Waking up : a guide to spirituality without religion
Record details
- ISBN: 9781476777726 (paperback)
- ISBN: 9781451636017
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Physical Description:
viii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
regular print
print - Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York ; Toronto : Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Spirituality. Search for happiness -- Religion, East and West -- Mindfulness -- Truth of suffering -- Enlightenment -- The mystery of consciousness. 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 -- Challenge of studying the self -- Penetrating the illusion -- Meditation. Gradual versus sudden realization -- Dzogchen: taking the goal as the path -- Having no head -- Paradox of acceptance -- Gurus, death, drugs, and other puzzles. Mind on the brink of death -- Spiritual uses of pharmacology. |
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Subject: | Spirituality Irreligion |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Salt Spring Island Public Library.
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Salt Spring Island Public Library | 204 HAR (Text) | 33123009372831 | Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |