🧠 Consciousness Inquiry

A rigorous, open-ended investigation into the nature of awareness itself, following the question wherever it leads without settling for easy answers.

Phi

by Giulio Tononi • 2012

How to measure a soul: why a camera distinguishes more than a brain, yet cannot see.

3.89

944

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🧍 Neuroscience Of Self 🎨 Qualia And Experience 💻 Computational Neuroscience

Phi 94%

How to measure a soul: why a camera distinguishes more than a brain, yet cannot see.

by Giulio Tononi 2012

3.89

944 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🧍 Neuroscience Of Self 🎨 Qualia And Experience 💻 Computational Neuroscience

As One Is

by J. Krishnamurti • 2007

Most of what you call thinking is society replaying itself. Freedom begins the moment you notice.

4.46

589

🔎 Self-Inquiry 🧠 Spiritual Psychology 🔓 Conditioned Mind 👁️ Awareness Practice 🌅 Direct Experience

As One Is 93%

Most of what you call thinking is society replaying itself. Freedom begins the moment you notice.

by J. Krishnamurti 2007

4.46

589 ratings

🔎 Self-Inquiry 🧠 Spiritual Psychology 🔓 Conditioned Mind 👁️ Awareness Practice 🌅 Direct Experience

Then I Am Myself the World

by Christof Koch • 2024

No matter how smart AI becomes, it will never be sentient. Consciousness is not computable.

3.98

388

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🪞 Subjectivity And Self 🍄 Psychedelic Science 🔗 Mind-Body Problem

Then I Am Myself the World 93%

No matter how smart AI becomes, it will never be sentient. Consciousness is not computable.

by Christof Koch 2024

3.98

388 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🪞 Subjectivity And Self 🍄 Psychedelic Science 🔗 Mind-Body Problem

Zen and the Art of Consciousness

by Susan Blackmore • 2009

The self is a trick of the brain and free will a mirage. A Zen psychologist's investigation.

3.57

277

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🪷 Zen Buddhism 👤 Illusion Of Self 🎭 Free Will Debate

Zen and the Art of Consciousness Summary

Zen and the Art of Consciousness 93%

The self is a trick of the brain and free will a mirage. A Zen psychologist's investigation.

by Susan Blackmore 2009

3.57

277 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🪷 Zen Buddhism 👤 Illusion Of Self 🎭 Free Will Debate

The Book of Life

by J. Krishnamurti • 1995

Every authority, system, and memory is a prison. The key is a mind that merely observes.

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🕊️ Spiritual Philosophy 🔍 Self-Inquiry 🚫 Anti-Self-Help ☯️ Nondual Awareness 💀 Contemplating Mortality

The Book of Life 93%

Every authority, system, and memory is a prison. The key is a mind that merely observes.

by J. Krishnamurti 1995

4.32

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Philosophy 🔍 Self-Inquiry 🚫 Anti-Self-Help ☯️ Nondual Awareness 💀 Contemplating Mortality

Conversations on Consciousness

by Susan Blackmore • 2005

One interviewer, twenty thinkers, one question: why aren't we just sophisticated zombies?

4.02

2k+

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Brain And Mind ⚖️ Free Will Debate 🐒 Animal Minds

Conversations on Consciousness 93%

One interviewer, twenty thinkers, one question: why aren't we just sophisticated zombies?

by Susan Blackmore 2005

4.02

2k+ ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Brain And Mind ⚖️ Free Will Debate 🐒 Animal Minds

Stalking the Wild Pendulum

by Itzhak Bentov • 1977

At the still point between heartbeats, consciousness leaves the body and briefly touches the cosmos.

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1k+

🧠 Consciousness Studies ⚛️ Speculative Physics 🌌 Panpsychism 📡 Holographic Universe 🌐 Vibrational Cosmology

Stalking the Wild Pendulum 93%

At the still point between heartbeats, consciousness leaves the body and briefly touches the cosmos.

by Itzhak Bentov 1977

4.29

1k+ ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies ⚛️ Speculative Physics 🌌 Panpsychism 📡 Holographic Universe 🌐 Vibrational Cosmology

From Shiva to Schrödinger

by Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar • 2024

A quantum physicist finds his field's strangest truths already mapped in ancient Kashmir.

