Below is a list of top books recommended by Lar Short. This list is updated frequently with new books as they are discovered or brought back to the forefront of Lar's teachings. Check back often to see the latest recommendations.

Books by Lar

The Way of Radiance

by Lar C Short

THE WAY OF RADIANCE is a powerful and dynamic book, designed to make the foundations of advanced spiritual development accessible. Based on our human design, THE WAY OF RADIANCE highlights profound pith teachings from many of the spiritual traditions of humanity, and builds upon them. Using a text and cartoon format creates a dynamic, playful, and practical pathway to spiritual practice & development, and opening to our true nature...

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Opening the Heart of Compassion

by Lar Short and Martin Lowenthal

From the authors:
We have chosen to offer this amalgam of east and west, of modern and traditional, and of the ordinary and the sacred through teachings about the habits of mind that shape our experience of ourselves and of the world, which often results in us living in a world of pain. The path out of that suffering to freedom involves taking creative action that is guided by compassion. This compassion is developed through reflection upon the nature of our condition, and insight into our ways of operating as the source of possibilities for suffering or creative expression....
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The Way of Radiance

By Lar Short and John Mann

The title of this book, The Body Of Light, refers to two stages in this process of internal evolution. The first applies to the subtle body, which is typically described in terms of the radiance of its colors. The second concerns the final stage of development, when the physical level is totally transfigured and only a rainbow body--a distinct but nonmaterial entity that is free of all physical limitations--remains. That is the eventual goal. But to get there, the subtle body must be activated; a process which is the theme of this book....

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Your One Word

by Evan Carmichael

In this bold and empowering guide, entrepreneur and social media sensation Evan Carmichael shares the secret to turbo-charging your path to success on your own terms...

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Shift Into Freedom

by Loch Kelly

Meditation is one of the most important things to learn in order to live a life of joy, health and love. This is a rare meditation book that offers advanced meditations made simple. Loch Kelly goes to...

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Hara - The Vital Center of Man

by Karlfried Graf Dürckheim

The classic text on balance, inner calm, and the cultivation of tranquillity using the age-old techniques of Zen masters...

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Head Heart & Hara

by Peter Wilberg

An ancient Daoist saying tells us "When you are sick, do not seek a cure. Find your centre and you will be healed." The centre it refers to is located deep in the sensed interiority of our belly...

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SuperBetter: The Power of Living Gamefully

by Jane McGonigal

An innovative guide to living gamefully, based on the program that has already helped nearly half a million people achieve remarkable personal growth...

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The Upside of Stress

by Kelly McGonigal

Drawing from groundbreaking research, psychologist and award-winning teacher Kelly McGonigal, PhD, offers a surprising new view of stress—one that reveals the upside of stress...

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Reality is Broken

by Jane McGonigal

A visionary game designer reveals how we can harness the power of games to boost global happiness. With 174 million gamers in the United States alone, we now live in a world where...

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The Willpower Instict

by Kelly McGonigal

Based on Stanford University psychologist Kelly McGonigal's wildly popular course "The Science of Willpower," The Willpower Instinct is the first book to explain the new science of...

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Before Happiness

by Shawn Achor

In his international bestseller, The Happiness Advantage, Harvard trained researcher Shawn Achor described why happiness is the precursor to greater success....

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Magical Touch

by Elin and James Ritchie

Cultivation of a Loving Bonded Supportive Marriage is just that, cultivation. Like a garden in your back yard, it doesn't happen by accident....

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Designing & Leading Life-Changing Workshops

by Ken Nelson, David Ronka, and Lesli Lang

Best ever I have seen that can serve both Learning and Teaching to support Work and Transformation.
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The Little Stick Figures Technique for Emotional Self-Healing

Created by Jacques Martel written by hs Students in English - Lucie Bernier and Robert Lenghan

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