Download or read book The Yoga of Kashmir Shaivism written by Swami Shankarananda and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 2006 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consciousness is the most intimate experience of life the essence of life itself. among the many spiritual traditions born and developed in India one ancient philosophy-Kashmir Shaivism-has explored it completely. The Yoga of Kashmir Shaivism is a book that will transform you. It is a resource and guide towards investigating and deepening your own consciousness.

Download or read book Consciousness Is Everything written by Shankarananda and published by . This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consciousness Is Everything Until now, Kashmir Shaivism was an esoteric field accessible only to a few scholars and other specialists. In his book Swamiji presents the wisdom of this powerful tradition and explores Consciousness, the most intimate experience of life. Swami Shankarananda has succeeded in making Kashmir Shaivism come alive in these pages, and I consider this work the best introduction to that tradition thus far. Georg Feuerstein, author

Download or read book The Nature of Consciousness the Structure of Reality written by Jerry Davidson Wheatley and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes how understanding the structure of reality leads to the Theory of Everything Equation. The equation unifies the forces of nature and enables the merging of relativity with quantum theory. The book explains the big bang theory and everything else.

Download or read book Conscious written by Annaka Harris and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "If you’ve ever wondered how you have the capacity to wonder, some fascinating insights await you in these pages.” --Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals As concise and enlightening as Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, this mind-expanding dive into the mystery of consciousness is an illuminating meditation on the self, free will, and felt experience. What is consciousness? How does it arise? And why does it exist? We take our experience of being in the world for granted. But the very existence of consciousness raises profound questions: Why would any collection of matter in the universe be conscious? How are we able to think about this? And why should we? In this wonderfully accessible book, Annaka Harris guides us through the evolving definitions, philosophies, and scientific findings that probe our limited understanding of consciousness. Where does it reside, and what gives rise to it? Could it be an illusion, or a universal property of all matter? As we try to understand consciousness, we must grapple with how to define it and, in the age of artificial intelligence, who or what might possess it. Conscious offers lively and challenging arguments that alter our ideas about consciousness—allowing us to think freely about it for ourselves, if indeed we can.

Download or read book Spiritual Theory of Everything written by Thomas Vazhakunnathu and published by Clever Fox Publishing. This book was released on with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spiritual Theory of Everything is the outcome of my seeking to find answers to the fundamental questions of life from a spiritual and scientific perspective in a holistic way. It explains the origin, nature, evolution, purpose and destiny of life and the universe and also contains topics like the fundamental particle, soul, mind, spirit, chakras, cosmic laws, densities or dimensions, spiritual development, reincarnation, karma, natural living, planetary changes etc. This book shows that we are the cause (we own and create our life) and the conditions or circumstances in our life are the effects, and when we awaken or transform or evolve, then our circumstances must also change so as to be in alignment with our vibrations. It also shows how we can live naturally or live in alignment with the natural processes, laws and flow of life and experience a healthy, happy and peaceful life.

Download or read book The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind written by Julian Jaynes and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2000-08-15 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Book Award Finalist: “This man’s ideas may be the most influential, not to say controversial, of the second half of the twentieth century.”—Columbus Dispatch At the heart of this classic, seminal book is Julian Jaynes's still-controversial thesis that human consciousness did not begin far back in animal evolution but instead is a learned process that came about only three thousand years ago and is still developing. The implications of this revolutionary scientific paradigm extend into virtually every aspect of our psychology, our history and culture, our religion—and indeed our future. “Don’t be put off by the academic title of Julian Jaynes’s The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind. Its prose is always lucid and often lyrical…he unfolds his case with the utmost intellectual rigor.”—The New York Times “When Julian Jaynes . . . speculates that until late in the twentieth millennium BC men had no consciousness but were automatically obeying the voices of the gods, we are astounded but compelled to follow this remarkable thesis.”—John Updike, The New Yorker “He is as startling as Freud was in The Interpretation of Dreams, and Jaynes is equally as adept at forcing a new view of known human behavior.”—American Journal of Psychiatry

Download or read book Consciousness Explained written by Daniel C. Dennett and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daniel Dennett's "brilliant" exploration of human consciousness — named one of the ten best books of the year by the New York Times — is a masterpiece beloved by both scientific experts and general readers (New York Times Book Review). Consciousness Explained is a full-scale exploration of human consciousness. In this landmark book, Daniel Dennett refutes the traditional, commonsense theory of consciousness and presents a new model, based on a wealth of information from the fields of neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence. Our current theories about conscious life — of people, animal, even robots — are transformed by the new perspectives found in this book. "Dennett is a witty and gifted scientific raconteur, and the book is full of fascinating information about humans, animals, and machines. The result is highly digestible and a useful tour of the field." —Wall Street Journal

Download or read book The Nature of Consciousness the Universe and Everything written by Alex Milov and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An evidenced-based compilation of findings across disciplines supported by direct observations and the formal experiments of peer review research. What does it mean to know? Are plants conscious? Is the waggle dance of the honeybee a language? Do fish dream? Can squirrel monkeys learn to perceive the color red? Do chimpanzees lie? In charting the development of consciousness across species the nature of human consciousness is revealed and healthy life choices become clear. In the process, we discover some surprising implications for the ideas of self-concept and free-will. The information compiled here allows for nothing less than an awakening as to who we are in the universe. Though the evidence comes from naturalistic observations and the methods are based on the principles of science, the destination is ultimately spiritual.

