A Brief History of Everything is now available in Finnish! I got a big box full of my translator's copies two days ago. It is beautiful!
To celebrate the grand opening of Integral consciousness finally reaching this hard land, I decided to put together a list of 20 books you probably should read. So here goes:
1. A Brief History of Everything. Naturally. A simplified version of majestic Sex, Ecology, Spirituality laying the groundwork for an integral, comprehensive and realistically holistic worldview.
2. Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson. Gurdjieff buried the dog (not the bones, but the whole dog) so deep into his magnum opus that the patient reader might, after persistent digging, actually find the very good and very integral leather to buy in case he wants to make himself shoes.
3. In Search of the Miraculous. Ouspensky explains Gurdieff's amazing system of self-knowledge and self-transformation in a lucid manner. This book showed my the Way.
4. We're All Doing Time. Actually, this book showed me the way, ten years prior. Very good introduction to cultivating the finer things in inner life.
5. Dark Side of the Light Chasers. Everyone's got issues. If you think you don't, read this book, do the exercises and get to work.
6. Starting Strength. Everyone needs to lift a load every once in a while. Better be prepared. This is the finest introduction to the five basic movements of lifting stuff. Also, good philosophical
7. Getting Things Done. Everyone's got things to do. Better do them as efficiently as possible. GTD is arguably the finest method for getting your shit together. Worked wonders for me!
8. It's Not About the Money. Inside-out, sane and thorough approach to handling money, which everyone does.
9. Conversations with God. Great series, great conversations. Do not be put off by the title. It is awesome stuff. Seriously.
10. Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. With so much slacking, blaming and bumming, Stephen Covey gives some good old fatherly advice for living your life like a human being should: Be proactive, remember your aim and be nice to people. From dependence to independence to interdependence to continuous self-perfection, Covey says stuff I would love to say to many people (including myself).
11. How to Win Friends and Influence People. I read this book when I was 18 and got a huge kick out of how to behave more nicely with people. Can't say I learned it, though.
12. Anna Karenina. The whole of human life contained in a novel.
13. Zorba the Greek. The right attitude towards living contained in a novel.
14. Anything by Osho. Pure genius by the modern self-confessed spiritually incorrect mystic.
15. Power of Now. Clear introduction to the great perfection of this moment. Like Sailor Bob said, what's wrong with right now unless you think about it?
16. Power of Full Engagement. Unassuming little book that shows you how to manage you energy in an intelligent way.
17. Four-Hour Work Week. Encouraged and enabled me to make the move to live on a paradise island for a year. 'nuff said.
18. Flow. Like a handbook for living a good life. Shows the components of the optimal experience, flow, though dozens of great examples from factory workers to Italian shepherds.
19. Authentic Happiness. Living life is a fine art. Here's how to do it with a smile.
20. Why You're Dumb, Sick and Broke...and How to Get Smart, Healthy and Rich. Randy Gage tells it like it is. Hilarious stuff. Great read even if you don't agree with him.
Oh, and my ILP for today? Bicycling for 25 minutes and listening to Great Integral Awakening podcast + watching four Integral Coaching videos from Integral Life.
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