4.00

⚛️ Quantum Physics ☯️ Non-Duality 🕉️ Kashmir Shaivism 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌐 Emergence

From Shiva to Schrödinger 93%

A quantum physicist finds his field's strangest truths already mapped in ancient Kashmir.

by Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar 2024

4.00

62 ratings

⚛️ Quantum Physics ☯️ Non-Duality 🕉️ Kashmir Shaivism 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌐 Emergence

Simulations of God

by John C. Lilly • 1975

God is a simulation your mind builds, and altered states reveal the source code.

4.00

133

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌀 Altered States 🔬 Transpersonal Psychology 🕉️ Comparative Religion 💭 Philosophy Of Mind

Simulations of God 93%

God is a simulation your mind builds, and altered states reveal the source code.

by John C. Lilly 1975

4.00

133 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌀 Altered States 🔬 Transpersonal Psychology 🕉️ Comparative Religion 💭 Philosophy Of Mind

Prometheus Rising

by Robert Anton Wilson • 1983

You inherited a mental operating system. A guide to spotting the code and rewriting it yourself.

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8k+

🧠 Consciousness Models 🏗️ Reality Construction 💻 Mind Programming ⚛️ Quantum Mysticism 🌐 Transpersonal Psychology

Prometheus Rising 93%

You inherited a mental operating system. A guide to spotting the code and rewriting it yourself.

by Robert Anton Wilson 1983

4.25

8k+ ratings

🧠 Consciousness Models 🏗️ Reality Construction 💻 Mind Programming ⚛️ Quantum Mysticism 🌐 Transpersonal Psychology

Look For Yourself

by Douglas E. Harding • 1998

The self you think you are isn't there. Look directly and the absence reveals everything.

4.11

🔍 Self-Inquiry 🧘 Nondual Awareness 🕊️ Self-Realization 🪞 The Nature Of Self 🎯 Awareness Practice

Look For Yourself 93%

The self you think you are isn't there. Look directly and the absence reveals everything.

by Douglas E. Harding 1998

4.11

53 ratings

🔍 Self-Inquiry 🧘 Nondual Awareness 🕊️ Self-Realization 🪞 The Nature Of Self 🎯 Awareness Practice

Consciousness

by Susan Blackmore • 2003

Why brain activity feels like something, and the self that feels it is a fiction.

3.87

3k+

🧠 Consciousness 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🧬 Neuroscience Of Self 🌈 Altered States 🤔 Free Will Debate

Consciousness 93%

Why brain activity feels like something, and the self that feels it is a fiction.

by Susan Blackmore 2003

3.87

3k+ ratings

🧠 Consciousness 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🧬 Neuroscience Of Self 🌈 Altered States 🤔 Free Will Debate

You Are the Universe

by Deepak Chopra • 2017

Your brain doesn't make consciousness. It receives it. The universe was mind first, matter second.

3.59

3k+

🧠 Consciousness Studies ⚛️ Quantum Mysticism ☯️ Non-Duality 🏛️ Philosophical Idealism 📜 Eastern Philosophy

You Are the Universe 93%

Your brain doesn't make consciousness. It receives it. The universe was mind first, matter second.

by Deepak Chopra 2017

3.59

3k+ ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies ⚛️ Quantum Mysticism ☯️ Non-Duality 🏛️ Philosophical Idealism 📜 Eastern Philosophy

Total Freedom

by J. Krishnamurti • 1996

Truth has no path, no guru, and no technique. The only authority is your own awareness.

