The 20 Best Postmillennial Spiritual Memoirs

If you are a spiritual seeker, then you will find that the list of books recommended here by Ashish Virmani will save you the time and effort of googling for modern spiritual classics to further your journey. And if you are not, perhaps it's time to start the process with these gems

-  Ashish Virmani

I'n writing a spiritual autobiography, the role of truthfulness and honesty on the part of the author is paramount. Without this, it cannot be said to be worth the paper it is written on, or at best, it could be a second- or third-rate work. Also, the author's willingness to share the difficult periods of their life with the reader is crucial. To omit the experience of adversity in their life or gloss over it means denying the reader a very human experience as well as the very rationale and need for spiritual enlightenment. Also, to be able to bare the uncomfortable aspects of their human personality in the light of the Higher Truth, which they have attained, is important, as are the qualities of humility and modesty. In fact, all of the above are aspects of genuine spiritual attainment and are inherent in the experience of spiritual awakening.

In choosing these spiritual memoirs, all the above factors have been taken into consideration as well as the fact that this is a selection of the stories of ordinary people-as against spiritual masters who awakened spiritually. With one or two notable exceptions, these are all stories of regular people like you and me, following a variety of spiritual paths, who awakened either gradually through spiritual practice or suddenly due to seeking a way out of intense adversity and suffering. There are also a couple of memoirs by the spiritually gifted such as genuine psychic mediums or those who can see angels or read people's energies, but they are few and far between. For the vast majority of humanity, a consistent (preferably daily) spiritual practice, is the best possible way to spiritual attainment. This, I would say from personal experience, is the surest, most sustainable, and gentlest way to happiness.