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By: Sam Harris
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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.

©2014 Sam Harris (P)2014 Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2014, published in the UK by Random House Audiobooks History & Philosophy Philosophy Science Social Sciences Inspiring Suspenseful Meditation Yoga Physical Exercise
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Sam makes a strong and well-argued case for a a thoroughly reasonable spirituality with his uniquely humorous sober candour. He gently nudges you in to a desire to explore..

A solid case for a reasonable spirituality

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I listened to this while reading the physical book and it was fantastic all round.

Absolutely fantastic

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I've read several of his books before, and Harris' ideas on most subject, such as morality, religion or free will, are those I've formed myself, if not in such a clear manner. I am, however, of those scientists who has seen spirituality as pseudo-religious mumbo-jumbo. In my defence, I've never encountered a rational account of it. "Spiritual" person I've been exposed to have not made it compatible with reason, for example talking about how energy flows here and there, without a basic physical grasp of the consept energy. I would be inclined to call what Harris talks about contemplative and not spiritual. As he says himself, spirit has been associated to soul. But no matter what you call it, the arguments for contemplative or spiritual methode to discover the illusion of self are well presented. His book has opened my eyes to the reasonable thing to do given the nature of conscience; to attempt to discover the aforementioned illusion.

eye opening

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Won't shut up about religion. Every chapter seems to be written primarily to please atheistic circle-jerk fan base.

Apart from that it is a good book.

Religion this, Religion that

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Loved it! This book seemed to come at an appropriate time for me but one that wouldn't require timing. Sam's precise delivery and instructive content guides one through the minefield of discovering spirituality.

A great read

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