4.37

2k+

🔍 Self-Inquiry ☯️ Non-Dual Philosophy 🔗 Undoing Conditioning 🧘 Present Moment Awareness 📚 Holistic Education

Total Freedom 93%

Truth has no path, no guru, and no technique. The only authority is your own awareness.

by J. Krishnamurti 1996

4.37

2k+ ratings

🔍 Self-Inquiry ☯️ Non-Dual Philosophy 🔗 Undoing Conditioning 🧘 Present Moment Awareness 📚 Holistic Education

The Krishnamurti Reader

by J. Krishnamurti • 2011

Thought creates fear, psychological time is the trap, and freedom is seeing exactly what is.

4.20

☯️ Non-Duality 🔍 Self-Inquiry 👁️ Direct Perception 🧐 Spiritual Skepticism 🔓 Freedom From Conditioning

The Krishnamurti Reader 93%

Thought creates fear, psychological time is the trap, and freedom is seeing exactly what is.

by J. Krishnamurti 2011

4.20

71 ratings

☯️ Non-Duality 🔍 Self-Inquiry 👁️ Direct Perception 🧐 Spiritual Skepticism 🔓 Freedom From Conditioning

I Am a Strange Loop

by Douglas R. Hofstadter • 2007

The self is an abstract loop the brain builds, and Gödel's proof shows how.

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9k+

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science 👁️ Consciousness Studies 🌊 Emergence 🪞 Theory Of Self

I Am a Strange Loop 93%

The self is an abstract loop the brain builds, and Gödel's proof shows how.

by Douglas R. Hofstadter 2007

3.95

9k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science 👁️ Consciousness Studies 🌊 Emergence 🪞 Theory Of Self

Wider Than the Sky

by Gerald M. Edelman • 2004

The mind is not a program. Consciousness is built by neural selection, not by running code.

3.65

421

🧠 Consciousness Studies 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🧬 Evolutionary Neuroscience 🎨 Qualia Debate 🦴 Embodied Cognition

Wider Than the Sky 93%

The mind is not a program. Consciousness is built by neural selection, not by running code.

by Gerald M. Edelman 2004

3.65

421 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🧬 Evolutionary Neuroscience 🎨 Qualia Debate 🦴 Embodied Cognition

The Flight Of The Eagle

by J. Krishnamurti • 2004

You cannot fight your mind with your mind: the effort is the wound, not the cure.

4.23

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☯️ Non Dualism 🔍 Self Inquiry 🕊️ Inner Freedom 🧘 Effortless Awareness 👁️ Direct Perception

The Flight Of The Eagle 93%

You cannot fight your mind with your mind: the effort is the wound, not the cure.

by J. Krishnamurti 2004

4.23

455 ratings

☯️ Non Dualism 🔍 Self Inquiry 🕊️ Inner Freedom 🧘 Effortless Awareness 👁️ Direct Perception

Introduction to Phenomenology

by Robert Sokolowski • 1999

Consciousness is always reaching toward the world; phenomenology maps the structures of that reach.

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541

🌀 Phenomenology 🧠 Consciousness Studies 📜 Continental Philosophy 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🔍 Epistemology

Introduction to Phenomenology 93%

Consciousness is always reaching toward the world; phenomenology maps the structures of that reach.

by Robert Sokolowski 1999

4.03

541 ratings

🌀 Phenomenology 🧠 Consciousness Studies 📜 Continental Philosophy 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🔍 Epistemology

Beginners Guide to Quantum Psychology

by Stephen H. Wolinsky • 2000

Your entire psychology may rest on one false conclusion you reached before age one.

3.95

🕉️ Advaita Vedanta 🧘 Non-Duality 🔍 Identity Deconstruction ❓ Self-Inquiry 👶 Childhood Conditioning

Beginners Guide to Quantum Psychology Summary

Beginners Guide to Quantum Psychology 92%

Your entire psychology may rest on one false conclusion you reached before age one.

by Stephen H. Wolinsky 2000

3.95

39 ratings

🕉️ Advaita Vedanta 🧘 Non-Duality 🔍 Identity Deconstruction ❓ Self-Inquiry 👶 Childhood Conditioning

The Embodied Mind

by Francisco J. Varela • 1991

No inner pilot exists. Your body enacts a world, and the self evaporates under sustained attention.

