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10 Desert Island BooksSamme said Jul 3, 2006, 11:11 PM: |
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If you could bring 10 books in a desert island where you will be for some time what ten books will you bring. This desert island already has the copy of the Old Testament, New Testament, Torah, Koran, Bhagavad Gita, and the whole set of Encyclopedia Britannica so you do not need to bring them. |
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksLisa [no longer around] said Jul 4, 2006, 6:36 AM: |
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This is an interesting question since I like to read different books all the time- which ones have been important enough to me to take along. 1&2 A Search for God Books 1 & 2 from Association of Research and Enlightenment 3 Power of Now by Eckhart tolle 4 The Largest most complete book of Dream symbols 5 The largest most complete book of Symbol interpretation 6 Anatomy of Spirit by Caroline Myss 7 Seat of the Soul by Gary Zukav 8 book of medical plants and herbs 9 & 10 reserved for ?? (give me 10 minutes in the library -I'll find something) What are your choices? |
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksVlady said Jul 4, 2006, 6:52 AM: |
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This would be my lis of ten books: Einstein's Cosmos (Michio Kaku) Tha Davinci Code ( Dan Brown) Tha Way of The peaceful Warrior (Dan Millman) The Journeys of Socrates ( Dan Millman) Living on Purpose (Dan Millman) Tha Dammapada (Eknath Easwaran) The Andromeda Strain (Michael Crichton) Fever (Robin Cook) How to practice The Way to a meaningful life. (Dali Lama) Tha Way of Peace (James Allen) |
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksRick said Jul 4, 2006, 9:50 AM: |
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here is a quick list - the list might change if I think longer, but here is 1st draft: The Tao de Ching Man and His Symbols(Jung) The Douglas Adams series Science of Mind(Earnest Holmes) Empire Falls(Richard Russo) Collected poems of Pablo Neruda Collected Poems of e e cumming The Tao of Physics The Art of War Collected Stories of Dr. Seuss |
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksLacey said Jul 4, 2006, 2:38 PM: |
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I love this question. My books would be…. 1. Goobers by Linda Goodman 2. The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran 3. Women who run with the wolves by Clarisa Pinkola Estes 4. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand 5. The Tao of Health Sex and Longevity by Daniel Ried 6. The English Patient by Michael Ondatje 7. The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown 8. Linda Goodman's Sun Signs/Love Signs, hope that can just count as one : ) 9. How to Practice: The way to a meaningful life by the Dalai Lama 10. The Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman |
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksLacey said Jul 4, 2006, 2:39 PM: |
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oh shoot, i forgot some! I just noticed someone else's list had the Tao Te Ching and the Way of Peace, darnit, this list must be longer! |
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksSamme said Jul 5, 2006, 12:30 AM: |
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Guess what, Lacey? Since you are going at the same time as Vlady, he's already bringing The Da Vinci Code, How To Practice by the Dalai Lama, and The Way of the Peaceful Warrior. So you can scratch those off your list. He also has The Way of Peace, so you can bring The Tao Te Ching. That leaves you with two more choices…, : ) Thank you for joining. Let us know where you moved to, Switzerland? etc., |
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksBrondu said Jul 7, 2006, 1:29 PM: |
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Wow. I don't know if can answer this one because there are so many books I want to read, so many books I've already read but would miss if I didn't take and, well, just SO MANY BOOKS! I guess I'd take the longest books possible so. The Collected Works of Ken Wilber (we'll just say all volumes rolled into one book) The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King (we'll just roll up the volumes into one big novel again) Mervyn Peake's trilogy (once again, we'll just call the trilogy one book .. hahahaha!!! I'm cheating!) A leatherbound copy of All J.R.R. Tolkien's works A leatherbound copy of all Edgar Allen Poe's works A leatherbound copy of all Charles Dicken's works A leatherbound copy of all Steinbeck's works A leatherbound copy of all Hemingway's Works ok what am I at now? 8? OKay I have to get into spirituality now… let's see…. Meister Eckhart, Ramana Maharshi, all the Gospels, all the Ancient texts. oh no, now philosophy, politics, and… uh-oh. I can't do it. sorry guys! |
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksBunRab said Aug 30, 2006, 8:58 PM: |
