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Waking Up
- Narrated by: Sam Harris
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
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Publisher's Summary
For the millions of people who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris’ new book is a guide to meditation as a rational spiritual practice informed by neuroscience and psychology.
From best-selling author, neuroscientist, and "new atheist" Sam Harris, Waking Up is for the increasingly large numbers of people 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. 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.
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- 24-06-20
A point of view, worth a one time engagement
The author puts forth a point of view in a very difficult and an even easier to confuse field - spirituality.
There are some conflicts between oriental spiritualism that the author invokes and current day intellectual life. Spiritualism is about practice and growth, intellectualism is about demonstration to an unknown audience. This book takes the latter path, but then it is a book only.
However, this is definitely a worthwhile read on one's path of making sense of oneself. In the path of spirituality, much has to be sifted to arrive at one's path.
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- Himanshu Soni
- 01-10-20
A Brilliant book! from a brilliant Writer!
The book exceeds expectations. Sam's voice is relaxing and full of contemplation .. His wit and sarcasm is brilliant. His voice sounds much better at x0.90 x0. 85 speed in this audiobook. It Covers the most important topics you need in your Life.
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- Amazon Customer
- 21-03-19
An introduction to contemplative techniques
Sam Harris approaches a difficult subject with his usual clarity of thought. A no nonsense introduction to, and motivation for, the practice of contemplative techniques. Recommend this highly.
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- alok kulshrestha
- 24-02-20
A great read.
An audio book which is well narrated with insight into spiritualism. Gripping and eye opener. Highly recommend for those who think beyond mind and body. A therapy for the inner self.
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- Pritha Chakravarti
- 14-01-20
A very important book.
I really loved the book. There are only few who deals with spirituality scientifically, with the necessary scepticism. This is a controversial subject but the author beautifully handled it. Sam Harris as usual excellent in his domain.
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- koushik
- 02-04-20
Everything as promised & more
It took me a while to complete this book but it's worth every minute, mindfulness & meditation is generally taken in light weight by intellectuals or rational people die to it's obvious pushed attachment to religious experiences, In this book Sam Harris unfolds each concepts and explain science behind them(mindfulness, consciousness, subjective experiences we have) and also their Buddhist origins, Nevertheless only perfect book so far to understand these concepts for rational people who can understand that religions are just stories we tell each other.
As always, Sam's voice is as soothing as it can get, and it's wonderfully performed.
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- arish
- 25-07-20
Best book to understand Human Mind & Consciousness
Outstanding book to help understand the Human brain, Consciousness and how Meditation helps to reveal these facts. I have not come across so many new astonishing insights in a single book.
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- Siddharth Gowda
- 20-09-21
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to understand the importance of the book one should practice meditation for atleast a year.
this book is great not for the scientific evidence it provides but it is great as this describes in detail the nature of consciousness from the first person view.
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- Sasidharan Karthikeyan
- 24-10-19
Some doubts still linger
I opened this book having a doubt "Do we really need science to explain spirituality? We don't apply science to explain economics or finance but can still tell Raghuram Rajan from Rajan Rajaratnam".
That doubt still lingers in my mind and I realized that this author has been just to explain spirituality to the ones who seek science as an yardstick. Maybe this book is not for me!
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- anil kumar
- 02-02-21
Thought provoking
He did a great job in investigating spiritual experiences removed from dogmas especially in meditation practice. However it would have been great if Sam had also investigated the effects of devotion irrespective of different gods. But I guess it would be too much to ask from a single person to investigate all dimensions of spiritual experiences. Nevertheless Great book for everyone who is interested in the subject of spirituality but uncomfortable by dogmas attached to it. This book tries to clear the weeds as much as possible. Nice read.
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