Rebuilding Real Spirituality
Rebuilding Real Spirituality Contents I. Sacredness Without Supernatural Claims II. What Is the Sacred? III. Disciplines Over Downloads IV. The Sacredness of the Hard Things V. A Conduit Rather Than a Brand VI. The Cheat Sheet VII. Pulling It Together VIII. Cross-Links A field guide to the sacred. We have seen how spirituality gets […]
Cult Dynamics & Charisma Addiction
Cult Dynamics & Charisma Addiction Contents I. Why It Captures Smart, Kind People II. The Machinery of Control III. Charisma Addiction and the Leader IV. The Red Flags V. Sovereignty and the Way Out VI. Cross-Links How “spiritual community” curdles into social control, why it captures kind and intelligent people rather than gullible ones, and […]
Psychedelics & Ego Dissolution
Psychedelics & Ego Dissolution Contents I. What Is Actually Happening: the Entropic Brain II. The Compounds III. The Promise IV. The Risks V. Use, Not Abuse VI. The Ego Death Trap VII. Cross-Links Is your awakening real, or are you just chemically unburdened? Psychedelics, used carefully, can be among the most powerful tools a human […]
Mystical Experiences & the Nervous System
Mystical Experiences & the Nervous System Contents I. What the Brain Is Doing II. Breakthrough or Breakdown? III. From Revelation to Regulation IV. Cross-Links Not everything that feels divine IS divine. People have always had experiences that feel like contact with something beyond the ordinary self: the dissolving of boundaries, a flood of unconditional love, […]
The Trap of Spiritual Bypassing
The Trap of Spiritual Bypassing Contents I. Why It Is So Easy to Fall Into II. What It Looks Like III. The Body Keeps the Tab IV. Spot the Difference: Bypassing vs the Real Thing V. The Way Through Is Through VI. Cross-Links When “light,” “positivity,” and “higher consciousness” become a sophisticated way to get […]
The Religiosity Cup
The Religiosity Cup Contents I. What the Vessel Was For II. What Is Worth Drinking The Ethical Core: How to Treat One Another The Contemplative Core: How to Steady the Mind The Meaning and Belonging Core: How to Bear a Life III. Why You Must Not Binge IV. How to Drink Well V. Cross-Links A […]
Philosophy’s Shortcomings
Philosophy’s Shortcomings Contents I. When Reason Floats Free of Reality II. When the Problem Is Made of Words III. The Awkward Question Of Progress IV. The Gap Between Knowing and Doing V. When Thinking Becomes the Trap VI. What Philosophy Is For, Given All This VII. Cross-Links Why thinking, on its own, is never enough. […]
Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
Waking Up A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion Author: Sam Harris Topics: Mindfulness, meditation, philosophy, science All information is attributed to the author. Except in the case where we may have misunderstood a concept and summarized incorrectly. These notes are only for reference and we always suggest reading from the original source. Contents Chapter 1: […]