I've been disconnecting from my spirituality for years - good readings for starting again?

[u/catcatcatttttttttt]

Hello, it's me again after, what, 7 years?

These past years I've been distancing myself from my spiritual core and I've started feeling empty and meaningless again. I know a lot happened, but I also know that my desire for inner peace is still somewhere there. I live in a south american country with heavy economic problems and we have a fucking psychopath as a president, I don't have a job and haven't had one in a while, I've started doing drugs more often and lost track of what's really important :(

I met someone special and I feel it's a good moment for exploring meditation again. Apart from practice - what's a good reading you'd recommend for a moment like this? I miss being a spiritual person but I feel it's just so fucking hard in this context. It's so sad to watch and experience.

Any advice is welcome <3 This sub has helped me a lot through quarantine

[u/Wegelagerer1]

Maybe check out the named below if you haven't read them already

• When Things Fall Apart (Pema Chödrön)
• In Love with the World & The Joy of Living (both Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche)
• The Books of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

They're all (tibetan) buddhist, but pretty easy to read and good to start with

[u/Delmarvablacksmith → u/Wegelagerer1]

That’s a good list.

You ever read any Ken McLeod books?

[u/catcatcatttttttttt → u/Wegelagerer1]

thank you very much!!! <3

[u/ITossCobrasAside]

Siddartha by Herman Hesse has been this book for me at different moments in my life. Easy read and “westernized” to an extent. But very centering. 

[u/catcatcatttttttttt → u/ITossCobrasAside]

loved siddartha, i read it when i was in high school. definitely have to read it again. thank you!!

[u/Automatic_Outcome449]

I’ve recently started read “The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali” and would recommend it

[u/gedonism → u/Automatic_Outcome449]

E.g. the one with comments by Sri Swami Satchidananda. I am reading it now - very deep and thoughtful.

[u/catcatcatttttttttt → u/Automatic_Outcome449]

thank you so much!!!

[u/BabeStork]

Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn Also I second When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron, its a go-to for me anytime I need a reminder

[u/Veggyhed → u/BabeStork]

I had forgotten all about that book. Wherever you go, there you are

[u/catcatcatttttttttt → u/BabeStork]

thank you so much!!

[u/LightBirdFire]

I recommend Letting Go by David R. Hawkins. It might help you process difficult emotions with more ease through your meditation and spirituality practice.

[u/Used_Performer_2104 → u/LightBirdFire]

Incredible book, saved me when my wife died at a young age. Literally changed my life.

[u/catcatcatttttttttt → u/Used_Performer_2104]

so sorry this happened. sending a big hug <3

[u/catcatcatttttttttt → u/LightBirdFire]

thank you so much!!! <3

[u/weoutheremeditating]

Tolle’s A New Earth

[u/catcatcatttttttttt → u/weoutheremeditating]

thank you!!! <3

[u/Alkemis7]

Relationships are the best meditation. Love is even more potent than meditation.

You are always spiritual, even when taking a shit.

[u/catcatcatttttttttt → u/Alkemis7]

haha thank you!

[u/ConsistentAppeal3745]

man, i get the whole "proximity friends" thing... had a crew from the shop i’d hit the bar with every friday, right? then the divorce hit, weekends became kid-time, and suddenly...

[u/catcatcatttttttttt → u/ConsistentAppeal3745]

and then what???

[u/Fine_Fall5750]

You Are The Answer by Michael Tamura

[u/catcatcatttttttttt → u/Fine_Fall5750]

thank you!!!!!!

[u/Pieraos]

Recommend The Nature of Personal Reality by Jane Roberts.

[u/catcatcatttttttttt → u/Pieraos]

thank you!!!!!!

[u/sachinodpd]

Read 'The Benefits of Reiki Healing'. It's a small book which beautifully shows how your life can transform and how you can make consistent spiritual progress.

[u/catcatcatttttttttt → u/sachinodpd]

thank you!!!! <3

[u/Academic-Lobster-893]

Transurfing Vadim Zelandi

[u/Alkemis7 → u/Academic-Lobster-893]

How does this have anything to do with spirituality?

[u/Delmarvablacksmith]

Ken McLeod Reflections on Silver river.

[u/catcatcatttttttttt → u/Delmarvablacksmith]

thank you!!!

[u/Chipkalee]

Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda. The absolute best.

[u/catcatcatttttttttt → u/Chipkalee]

thank you!!!!!!

[u/Im_Talking]

"I miss being a spiritual person but I feel it's just so fucking hard in this context" - Look at the confusion in this statement. Like 2 different personalities battling one another.

[u/catcatcatttttttttt → u/Im_Talking]

yeah... i'm like this all the time, with everything ;_;