Tuesday, January 02, 2024

2023 Reading List

 

 Time for my annual reading list post.  Exactly the same number as last year - interesting.  Here it goes:

  1. The Risk Pool - Richard Russo
  2. Surviving Death - Leslie Kean
  3. Life Before Life:Children's Memories of Previous Lives - Jim B. Tucker, MD
  4. Return to Life: Extraordinary Cases of Children Who Remember Past Lives - Jim B. Tucker, MD
  5. Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife - Eben Alexander, MD
  6. After - Bruce Greyson, MD
  7. Infinite Awareness - Marjorie Hines
  8. Mindfulness for Beginners - Jon Kabat-Zinn
  9. The Four Foundations of Mindfulness in Plain English - Henepola Gunaratana
  10. 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. 

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