A Few Books Every Human Should Read and Understand

A Few Books Every Human Should Read and Understand (and study for a lifetime)


1. "Walden" by Henry David Thoreau

This is a great book for a transcendental mindset. Every sentence in this book is quote-worthy.

2. "Prometheus Rising" by Robert Anton Wilson

A life changing book that explores ascending levels of consciousness. Our purpose is to ascend, but one must first know there is a ladder in order to climb.

3. "The Yoga Sutras" by Patanjali

An absolute essential book of ancient wisdom and higher consciousness.

4. "Leaves of Grass" by Walt Whitman

A book of prose that peeks behind the curtains of surface reality.

5. "Quantum Psychology" by Robert Anton Wilson

The psychological games of being human. Seeing through them leads to a greater life.

6. "Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nature is that which we are, and it is so eloquently observed in this book. We touch god and the self through Nature.

7. "The Book" by Alan Watts

A crossing bridge for the confused modern mind into zen.

8. "Freedom From The Known" by Jiddu Krishnamurti

Freedom of the mind is essential to understanding.

9. "A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking

A study of the bizarre universe we live in.

10. "Tao Te Ching" by Lao Tzu

This is a the ancient book of The Tao, The Way. It should be kept nearby and ready to read at all times.

"A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint." -Henry David Thoreau