4.14

1k+

🧠 Embodied Cognition 🤔 Phenomenology 🧘 Buddhist Philosophy 🔄 Enactive Cognition 🏛️ Philosophy Of Mind

The Embodied Mind 92%

No inner pilot exists. Your body enacts a world, and the self evaporates under sustained attention.

by Francisco J. Varela 1991

4.14

1k+ ratings

🧠 Embodied Cognition 🤔 Phenomenology 🧘 Buddhist Philosophy 🔄 Enactive Cognition 🏛️ Philosophy Of Mind

The Flip

by Jeffrey J. Kripal • 2019

Your brain is a receiver, not a producer, of consciousness. The anomalies that prove it.

3.99

537

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌐 Non-Local Consciousness ⚛️ Quantum Consciousness 🌌 Panpsychism 🔬 Paranormal Science

The Flip 92%

Your brain is a receiver, not a producer, of consciousness. The anomalies that prove it.

by Jeffrey J. Kripal 2019

3.99

537 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌐 Non-Local Consciousness ⚛️ Quantum Consciousness 🌌 Panpsychism 🔬 Paranormal Science

The Beauty of Life

by J. Krishnamurti • 2023

The effort to meditate is the very thing blocking the silence you seek.

4.39

🌀 Nondual Awareness 🔍 Self-Inquiry ☸️ Eastern Philosophy 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌿 Sacred Nature

The Beauty of Life 92%

The effort to meditate is the very thing blocking the silence you seek.

by J. Krishnamurti 2023

4.39

28 ratings

🌀 Nondual Awareness 🔍 Self-Inquiry ☸️ Eastern Philosophy 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌿 Sacred Nature

My Big TOE - Awakening, Discovey, Inner Workings

by Thomas Campbell • 2007

You are not a body in a universe; you are consciousness inside a simulation.

4.30

528

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🖥️ Simulation Theory 🐛 Evolution Of Consciousness 🌌 Consciousness Entropy 🎯 Primacy Of Intent

My Big TOE - Awakening, Discovey, Inner Workings Summary

My Big TOE - Awakening, Discovey, Inner Workings 92%

You are not a body in a universe; you are consciousness inside a simulation.

by Thomas Campbell 2007

4.30

528 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🖥️ Simulation Theory 🐛 Evolution Of Consciousness 🌌 Consciousness Entropy 🎯 Primacy Of Intent

Irreducible

by Federico Faggin • 2024

Consciousness came first. Matter is what it looks like from the outside. Quantum physics proves it.

4.10

477

⚛️ Quantum Consciousness 🌀 Panpsychism 💭 Idealism 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🕊️ Free Will

Irreducible 92%

Consciousness came first. Matter is what it looks like from the outside. Quantum physics proves it.

by Federico Faggin 2024

4.10

477 ratings

⚛️ Quantum Consciousness 🌀 Panpsychism 💭 Idealism 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🕊️ Free Will

What Are You Doing With Your Life

by J. Krishnamurti • 1899

The search for meaning, love, and security is itself the obstacle.

3.93

2k+

🧭 Self Inquiry ☯️ Non-Duality 🕊️ Modern Spirituality 🕉️ Eastern Philosophy 🧠 Fear And Thought

What Are You Doing With Your Life Summary

What Are You Doing With Your Life 92%

The search for meaning, love, and security is itself the obstacle.

by J. Krishnamurti 1899

3.93

2k+ ratings

🧭 Self Inquiry ☯️ Non-Duality 🕊️ Modern Spirituality 🕉️ Eastern Philosophy 🧠 Fear And Thought

The First and Last Freedom

by J. Krishnamurti • 1975

Thought creates the thinker, then time, then fear. The end of this illusion is freedom itself.

