How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain : The New Science of Transformation

from seongeona

Mysticism and enlightenment are topics of great interest to me. In college, I was asked to be one of the first students to take a new Religious Studies course on mysticism. I balked at the prospect, arguing first that I knew nothing about the topic and, then, that I didn't even think I believed i...

from lbeaumont

Throughout history many individuals have reported having a profound transformative experience. While the specifics of each experience vary widely, they all share certain characteristics: oneness, clarity, intensity, surrender, and permanent change in some core aspect of their lives. What is going...

from kaulsu

This is a good book for beginners, written plainly and simply without a lot of jargon. It does not use a lot of senseless grammar: There is no "doing," actions simply arise. Yeah, like when a bee stings you, you don't yell "ouch," that noise just erupts. Newberg and Waldman guide the reader throu...

from BevFuller

"How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain" is very good. Andrew Newberg shows us how meditation changes our brains for the better and gives us specific meditation practices to implement into our lives.

from bookcaterpillar

In talking about this book the word "enlightenment" is really challenging. Atheists seem to dismiss it. Religious friends - except Buddhists - are uncomfortable with it. So, I seem to be the target reader of this book, and I enjoyed it immensely. If I were given the survey that this book is parti...