeling, kundalini rising, visitors from
other planets, healing stones, rainbow-colored chakras, aura reading, astral
traveling, tantric sex, psychic healing, etc… it still remains false spiritual
knowledge. As Jesus, Buddha, Shankaracharya and countless genuine masters have
warned us, “The blind cannot lead the blind.” Only the Truth will set us
free.
We are
therefore offering this humble suggested viewing lists to identify the
authentic gems that will help in our quest for spiritual
education and nourishment. This is by no means an exhaustive list, and we
warmly welcome any additional suggestions.
Tales
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Sacred Texts | Scriptural Commentaries
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Poetry |
Education | Comics |
Movies | Games |
Magazines
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