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Maybe to go with the Mervyn Peake (I liked Gormenghast but it was TOO long for me) you could, if you were going for really long, bring the entire Robert Jordan Wheel of Time stuff rolled into one? It would provide you a great way to exercise with weights, too. |
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Re: 10 Desert Island Booksskyedrknss said Jul 7, 2006, 3:18 PM: |
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1 godstalk pc hodgell
now i know i am going to think of at least 14 revisions i would make in the next 2 hours but i guess that i will just go with what came off the top of my head…… |
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Re: 10 Desert Island Bookshazelfaern said Jul 11, 2006, 11:35 AM: |
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The Collected Poems of Margaret Atwood, volumes I, II, and III and one blank book in which to capture my thoughts and sketches |
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksCalmEagle said Jul 11, 2006, 6:36 PM: |
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Hmmmmm. 10 books to be stranded with… let's see, first off would have to be Wind In the Willows by Kenneth Grahame The Ring Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien Cancer Ward by Alexander Solzhenitsyn Father Joe : The Man Who Saved My Soul Mabel McKay : Weaving the Dream (Portraits of American Genius) – by Greg Sarris The Wind Is My Mother: The Life and Teachings of a Native American Shaman – by Bear Heart Wokini: A Lakota Journey to Happiness and Self-Understanding (Religion and Spirituality) – by Billy Mills, Nicholas Sparks An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life The Zen Commandments: Ten Suggestions for a Life of Inner Freedom. – by Dean Sluyter Lamb : The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal – by Christopher Moore love, CalmEagle |
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksChuck [no longer around] said Jul 11, 2006, 6:48 PM: |
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I seem to be able to read these more than once: Spiral Dynamics - Don Beck Boomeritis - Ken Wilber A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle Living Enlightenment - Andrew Cohen A Theory of Everything - Ken Wilber No Boundary - Ken Wilber Paths to God - Ram Doss The Translucent Revolution - Arjuna Ardagh Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini Peace Is Every Step - Thich Nhat Hanh |
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksVictoria said Jul 11, 2006, 10:15 PM: |
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Dessert Island books Since I own many of these it makes me realize perhaps I should take them with me on vacation sometime. Gosh, just think, if we were on a desert island with our books we would become like the characters in Ray Bradbury’s “Farenheit 451.” “Super Cosmos” by Jack Sarfatis The Art Scroll Siddur “The Sabbath” by Abraham Joshua Heschel “The Oxford Book of English Verse” “The Story of Painting” by Sister Wendy Beckett’s If I was really packing up for the island I’d go to Rizzoli’s in New York and find an exquisite, really thick, oversized art book with full-page color reproductions. “The Complete works of Shakespeare” The libretto to Gilbert & Sullivan’s “Mikado” The libretto to Peter Pan (the old Broadway show) “Wind, Sand and Stars” by Antoine de Saint-Exupery And for the tenth, I’d ask a close friend to choose a cherished book of hers to give me.
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksBilgi said Jul 13, 2006, 10:35 AM: |
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Hi Samme and zaadzsters friends, Good question and although I like reading, I would bring NO BOOK AT ALL. I would perhaps look at the already available books in the desert, which are Old Testament, New Testament, Torah, Koran, Bhagavad Gita, and the whole set of Encyclopedia Britannica. No, I hope I wouldn't loose my time with these.. I can have them when I am back on the main land :-) I would rather use my time to be in the moment, to meditate longly, to observe my environment, switch on all my senses, to feel the nature, to be part of it, to watch the sun rise and set, changing the light, the colors, to listen the silence and discover all the sounds and sings in the nature…. What you think about it? If you insist I can still come up with 10 books from my “to read” list. But I realy mean it, NO BOOK in the island :-) With love, Bilgi |
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksC A M E L O T [no longer around] said Jul 13, 2006, 11:01 AM: |
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I would include Ben Okri's In Arcadia as well as his Astonishing The Gods :) |
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksC A M E L O T [no longer around] said Jul 13, 2006, 11:11 AM: |
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Hmmm thinking is so slow……that s two. Let me add hmmm……anything by Ernest Holmes, A Return To Love by Marianne Williamson, Avatara Adi Da Samraj's Knee Of Listening…. A good Louise Hay. You Can Heal Your Life……..that s six. Let s see…Wayne Dyer's “Power Of Intention” , Walt Whitman's Leaves Of Grass, the Tao Te Ching…. And David Deida s Blue Truth. I ll be writing the tenth, it s a love story :) |
