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Waking up : a guide to spirituality without religion

Title
  1. Waking up : a guide to spirituality without religion / Sam Harris.
Published by
  1. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Author
  1. Harris, Sam, 1967-

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Description
  1. viii, 245 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
  1. For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris's new book is a guide to meditation as a rational spiritual practice informed by neuroscience and psychology. Waking Up is for the 30 percent of Americans who follow no religion, but who suspect that Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Rumi, and the other saints and sages of history could not have all been epileptics, schizophrenics, or frauds. Throughout the book, Harris argues that there are important truths to be found in the experiences of such contemplatives -- and, therefore, that there is more to understanding reality than science and secular culture generally allow. Waking Up is part seeker's memoir and part exploration of the scientific underpinnings of spirituality.
Subject
  1. Spirituality
  2. Irreligion
  3. Areligiosität
  4. Bewusstsein
  5. Meditation
  6. Spiritualität
Contents
  1. Spirituality. The search for happiness -- Religion, East and West -- Mindfulness -- The truth of suffering -- Enlightenment -- The mystery of consciousness. The mind divided -- Structure and function -- Are our minds already split? -- Conscious and unconscious processing in the brain -- Consciousness is what matters -- The riddle of the self. What are we calling "I"? -- Consciousness without self -- Lost in thought -- The challenge of studying the self -- Penetrating the illusion -- Meditation. Gradual versus sudden realization -- Dzogchen: taking the goal as the path -- Having no head -- The paradox of acceptance -- Gurus, death, drugs, and other puzzles. Mind on the brink of death -- The spiritual uses of pharmacology.
Call number
  1. JFD 15-4271
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-237) and index.
Author
  1. Harris, Sam, 1967-
Title
  1. Waking up : a guide to spirituality without religion / Sam Harris.
Publisher
  1. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Edition
  1. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-237) and index.
LCCN
  1. 2014012097
ISBN
  1. 9781451636017 (hardcover)
  2. 1451636016 (hardcover)
  3. 9781451636024 (pbk.)
  4. 1451636024 (pbk.)
  5. 9781451636031 (ebook)
  6. 1476777721 (pbk.)
  7. 9781476777726 (pbk.)
  8. 0593074017
  9. 9780593074015
  10. 1473508886
  11. 9781473508880
  12. 1451636032
  13. 9781451636031
Research call number
  1. JFD 15-4271
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