TEA AND ZEN BOOK CIRCLE
I. The Language of Silence and Presence
Jean Klein – Transmission of the Flame— Dialogues in the lineage of Advaita that dissolve separation gently, without metaphysical strain.
Robert Adams – Silence of the Heart— A rare collection of satsangs; utterly humble, radiant with kindness.
Brother Lawrence – The Practice of the Presence of God— A small, timeless book on turning ordinary life into continuous prayer.
Adyashanti – Emptiness Dancing— Where awakening meets daily living; clear, accessible, and uncompromisingly
II. The Journey of the Human Heart
Mark Nepo – The Book of Awakening— A daily companion for the soul; tender reflections on love, pain, and resilience.
Francis Weller – The Wild Edge of Sorrow— Integrates soul work and ritual; invaluable for your service beside the dying.
Stephen Levine – A Year to Live— A contemplative guide for living as if this year were your last — pure medicine for presence.
John O’Donohue – Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom— A lyrical companion to friendship, death, and the quiet beauty of being.
III. The Inner Science of Being
Peter Levine – Waking the Tiger— Foundational for somatic awareness; dovetails beautifully with your “sacred technologies.”
Michael Washburn – The Ego and the Dynamic Ground— A brilliant integration of depth psychology and spiritual awakening.
Georg Feuerstein – The Psychology of Yoga— Maps the path from body to pure awareness in a scholarly yet deeply lived way.
B. Alan Wallace – The Attention Revolution— A pragmatic, meditative training manual for cultivating refined attentional states.
IV. The Universal Mystics
Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee – The Return of the Feminine and the World Soul— Sufi-infused vision of healing and sacred ecology.
Thomas Merton – New Seeds of Contemplation— Christian mysticism that breathes in silence and paradox.
Rumi – The Essential Rumi (trans. Coleman Barks)— Ever-new, ever-true: Love revealing itself through the ache of separation.
Ramana Maharshi – Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi— Spare, luminous dialogues with the Self.
V. Contemporary Companions for Integration
Joanna Macy – World as Lover, World as Self— Interweaves ecology, Buddhism, and sacred activism.
Thomas Hübl – Attuned: Practicing Interdependence to Heal Our Trauma—and Our World— Deepens collective and relational healing.
James Finley – Merton’s Palace of Nowhere— A contemplative psychologist’s guide to union and self-emptying.
