Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

Name: Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
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Rating: 4.4 (9172 reviews)
Author: Sam Harris

by Sam Harris

Self Help Religion Spirituality

4.4 (9,172)

4.4 stars from 9,172 reviews. One of the highest rated Self Help books we track.

256 pages~4.3 hr readPublished by Simon & SchusterPublished 2014-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

You're drawn to spiritual ideas but put off by dogma and need hard evidence before committing to practice.
You meditate or want to start, but feel awkward calling yourself 'spiritual' in secular spaces.
You trust science but suspect there's something real beneath contemplative traditions that materialism misses.

Maybe not for you if...

You're looking for religious framework or moral instruction wrapped in spiritual language.
You want a guided meditation app with pretty narration, not philosophical argumentation.
You're already deep in Buddhist or contemplative practice and need contemporary lived experience over neuroscience primers.

About this book

Waking Up is a guide to meditation as a rational practice informed by neuroscience and psychology, designed for people seeking spirituality without religion. Harris argues that important truths can be found in the experiences of historical spiritual figures including Jesus, the Buddha, Lao Tzu, and Rumi, and that there is more to understanding reality than science and secular culture typically acknowledge. The book combines memoir with exploration of the scientific foundations of spirituality. Harris contends that how we pay attention to the present moment largely determines the quality of our lives. The work integrates contemplative wisdom with modern science.

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Currently 4.4★ from 9,172 reviews

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