Science
The hard sciences (physics, biology, and medicine) and the human sciences (psychology, sociology, and philosophy) are all represented here—though sometimes in ways you might not expect. These are books that make for dialogue between the scientific and spiritual worldviews, with the aim of enriching both.
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Consciousness at the Crossroads
Conversations with the Dalai Lama on Brain Science and Buddhism
- edited by
- Zara Houshmand,
- Robert B. Livingston,
- B. Alan Wallace
Organized by the Mind and Life Institute, this discussion addresses some of the most troublesome questions that have driven a wedge between Western science and religion. Consciousness at the Crossroads resulted from meetings of the Dalai Lama and a group of eminent neuroscientists and psychiatrists. Is the mind an ephemeral side effect of the brain's physical processes? Are there forms of consciousness so subtle that science has not yet… Read More
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Embracing Mind
The Common Ground of Science and Spirituality
What is Mind? For this ancient question we are still seeking answers. B. Alan Wallace and Brian Hodel propose a science of the mind based on the contemplative wisdom of Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Christianity, and Islam.The authors begin by exploring the history of science, showing how science tends to ignore the mind, even while it is understood to be the very instrument through which we comprehend… Read More
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Embracing Mind
The Common Ground of Science and Spirituality
What is Mind? For this ancient question we are still seeking answers. B. Alan Wallace and Brian Hodel propose a science of the mind based on the contemplative wisdom of Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Christianity, and Islam.The authors begin by exploring the history of science, showing how science tends to ignore the mind, even while it is understood to be the very instrument… Read More
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Gentle Bridges
Conversations with the Dalai Lama on the Sciences of Mind
- edited by
- Jeremy Hayward,
- Francisco J. Varela
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Integral Ecology
Uniting Multiple Perspectives on the Natural World
Today there is a bewildering diversity of views on ecology and the natural environment. With more than two hundred distinct and valuable perspectives on the natural world—and with scientists, economists, ethicists, activists, philosophers, and others often taking completely different stances on the issues—how can we come to agreement to solve our toughest environmental problems? In response to this pressing need, Integral Ecology unites valuable insights from multiple perspectives into a… Read More
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Letters to Vanessa
On Love, Science, and Awareness in an Enchanted World
The world we inhabit is enchanted—every tree, rock, and star, and even "empty" space itself, is teeming with living energy and awareness. And it's all nearer to us than our own breath. Why, then, can't we see it? Because, according to Jeremy Hayward, we are taught not to. And because our cultural conditioning keeps us in denial about the fact that a strictly scientific worldview provides only a partial, and… Read More
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Perceiving Ordinary Magic
Science and Intuitive Wisdom
This book offers penetrating insight into the nature and process of perception through a skillful interweaving of the concepts of the new physics, evolutionary biology, and cognitive psychology with the profound insights of meditative traditions. We are shown how we may go beyond the harsh and narrow limits of beliefs and habitual patterns of thought and behavior to awaken fresh perception that is fearless and compassionate, experiencing the sacredness of… Read More
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Quantum Questions
Mystical Writings of the World's Greatest Physicists
- edited by
- Ken Wilber
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Shifting Worlds, Changing Minds
Where the Sciences and Buddhism Meet
From the author of Perceiving Ordinary Magic, this book proposes that both science and Buddhism offer powerful insights into human nature that can help to bring about profound changes in our lives and our society. Jeremy Hayward argues that a radical uprooting of our beliefs about reality is necessary if we are to resolve our confusion about our world and ourselves. Only a profound examination of human… Read More
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Space, Time, and Medicine
Foreword by Fritjof Capra
What we call modern physics says something entirely new about the world and how it behaves. For many years, these theories have been accepted as the most accurate descriptions we have ever had about our world. Nevertheless, medicine has been reluctant to incorporate these ideas into itself, continuing to view the body as a clockwork mechanism, in which illness is caused by a breakdown of "parts." Drawing on his… Read More
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