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksC A M E L O T [no longer around] said Jul 13, 2006, 11:15 AM: |
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Oh shoot! An eleventh! David Icke s new book : Only Infinite Love is real, everything else is an illusion :) |
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksTRUST 22 said Jul 23, 2006, 8:35 PM: |
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1. How to survive in a desert island
I will dedicate the rest of the time to do something else than reading !!! but if I have to choose I will take 1 meditation book
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksThutop said Jul 23, 2006, 9:43 PM: |
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Definately i will bring with me…. 10.The |
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksThutop said Jul 23, 2006, 9:49 PM: |
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Definately i will bring…. 10.The Divine Comedy 9.”Delirio”(title in spanish) 8.”Vivir para contarla”(title in spanish) 7.The tibetan book of living and dying 6.”La Iliada (title in spanish) 5. Blue Jean Buddha 4. Dharma Punx 3.”El arte de vivir en el nuevo milenio” (title in spanish) 2.Peacefull Death, Joyfull Reabirth and…………..#1. Opening to our primordial nature(this book i written by my pearsonal lamas) |
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksSamme said Jul 23, 2006, 10:31 PM: |
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Wonderful selection Thutop, at such a young age you are exhibiting traits that are admirable and you are doing wonderful wonderful job with the youths in your area. Your number one book, “Opening To Our Primordial Nature”, that sounds interesting. Maybe you could post your comments about that book in the Buddhist Dharma Books section of this pod. I would like to learn more about that. Thank you! |
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksKimberly said Aug 25, 2006, 11:38 AM: |
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I've never posted on one of these before but, hey, I'll weigh in on books anytime. |
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksMandy said Jul 24, 2006, 1:51 PM: |
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I would have to say: Soul Love —- Sanaya Roman Excuse me, your life is waiting—-lynn Grabhorn Living in Joy—-Sanaya Roman Spiritual Growth—Sanaya Roman Conversations with God 1,2,3 —-Neale Donald Walsch A Guide for the Advanced Soul (Oracle pages)—Susan Hayward Diary of a Psychic—-Sonia Choquette And a huge book of blank sheets for all the writing I would do |
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksNadia said Jul 24, 2006, 3:24 PM: |
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1. Lord of the Flies by William Golding –> There's just something very “deserted island-ish” about it 2. Conversation with God by Neale Donald 3. Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton 4. Good Business by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (because that's what I'm reading right now) 5. Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown 6. The Price by Nicolo Machiaveli (Because I never got to finish it) 7. The Law by Frederic Bastiat (I didn't finish this one either) 8. 1984 by George Orwell 9. A friends and family photo album (is that considered a book?) 10. An empty notebook, so I can write my thoughts and maybe make a movie out of it someday…. :) |
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksNadia said Jul 24, 2006, 3:25 PM: |
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Sorry, the Prince by Machiaveli, not the Price…. |
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksBunRab said Aug 30, 2006, 9:00 PM: |
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I think that qualifies as a Freudian slip :D |
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Re: 10 Desert Island Booksjtaylor said Jul 27, 2006, 10:42 AM: |
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1) Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, 2) Celtic Art by George Bain, 3) An anthology of world myths 4) Hana Yori Dango anthology (if we have a hypothetical desert island, I get a hypothetical anthology) 5) The Horse Goddess by Morgan Llewellyn, 6) The High King by Lloyd Alexander, 7) Son of Shadows by Juliet Marillier, 8) The Dark is Rising by Susan B. Cooper, 9) An Acceptable Time by Madeleine L'Engle, and 10) an English version of “Le Clan des Otori” by Liam Hearn. (I read it in French, and I think I'd like it better in my native language.) I won't be doing much deep thinking on that desert island. Although unlike the mega-drama found in Lost, I'm sure my mental energy will be focused on survival. :P |
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Re: 10 Desert Island Booksjen said Jul 27, 2006, 10:19 PM: |
