Suggested References
This section provides you with many references to materials that will help you start living Not So Big. They include specific recommendations made in the book, as well as information that evolves from the Community Forum Blog and other sources.
We have organized these suggestions by type. For those references particular to the content of each chapter, use the Chapter Tabs for specific listings.
Visuals/Video:
Magic Eye Images allow you to see in three dimensions even though the image itself is printed on a two-dimensional page. A perfect analogy for what we can do with our lives - see in a new dimension without changing the content of what we do.
See the BALLS image. Also see the CUBES image.
For a delightful account of her personal experience with the Magic Eye Images at a speaking engagement with Sarah, read Hinda's "The Not So Big Life" blog at Enerch'i Sisters.
You can also download .pdf files. For best results, print the images on glossy photo paper. See Magic Eye Balls PDF and Magic Eye Cubes PDF.
Lunar Eclipse discussion - see Lunar Eclipse
Fractal Images discussion - see Powers of Ten Video; also
see NASA Calendar Images
Whale discussion - see National Geographic - Masters of the Sea
Labyrinth discussion - Veriditas, the World-Wide Labyrinth Project - see Veriditas
Affluenza TV Segment, PBS-KCTS - see Affluenza
Meditation Exercise - see Beliefnet
Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came Into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming - see Paul Hawken speech at Blessed Unrest
Movies:
Movie - The Matrix
Movie - The Truman Show
Movie - Waking Life
Movie - Sliding Doors
Movie - Unknown White Male
Movie - Stranger Than Fiction
Movie - Bagger Vance
Movie - Click
Movie - Super Size Me
Movie - Peaceful Warrior
Books:
- From Coleman Barks
The Essential Rumi, translations by Coleman Barks - see Essential Rumi
A Year with Rumi, by Coleman Barks - see Year with Rumi
The Glance, by Coleman Barks - see Glance
The Illuminated Rumi, translations by Coleman Barks with illustrations by Michael Green - see Illuminated Rumi
The Soul of Rumi: A New Collection of Ecstatic Poems, translated by Coleman Barks - see Soul of Rumi
- From A. H. Almaas
Diamond Heart Book I: Elements of the Real in Man, by A.H.Almaas - see Diamond Heart I
Diamond Heart Book II: The Freedom to Be, by A.H.Almaas - see Diamond Heart II
Diamond Heart Book III: Being and the Meaning of Life, by A.H.Almaas - see Diamond Heart III
Diamond Heart Book IV: Indestructible Innocence, by A.H. Almaas - see Diamond Heart IV
The Inner Journey Home, by A.H.Almaas, see Inner Journey
- From Ramesh Balsekar
Consciousness Speaks: Conversations with Ramesh Balsekar, by Ramesh Balsekar - see Consciousness Speaks
Pointers from Nisargadatta Maharaj, by Ramesh Balsekar - see Pointers
Explorations Into The Eternal, by Ramesh Balesekar
- From Nisargadatta Maharaj
I Am That, by Nisargadatta Maharaj - see I Am That
- From Albert Low
The Butterfly's Dream: In Search of the Roots of Zen, by Albert Low - see Butterfly's Dream
Hakuin's Kensho: The Four Ways of Knowing, by Albert Low - see Hakuin Kensho
- From Normandi Ellis
Awakening Osiris, by Normandi Ellis - see Awakening Osiris
Dreams of Isis, by Normandi Ellis - see Dreams of Isis
- From Joseph Campbell
The Power of Myth, by Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers - see Power of Myth
The Hero with a Thousand Faces: Commemorative Edition (Bollinger Series-General), by Joseph Campbell and Clarissa Pinkola Estes - see The Hero
Reflections on the Art of Living: A Joseph Campbell Collection, by Diane K. Osbon (Editor) - see Art of Living
- From Paul Hawken
Blessed Unrest, by Paul Hawken - see Blessed Unrest
- From Eckhart Tolle
A New Earth - Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
See A New Earth
The Power of Now - A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
See The Power of Now
- From Other Distinguished Authors
Daughter of Fire: A Diary of a Spiritual Training With a Sufi, by Irina Tweedie - see Daughter of Fire
The Nine Faces of Christ: A Narrative of Nine Great Mystic Initiations of Joseph, Bar, Joseph in the Eternal Religion, by Eugene Whitworth - see Nine Faces
The Master Game: Pathways to Higher Consciousness (Consciousness Classics), by Robert S. de Ropp and Iven Lourie - see The Master Game
Eating the I: An Account of the Fourth Way, by William Patrick Patterson - see Eating the I
The Last Barrier: A Journey into the Essence of Sufi Teachings, by Reshad Feild - see The Last Barrier
Waking Up In Time: Finding Inner Peace in Times of Accelerating Change, by Peter Russell - see Waking Up
The Holographic Universe, by Michael Talbot - see Holographic Universe
Where Two Worlds Touch: Spiritual Rites of Passage, by Gloria Karpinski - see Karpinski
Get Satisfied, edited by Carol Holst - see Get Satisfied
The Mandala of Being: Discovering the Power of Awareness, by Richard Moss, MD - see Mandala of Being
Magazines:
ODE Magazine - see ODE
SEED Magazine - see SEED
What is Enlightenment? Magazine - see WIE
Resurgence Magazine - see RESURGENCE
Audios:
Listen to "Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time" (Episode 306, 1/31/06) from This American Life on Public Radio International.
Audio recordings of RUMI translations by Coleman Barks - see Coleman Barks
Organizations:
The Institute of Noetic Sciences - see Institute Noetic Sciences
Soulful Living - see Soulful Living
Simple Living America - see Simple Living America
Simple Living TV - see Simple Living TV
The Simple Living Network - see Simple Living
Realization - see Realization
Zaadz - see Zaadz
Teachers:
A. H. Almaas - see Almaas
Ramesh S. Balsekar - see Balsekar
Albert Low - see Low
His Holiness The Dalai Lama - see Dalai Lama
George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff - see Gurdjieff
Joseph Campbell - see Campbell
Nisargadatta Maharaj - see Nisargadatta Maharaj
Osho - see Osho
Sri Ramana Maharshi - see Ramana Maharshi
Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche - see Aroter.org
Coleman Barks - see Coleman Barks
Walter Russell - see Russell
Thomas Merton - see Merton
Eckhart Tolle - see Eckhart Tolle
Matthew Fox - see Fox
Product Providers:
Timing Devices:
Sarah's new personal favorite is the Salubrion Enso Digital Meditation Timer, available at DharmaCrafts
For the Time-Now buzzer, see Time-Now .
Digital Zen Alarm Clock - see Clock
Zen Time Piece - see Time Piece
Vibrating Watches - find various styles at Active & Able or e-Pill.
Meditational Cushions:
See suppliers such as Cosmic Cushion or Gaiam or DharmaCrafts
Artistic Products:
Greeting card from J (Jane) Stone - see J Stone Cards
Osho Zen Tarot Deck - see Osho Zen Tarot
"Discovering the Present" and other inspiring artwork by Sybil Shane Studio, see Sybil Shane Studio
Inspiration Tile - The creator of the inspiration tile is Nawal Motawi. For more information, see Motawi Tileworks.
