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A guide to spirituality without religion with some advance resistance, knowing its authors reputation as. This is just what neuroscientist and author sam harris attempts in his new book waking up. He is the high priest of spirituality without religion. It provides both a rigorous explanation why our concepts of self are illusions and offers practical advice on how to discard the self to lead a more meaningful life. It will shake up your most fundamental beliefs about everyday experience, and it just might. In this episode of the podcast, sam harris and caitlin flanagan discuss the ethics of abortion, the fact that universities with immense endowments are laying off staff during the covid19 pandemic, the woody allen autobiography, the moral hypocrisy of hollywood, the lessons of tiger king, and other topics. Event listings and tickets for all sam harris upcoming live podcasts, conferences and public lectures buy tickets now.
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Im under no illusion that waking up is the best book written on the subject, but anyone seeking an introduction to the science of spirituality could do far worse than start here. A guide to spirituality without religion, the usually outspoken critic of religion describes how spirituality can and must be divorced from religion if the human mind is to reach its full potential. If, however, you can digest the concepts, there are many interesting and insightful points to consider. This event offers up a forum for him to host special guests where theyre allowed to risk thinking freely to ask questions and ponder solutions to the most pressing issues of the current issues. From multiple new york times bestselling author, neuroscientist, and new atheist sam harris, waking up is for the 30 percent of americans 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. Join sam harris as he explores some of the most important questions about the human mind, society, and current events. Since september 20, harris has hosted the making sense podcast originally titled waking up, in which he interviews guests, responds to critics, and discusses his views. A guide to spirituality without religion sam harris my anticipation for the new sam harris book turned to anxiety when i learned it would be about spirituality. Subscribe for full episodes of the making sense podcast. For the millions of americans who want spirituality without religion, waking up is a guide to meditation as a rational practice informed by neuroscience and psychology. Almost midway through sam harriss new book, waking up, he paints a scene that will shock many of his fans, who know him as one of the countrys most prominent and articulate atheists.
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