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I love this question! (Mostly because I'm NOT stranded on an island, and don't have to put it into practice…) 1. One Hundred Years of Solitude: Gabriel Garcia Marquez 2. My volume of every Shakespearean play 3. Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen 4. Snow Crash: Neal Stephenson (someone else already put him, but I love him too!) 5. The Sparrow: Maria Doria Russell 6. His Dark Materials: Phillip Pullman (I'm cheating and putting three novels as one) 7. Coming To Our Senses: Jon-Kabat Zinn 8. Les Miserables: Victor Hugo 9. My volume of David Sedaris short stories 10. Book of poems by Billy Collins I feel like I'm forgetting something… |
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksChristian said Jul 28, 2006, 12:15 PM: |
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OK, since there are already a copy of the Old Testament, New Testament, Torah, Koran, Bhagavad Gita, and the whole set of Encyclopedia Britannica i would add for Nr. 1: “The Dhammapada” and for Nr. 2: “Tao te king”: Lao tsu Then i would take most of my beloved bigsize novels: Nr. 3: “Lord of the Ring Trilogy”: J.R.R. Tolkien (1346p.) Nr. 4: “The Hitchhikers Series”: Douglas Adams (1102p.) Nr. 5: “The Magic Mountain”: Thomas Mann (982p.) Nr. 6: “The Time of our singing”: Richard Powers (749p.) Nr. 7: “The Shadow of the wind”: Carlos Ruiz Zafon (562p.) Nr. 8: “Perfume. The story of a murderer”: Patrick Süskind (319p.) Nr. 9: “Narcissus and Goldmund”: Hermann Hesse (305p.) Nr. 10: “The Alchemist”: Paulo Coelho (172p.) So i think i had enough good stuff to read for a while ;-) To be honest, i would take all of my library nice to read your´s. |
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksHappiness said Jul 29, 2006, 7:16 PM: |
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Nice to see Adams, Coelho, Hesse and Mann having tea together over in your corner here. Ah, Herman Hesse! What a giant! I re-read Narcissus and Goldmund a few years ago, and was enchanted all over again. Enchanted and dazzeled and in awe. One of my favorite (of too many favorite) lines from Douglas Adams is “Zaphod loved effect.” As I remember, it goes on to say: “It was what he was best at.” I may have made that up, quien sabes |
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksCaz [no longer around] said Aug 2, 2006, 6:44 AM: |
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Wow. What a compiled list amongst the group so far! Some awesome reads noted. Given the Sacred Texts are already housed on the island, I would bring the following 10 with me: 1. The Tao of Pooh 6. Oxford Dictionary of English Well That's what my list is today. Tomorrow, some of the titles might be different! |
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksJana said Aug 3, 2006, 9:19 PM: |
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The Gift by Hafiz (translated by Daniel Ladinsky) Pronoia by Rob Brezsny The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley Earth Power by Scott Cunningham Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl Arabian Nights by Richard Burton The Theory of Everything by Stephen Hawking The Hitchiker's Guide to The Galaxy by Douglas Adams (I know- already here, but I need my own copy!!) Any of the Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey My Invented Country by Isabele Allende Wow, is it difficult to narrow this list down to ten! By the way, my favorite quote from Hitchiker's Guide is also one of my credos: “We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!” (spoken by the philosophers) |
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksSharon said Aug 4, 2006, 5:08 PM: |
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A threatened man in an alley once pulled a gun and said “I'll kill you! I'm not afraid to go to jail, I'll re-read Proust!” |
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksOcean Eyes said Aug 4, 2006, 6:10 PM: |
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I am going to have a little fun with my list …
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Re: 10 Desert Island Booksmeowian said Aug 4, 2006, 11:19 PM: |
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OH MY!!! |
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksLarry said Aug 8, 2006, 7:51 AM: |
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I like the ten books on a deserted island idea. First, I would want to take some books I haven't read. Yes there are some books you can read again and again, but for some once was enough and I got the idea. Now, since I can kind of make up my own rules, I would like certain author's works to be air dropped in once they were finished. They wouldn't know I was there, but accidentally they fell out of the plane. (People in major cities know about how thinks just fall off of trucks.) My list:
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksDavid said Aug 8, 2006, 9:17 AM: |
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Hello All, |
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksKelly said Aug 9, 2006, 7:13 AM: |
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1. The Bible |
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Re: 10 Desert Island BooksEgyirba said Aug 9, 2006, 10:48 AM: |
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most are books i've already read but enjoyed enough to read again and again: |
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