What non surfing books have improved your surfing?

[powergrooves]

What non surfing books have improved your Longboarding?

As a starter list I'll begin--

The Dharma Bums
Jonathan Livingstone Seagull
The Art Of Motorcycle Maintainance
Is It Me Or Is Everything Sheaaat?

Get the picture?,

PIG

[isaluteyou]

philosophy (mainly eastern e.g vedantic etc...) keeps me calm in the water otherwise i would strangle some one

[powergrooves]

philosophy (mainly eastern e.g vedantic etc...) keeps me calm in the water otherwise i would strangle some one

Yea man--just what I was searching for--hope it is useful for others also!
Keep em coming!!!


A Vedantic Perspective

The fundamental truth as taught by all religions is that man has to transform his base human nature into the divine that is within him. In other words, he must reach the deeper strata of his being, wherein lies his unity with all mankind. And Vedanta can help us to contact and live that truth which unfolds our real nature — the divinity lying hidden in man.

Vedanta is not a particular religion but a philosophy which includes the basic truths of all religions. It teaches that man’s real nature is divine; that it is the aim of man’s life on earth to unfold and manifest the hidden Godhead within him; and that truth is universal...

Thus Vedanta preaches a universal message, the message of harmony. In its insistence on personal experience of the truth of God, on the divinity of man, and the universality of truth it has kept the spirit of religion alive since the age of the Vedas (ancient scriptures). Even in our time there have been Ramakrishna, Vivekananda, and men like Gandhi...

This "sum total" of all religions does not mean that all people on earth have to come under the banner of one prophet or worship one aspect of God. If Christ is true, Krishna and Buddha are also true. Let there be many teachers, many scriptures; let there be churches, temples, and synagogues. Every religion is a path to reach the same goal. When the goal is reached the Christian, the Jew, the Sufi, the Hindu, and the Buddhist realize that each has worshiped the same Reality. One who has attained this knowledge is no longer a follower of a particular path or a particular religion. He has become a man of God and a blessing to mankind.

[isaluteyou]

my advice to anybody interested in reading eastern philosophies such as the "Vedas" , "Puranas" , "Shastras" , "Mahabarata" , etc etc... is to get a translated version (unless you can read their native tongue) into english and NOT one that includes some dudes own views and bias. Make your own mind up and get it as raw as possible. Even then the language unless you are aquinted with the particular terms might be a little confusing for those new but you pick up the lingo relativerly quickly.

A lot of taoist and buddhist philosophies are really cool too. Leaves a real calming effect

[powergrooves]

my advice to anybody interested in reading eastern philosophies such as the "Vedas" , "Puranas" , "Shastras" , "Mahabarata" , etc etc... is to get a translated version (unless you can read their native tongue) into english and NOT one that includes some dudes own views and bias. Make your own mind up and get it as raw as possible. Even then the language unless you are aquinted with the particular terms might be a little confusing for those new but you pick up the lingo relativerly quickly.

A lot of taoist and buddhist philosophies are really cool too. Leaves a real calming effect

The download I posted previously--is good yeah---or not?

[isaluteyou]

^^^^ a good summarry indeed

[CHarvey]

Celestine prophacy
Illusions: Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
Research on Eastern Philosophy and Martial Arts disciplines

[esonscar]

A-Z Road Atlas to find the beach !

[powergrooves]

A-Z Road Atlas to find the beach !

True!--have done that
(get a Sat-nav)

PIG

[powergrooves]

had good session today

a seal came and said hello--fish were jumping and blackbirds with orange beaks--so much wildlife-

'Clan Of The Cavebear' sprang to my mind--
yea that's agood one!!!

PIG

[cold_blooded]

I think books that have helped most are books involving martial arts. I have been taking Kung-Fu off and on all my life along with surfing and it has greatly improved my balance, as well as recovering my balance and range of motion as well as surroundings. I have read different books involving different forms of martial arts and learned lots of different aspects. It also helps with clearing your mind as well.

A damn good road atlas helps too.

Vince

[powergrooves]

Need more aspiration fellas
what else can you recomend with a tinge of soul?

Thanks
PIG