FACULTY LOUNGE: CHRIS' FAVORITE TEACHERS AND BOOKS
Inter-Dimensional Teachers of Reality Creation
One of the most important steps in my personal journey was the realization that information about the nature of reality was available to me through a variety of inter-dimensional or non-physical teachers. There was a time in my life when I would have laughed or rolled my eyes at the notion of valuable information being “channeled”. As with many other seekers (and finders!), however, my trail of wisdom bread crumbs led me to bodies of channeled wisdom that resonated with the core of my being. While there are many valuable sources of channeled wisdom, the following bodies of work have been particularly helpful to me in terms of their comprehensive scope, quality and clarity:
One of the most important steps in my personal journey was the realization that information about the nature of reality was available to me through a variety of inter-dimensional or non-physical teachers. There was a time in my life when I would have laughed or rolled my eyes at the notion of valuable information being “channeled”. As with many other seekers (and finders!), however, my trail of wisdom bread crumbs led me to bodies of channeled wisdom that resonated with the core of my being. While there are many valuable sources of channeled wisdom, the following bodies of work have been particularly helpful to me in terms of their comprehensive scope, quality and clarity:
• The “Seth” Teachings, channeled by Jane Roberts
Jane Roberts, Seth Speaks (1972) Jane Roberts, The Nature of Personal Reality (1974) Jane Roberts, Adventures in Consciousness (1975) Susan M. Watkins, Conversations with Seth (1980) Website: www.sethinstitute.org • The “Abraham” Teachings, channeled by Esther Hicks. Esther & Jerry Hicks, Ask and It Is Given: Learning How to Manifest Your Desires (2004) Website: www.Abraham-Hicks.com • The “P’taah” Teachings, channeled by Jani King Jani King, The Gift (1995) Jani King, Act of Faith: Conversations with P’taah, Part I (1995) Website: www.ptaah.com • The “Bashar” Teachings, channeled by Darryl Anka Website: www.bashar.org |
Lucid Dreaming and Dreamwork
Patricia Garfield, Pathway to Ecstasy: The Way of the Dream Mandala (1979)
Robert Waggoner, Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self (2009)
Stephen Laberge, Lucid Dreaming: A Concise Guide to Awakening in Your Dreams and in Your Life (2004)
Stephen Laberge & Howard Rheingold, Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming (1990)
Kenneth Kelzer, The Sun and The Shadow: My Experiment with Lucid Dreaming (1987)
Robert A. Johnson, Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth (1986)
Charlie Morley, Dreams of Awakening (2013)
Charlie Morley, Dreaming Through Darkness (2017)
Clare R. Johnson, The Art of Lucid Dreaming (2020)
Clare R. Johnson, The Art of Transforming Nightmares (2021)
Clare R. Johnson, Mindful Dreaming (2018)
Dawn Baumann Brunke, Dreaming with Polar Bears (2014)
G. Scott Sparrow, Lucid Dreaming: Dawning of the Clear Light (1976)
Melinda Powell, Lucid Surrender: The Alchemy of Soul in Lucid Dreaming (2022)
Coincidences and Synchronicity
Bernard Beitman, M.D., Meaningful Coincidences: How and Why Synchronicity and Serendipity Happen (2022)
Squire Rushnell, When God Winks at You (2006)
Susan M. Watkins, What A Coincidence: The Wow! Factor in Synchronicity and What It Means in Everyday Life (2005)
Robert Moss, Sidewalk Oracles: Playing with Signs, Symbols and Synchronicity in Everyday Life (2015)
Susan Reintjes, Third Eye Open: Unmasking Your True Awareness (2003)
Simran Singh, Conversations with the Universe (2013)
Laura Lynne Jackson, Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe (2019)
Near Death Experiences
Anita Moorjani, Dying To Be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing (2014)
Eben Alexander, Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife (2013)
Simultaneous Parallel Incarnations (or “Past Lives”)
Michael Newton, Journey of Souls: Case Studies in Life Between Lives (1994)
Brian L. Weiss, Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Pyschiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past-Life Therapy That Changed Both of Their Lives (1988)
Brian L. Weiss, Only Love Is Real: A Story of Soulmates Reunited (1997)
Dolores Cannon, Five Lives Remembered
Dolores Cannon, Jesus and the Essenes
Dolores Cannon, Keepers of the Garden
Out-of-Body Experiences and Remote Viewing
Robert Monroe, Ultimate Journey (1994)
Rick Stack, Out of Body Adventures (1988)
Joseph McMoneagle, Mind Trek (1993)
Science and Spirituality
Jill Bolte Taylor, My Stroke of Insight (2008)
Bruce H. Lipton, The Biology of Belief (2005)
Herbert Benson and William Procter, Relaxation Revolution: The Science and Genetics of Mind Body Healing (2011)
Gary Zukav, The Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics (1979)
Fritjof Capra, The Tao of Physics (1975)
Eben Alexander, Living in a Mindful Universe (2017)
Dream Yoga
As mentioned in the Coaching Philosophy page, I am inspired by the Buddhist dream yoga tradition, but I am not a practicing Buddhist. My "dream yoga" practice represents my own unique blend of ideas and practice elements. Some of the dream yoga books listed below include dogmatic elements that do not fully resonate with me (or that I do not fully comprehend, in part due to cultural barriers). But all of these books contain pearls of wisdom and experience that I found to be very helpful to my own practice.
Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep (1998)
B. Allan Wallace, Dreaming Yourself Awake (2012)
Andrew Holecek, Dream Yoga: Illuminating Your Life Through Lucid Dreaming and the Tibetan Yogas of Sleep (2016)
Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, Dream Yoga and the Practice of Natural Light (1992)
Gyatrul Rinpoche (author), B. Allan Wallace (translator) and Sangye Khandro (translator), Meditation, Transformation & Dream Yoga (1993)
Psychology
Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning (1946)
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (1990)
Gay Hendricks, The Big Leap (2009)
W. Timothy Gallwey, The Inner Game of Tennis (1974)
Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (2012)
Biographies and Memoirs
Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi (1946)
Thomas Sugrue, There is a River: The Story of Edgar Cayce (1942)
C.G. Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections (1962)
Susan M. Watkins, Speaking of Jane Roberts: Remembering the Author of the Seth Material (2001)
Wayne Dyer, I Can See Clearly Now (2014)
Oliver Sacks, On The Move (2015)
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D., The Wheel of Life (1997)
Michael A. Singer, The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life's Perfection (2015)
Patricia Garfield, Pathway to Ecstasy: The Way of the Dream Mandala (1979)
Robert Waggoner, Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self (2009)
Stephen Laberge, Lucid Dreaming: A Concise Guide to Awakening in Your Dreams and in Your Life (2004)
Stephen Laberge & Howard Rheingold, Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming (1990)
Kenneth Kelzer, The Sun and The Shadow: My Experiment with Lucid Dreaming (1987)
Robert A. Johnson, Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth (1986)
Charlie Morley, Dreams of Awakening (2013)
Charlie Morley, Dreaming Through Darkness (2017)
Clare R. Johnson, The Art of Lucid Dreaming (2020)
Clare R. Johnson, The Art of Transforming Nightmares (2021)
Clare R. Johnson, Mindful Dreaming (2018)
Dawn Baumann Brunke, Dreaming with Polar Bears (2014)
G. Scott Sparrow, Lucid Dreaming: Dawning of the Clear Light (1976)
Melinda Powell, Lucid Surrender: The Alchemy of Soul in Lucid Dreaming (2022)
Coincidences and Synchronicity
Bernard Beitman, M.D., Meaningful Coincidences: How and Why Synchronicity and Serendipity Happen (2022)
Squire Rushnell, When God Winks at You (2006)
Susan M. Watkins, What A Coincidence: The Wow! Factor in Synchronicity and What It Means in Everyday Life (2005)
Robert Moss, Sidewalk Oracles: Playing with Signs, Symbols and Synchronicity in Everyday Life (2015)
Susan Reintjes, Third Eye Open: Unmasking Your True Awareness (2003)
Simran Singh, Conversations with the Universe (2013)
Laura Lynne Jackson, Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe (2019)
Near Death Experiences
Anita Moorjani, Dying To Be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing (2014)
Eben Alexander, Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife (2013)
Simultaneous Parallel Incarnations (or “Past Lives”)
Michael Newton, Journey of Souls: Case Studies in Life Between Lives (1994)
Brian L. Weiss, Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Pyschiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past-Life Therapy That Changed Both of Their Lives (1988)
Brian L. Weiss, Only Love Is Real: A Story of Soulmates Reunited (1997)
Dolores Cannon, Five Lives Remembered
Dolores Cannon, Jesus and the Essenes
Dolores Cannon, Keepers of the Garden
Out-of-Body Experiences and Remote Viewing
Robert Monroe, Ultimate Journey (1994)
Rick Stack, Out of Body Adventures (1988)
Joseph McMoneagle, Mind Trek (1993)
Science and Spirituality
Jill Bolte Taylor, My Stroke of Insight (2008)
Bruce H. Lipton, The Biology of Belief (2005)
Herbert Benson and William Procter, Relaxation Revolution: The Science and Genetics of Mind Body Healing (2011)
Gary Zukav, The Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics (1979)
Fritjof Capra, The Tao of Physics (1975)
Eben Alexander, Living in a Mindful Universe (2017)
Dream Yoga
As mentioned in the Coaching Philosophy page, I am inspired by the Buddhist dream yoga tradition, but I am not a practicing Buddhist. My "dream yoga" practice represents my own unique blend of ideas and practice elements. Some of the dream yoga books listed below include dogmatic elements that do not fully resonate with me (or that I do not fully comprehend, in part due to cultural barriers). But all of these books contain pearls of wisdom and experience that I found to be very helpful to my own practice.
Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep (1998)
B. Allan Wallace, Dreaming Yourself Awake (2012)
Andrew Holecek, Dream Yoga: Illuminating Your Life Through Lucid Dreaming and the Tibetan Yogas of Sleep (2016)
Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, Dream Yoga and the Practice of Natural Light (1992)
Gyatrul Rinpoche (author), B. Allan Wallace (translator) and Sangye Khandro (translator), Meditation, Transformation & Dream Yoga (1993)
Psychology
Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning (1946)
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (1990)
Gay Hendricks, The Big Leap (2009)
W. Timothy Gallwey, The Inner Game of Tennis (1974)
Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (2012)
Biographies and Memoirs
Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi (1946)
Thomas Sugrue, There is a River: The Story of Edgar Cayce (1942)
C.G. Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections (1962)
Susan M. Watkins, Speaking of Jane Roberts: Remembering the Author of the Seth Material (2001)
Wayne Dyer, I Can See Clearly Now (2014)
Oliver Sacks, On The Move (2015)
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D., The Wheel of Life (1997)
Michael A. Singer, The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life's Perfection (2015)
Zen Buddhism
Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (2005)
Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974)
Visualization and Manifestation
Shakti Gawain, Creative Visualization (1978)
Sanaya Roman, Living with Joy (1986)
Maxwell Maltz, M.D., Pyscho-Cybernetics (1960)
Frederick E. Dodson, Parallel Universes of Self (2006)
Inspiration
Florence Scovel Shinn, The Game of Life and How to Play It (1925)
Norman Vincent Peale, The Power of Positive Thinking (1953)
Mediumship
Gary E. Schwartz, Ph.D., The Afterlife Experiments (2002)
Joel Martin & Patricia Romanowski, We Don't Die: George Anderson's Conversations with the Other Side
Laura Lynne Jackson, The Light Between Us (2015)
Economics, Business and Entrepreneurship
Richard Koch, The 80-20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More With Less (1999)
Malcolm Gladwell, The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (2000)
Milton & Rose Friedman, Free to Choose: A Personal Statement (1979)
Spiritual Fiction
Richard Bach, Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
Jane Roberts, The Oversoul Seven Trilogy (1977-1984)
Floco Tausin, Mouches Volantes: Eye Floaters as Shining Structures of Consciousness (2009)
Carlos Castenada, Journey to Ixtlan (1972)
Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (2005)
Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974)
Visualization and Manifestation
Shakti Gawain, Creative Visualization (1978)
Sanaya Roman, Living with Joy (1986)
Maxwell Maltz, M.D., Pyscho-Cybernetics (1960)
Frederick E. Dodson, Parallel Universes of Self (2006)
Inspiration
Florence Scovel Shinn, The Game of Life and How to Play It (1925)
Norman Vincent Peale, The Power of Positive Thinking (1953)
Mediumship
Gary E. Schwartz, Ph.D., The Afterlife Experiments (2002)
Joel Martin & Patricia Romanowski, We Don't Die: George Anderson's Conversations with the Other Side
Laura Lynne Jackson, The Light Between Us (2015)
Economics, Business and Entrepreneurship
Richard Koch, The 80-20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More With Less (1999)
Malcolm Gladwell, The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (2000)
Milton & Rose Friedman, Free to Choose: A Personal Statement (1979)
Spiritual Fiction
Richard Bach, Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
Jane Roberts, The Oversoul Seven Trilogy (1977-1984)
Floco Tausin, Mouches Volantes: Eye Floaters as Shining Structures of Consciousness (2009)
Carlos Castenada, Journey to Ixtlan (1972)