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4k+

🔍 Self Inquiry ☯️ Nondual Spirituality 🔓 Freedom From Conditioning 🧘 Present Moment Awareness ✊ Inner Revolution

The First and Last Freedom 92%

Thought creates the thinker, then time, then fear. The end of this illusion is freedom itself.

by J. Krishnamurti 1975

4.24

4k+ ratings

🔍 Self Inquiry ☯️ Nondual Spirituality 🔓 Freedom From Conditioning 🧘 Present Moment Awareness ✊ Inner Revolution

A World Appears

by Michael Pollan • 2026

Plants learn, cells feel, the self is a story. Consciousness is stranger than any computer model.

4.02

6k+

📕 Philosophy Of Mind 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤲 Embodied Cognition 🌱 Plant Intelligence 🎭 Self And Identity

A World Appears 92%

Plants learn, cells feel, the self is a story. Consciousness is stranger than any computer model.

by Michael Pollan 2026

4.02

6k+ ratings

📕 Philosophy Of Mind 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤲 Embodied Cognition 🌱 Plant Intelligence 🎭 Self And Identity

Oltre l'invisibile. Dove scienza e spiritualità si uniscono

by Federico Faggin • 2024

He invented the microprocessor. Then a mystical awakening, and he built a physics to explain it.

3.78

⚛️ Quantum Physics 🧠 Consciousness Studies ✨ Science And Spirituality 💫 Panpsychism 🌌 Modern Idealism

Oltre l'invisibile. Dove scienza e spiritualità si uniscono Summary

Oltre l'invisibile. Dove scienza e spiritualità si uniscono 92%

He invented the microprocessor. Then a mystical awakening, and he built a physics to explain it.

by Federico Faggin 2024

3.78

98 ratings

⚛️ Quantum Physics 🧠 Consciousness Studies ✨ Science And Spirituality 💫 Panpsychism 🌌 Modern Idealism

On Relationship

by J. Krishnamurti • 1992

Your relationships reveal every hidden corner of your mind. The world changes when you look.

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353

🧘 Eastern Philosophy 🔍 Spiritual Inquiry 🪷 Non-Attachment 👁️ Self-Observation 💞 Conscious Relationships

On Relationship 92%

Your relationships reveal every hidden corner of your mind. The world changes when you look.

by J. Krishnamurti 1992

4.35

353 ratings

🧘 Eastern Philosophy 🔍 Spiritual Inquiry 🪷 Non-Attachment 👁️ Self-Observation 💞 Conscious Relationships

Being Aware of Being Aware

by Rupert Spira • 2013

You do not need to control your mind; peace is the awareness doing the seeking.

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🕉️ Advaita Vedanta 🌀 Modern Nonduality 🔍 Self-Inquiry 🧘 Effortless Meditation 👁️ Witness Consciousness

Being Aware of Being Aware 92%

You do not need to control your mind; peace is the awareness doing the seeking.

by Rupert Spira 2013

4.41

3k+ ratings

🕉️ Advaita Vedanta 🌀 Modern Nonduality 🔍 Self-Inquiry 🧘 Effortless Meditation 👁️ Witness Consciousness

The Ravenous Brain

by Daniel Bor • 2012

Consciousness is a biological trick evolution built, and its failures reveal mental illness.

3.91

427

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 👁️ Attention And Awareness

The Ravenous Brain 92%

Consciousness is a biological trick evolution built, and its failures reveal mental illness.

by Daniel Bor 2012

3.91

427 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 👁️ Attention And Awareness

I Am That

by Nisargadatta Maharaj • 1973

Consciousness itself is a reflection. What casts it has no name, no form, and no opposite.

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7k+

🕉️ Advaita Vedanta ☯️ Nondual Philosophy 🔍 Self-Inquiry 👁️ Witness Consciousness 🍃 Non-Attachment

I Am That 92%

Consciousness itself is a reflection. What casts it has no name, no form, and no opposite.

by Nisargadatta Maharaj 1973

4.43

7k+ ratings

🕉️ Advaita Vedanta ☯️ Nondual Philosophy 🔍 Self-Inquiry 👁️ Witness Consciousness 🍃 Non-Attachment

The User Illusion

by Tor Nørretranders • 1991

Consciousness is not a window onto reality. It's a dashboard. And it's half a second behind.

