= Waking Up =
== A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion ==
=== Sam Harris, Hillsdale 204 H3161w 2014 , Simon and Schuster ===
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 . meditators should have a "healthy sense of self", no schitzophrenia 
 . [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advaita_Vedanta | Advaita Vedanta]] non-dualist, no "higher" external being
 . Harris: Stanford BA philosopy 2000, UCLA PhD Neuroscience 2009, [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Harris | April 1967 ]]
  . mother LA writer/producer [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Harris | Susan Harris]]
 . ''[[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vipassan%C4%81 | 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

=== Harris's approximate classifications (not necessarily mine!) ===
==== "good" ====
 . Swami Vivekananda 1893 Vedanta 
 . Theravada Buhddism
 . Dzogchen: Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
 . H.W.L. Poonja
 . Sayadaw U Pandita
 . Douglas Harding

==== "bad" ====
 . Helena Blavatsky
 . Joseph Smith
 . Sri Aurobindo
 . J.Z. Knight / Ramtha
 . [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Applewhite | Marshall Applewhite ]],[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven's_Gate_%28religious_group%29 | Heaven's Gate ]]
 . Rashneesh / OSHO
 . Gurdjieff, Ouspensky
 . Chopyam Trungpa Rinpoche / Osel Tendzin
 . 
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== Local meditation, not Harris ==
=== Vipassana Meditation ===
 . [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba_Khin | Sayagyi U Ba Khin ]]
 . [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._N._Goenka | S.N. Goenka ]]
 . [[ http://www.kunja.dhamma.org/ | Northwest Vipassana Center - Dhamma Kunja ]] near the town of Onalaska, Washington
  . Carolyn from transhumanists?