num_pages: 256
description: For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion Sam Harriss new book is a guide to meditation as a rational spiritual practice informed by neuroscience and psychology.From multiple New York Times bestselling author neuroscientist and new atheist Sam Harris Waking Up is for the 30 percent of Americans who follow no religion but who suspect that Jesus Buddha Lao Tzu Rumi and the other saints and sages of history could not have all been epileptics schizophrenics or frauds. Throughout the book Harris argues that there are important truths to be found in the experiences of such contemplativesand therefore that there is more to understanding reality than science and secular culture generally allow.Waking Up is part seekers memoir and part exploration of the scientific underpinnings of spirituality. No other book marries contemplative wisdom and modern science in this way and no author other than Sam Harrisa scientist philosopher and famous skepticcould write it.
language: English
title: Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
publisher: Simon & Schuster