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Waking Up

Name: Waking Up
Rating: 5 (7 reviews)
Author: Sam Harris
ISBN: 9781451636024

Sam Harris · 2014 · 256 pages

For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris’s latest New York Times bestseller is a guide to meditation as a rational practice informed by neuroscience and psychology.

From Sam Harris, neuroscientist and author of numerous New York Times bestselling books, Waking Up is for the twenty percent of Americans who follow no religion but who suspect that important truths can be found in the experiences of such figures as Jesus, the Buddha, Lao Tzu, Rumi, and the other saints and sages of history. Throughout this book, Harris argues that there is more to understanding reality than science and secular culture generally allow, and that how we pay attention to the present moment largely determines the quality of our lives.

Waking Up is part 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 skeptic—could write it.

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Naval Ravikant
“@rneppalli @BrianGrazer Loved "Waking Up." Also check the Raptitude blog.”↗
Chris Williamson
“THE Sam Harris book to read. If you love thinking about the nature of human experience you’ll enjoy this. Fantastic insights into the nature of the mind, how rational people can view their own consciousness, what spirituality without religion means and the foundations of meditation. Really good listen on Audible with Harris’ voice.”↗
Nathaniel Drew
“Finding Meaning & Purpose The following list of books have been particularly influential in shaping my perspective of the world, my sense of purpose and where I choose to place my focus & energy.”↗
Susan Cain
“Such a fantastic book. And it was really, for me, completely lifechanging.”↗
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