From bestselling author, neuroscientist, and new atheist sam harris, waking up is for. A place to discuss sam harris and to have difficult conversations with civility. Waking up is part seekers memoir and part exploration of the scientific underpinnings of spirituality. From multiple new york times bestselling author, neuroscientist, and new atheist sam harris, 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. Opinion between godliness and godlessness the new york. As befits a book called waking up, its an eye opener. A guide to spirituality without religion public library indiebound, philosopher, neuroscientist, and mindful skeptic sam harris offers a contemporary addition to this lineage of human inquiry an extraordinary and ambitious masterwork.
No other book marries contemplative wisdom and modern science in this way, and no author other than sam harris a scientist, philosopher, and famous skeptic could write it. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. Heres one of the many examples that sam harris uses throughout this book. A guide to spirituality without religion audible audiobook unabridged. This is the official youtube channel of author sam harris. The mystery of consciousness from his new york times bestseller, waking up. The last two choices for the intro music are not right. What are the best episodes of the waking up podcast. Neuroscientist sam harris on happiness, spirituality. The purpose of this book is to offer readers a clear view of the problem, along with some tools to help them solve it for themselves. I recommend this book regardless of your belief system. Mindfulness is part of the eight fold path of buddhism and has been for a long, long time. No other book marries contemplative wisdom and modern science in this way, and no author other than sam harris a scientist, philosopher, and famous sceptic could write it.
He is the high priest of spirituality without religion. I can either play it intelligently, learning more in each round, or i can be killed in the same spot by the same monster, again and again. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. A rational approach to spirituality seems to be what is missing from secularism and from the lives of most of the people i meet. In this episode of the making sense podcast, sam harris speaks with. Bill collin loved this episode trying to relocate the bookauthor recommendation you made it was a male author. Subscribe for full episodes of the making sense podcast.
Justin seago i found the monologue after the interview very insightful and. First 2 chapters interesting but then got progressively more tedious for me. A guide to spirituality without religion by sam harris. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Sam harris has written a beautifully rational book about spiritually, consciousness and transcendence. Searching for spirituality without religion 01 by harris, sam isbn.
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