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Provides evidence that human consciousness can never be reproduced and exposes the perils of artificial intelligence Explains how consciousness transcends the brain and body through quantum theory and accounts of consciousness in the clinically dead Shares scientific evidence of how the...

What is truth and what is reality? Anything that thought thinks about or reflects upon or projects, that is reality. And that reality has nothing to do with truth. The art of seeing is to place reality where it is, and not move that in order to get truth. You can’t get truth. How am I to empty that consciousness and yet retain knowledge – otherwise I couldn’t function – and reach a state which will comprehend reality?

We've been conditioned to repress our unwanted emotions, teaches Kim Eng. In "The Emotional Body," Kim leads us in a guided practice that helps us let go of our ideas about emotions and invites us to feel the natural flow of emotional energy, even as we contemplate the awareness in which all...

Milyen világban élünk? Lehet, hogy az a „megbízható ember", aki a vezér parancsa szerint percenként képes véleményét változtatni? Valaminek vége (a nyugat alkonya?) és valami új kezdődik? De mi?

Patanjali the founder of ancient yoga has laid out a fascinating understanding of body and mind. Osho brings this ancient system into a contemporary understanding, creating a holistic approach to health and meditation.

This is an ideal introduction to the ideas of a man whom many regard as the greatest thinker of our time. Here we encounter the stages in the development of his unique philosophy of consciousness, his key intellectual breakthroughs, his theory of history, and his diagnosis of the political ills of the modern age. The book provides a veritable catalog of the thinkers who created the intellectual foundation of the twentieth century.

Clutter is everywhere in our lives. It is present in our homes, our schedules, our jobs, our relationships, our use of technology, and, most importantly, our minds. The damaging effects of clutter on our psyches are clear. When we lead chaotic, unorganized lives, we are prone to worry, anxiety, self-doubt, and overthinking. But you can free yourself from the seemingly endless cycle of frantic days and sleepless nights, and shape the life you want to live.

Under the light of ancient Western philosophies, our darker moods like grief, anguish, and depression can seem irrational. When viewed through the lens of modern psychology, they can even look like mental disorders. The self-help industry, determined to sell us the promise of a brighter future, can sometimes leave us feeling ashamed that we are not more grateful, happy, or optimistic. Night Vision invites us to consider a different approach to life, one in which we stop feeling bad about feeling bad.

Do you struggle with consistency in your manifestation practices? Do you have the tools and techniques, but struggle to put them to good use? As a book listener, you’re probably familiar with this one principle. Thousands of gurus mention it, but few apply it with mastery. Those that do, manifest success beyond their wildest expectations. They build businesses, complete projects, publish books and are always receptive to new and life-changing opportunities.

'What is life?' asked the poet Shelley, and could not come up with an answer. Scientists, too, have not solved the puzzle. Yet biographers and obituarists continue to corral lives in a few columns, or a few hundred pages, aware all the time how fleeting and elusive their subject is. In Lifescapes, the acclaimed biographer and obituarist Ann Wroe reflects on a career spent pursuing life: a process, as she sees it, not of chronological narration but of trying to seize souls.

Imagination: A Very Short Introduction explores imagination as a cognitive power and an essential dimension of human flourishing, demonstrating how imagination plays multiple roles in human cognition and shapes humanity in profound ways. Examining philosophical, evolutionary, and literary perspectives on imagination, the author shows how this facility, while potentially distorting, both frees us from immediate reality and enriches our sense of it, making possible our experience of a meaningful world.

Nuclear proliferation, Zionism, and the global economy are just a few of the insightful and surprisingly prescient topics scientist Albert Einstein discusses in this volume of collected essays from between 1931 and 1950. Written with a clear voice and a thoughtful perspective on the effects of science, economics, and politics in daily life, Einstein’s writings provide an intriguing view inside the mind of a genius addressing the philosophical challenges presented during the turbulence of the Great Depression, the Second World War, and the dawn of the Cold War.

In a world awash with illusion and misinformation, this is a profound and practical guide towards clarity. It has philosophy for non-philosophers, hypnosis for non-hypnotists, and stories for hungry hearts. From Arizona to Madagascar, we join an intriguing journey in search of understanding via psychotherapy, storytelling, and the British Library, uncovering on our way the vulnerabilities that lurk within our language.

Epistemic vices are character traits, attitudes, or thinking styles that prevent us from gaining, keeping, or sharing knowledge. In this book, Quassim Cassam gives an account of the nature and importance of these vices, which include closed-mindedness, intellectual arrogance, wishful thinking, and prejudice. In providing the first extensive coverage of vice epistemology, an exciting new area of philosophical research, Vices of the Mind uses real examples drawn primarily from the world of politics to develop a compelling theory of epistemic vice.

One of the most powerful acts of devotion is also one of the most simple: bowing down and surrendering to the earth. This is the basis for the Five Prostrations, a time-honored Buddhist meditation practice that joins the mind and body. On Touching the Earth, Buddhist masters Thich Nhat Hanh and...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What if leadership were determined not by hustle, but by serenity? If you no longer had to control – but could let go? And still lead more clearly, better, more stably? That is Stoic leadership. Not self-optimization. Not performance pressure. But an...

Julien Offray de La Mettrie legt mit "Der Mensch eine Maschine" (1748) einen der provokantesten Texte der Aufklärung vor. Mit scharfer Feder entwirft er die Vorstellung des Menschen als rein körperliches, mechanisch funktionierendes Wesen – ohne Seele, ohne metaphysisches Prinzip. In direkter Opposition zu religiösem Dogma und dualistischem Denken argumentiert La Mettrie für eine radikal materialistische Sichtweise. Das Werk wurde in Frankreich verbrannt, sorgte für internationale Debatten.

In his first audiobook, As Many Reps as Possible (AMRAP), Jason reveals the invaluable principles that helped him and his wife dedicate every minute of their lives to Ava's battle against leukemia.

What if psychology’s greatest problem is not lack of data—but lack of structure? Psychology: A Constraint-First Ontology offers a radical yet accessible rethinking of the human mind. Drawing on systems theory, neuroscience, trauma research, and philosophy of science, this book proposes a unifying framework in which mental life is understood as the dynamic stabilization of constraints. Rather than treating disorders as isolated pathologies or the mind as a hidden substance, this work reframes identity, emotion, trauma, and healing as structural processes of coherence, collapse, and repair.

The way of the mystic is a path to divine union that requires no temple, no money, no guru, no priest, no system. By following it you can reveal your own sacred purpose on earth, regardless of faith, age, sexual orientation, or gender. On The Direct Path, Andrew Harvey confronts 2,000 years of...