"When you make what you think is a "wrong turn", your Inner Guidance System just recalculates your route, so there are no irreparable wrong turns. There are actually no wrong turns at all." Lola Jones
Book Suggestions
You won't see many spiritual books, for several reasons:
The Year Of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs. Having grown up as a Secular Jew, he realizes he has a God shaped hole in his heart, so he decides to explore religion, and it turns out to be hilariously entertaining. What better way than to live the Bible literally for one entire year. He lives it to the letter, from don't eat fruit from a tree planted less than five years ago, to "not shaving the edges of his beard" to stoning adulterers (with a pebble). He grows his beard and wears robes. He stops at the ones that are illegal, like kill magicians, destroy idols, and sacrifice oxen. I laugh right out loud at this book.
The Guinea Pig Diaries by A.J. Jacobs. Now he's really cooking! This is the funniest one. A. J. takes on various experiments for one month, like Radical Honesty, living strictly rationally, impersonating a movie star, oursourcing everything to India including fights with his wife, then, last, to thank his wife for putting up with all this: doing everything his wife wants. It's surprisingly wise as well as outrageously funny, and he learns unexpected things. He has a real desire to live a better life that comes out here.
Anything by humorist Dave Barry - hilarious. My favorites are Dave Barry Slept Here, and Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up.
Bob Newhart - I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This. Real life stories from his experience as a comedian.
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
Brilliant work of psychological fiction that will have you thinking about all the things we talk about in Divine Openings from a new perspective. What if aliens took over the bodies of all humans, except a few who had evaded them? What if they created a peaceful society, with no disease? Would that be "good"? You won't want it to end. Her Twilight series is also very good. I read all four books.
The Gift, the work of Hafiz, the Great Sufi Master, translated by Daniel Ladinsky. A must have book for your coffee table or night stand. Hafiz was enlightened, funny, wise, and irreverent. He was a 13th century mystic, poet, teacher, and drunk-on-God lover of The Divine. Any of Hafiz's other works is good, but this is the best, and Daniel's translations make it very accessible to us now.
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. My favorite epic story and movie of all time. Dead-on insight into people, set in the old west, with the most believable and beloved set of characters ever. I've watched the movie 7 times.
Journey Into Nature and Journey Into Oneness by Michael Raods (he's an Aussie). I read them about 8 times over 12 years. They're the only books I can say that about. Animal lovers will absolutely freak out over Journey Into Nature. Those who like the more cosmic experiences will delight in Oneness. He's the real deal. I know another famous teacher who knows him. But don't expect his experiences. I don't have those.
Ask And It Is Given by Jerry and Esther Hicks
These two and their channeling of Abraham were some of my most important teachers. Divine Openings adds an element of direct giving of Grace to it, but their work really is fabulous.
Pronoia Is The Antidote To Paranoia by Rob Breszny
Funny, smart, genius Rob is wildy wise, and completely original. It's a bit racy and raunchy, so this is not for the conservative.
You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay
A classic handbook to understand how you affect your body. But then you want to move beyond using someone else's dictionary and "read" your own body intuitively. (I don't like the term "heal" for anything except physical healing. Your LIFE doesn't need healing, it just needs you to remember who you are. But maybe your body does need your help in allowing it to relax and hea.)
The Field, by Lynn McTaggart. We use this one in Jumping The Matrix. When you read it without taking Jumping The Matrix, you'll get a flavor for what is possible, but the book alone won't tell you how to DO those things. Read it, then come Jump The Matrix with us after you've done L1 and L2.
The Holographic Universe, by Michael Talbot
Also recommended in Jumping The Matrix. Read at your leisure, lightly. You don't have to "learn it". Just be inspired and expand your sense of what is possible. Then come Jump The Matrix with us.
My Stroke of Insight, by Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor. This is fabulous. She contacted me to trade books right before she got really famous and busy and appeared on Oprah. She had a stroke and became enlightened.
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How to do that? When you get ready to order a book, go to our Favorite Links page and click on any book or CD.
That takes you to Amazon, then do your search for the book you want.
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- I don't read hardly any spiritual books anymore, because I'm not seeking, so don't feel the need or desire to read them.
