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Waking Up

A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

meditators should have a "healthy sense of self", no schitzophrenia
Advaita Vedanta non-dualist, no "higher" external being
Harris: Stanford BA philosopy 2000, UCLA PhD Neuroscience 2009, April 1967
- mother LA writer/producer Susan Harris
''vipassana'' Mindfulness (sati), clear awareness, "free mind from suffering"
Mindfulness and loving-kindness meditation (metta)
consciousness without the self, avoiding suffering
visual "blind spot"
decreases representation in the DMN Default Mode Network, self representation
LSD alters consciousness, but uncontrollable extremes

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+ . Swami Vivekananda 1893 Vedanta
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+ . Helena Blavatsky
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