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1k+

🧠 Consciousness Studies 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 📡 Information Theory 🌑 Unconscious Mind 🔍 Subliminal Perception

The User Illusion 92%

Consciousness is not a window onto reality. It's a dashboard. And it's half a second behind.

by Tor Nørretranders 1991

4.31

1k+ ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 📡 Information Theory 🌑 Unconscious Mind 🔍 Subliminal Perception

The Transparency of Things

by Rupert Spira • 2008

Consciousness alone is real. The self is an appearance within it. A calm, unsentimental look.

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480

☯️ Nondual Spirituality 🕉️ Advaita Vedanta 🔍 Self Investigation 👁️ Witnessing Awareness ➡️ Direct Path

The Transparency of Things 92%

Consciousness alone is real. The self is an appearance within it. A calm, unsentimental look.

by Rupert Spira 2008

4.50

480 ratings

☯️ Nondual Spirituality 🕉️ Advaita Vedanta 🔍 Self Investigation 👁️ Witnessing Awareness ➡️ Direct Path

Materialist Phenomenology

by Manuel DeLanda • 2021

Mindless agents and a thinking body construct perception; the self is just a story.

4.05

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🦾 Embodied Cognition 👁️ Phenomenology 💭 Nonconceptual Content 🌿 Ecological Psychology

Materialist Phenomenology 92%

Mindless agents and a thinking body construct perception; the self is just a story.

by Manuel DeLanda 2021

4.05

21 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🦾 Embodied Cognition 👁️ Phenomenology 💭 Nonconceptual Content 🌿 Ecological Psychology

The Fullness of the Ground

by Judith Blackstone • 2023

Oneness is an experience inside the body, not a concept. The practice of inhabiting yourself awake.

4.79

🕉️ Nonduality 🧘 Embodied Awareness 🙏 Spiritual Practice ✨ Self-Realization 🧠 Consciousness

The Fullness of the Ground 92%

Oneness is an experience inside the body, not a concept. The practice of inhabiting yourself awake.

by Judith Blackstone 2023

4.79

19 ratings

🕉️ Nonduality 🧘 Embodied Awareness 🙏 Spiritual Practice ✨ Self-Realization 🧠 Consciousness

Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness

by Patrick House • 2022

Movement built consciousness. Nineteen scientific guesses at how the rest of your mind followed.

3.47

774

🧠 Consciousness Studies 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience 🔮 Predictive Processing 🏃 Embodied Cognition

Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness Summary

Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness 92%

Movement built consciousness. Nineteen scientific guesses at how the rest of your mind followed.

by Patrick House 2022

3.47

774 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience 🔮 Predictive Processing 🏃 Embodied Cognition

Beyond Biocentrism

by Robert Lanza • 2016

The mind builds the world. So death is a change in frame, not a finish.

4.05

2k+

🧠 Consciousness Studies ⚛️ Quantum Interpretations 👁️ Observer Effect 💎 Philosophical Idealism 🤔 Hard Problem Of Consciousness

Beyond Biocentrism 92%

The mind builds the world. So death is a change in frame, not a finish.

by Robert Lanza 2016

4.05

2k+ ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies ⚛️ Quantum Interpretations 👁️ Observer Effect 💎 Philosophical Idealism 🤔 Hard Problem Of Consciousness

The Ego Tunnel

by Thomas Metzinger • 2009

There is no self, only a model the brain generates and mistakes for a soul.

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3k+

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🫥 Self Illusion 🎭 Free Will Skepticism 🔬 Neurophenomenology

The Ego Tunnel 92%

There is no self, only a model the brain generates and mistakes for a soul.

by Thomas Metzinger 2009

4.10

3k+ ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🫥 Self Illusion 🎭 Free Will Skepticism 🔬 Neurophenomenology

Break Through the Limits of the Brain

by Joseph Selbie • 2022

Your brain limits consciousness; it doesn't create it. A practice for bypassing the filter.

