Mind in the balance : meditation in science, Buddhism, and Christianity /
Wallace, B. Alan.
Mind in the balance : meditation in science, Buddhism, and Christianity / Meditation in science, Buddhism, and Christianity B. Alan Wallace. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2009. - xii, 244 p. ; 24 cm. - The Columbia series in science and religion . - Columbia series in science and religion. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [220]-232) and index.
Part I: Meditation-Where It Started and How It Got Here -- Who am I? -- The origins of contemplation -- The scientific externalization of meditation -- Scientific studies of meditation -- Part II: Meditation in Theory and Practice -- Practice: attending to the breath of life -- Theory: coming to our senses -- Practice: the union of stillness and motion -- Theory: knowing and healing the mind -- Practice: behold the light of consciousness -- Theory: exploring the nature of consciousness -- Practice: probing the nature of the observer -- Theory: the ground state of consciousness -- Practice: oscillating awareness -- Theory: consciousness without beginning or end -- Practice: resting in the stillness of awareness -- Theory: worlds of skepticism -- Practice: the emptiness of mind -- Theory: the participatory worlds of Buddhism -- Practice: the emptiness of matter -- Theory: the participatory worlds of philosophy and science -- Practice: resting in timeless consciousness -- Theory: the luminous space of pristine awareness -- Practice: meditation in action -- The universe as a whole -- What shall we become?
0231147309 (cloth : alk. paper) 0231519702 (electronic) 9780231147309 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780231519700 (electronic)
2008022867
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Meditation--Buddhism.
Meditation--Christianity.
Meditation.
Mind in the balance : meditation in science, Buddhism, and Christianity / Meditation in science, Buddhism, and Christianity B. Alan Wallace. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2009. - xii, 244 p. ; 24 cm. - The Columbia series in science and religion . - Columbia series in science and religion. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [220]-232) and index.
Part I: Meditation-Where It Started and How It Got Here -- Who am I? -- The origins of contemplation -- The scientific externalization of meditation -- Scientific studies of meditation -- Part II: Meditation in Theory and Practice -- Practice: attending to the breath of life -- Theory: coming to our senses -- Practice: the union of stillness and motion -- Theory: knowing and healing the mind -- Practice: behold the light of consciousness -- Theory: exploring the nature of consciousness -- Practice: probing the nature of the observer -- Theory: the ground state of consciousness -- Practice: oscillating awareness -- Theory: consciousness without beginning or end -- Practice: resting in the stillness of awareness -- Theory: worlds of skepticism -- Practice: the emptiness of mind -- Theory: the participatory worlds of Buddhism -- Practice: the emptiness of matter -- Theory: the participatory worlds of philosophy and science -- Practice: resting in timeless consciousness -- Theory: the luminous space of pristine awareness -- Practice: meditation in action -- The universe as a whole -- What shall we become?
0231147309 (cloth : alk. paper) 0231519702 (electronic) 9780231147309 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780231519700 (electronic)
2008022867
GBA8E1041 bnb
014857480 Uk
Meditation--Buddhism.
Meditation--Christianity.
Meditation.