Download or read book The Wonder of Consciousness written by Harold L. Langsam and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An argument that what makes consciousness wonderful is its intelligibility.

Download or read book The Yoga of Kashmir Shaivism written by Swami Shankarananda and published by Motilal Banarsidass. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kashmir Shaivism is the study of consciousness. Consciousness is the most intimate experience of life the essence of life itself. Among the many spiritual traditions born and developed in India, one ancient philosophy-Kashmir Shaivism-has explored it completely. Consciousness is the most intimate experience of life, the essence of life itself. Among the many spiritual traditions born and developed in India, one ancient philosophy-Kashmir Shaivism-has explored it completely. Until now, Kashmir Shaivism was an esoteric field accessible only to a few scholars and other specialists. Here, for the first time, Swami Shankarananda, a Self-realised spiritual master, presents the wisdom of this powerful tradition in a form that will delight and inspire all spiritual seekers. He explores the teachings in rich detail, elucidating ideas and meditative practices while drawing upon a vast canvas of many great beings, wisdom traditions and personal experience. When Kashmir Shaivism is studied the way a subject at university is studied, it becomes a set of principles and concepts, which are rich and suggestive. But Kashmir Shaivism is not only food for the intellect. It also implies direct nurturance of the soul, the direct experience of consciousness itself. The goal of this book is to inspire spiritual seekers to make sure of the sublime methods and understandings of Shaivism in their own practice. The Yoga of Kashmir Shaivism is a book that will transform you. It is a resource and guides you towards investigating and deepening your own consciousness.

Download or read book Humans Consciousness and Everything in Between written by Emily Kavic and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2020-08-31 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Somewhere in Manhattan, tucked away in a little alleyway, is a couch. "Humans, Consciousness, and Everything in Between" romps about in the mire of this curious and unassuming creature's thoughts. From factory to mental asylum, hospital to studio apartment, the couch's interaction with unknowing humans greatly informs its transformation, one which begins to take on a striking semblance to a counter-Gregor Samsa awakening. Who better to lend a hand in explaining the paradoxical and convoluted tangle of World Wars and gender-based stigma than an inanimate, threadbare object that's been idling in heaps of trash?

Download or read book 17 Characteristics of Consciousness written by Madhukar Sonawane and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-25 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consciousness and the Quantum Mechanics Get insights into how everything in the universe is connected. Lean about two fundamental principles of the universe: A. Struggle for survival B. Creation-Destruction- Creation These principles create and guide the eco-system of the universe. Other scientific laws, principles and forces like relativity, thermodynamics, gravity etc.. maintain and run the eco-system of the universe. The principle of Creation-Destruction-Creation cycle in the universe works through energy and matter. Energy never gets destroyed, and matter always gets destroyed. Energy and matter execute the cycle of creation-destruction-creation in the ordinary matter through proton and neutron. Proton and Neutron are the fundamental forces of creation and destruction in the universe of ordinary matter. Proton is the force of creation, that is why every new atom on the periodic table is defined by proton. Neutron is the force of destruction; scientist can make atomic bomb only because of this characteristic of the neutron. These fundamental forces work in our lives also. In our lives, everything good happens because of the influence of the proton's force of creation and everything bad happens due to the influence of neutron's force of destruction. We can work with these forces and manage their influences in our lives. However, to learn about how to manage these forces in our lives, we first need to learn about consciousness which is the building block of the matter and everything in the universe. Understanding of consciousness helps us understand the quantum mechanics well. And a good understanding of quantum mechanics is critical to align our lives to correct forces of the universe. And maintain constant access to the force of creation to live happy, successful, safe and fulfilling life. This book is from the 'Scientific Way of Life' book series. It is about understanding consciousness and how everything mentioned in the above paragraph is connected to it and influenced by it. The Scientific Way of life is the futuristic way of living life based on the understanding of quantum mechanics. It is developed based on the understanding of quantum mechanics, the big bang theory of the creation of the universe and the ancient Indian philosophies of Sankhya Shastra and Yog Shastra on which Buddhism is based.

