Tag Archives: self help

Title : Living Fully – Finding Joy in Every Breath
Author : Shyalpa Tenzin Ripoche
Publisher : New World Library
ISBN : 978-1-60868-075-7

Shyalpa Tenzin Rinpoche was born in Himalayas and was trained as a Lama from the age of four. Rinpoche received transmissions from all the major schools of Tibetan Buddhism and he is a lineage holder of the Great Perfection (Dzogchen) tradition. Dzogchen is an ancient spiritual teaching developed in Tibet within Tibetan Buddhist tradition. The word ‘Dzogchen’ means ‘total perfection’ which refers to the true inherent nature…

Author: Priya Kumar
Publisher: Embassy BooksRating: 3.5/5
A job cannot be mistaken for one’s life purpose. A purpose is something you would do even if you didn’t get paid for it. A job is a necessity. A purpose is your own drive for contribution. A job is something you do, even if you do not want to do it. A Purpose is something which you do because you want to do it.
Above lines from Priya Kumar’s ‘The Perfect World’ encapsulates briefly how one should view job and purpose of…

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.
Lao Tzu 

Enlightenment to Go: The Classic Buddhist Path of Compassion and Transformation by David Michie was the book i was reading…

While browsing around the net for books by David Michie, i noticed that he has also written two other best sellers-Buddhism for Busy People and Hurry Up and Meditate.
Buddhism for Busy People seemed interesting- it is about David’s encounter with Tibetan Buddhism, weaving an autobiographic narrative while presenting some basic concepts.. Sounds interesting, should give it a read!!  

Ok, getting back…

Title : Temple of Destiny
Author : Neeraj Singhvi
Publisher : Pustak Mahal

Temple of Destiny takes us to a journey of self realization when a person named Harrod travels to India in pursuit of finding answers to his queries. He comes to Guru Satyanand’s ashram and on the very first day he is put into a course of four cycles -

The cycle of connectivity and integration
The cycle of wisdom
The cycle of self recognition
The cycle of self actualization

This book is dedicated to Harrod’s progress in…

Title: Why Men Can Only Do One Thing at a Time and Women Never Stop Talking
Author: Allan + Barbara PeasePublisher: Manjul IndiaPages: 120Genre: Non Fiction / Self HelpRating: 9 out of 10

I happened to read a review of this book here, and it came across as a fun book. Since I have been in between books for a while now (owing to my other preoccupations), I wanted to pick up a quick-read to make myself feel better.

I have never read any of those “Man-Woman” books, say, “Men are from Mars and Women are…

..by Robin Sharma

You will not generally catch me with a self help book in my hand. But believe it or not, even with all the hype surrounding this one , I had thought it was a story. Well, to be fair to the book it is a story which is supposed to cleverly wrap the inspiring formulas to lead a spiritual and good life.
Julian Mantle is a prolific lawyer who is never tired of his law practice. One day , unable to bear the stress of a high…

Title : Quantum Angel Healing
Author : Eva-Maria Mora
Publisher : Synergy Books
ISBN : 978-0-9845040-1-5

Eva Maria Mora, the author of ‘Quantum Angel Healing’ begins the book by first showing us a mirror – the mortal human beings in search of solutions to innumerable problems – ranging from physical discomforts, illnesses to mental and emotional stresses. And for these problems, we tend to blame others or look for some external reasons, this is our way of justifying our miseries or finding excuses for the same. But in all this…

Title : The Trinity
Authors : Marie D. Jones, Larry Flaxman
Publisher : The Career Press
ISBN : 978-1-60163-145-9

The book ‘The Trinity’ divulges the all pervasiveness of the number ‘three’, its magic, its power and its influence. The narration begins with first establishing the omnipresence of the trinity in all possible realms of the world – nature, religion, psychology, mythology, culture, quantum physics and much more. The famous ones with which almost all of us are well conversant are – the holy trinity in Christianity – Father, Son and…

Title : Planetary Transformation
Author : Imre Vallyon
Publisher : Sounding Light
ISBN : 978-0-909038-61-8

Through his book ‘Planetary Transformation’, the author Imre Vallyon introduces the readers to a potential higher awareness and unprecedented transformation which is about to dawn on our physical planet. This transformation has the potential of tremendous opportunity in store for the Mankind. To make use of this opportunity we need to understand this process first and equip ourselves to arise, awake and absorb it positively.

Imre begins by first educating the readers about the cyclical…

Title : Fun of Dying
Author : Roberta Grimes
Publisher : Greater Reality Publications
ISBN : 978-0-9802111-1-5

Reviewed by Vibha Sharma

Fun of Dying is about the one issue which has intrigued humans since time immemorial, the main reason being lack of knowledge about the afterlife and what to expect when we exit this world. Roberta Grimes attempts to put some of such anxieties to rest through this interesting book. After having researched so much on this topics, she educates us with authority that death is an easy and enjoyable…