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The Science of Enlightenment

Teachings and Meditations for Awakening Through Self-Investigation

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 Demystify mysticism and learn techniques to move yourself beyond emotional and intellectual blocks into a realm of clear insight and inner peace. In this complete curriculum for self-investigation Shinzen Young - one of America's foremost meditation teachers - covers traditional teachings, scientific insights, and practical instruction to show you exactly how enlightenment works, and how to begin your own journey to inner liberation. Topics include concentration, awareness, and merging techniques to explore the self and the world around you, how spiritual practices work in Buddhism, Christianity, Jewish mysticism, Sufism, Hinduism, shamanism, and many other mystical traditions, as well as 6 complete guided meditation sessions and a host of insights on how to choose and establish your own meditation practice.©1997 Shinzen Young (P)1997 Shinzen Young Alternative & Complementary Medicine Meditation Yoga
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I would like to congratulate the author of this fascinating book on spirituality, and how he blends this with science. This has to be a read for anyone interested in getting a deeper insight into the nature of matter, consciousness and the source of all things. The book explains complex terms such as impermanence in a simple yet profound way. This is without doubt a book with the potential to transform the way we perceive our selves and the world we live in.

Science and spirituality merge in this book

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This series has changed my life. I first listened to this when I was 17, and now 24, I'm hundreds of hours of meditation in and my life is undoubtedly much richer because of it. Shinzen has a clarity and 'matter of factness' that cuts through the jungle of contradictions, mysticism and lies of modern spirituality and refines the lessons of old into a way which follows a clear set of logic throughout. My improvement in quality of life is not due to some divine blessing of the gods or some other mystical explanation, but through a logical process of developing relaxation and concentration as Shinzen teaches.

Shinzen is not a master nor does he claim to be, but as his analogy states, you do not need to be a master to understand one. He communicates the spiritual path in the clearest way and most helpful I have ever known. I have read many books of the old zen masters, but most are very hard to understand and they have a 'sink or swim' mentality - if you don't get it, tough. The Science of Enlightenment clearly sets out why you should do meditation, how to do it, and some of the obstacles along the way. It also has very insightful analogies on the mind and I refer back to them constantly.

Another way it has changed my life is by opening my eyes to the universality of all religion. Whether it be Mind, God, Allah, The Great Sprit, it fundamentally points to the same thing - the source of everything. This completely changed my views on religion and I am a lot more tolerant of others beliefs. It has broken down barriers I had unconsciously set up, and allowed me to connect with people in a way I had not thought possible before.

I owe a great deal to this book. I urge anyone to give it a chance - if this series does not convince you meditation is worth it, nothing will.

The Only Book Ever To Change My Life

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Shinzen Young presents a comprehensive survey of the different flavours of Buddhism and blends his knowledge of scientific matters in a very persuasive and pallatable way. His analogies are very good and help understand a potentially complex subject. I particularly liked his space and time descritpions using the analogy of microscope and oscilloscope, something every scienctist and student of science can relate to on a practical level. A very high quality and rewarding audio book indeed. What's more, it's never been done before with such expertise and unlikely to be matched.

Note to general listener: there are many blank segments as part of the meditation exercises - these are intentional!

Awesome blend of Buddhism and Science!

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Amazing book, just wish that Sounds true/ audible had copied the chapter titles into the playlist here.

Epic book

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Full of information and wisdom - experiential and useful - fabulous if you are on the path

Excellent

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