(Should preface with, these books come at a time of spiritual crisis for me)
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Chogyam Trungpa's Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism Possibly the most important book. Reading out loud with a friend, slowly, patiently, and I started a book club to read together and discuss. So I have two bookmarks in this book atm.
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Pema Chodron's When Things Fall Apart The earliest book. I first started this in late 2018 during challenging life circumstances. Read cover to cover at least 3 times. It remains the book that is easiest to hear when things are hard. I reread chapters when I need to.
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Pema Chodron's Comfortable With Uncertainty 1 page teachings curated from her other books. I read a page out loud after meditating every morning with housemates; whichever one feels most relevant to our lives.
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Pema Chodron's The Places That Scare You Similar to 'When Things Fall Apart' but with more emphasis on descriptions of practices and Buddhist concepts. I pick this up on a whim and find practice instructions I need.
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Chogyam Trungpa's Work, Sex, Money Specific teachings on these practical aspects of life. I read the chapters about each relevant aspect when I feel I can stomach that much discomfort, which isn't all the time. It takes a lot of courage to be able to hear fully, I find.
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Chogyam Trungpa was one of Pema Chodron's teachers, so they have very similar teachings. I try to read something from 2-3 of the books each day, even things I've read before. This mode feels like the closest to Christians' relationship to the Bible that I think I've experienced.
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I literally carry all five books around the house with me and will dip in and out of each of them in one sitting. This is combined with listening to talks by both teachers.
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I don't take notes. I try to pay attention when I'm reading them the same way I would when meditating or listening to a close friend discuss something important in their lives--I really care about feeling the emotional impact, allowing things to really sink in fully, not rushing.
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I'm getting a lot out of relating to these books and teachings this way, and wondering--do you have books you relate to very deeply? What are you doing, practically, when you read them?
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There are a few texts I return to again and again. As well as relating to the text in a sort of heartful/open way as you mention, I also like to ask questions to people who have loved the text longer than I have. “How do you relate to x? Has x come up in your practice?”
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