- Books about working on yourself, or that would lead you in a contradictory direction from Divine Openings, won't appear here
- You are moving toward inner, not outer guidance
- You soon will be living instead of seeking
- You'll be reading for entertainment and enjoyment, or just a little inspiration
The Year Of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs. Having grown up as a Secular Jew, he realizes he has a God shaped hole in his heart, so he decides to explore religion, and it turns out to be hilariously entertaining. What better way than to live the Bible literally for one entire year. He lives it to the letter, from don't eat fruit from a tree planted less than five years ago, to "not shaving the edges of his beard" to stoning adulterers (with a pebble). He grows his beard and wears robes. He stops at the ones that are illegal, like kill magicians, destroy idols, and sacrifice oxen. I laugh right out loud at this book.
The Guinea Pig Diaries by A.J. Jacobs. Now he's really cooking! This is the funniest one. A. J. takes on various experiments for one month, like Radical Honesty, living strictly rationally, impersonating a movie star, oursourcing everything to India including fights with his wife, then, last, to thank his wife for putting up with all this: doing everything his wife wants. It's surprisingly wise as well as outrageously funny, and he learns unexpected things. He has a real desire to live a better life that comes out here.
Anything by humorist Dave Barry - hilarious. My favorites are Dave Barry Slept Here, and Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up.
Bob Newhart - I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This. Real life stories from his experience as a comedian.
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
Brilliant work of psychological fiction that will have you thinking about all the things we talk about in Divine Openings from a new perspective. What if aliens took over the bodies of all humans, except a few who had evaded them? What if they created a peaceful society, with no disease? Would that be "good"? You won't want it to end. Her Twilight series is also very good. I read all four books.
The Gift, the work of Hafiz, the Great Sufi Master, translated by Daniel Ladinsky. A must have book for your coffee table or night stand. Hafiz was enlightened, funny, wise, and irreverent. He was a 13th century mystic, poet, teacher, and drunk-on-God lover of The Divine. Any of Hafiz's other works is good, but this is the best, and Daniel's translations make it very accessible to us now.
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. My favorite epic story and movie of all time. Dead-on insight into people, set in the old west, with the most believable and beloved set of characters ever. I've watched the movie 7 times.
Journey Into Nature and Journey Into Oneness by Michael Raods (he's an Aussie). I read them about 8 times over 12 years. They're the only books I can say that about. Animal lovers will absolutely freak out over Journey Into Nature. Those who like the more cosmic experiences will delight in Oneness. He's the real deal. I know another famous teacher who knows him. But don't expect his experiences. I don't have those.
Ask And It Is Given by Jerry and Esther Hicks
These two and their channeling of Abraham were some of my most important teachers. Divine Openings adds an element of direct giving of Grace to it, but their work really is fabulous.
Pronoia Is The Antidote To Paranoia by Rob Breszny
Funny, smart, genius Rob is wildy wise, and completely original. It's a bit racy and raunchy, so this is not for the conservative.
You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay
A classic handbook to understand how you affect your body. But then you want to move beyond using someone else's dictionary and "read" your own body intuitively. (I don't like the term "heal" for anything except physical healing. Your LIFE doesn't need healing, it just needs you to remember who you are. But maybe your body does need your help in allowing it to relax and hea.)
The Field, by Lynn McTaggart. We use this one in Jumping The Matrix. When you read it without taking Jumping The Matrix, you'll get a flavor for what is possible, but the book alone won't tell you how to DO those things. Read it, then come Jump The Matrix with us after you've done L1 and L2.
The Holographic Universe, by Michael Talbot
Also recommended in Jumping The Matrix. Read at your leisure, lightly. You don't have to "learn it". Just be inspired and expand your sense of what is possible. Then come Jump The Matrix with us.
My Stroke of Insight, by Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor. This is fabulous. She contacted me to trade books right before she got really famous and busy and appeared on Oprah. She had a stroke and became enlightened.
That's about all I've read in the last four years!
Nora Roberts romance novels. I don't like her murder mysteries.
Please go through our Amazon link to order these so you support Divine Openings!
How to do that? When you get ready to order a book, go to our Favorite Links page and click on any book or CD.
That takes you to Amazon, then do your search for the book you want.
Go to Favorite Links page
Lola Jones is a conduit for Pure Divine Grace/Light/Intelligence. You can learn to do what she does: resolve issues, initiate enlightenment, and transform lives. 