Books that have made a profound impact on my life.
October 18, 2004.

• Heidegger, Martin (2000) Introduction to Metaphysics. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT. ISBN: 0300083289.

Martin Heidegger’s Introduction to Metaphysics fired up my life-long quest for awakened insight, the roots of existence, and values, obligations, and responsibilities connected with living a meaningful life. Asked to read and review Introduction to Metaphysics to complete a sophomore undergraduate course in metaphysics in 1967, I spent a summer pondering every nuance and character. I was left with a consuming thirst to probe further. What Heidegger presents in abstract, Western intellectual thought, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi presents to me in a simple, lucid, accessible synthesis of Eastern and Western metaphysics accompanied by clear, direct experience. Of Maharishi’s books, The Bhagavad Gita has had the most profound impact on my life. Phil Tomlinson

Top 5-10 books that made a strong impact on my growth

• Eliot. (January 1, 1991) Plant Spirit Medicine: The Healing Power of Plants. Granite Publishing, L.L.C. 188 pages. ISBN: 1893183114.
• De Chardin P, Teilhard (2000) Man's Place in Nature. HarperCollins.
• Fukuoka, Masanobu (1978) The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming. Rodale Press.
• Gibran, Kahlil (1923) The Prophet. Knopf; ISBN: 0394404289.
• Hesse, Herman (1984) Narcissus and Goldmund. Bantam. ISBN: 0553275860.
• Hesse, Hermann (1981) Siddhartha. Bantam Classics. ISBN: 0553208845.
• Laghu-Yoga-Vasistha, translated into English by K. Narayanaswami Aiyer. The Adyar Library and Research Centre.
• Lehrman, Fredric (1988) The Sacred Landscape. Celestial Arts. Berkeley, CA.
• Levine, Stephen (1997) A year to live: How to live this year as if it were your last. Bell Tower, New York, NY.
• The Mahabharata, Translated into English prose from the original Sanskrit text by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
• Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1967) Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation and Commentary with Sanskrit Text. Chapters 1-6. International SRM Publications.
• Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1963) Science of Being and Art of Living. Meridian, Penguin Books, New York, NY.
• Michener, James A. (1965) The Source. Random House, Inc., New York, NY.
• Mollison, B. C. (1997) Permaculture: A Designers’ Manual. Tagari Publications.
• Myss, Caroline (1997) Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing. Three Rivers Press. ISBN: 0609800140.
• Nader, Professor Tony, under the guidance of His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (2001) Human Physiology — Expression of Veda and the Vedic Literature.
• The New American Bible
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• Quinn, Daniel (1992) Ishmael. Bantam Books, New York, NY. ISBN: 0-553-56166-9.
• Rig Veda
• Storm, Hyemeyohsts (1985) Seven Arrows. Ballantine Books. ISBN: 0345329015.
• Storm, Hyemeyohsts (1983) Song of Heyoehkah. Ballantine Books. ASIN: 0345307313.
• Srimad Bhagavatam, translated by Swami Tapasyananda
• Srimad Devi Bhagavatam, translated by Swami Vijnanananda
• Sylvia, Claire, with William Novak (1997) A Change of Heart: A memoir. Forward by Bernie Siegel, M.D. Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, New York, Toronto, London. ISBN: 0-316-82149-7.
• Thomas, Lewis (1995) The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher. Penguin Books. ISBN: 0140047433.
• Upanishads (all of them)
• Wallace, Robert Keith (1993) The Physiology of Consciousness. Maharishi International University Press.