Download or read book Music and Consciousness written by David Clarke and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-07-28 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is consciousness? Why and when do we have it? Where does it come from, and how does it relate to the lump of squishy grey matter in our heads, or to our material and social worlds? While neuroscientists, philosophers, psychologists, historians, and cultural theorists offer widely different perspectives on these fundamental questions concerning what it is like to be human, most agree that consciousness represents a 'hard problem'.The emergence of consciousness studies as a multidisciplinary discourse addressing these issues has often been associated with rapid advances in neuroscience-perhaps giving the impression that the arts and humanities have arrived late at the debating table. The longer historical view suggests otherwise, but it is probably true that music has been under-represented in accounts of consciousness. Music and Consciousness aims to redress the balance: its twenty essays offer a timely andmulti-faceted contribution to consciousness studies, critically examining some of the existing debates and raising new questions.The collection makes it clear that to understand consciousness we need to do much more than just look at brains: studying music demonstrates that consciousness is as much to do with minds, bodies, culture, and history. Incorporating several chapters that move outside Western philosophical traditions, Music and Consciousness corrects any perception that the study of consciousness is a purely occidental preoccupation. And in addition to what it says about consciousness the volume also presents adistinctive and thought-provoking configuration of new writings about music.
Download or read book Higher Consciousness Through Meditation written by Don Hoes and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A must read that is astonishing, profound, timeless, and transforming. If there is one book you read on, higher consciousness, karma, the now, divine love, and personal and spiritual transformation, this is it. Feel the shift as you read this work as it helps to increase your awareness to become the consciousness transformers and change agents for our New Golden Age of Spirituality. 12 informative chapters, inspired from the traditional and contemporary eastern philosophy and spirituality of the Wisdom of the Great Saints and mystics with some western flavor. Here is a unique blend of east meets west for the curious and sincere seeker to the more advanced and experienced aspirant traveling on the journey of (inner) light and sound. This inspired work is designed to help and encourage you to tap within to obtain self- love and inner peace so that one by one we obtain global peace and love in preparation for entering our New Golden Age.
Download or read book Higher Consciousness Meditation written by Blair Abee and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a different type of meditation book. Its purpose is personal illumination. Its goal is a fundamental shift in your ground of being, from three- dimensional, everyday consciousness, to Five-Dimensional, Soul Consciousness. A fun read, it's lighthearted in its approach. While the book is written in easy to follow language for beginners to meditation, it will also have great appeal to experienced meditators because it's not about taming the mind. Instead, it shows how to use meditation to illumine the mind-a much easier task. The book also has a number of tools, tips, triggers and reminders to keep the momentum going throughout the day.The means to accomplish the purpose is a powerful new form of meditation called Higher Consciousness Meditation (HCM), developed by author Blair Abee after 45 years of meditation experimentation with a number of traditions. The Book Covers These Compelling Topics:?Who Are We? Why Are We Here? Where Are We Going? Short answer: We are eternal beings who inhabit a biomechanical vehicle, have existed since the beginning and will continue into infinity.?The difference between the everyday 3-dimensional world of ego/mind and the 5-Dimensional World of Spirit/Mind. How to get in touch with the latter.?What is Meditation? What is Higher Consciousness Meditation? This unique meditation and its practice is explained in detail.?The Higher Consciousness Meditation Process-the meditation guides you step by step and is easy to remember.?It includes mindfulness meditation exercises, as well. Specifically, using your Sacred Senses to interact with the world in a more mindful way.?Other Ways to Tap into Higher Consciousness such as creating a higher vibration in your home.?Fun meditation stories from Blair's experience to illustrate key points.
Download or read book The Cambridge Handbook of Consciousness written by Philip David Zelazo and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-05-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge Handbook of Consciousness is the first of its kind in the field, and its appearance marks a unique time in the history of intellectual inquiry on the topic. After decades during which consciousness was considered beyond the scope of legitimate scientific investigation, consciousness re-emerged as a popular focus of research towards the end of the last century, and it has remained so for nearly 20 years. There are now so many different lines of investigation on consciousness that the time has come when the field may finally benefit from a book that pulls them together and, by juxtaposing them, provides a comprehensive survey of this exciting field. An authoritative desk reference, which will also be suitable as an advanced textbook.
