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Meditation Amsterdam Knowledge Library

A few resources on the topics of meditation, neuroscience, spirituality, health, philosophy and self development. 


Keep in mind, armchair study is not the same as embodied knowledge, application is 95% of the work!

a selection of recommended reads

Books about Meditation

  • The Mind Illuminated, Culadasa (John Yates)
  • Meditation, the First and Last Freedom, Osho
  • Foundations of Mindfulness, Eric Harrison
  • The Science of Meditation, Goleman & Davidson
  • The New Meditation Handbook, Kelsang Gyatso
  • The Science of Enlightenment, Shinzen Young
  • Beyond Mindfulness, Bhante Gunaratana


Books on Modern Spirituality

  • A New Earth, Eckart Tolle
  • The Power of Now, Eckart Tolle
  • Letting Go, David Hawkins
  • Stepping out of Self Deception, Rodney Smith
  • A Path with Heart, Jack Kornfield
  • A Course in Miracles, Helen Schucman
  • Shambala, The Sacred Path of the Warrior, Chögyam Trungpa
  • The Way of the Superior Man, David Deida
  • The Way of the Shaman, Michael Harner
  • Tales of Power, Carlos Castaneda
  • The Kybalion, The Three Initiates
  • Initiation into Hermetics, Franz Bardon
  • Dreams of Awakening, Charlie Morley
  • The Pearl Beyond Price, A.H. Almaas
  • Diamond Heart, A.H. Almaas
  • The Prophet, Khalil Gibran
  • How to Love, Thich Nhat Hanh
  • The Experience of No-Self, Bernadette Roberts
  • Awake, It's Your Turn, Angelo Dilullo


Books on Neuroscience

  • Mindsight, Daniel Siegel
  • Mind Hacking, Sir John Hargrave
  • Conscious, Annaka Harris
  • Buddha's Brain, Rick Hanson
  • The Brain's way of Healing, Norman Doidge
  • 59 Seconds, think a little Change a Lot, Wiseman
  • Thinking Fast and Slow, Kahneman
  • The Tipping Point, Gladwell
  • In an Unspoken Voice, Peter Levine


Classics of Eastern Spirituality

  • Baghavad Gita
  • Ashtavakra Gita
  • Advahuta Gita
  • Vasistha's Yoga, Rishi Vasistha
  • The Upanishads
  • Dao te Jing, Lao Tse
  • The Yoga Sutras, Patanjali
  • The Gift, Hafiz
  • Zhuangzi, The Complete Works, Zhuangzi
  • Asclepius, Hermes Trismegistus
  • I Am That, Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
  • The Path of Individual Liberation, Chogyam Trungpa
  • The Collected Works of Ramana Maharshi
  • The Tibetan Book of the Dead
  • The Book of Balance and Harmony, Transl. Cleary
  • The Ecstasy of Enlightenment, Transl. Cleary
  • Secret of the Golden Flower, Transl. Cleary
  • The Three Pillars of Zen, Philip Kapleau
  • Master of Self Realization, Siddharameshwar Maharaj


Books on Yoga

  • Autobiography of a Yogi, Parmahamsa Yogananda
  • Raja Yoga, Swami Vivekananda
  • Living with the Himalayan Masters, Sri Rama
  • The Deeper Dimension of Yoga, Georg Feuerstein
  • Inner Engineering, Sadguru
  • The Path of Yoga, Osho
  • The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep, Tenzin Wangyal Rimpoche
  • Yoga of the Subtle Body, Tias Little


Books on Eastern Practices 

  • The Tiger's Cave, Trevor Legget
  • Zen Naikan, Leonardo Anfolsi Reiyo Ekai
  • Martial Arts as Embodied Knowledge
  • The Magus of Java, Danaos Kosta
  • Internal Elixir Cultivation, James Coons
  • T'ai Chi Ch'uan Ta Wen, Chen Wei-Ming
  • Master Cheng's 13 Chapters on Tai Chi Chuan, Cheng Man-ch'ing
  • Mind Over Mater, Shi Ming
  • Kashmir Shaivism, Swami Lakshmanjoo
  • Practicing the Great Perfection, Shecchen Gyaltsap Gyurme Pema Namgyal
  • Rainbow Body and Resurecction, Francis Tiso


Books on Body Heatlh

  • The Telomere Effect, Blackburn & Epel
  • The Polyvagal Theory, Porges
  • You are the Placebo, Joe Dispenza
  • Clean, Junger & Greeven
  • The Psilocybin Solution, Simon Powell
  • Cure, Joe Marchant
  • Advanced Buteyko, Artour Rakhimov
  • A Comprehensive Guide to Daoist Neigong, Damo Mitchell
  • Yang Family Seccret Transmisions, Douglas Wile


Books on Psychology and Mythicism

  • Man's Search for Meaning, Victor Frankl
  • The Art of Loving, Erich Fromm
  • Psychology and Alchemy, Jung
  • The Hero's Journey, Joseph Campbell
  • The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell
  • King, Warrior, Magician, Lover, Gillette & Moore
  • The laws of human Nature, Robert Greene
  • Happy, Derren Brown
  • The Structure of Magic, Bandler & Grinder
  • A Life Worth Breathing, Max Strom
  • Risking the Self, Diego Agullo
  • The Doors of Perception, Aldous Huxley


Books on Self Improvement

  • Mastery, George Leonard
  • Claim Your Power, Mastin Kipp
  • Personal Development for Smart People, Steve Pavlina
  • High Performance Habits, Brendon Burchard
  • Unbeatable Mind, Mark Divine
  • Outliers, Gladwell
  • Blink, Gladwell
  • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Steven Covey
  • The Power of Habit, Charles Duigg
  • Better than Before, Gretchen Rubin
  • 12 Rules for Life, Jordan Peterson
  • Power versus Force, Hawkins
  • Levels of Energy, Dodson
  • Stealing Fire, Kotler & Wheal
  • Ego is the Enemy, Ryan Holiday
  • The Silva Mind Control Method, Jose Silva
  • The Code of the Extraordinary Mind, Vishen Lakhiani
  • Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill
  • The Power of your Subconscious Mind, Joseph Murphy
  • Discipline Equals Freedom, Jocko Willink
  • The Invisible Partners, John Sanford




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