"The Elephant and the Blind is a book about why we need a new culture of consciousness, and how to get it. A culture of consciousness (or Bewusstseinskultur) is a culture that values and cultivates the mental states of its members in an ethical and evidence-based way"--
"The Elephant and the Blind is a book about why we need a new culture of consciousness, and how to get it. A culture of consciousness (or Bewusstseinskultur) is a culture that values and cultivates the mental states of its members in an ethical and evidence-based way"--
Thomas Metzinger was Full Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. He is the author of The Ego Tunnel and Being No One (MIT Press), the coeditor of Open MIND, and the editor of Neural Correlates of Consciousness (both MIT Press).
Inhaltsangabe
Contents: Acknowledgments xi Introduction: The Elephant and the Blind xiii 1 Relaxation 1 2 Peace 9 3 Silence 21 4 Wakefulness 33 5 Clarity 45 6 Density 55 7 Soundness 63 8 Nonidentification 71 9 Suchness 85 10 Presence 103 11 Connectedness 113 12 The Most Natural State 123 13 Coming Home 129 14 There Is Nothing Left to Do 137 15 Joy, Awe, Bliss, and Gratitude 145 16 Simplicity, Nothingness, and Absence 155 17 Emptiness and Fullness 167 18 Luminosity 191 19 Witnessing 203 20 Pure Awareness during Dreamless Deep Sleep 213 21 Pure Awareness and Lucid Dreaming 233 22 From Timelessness to Timeless Change 247 23 Space without Structure, Center, or Periphery 257 24 Bodiless Body- Experience 271 25 Ego Dissolution: Melting into the Phenomenal Field 297 26 Nondual Being: Unity 307 27 Nondual Awareness: Insight 329 28 Transparency, Translucency, and Virtuality 353 29 The True Self 379 30 Pure Awareness Knows Itself 393 31 It Is Not an Experience 407 32 Meditation and Nonmeditation 421 33 Timeless Continuity 445 34 The Elephant: What Is Pure Awareness? 455 Epilogue: Bewusstseinskultur 479 Glossary of Terms 497 Notes 515 References 547 Index 583
Contents: Acknowledgments xi Introduction: The Elephant and the Blind xiii 1 Relaxation 1 2 Peace 9 3 Silence 21 4 Wakefulness 33 5 Clarity 45 6 Density 55 7 Soundness 63 8 Nonidentification 71 9 Suchness 85 10 Presence 103 11 Connectedness 113 12 The Most Natural State 123 13 Coming Home 129 14 There Is Nothing Left to Do 137 15 Joy, Awe, Bliss, and Gratitude 145 16 Simplicity, Nothingness, and Absence 155 17 Emptiness and Fullness 167 18 Luminosity 191 19 Witnessing 203 20 Pure Awareness during Dreamless Deep Sleep 213 21 Pure Awareness and Lucid Dreaming 233 22 From Timelessness to Timeless Change 247 23 Space without Structure, Center, or Periphery 257 24 Bodiless Body- Experience 271 25 Ego Dissolution: Melting into the Phenomenal Field 297 26 Nondual Being: Unity 307 27 Nondual Awareness: Insight 329 28 Transparency, Translucency, and Virtuality 353 29 The True Self 379 30 Pure Awareness Knows Itself 393 31 It Is Not an Experience 407 32 Meditation and Nonmeditation 421 33 Timeless Continuity 445 34 The Elephant: What Is Pure Awareness? 455 Epilogue: Bewusstseinskultur 479 Glossary of Terms 497 Notes 515 References 547 Index 583
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