Download or read book The Amazing Benefits of Meditation Living the Life You ve Always Wanted to Live written by Blair Abee and published by Energetic Wave Publishing. This book was released on 2020-07-06 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years much scientific research has been done on meditation and its practice. Meditation science has revealed that meditation for beginners and experts, both “sit down” meditation and mindfulness meditation, has amazing benefits for body, mind and spirit. Do you: · Have a stressful life? · Feel like you are on a never-ending treadmill? · Have physical, emotional, mental issues you would like to address? · Wonder what inner peace about your circumstances would feel like? Do you want to: · Feel better? · Improve your sense of wellbeing? · Learn how to do personal healing work to address concerns and challengers you have? · Feel more in control of your mental, emotional, physical and spiritual health? This free meditation book can help. It examines, in broad terms, the scientific findings, the types of meditation you can employ, why meditation works the way it does, and how it can be used for: · Lessening Stress, Increasing a Sense of Well-Being (Chapter 3) · Creativity and Problem Solving (Chapter 5) · Attracting Good People, Things, and Circumstances (Chapter6) Scientific findings have confirmed what Master Teachers and mystics have known for centuries—that meditation can be help individuals and communities in so many ways related to mental, emotional and physical health, inner peace, wellness, aliveness, and personal growth and evolution. In addition to examining the research and the findings, the author Blair Abee offers his on perspective on why meditation works to create very positive outcomes. Blair has spent more than 45 years studying yoga, meditation, and other spiritual traditions, and offers his insights and personal discoveries. This the first of a meditation trilogy that Blair is writing on the subject of meditation that are, or soon will be, available. And check out his website and weekly blog at: HiCMeditation.com
Download or read book Focused and Fearless written by Shaila Catherine and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-07-16 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now ordinary meditators (and non-meditators) can understand how to attain non-ordinary states with relative ease. Blended with contemporary examples, pragmatic exercises, and ''how to'' instructions that anyone can try, Focused and Fearless provides a wealth of tools to cultivate non-distracted attention in daily life and on retreat. Shaila Catherine has a friendly, wise approach to the meditative states (jhanas) that lead to liberating insight. Focused and Fearless is about much more than merely meditation or concentration. It offers a complete path towards bliss, fearlessness, and true awakening.
Download or read book Pathways to Higher Consciousness written by Ken O'Donnell and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thought-provoking and accessible guide to how an ancient spiritual practice known as Raja Yoga meditation--Yoga of the mind--can help us develop attitudes that will dramatically improve the quality of our inner lives. Using the author’s own story as a starting point, this illuminating work provides a whole new perspective on matters of the spirit, including rediscovering the nature of the self, understanding and exploring the different levels of consciousness, learning about the natural law that governs the universe, and how to support your spiritual development with the right lifestyle. Previously published by the Brahma Kumaris Organization--a group that seeks to help everyone rediscover his or her potential for greatness by facilitating a process of spiritual awakening that is both non-denominational and respectful of all traditions--Pathways to Higher Consciousness is an enlightening entry on the very first Sterling Ethos list.
Download or read book Home at Last written by Sarada Chiruvolu and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home at Last explains specific landmarks that we encounter during the journey toward enlightenment, based on the author's direct experience. The book also lets readers know what they can expect when confronting the mysterious, awakened inner force called kundalini. It explains how our outlook and goals change radically as kundalini directs our day-to-day life. Part spiritual memoir, part meditation handbook, Chiruvolu's writings are clear and accessible yet contain profound spiritual insights covering: * The nature of prana, or vital life force; how to increase its presence in our system; and the process of transmitting pranic energy from teacher to student. * Detailed information on the important roles of diet, exercise, and training the mind in preparation for the journey of realization. * The physical and psychological challenges one can expect during the extended process of awakening. * Possible impediments to raising the energy, and how to transcend them. * How to adapt to living and working with this powerful new energy in the context of everyday life.
Download or read book Unlightenment written by Cathy Thorne and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "These comics illustrate the search for higher meaning as it competes with the reality of hungry stomachs, ringing cell phones, and overactive minds. If you can relate, congratulations! You're ready to start your 'unlightenment' journey"--Back cover.
