Time for my annual reading list post. Exactly the same number as last year - interesting. Here it goes:
- The Risk Pool - Richard Russo
- Surviving Death - Leslie Kean
- Life Before Life:Children's Memories of Previous Lives - Jim B. Tucker, MD
- Return to Life: Extraordinary Cases of Children Who Remember Past Lives - Jim B. Tucker, MD
- Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife - Eben Alexander, MD
- After - Bruce Greyson, MD
- Infinite Awareness - Marjorie Hines
- Mindfulness for Beginners - Jon Kabat-Zinn
- The Four Foundations of Mindfulness in Plain English - Henepola Gunaratana
- The Map of Heaven - Eben Alexander, MD
The first book of the year was a novel that I read with my husband. I enjoy it when we read things together and discuss them.
Everything else on the list was the result of a deep dive into the afterlife and spirituality. Reading the books on life after death were inspired by a discussion at parent's house about children remembering past lives. My parents sometimes get information from questionable sources so I wanted to try to find something academic on the subject. I really wasn't impressed by Leslie Kean, but Dr. Tucker and Dr. Greyson I found very interesting. Dr. Alexander was a bit of a mixed bag for me. I read a couple of his books. There are more, but I don't think I'll read them. I don't feel like they really say much in the end.
The Jon Kabat-Zinn book I had actually started a few year ago and didn't finish. I decided to pull it out and start over with it. This time I read it all the way through with my husband. It's still not one that I would exactly recommend.
The books by Hines and Gunaratana were interesting because they were coming to mindfulness and awareness from the viewpoint of eastern religions.
