Tag: Books
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Living an Examined Life.
Im not usually a fan of the self-improvement genre of books. For a while, I subscribed to a service that took bestseller non-fiction books and then distilled them down to bullet point summaries so you could get the gist of the author’s content without reading the whole thing.When it came to the deconstruction of self-improvement…
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Review: Consciousnes Beyond Life
Perhaps the most comprehensive and thought provoking examination of the Near Death Experience I have read to date. Consciousness Beyond Life, The Science of the Near-Death Experience by Pim van Lommel M.D. was published back in 2007 with the english translation published three years later. Dr Lommel was a Cardiologist who pubished a series of…
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Book review: Why Materialism is Baloney
Why Materialism is Baloney is a book about the philosophical hypothesis of analytical idealism. Most of us have been brought up to believe that the world we inhabit is made up of matter. From snickers bars to the Milky Way, everything is made up of bits of material stuff that are in turn made up of…
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Book review: The Grand Delusion
This is an excellent read for anyone interested in digging a little deeper into this consensus reality of ours. It is written by Stephen Hagen, Rōshi, a Zen teacher and author. But don’t be put off, this book is not about Zen Buddhism, instead, it is an exploration of the thing that Zen is pointing…
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Book review: Living in a Mindful Universe
This is Dr Eben Alexanders third book dealing with the topic of life after death. His first one is titled: “Proof of Heaven” (2012) and was followed by “The Map of Heaven” (2014). I had not seen any particularly good reviews on his first two books and did not read them. As my views on the…
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Book review: Being a Human
This is a personal travel journal of sorts.The author, Charles Foster wants to know the path we have taken to become the humans we are today. Perhaps more importantly, he wants to explore the possibility that we may have wandered off-track somewhere along the way. To do this he embarks on an immersive journey, re-embodying…
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