Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
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- (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waking_Up:_A_Guide_to_Spirituality_Without_Religion Retrieved:2023-8-16.
- Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion is a 2014 book by Sam Harris that discusses a wide range of topics including secular spirituality (essentially within the context of spiritual naturalism), the illusion of the self, psychedelics, and meditation. He attempts to show that a certain form of spirituality is integral to understanding the nature of the mind. In late September 2014, the book reached #5 on The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Sellers list.
In September 2018 Harris released a meditation app entitled "Waking Up with Sam Harris."[1] Harris' podcast had previously been titled Waking Up, but he retitled it Making Sense to differentiate it from his meditation app.[1]
- Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion is a 2014 book by Sam Harris that discusses a wide range of topics including secular spirituality (essentially within the context of spiritual naturalism), the illusion of the self, psychedelics, and meditation. He attempts to show that a certain form of spirituality is integral to understanding the nature of the mind. In late September 2014, the book reached #5 on The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Sellers list.
- NOTE: It discusses secular spirituality, the illusion of self, psychedelics, and meditation. Harris rejects the dichotomy between spirituality and rationality, seeking to define a middle path that preserves both while not involving religion. He describes his experiences with Buddhist practices like Dzogchen and advocates meditation as a way to realize the illusory nature of the self. The book was praised by critics as insightful but received a mixed response from those who felt it was inconsistent or dismissive of religion.