Download or read book Meditation Within Eternity written by Eric Pepin and published by Higher Balance Pub.. This book was released on 2012-03-14 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book MINDFULNESS FOR BEGINNERS written by JON. KABAT ZINN and published by Jaico Publishing House. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Meditation for Higher Consciousness written by Bharat J. Gajjar and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a must for the meditation enthusiast and it is very compelling. This book is excellent for those who want to learn meditation, and it will further educate current meditation novices. It is easy to understand and written in a very simple and direct way. Once you start reading it, it will be difficult to put it down. The Author Bharat J. Gajjar has been practicing meditation for many years and has given many seminars on meditation. He uses his knowledge and experiences to make this a practical book. This book will take guide you to higher consciousness. The book covers topics such as: [the goals and types of meditation [meditation in the Bhagavad Gita as well as in the Yoga Sutras [how to sit for effective meditation [how to incorporate sadhana, mantra and japa in meditation [what happens during meditation [mudras and breathing for effective meditation [removing impurities through meditation [what not to do during meditation [many different meditation techniques [and other meditation related topics This book will inspire you to practice meditation!
Download or read book Wake up to Your Higher Self written by Morris J. Cohen and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a source of consciousness and power known as mindful energy, which is available to everyone. Simply, the choice to learn and use it is yours, Wake Up Now and Enjoy Life! guides the reader in his or her quest for peace of mind and the power to create lifes experience through meditation, education, and choice informed by mindful energy. We are all asleep when it comes to choosing to act and choosing to experience our emotions. Habitual mental programs, personal and cultural, direct most of our actions and emotions. These programs are hidden from our consciousness and control our thoughts. We can learn to recognize them. When reality does not coincide with the programs of our mind, we suffer. We can become masters of our experience or remain slaves to our thoughts. This book leads you through all the elements that create our experience of life: consciousness, experience, thought, programs and programming, meditation, and dual tracking. Dual tracking is a process used to direct your thoughts from your true selfmindful energy. You can be in touch with a sense of knowing beyond the rational mind and discover your true self, the force that will direct your thoughts to reach new levels of peace of mind, harmony, self-confidence, fulfillment in relationships, creativity, business success, understanding, positive thinking, and enhanced physical health. Wake Up Now and Enjoy Life! provides a detailed systematic guide to wake up, observe, and choose the action and experience of conscious living. Now is the time to enjoy your life.
Download or read book Consciousness Rising written by Nicky Sutton and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicky Sutton offers this transformative guide to spiritual awakening, giving advice on manifesting, meditating and moving through any challenging parts of the journey from awakening to rebirth. A compassionate guide to the process and challenges of spiritual awakening, from breakthrough and enlightenment to finding peace, balance and connection with your higher self. How do you know if you're experiencing a spiritual awakening? If your sense of self is dissolving, or your perceptions of reality and purpose are transforming uncontrollably, then it's possible. Sometimes a significant life event, such as a loss, sudden insight, societal change, or a mystical experience, can cause a spontaneous and unexpected shift within us. Spiritual and meditation guide Nicky Sutton is here to help you navigate the waves of transformation as you awaken to further revelations. In this book she breaks down the stages of spiritual awakening and offers compassionate, practical advice to enhance your journey - including tips for manifesting, meditating, and developing your psychic and intuitive abilities. You are an ever-evolving being on the road to greater understanding, and this powerful and reassuring guide is here to help you rise to the challenge of spiritual awakening and find peace, balance, and connection with your higher self.
Download or read book Wise Mind Open Mind written by Ronald Alexander and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though it's nearly impossible to imagine, times of personal crisis and upheaval are opportunities for self-reinvention and heightened artistic expression. Whether you are healing from a severed relationship, experiencing a job loss, or coping with another traumatic life transition, you can renew your strength and find new passion and purpose after things fall apart. Wise Mind, Open Mind offers a powerful three-step mindfulness approach to help you navigate times of unwanted change, rediscover your inner well of creativity, and move forward with passion and purpose. This book combines techniques drawn from contemporary mind-body approaches, Buddhist psychology, mindfulness, creative thinking, and positive psychology to show you how to tap into your gifts and create a practical plan for personal transformation that will help you move through the challenges you face. You'll learn to overcome the five common hindrances that may be keeping you from true fulfillment and happiness. Finally, you'll be able to embrace your circumstances, utilizing them to create a renewed personal vision and welcome new possibilities and greater creativity into your life.
