
Dreaming Yourself Awake
by B. Alan Wallace
“A phenomenal discussion, very systematic discussion of the art of lucid dreaming in this way that fuses East Asian philosophy with western science.”
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by B. Alan Wallace
“A phenomenal discussion, very systematic discussion of the art of lucid dreaming in this way that fuses East Asian philosophy with western science.”
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by Greg McKeown
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by Ernest Hemingway
“Hemingway's classic novel of the Spanish Civil War.”
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by Angela Duckworth
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by Jack Kerouac
“Opened up the ecstatic beauty of life’s little moments to me as a teenager.”
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“Inspired my study of softness and receptivity as a counterpoint to my mad passions.”
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“The Book of Five Rings”
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