Waking Up
Download or Read eBook Waking Up PDF written by Sam Harris and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Sam Harris |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2015-06-16 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781451636024 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1451636024 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Waking Up by : Sam Harris
Book excerpt: 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.