Download or read book Everything Is Perfect written by Ivan Antic and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-30 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If the fundamental cosmic constants were any different, there would not be any conscious life, at all. The entire cosmos exists exactly the way it is so that conscious living beings, us, could exist. If we became fully aware of the fundamental constants the whole universe rests on, we would realize that cosmos could not exist if it were not exactly the way it is right now, in everything, in every, even the tiniest detail. If you were not reading these lines, and if you were not where you are now, in such an environment and life situation that you are, if every thing you see were not there where it is - this entire cosmos could not exist. Such is the nature of the perfection of existence. Existence cannot be any different than it already is at any given moment. The reason we do not see the perfection of reality is due to the fact that we do not see the entire reality, we do not see that existence extends across multiple dimensions. We do not see all the dimensions of nature, but only its roughest, physical appearance, we are able to perceive with our senses. All the dimensions are in us, we are made up of all the dimensions of nature. Only to the point we become conscious of the reality of our own being, can the reality of the overall existence become clear to us, with all its dimensions. Only then can we have the right perspective for the true awareness of the answers to all the big questions of existence: of the life and death, good and evil, justice and injustice, happiness and unhappiness, success and failure... When we are whole we are harmonized with the wholeness and we see that everything is positive which always inspires us to do the right thing. When we do and view something as negative, it means we are not whole and we fail to see the wholeness. We can always be whole and perfect. The outside world is not an obstacle toward this aim. It is already perfect and it is waiting for you to recognize it as such. The problem is only in our mind and the existing mindset. That is the only thing that is being perfected as we speak. Our mind is best perfected by perceiving the perfection of existence here and now, all round us. In this book, you will discover and learn about: Why Do We Not See Reality as Perfect Consciousness, Existence and the Man in Between Scientific Evidence of the Existence of Perfection Sin: the Perfect Reason for the Birth and Death Causality and Free Will are Connected Perfectly Karmic Maturity and the Circling of Divine Consciousness The Perfection of Spiritual Practice and much, much more! The perfection of the divine consciousness that enables everything is always there. We only need a little stirring up to remind ourselves of it, some detachment from illusions in order to be able to observe it in everything, at any given moment. Get it now. --- "This book was written to be read with pleasure as we get very logical answers to questions about events from our lives that go beyond logic." - 5-star Amazon Review "If you are troubled by the paradoxes of life, the mystery of death, reincarnation, good and evil, justice and injustice ... here the background of these issues is clearly revealed. Far more than you would have expected." - 5-star Amazon Review "A perfect synthesis of science and mysticism with personal experience." - 5-star Amazon Review

Download or read book The River of Consciousness written by Oliver Sacks and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the best-selling author of Gratitude, On the Move, and Musicophilia, a collection of essays that displays Oliver Sacks's passionate engagement with the most compelling and seminal ideas of human endeavor: evolution, creativity, memory, time, consciousness, and experience. Oliver Sacks, a scientist and a storyteller, is beloved by readers for the extraordinary neurological case histories (Awakenings, An Anthropologist on Mars) in which he introduced and explored many now familiar disorders--autism, Tourette's syndrome, face blindness, savant syndrome. He was also a memoirist who wrote with honesty and humor about the remarkable and strange encounters and experiences that shaped him (Uncle Tungsten, On the Move, Gratitude). Sacks, an Oxford-educated polymath, had a deep familiarity not only with literature and medicine but with botany, animal anatomy, chemistry, the history of science, philosophy, and psychology. The River of Consciousness is one of two books Sacks was working on up to his death, and it reveals his ability to make unexpected connections, his sheer joy in knowledge, and his unceasing, timeless project to understand what makes us human.

Download or read book Essential Sources in the Scientific Study of Consciousness written by Bernard J. Baars and published by Bradford Book. This book was released on 2003 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current thinking and research on consciousness and the brain.

Download or read book The Science of Consciousness written by Trevor A. Harley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-02-18 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the psychology, philosophy, and neuroscience of consciousness, including sleep, dreaming, meditative, and altered states.

Download or read book Wholeness of Being written by Floris V J De Clercq and published by Floris V.J. de Clercq. This book was released on 2014-03-24 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Wholeness of Being" is a handbook for conscious living. It is based on the author's personal experiences, perspectives, and extensive search for answers. Floris also shares two of his key awakening experiences that shifted him to a new paradigm of awareness, and understanding of our existence. He shares the stories of his spiritual transformational journey and the bigger picture revealed to him through present stillness meditation, life experiences and realizations. Floris reminds us that we are here to experience this life as a glorious adventure. He makes it clear that all the power in the universe exists within us, as our very own life force, as an infinite power that is always present and available. The infinite Source that we are is the very same Source that is present and expressing as everything within our awareness. "Wholeness of Being" is a handbook that reveals the interconnectedness of all life. It reminds us that every being is a focused point of Source (soul) experiencing a unique perspective of the collective mind reality through a physical vehicle. This book explores the bigger picture of our true nature of being and the discipline of practicing present stillness, which allows us to experience the wholeness of being-the awareness that everything is Source, appearing as the completeness of Itself. This book reveals that you are Source-infinite consciousness. Everything else is your story, created by your thoughts, concepts, ideas, and beliefs.