Unfettered Mind (Takuan Soho)

Full Title: Unfettered Mind: Writings of the Zen Master to the Sword Master
Major Topic: presence
Level: experienced and advanced
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Using the context of martial arts, Takuan describes how to live awake and present. A subtle book, to be read with care. It may take time to appreciate exactly what Takuin [...]

The Art of War (Sun Tzu)

Full Title: Art of War: Complete Text and Commentaries
Major Topic: The conditions and methods necessary for the effective use of power and the dangers of the misuse.
Level: all levels
Exposition of the skillful employment of military power. As such, it can be read as an analogy for the use of power both externally and internally [...]

King, Warrior, Magician, Lover (Robert Moore & Douglas Gillette)

Full Title: King, Warrior, Magician, Lover
Major Topic: the four archetypes associated with the four ways of working
Level: all levels
Detailed analysis of the reactive, balanced, mature and immature manifestations of these four male archetypes, very helpful in understanding decay and corruption in the four immeasurables. How to use: learn different ways the archetypes manifest and then [...]

Them and Us (Arthur Deikman)

Full Title: Them and Us: Cult Thinking and the Terrorist Threat
Major Topic: what makes people vulnerable to the institutional mindset
Level: all levels
Dispassionate, insightful exploration of how unresolved patterns make cults possible. Previously published as The Wrong Way Home.. A good book to read if you run into or interact with authoritarian institutions or any kind.

Four Agreements (Don Miguel Ruiz)

Full Title: Four Agreements A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (a Toltec Wisdom Book)
Major Topic: Meeting life
Level: all levels
How to show up in the world in interaction with others, a practical summary of the key priniciples of power, applied internally and externally. Memorize the four agreements and make use of them.