The Undiscovered Self
by C. G. Jung | 
Eternal Echoes
by John O'Donohue | 
The Birth and Death of Meaning
by Ernest Becker | 
True Hallucinations
by Terence McKenna | 
The Act of Creation
by Arthur Koestler | 
Irrational Man
by William Barrett | 
Escape from Evil
by Ernest Becker | 
Eros and Civilization
by Herbert Marcuse | 
The Psychoanalysis of Fire
by Gaston Bachelard | 
The Meaning of Truth
by William James | 
The Authenticity Hoax
by Andrew Potter | 
The Book
by Alan Watts | 
A Guide to the Good Life
by William B. Irvine | 
The Daily Stoic
by Ryan Holiday |
The Spell of the Sensuous
by David Abram | 
Civilization and Its Discontents
by Sigmund Freud | 
There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem
by Wayne W. Dyer | 
The Perennial Philosophy
by Aldous Huxley | 
Status Anxiety
by Alain de Botton |
Sex, Ecology, Spirituality
by Ken Wilber |
Over decades of martial arts and meditation practice, Peter Ralston discovered a curious and paradoxical fact: that true awareness arises from a state of not-knowing. Even the most sincere investigation of self and spirit, he says, is often sabotaged by our tendency to grab too quickly for answers and ideas as we retreat to the safety of the known. This "Hitchhiker's Guide to Awareness" provides helpful guideposts along an experiential journey for those Western minds predisposed to wandering off to old habits, cherished presumptions, and a stubbornly solid sense of self. With ease and clarity Ralston teaches readers how to become aware of the background patterns that they are usually too busy, stressed, or distracted to notice. The Book of Not Knowing points out the ways people get stuck in their lives and offers readers a way to make fresh choices about every aspect of their lives, from a place of awareness instead of autopilot.