Download or read book The Path to Higher Consciousness written by David Howard and published by Pocketstone Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-24 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if you could live your life from a place of joyful knowing? What if you could envision the life you wanted and then achieve that vision? The Path to Higher Consciousness: Creating and Healing Our Lives by Awakening to Our Greater Reality by David Howard, PhD, is the guide you have been searching for to accompany you on your journey. Here you will find a companion to offer steadfast and grounded advice as well as practical exercises to help you understand and utilize higher conscious teachings and concepts that can help transform your life. The Path to Higher Consciousness is a guide based on metaphysics and spiritual psychology. In the book, you will discover how the human mind exists in a state of duality as it perceives both human learned perceptions (ego) and a higher awareness that connects us to the consciousness of Source (God). Some of the topics that will form a foundation to help you explore your own spirituality and the path that lies ahead include: Understanding the basis of your ego thoughts, perceptions and fears The mind, body and soul connection The various aspects of mind (conscious and subconscious) and the human ability to create Exercises to help you awaken and connect to higher consciousness You will learn: How to become aware of the power of your thoughts and feelings, while also discovering how to transcend your ego thinking to connect more fully with the higher consciousness of Source to receive divine insight, creativity and healing energy. Methods of self-reflection and also how to correctly manifest what it is you are seeking in life. How our ego thinking tends to alter spiritual teachings such as karma and the law of attraction. Methods for meditation and mindfulness to help you calm your mind. How to expand your beliefs and heal the mind & body by connecting to higher consciousness. "When we begin taking the time to question our perceptions and discover what is important in our lives, we can begin to perceive and experience our lives in a way that is beneficial to our own wellbeing and those around us. We are powerful in our own right and we have the power to control what exists in our lives--seen and unseen."Dr. David Howard, The Path to Higher ConsciousnessDavid Howard, PhD, is a Metaphysical Guide and owner of Transcendent Living, which offers guidance through metaphysical concepts and meditation to help people transform their lives. He continues his research into higher consciousness and began writing to share the amazing results of existing in a state of higher awareness--a state of mind that connects us to the Source of all that is.
Download or read book Kundalini written by Pandit Gopi Krishna and published by Orient Paperbacks. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What happened to me that early morning during the Christmas of 1937 changed the course of my life and outlook. I sat in a small room in a house on the outskirts of Jammu. I was meditating. Practice had accustomed me to sit in the same posture for hours without discomfort, and as I sat breathing slowly and rhythmically, my attention was drawn towards the crown of my head, contemplating an imaginary lotus in full bloom, radiating light. I sat unmoving and erect. My whole being was so engrossed in the contemplation of the lotus that for several minutes I lost touch with my body and surroundings. The only objet of which I was aware was a lotus of brilliant colour, emitting rays of light. During a spell of intense concentration I suddenly felt a strange sensation below the base of the spine, at the place touching the seat, while I sat cross-legged on a folded blanket spread on the floor. The sensation was so extraordinary and pleasing that my attention was forcibly drawn towards it. My heart beat wildly, and I found it difficult to bring my attention to the required degree of fixity. The sensation extended upwards, growing in intensity. Then, suddenly, with a roar like that of a waterfall, I felt a stream of liquid light entering my brain through the spinal cord. What had happened to me? Was I hallucinating? Or had I by some strange fate succeeded in experiencing the Transcendental? I had read glowing accounts, written by learned men, of great benefits resulting from concentration and of the miraculous powers acquired by yogis through meditation. Was there, after all, really some truth in the repeated claims of the sages and ascetics of India, made for thousands of years that it was possible to apprehend reality in this life if one practised meditation in a certain way? Little did I realize that from that day onwards I was never to be my old normal self again. I had unwittingly and without adequate knowledge, roused to activity the most powerful power in man. I had stepped unknowingly upon the key to the most guarded secret of the ancients, and thenceforth for a long time, I had to live suspended by a thread, swinging between life and death, between sanity and insanity, between lights and darkness, between heaven and earth." An extraordinary autobiographical account of what happens in the mind and body when Kundalini gets spontaneously aroused... one of the clearest journals documenting spiritual transformation and mental evolution onto a higher plane of consciousness.