4.35

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🧘 Meditation Practice ❤️ Energy Body 🔮 Intuition Development ☯️ Nonduality

Break Through the Limits of the Brain Summary

Break Through the Limits of the Brain 92%

Your brain limits consciousness; it doesn't create it. A practice for bypassing the filter.

by Joseph Selbie 2022

4.35

20 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🧘 Meditation Practice ❤️ Energy Body 🔮 Intuition Development ☯️ Nonduality

The Awakening of Intelligence

by J. Krishnamurti • 1973

A mind that works on itself is a machine. The case for ending the project entirely.

4.39

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🌀 Nondual Philosophy 🚫 Anti-Self-Help 👁️ Direct Perception 🕰️ Psychological Time 💀 Psychological Death

The Awakening of Intelligence 92%

A mind that works on itself is a machine. The case for ending the project entirely.

by J. Krishnamurti 1973

4.39

2k+ ratings

🌀 Nondual Philosophy 🚫 Anti-Self-Help 👁️ Direct Perception 🕰️ Psychological Time 💀 Psychological Death

On Fear

by J. Krishnamurti • 1994

Fear isn't something you have; it's something thought creates between past and future.

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🕉️ Nondual Philosophy 🧘 Present Awareness 😨 Psychology Of Fear 🔍 Spiritual Inquiry 📿 Contemplative Traditions

On Fear 92%

Fear isn't something you have; it's something thought creates between past and future.

by J. Krishnamurti 1994

4.32

933 ratings

🕉️ Nondual Philosophy 🧘 Present Awareness 😨 Psychology Of Fear 🔍 Spiritual Inquiry 📿 Contemplative Traditions

The Reality of Being

by Jeanne de Salzmann • 2010

You are asleep, your self an illusion. The practice of observing from within that undoes both.

4.35

299

🕯️ Esoteric Traditions 👁️ Self-Observation 🔍 Attention And Awareness ⛏️ Inner Work 🫧 Ego Dissolution

The Reality of Being 92%

You are asleep, your self an illusion. The practice of observing from within that undoes both.

by Jeanne de Salzmann 2010

4.35

299 ratings

🕯️ Esoteric Traditions 👁️ Self-Observation 🔍 Attention And Awareness ⛏️ Inner Work 🫧 Ego Dissolution

Awareness

by Osho • 2001

Self-improvement and morality are cages. True freedom is learning to watch your own mind.

4.31

3k+

🧘 Eastern Philosophy 👁️ Witness Consciousness ☯️ Non-Dual Awareness 🎁 Present Moment 🌊 Spontaneous Living

Awareness 92%

Self-improvement and morality are cages. True freedom is learning to watch your own mind.

by Osho 2001

4.31

3k+ ratings

🧘 Eastern Philosophy 👁️ Witness Consciousness ☯️ Non-Dual Awareness 🎁 Present Moment 🌊 Spontaneous Living

by Mel R. Thompson • 2009

Your self is not a fixed thing but a map you draw and redraw every day.

3.55

203

🧠 Philosophy Of Self 🏗️ Constructed Self 💭 Memory And Identity 💻 Digital Identity ☕ Existentialism

Me 92%

Your self is not a fixed thing but a map you draw and redraw every day.

by Mel R. Thompson 2009

3.55

203 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Self 🏗️ Constructed Self 💭 Memory And Identity 💻 Digital Identity ☕ Existentialism

Altered States of Consciousness

by Marc Wittmann • 2018

Time is built from bodily signals. Change consciousness, and it stretches, shrinks, or vanishes.

3.74

194

🧠 Consciousness Studies ⏱️ Time Perception 🌌 Altered States 🫁 Embodied Cognition 💓 Interoception

Altered States of Consciousness 92%

Time is built from bodily signals. Change consciousness, and it stretches, shrinks, or vanishes.

by Marc Wittmann 2018

3.74

194 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies ⏱️ Time Perception 🌌 Altered States 🫁 Embodied Cognition 💓 Interoception

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Your left hemisphere built the modern world. It is also why everything is falling apart.

4.76

567

🧠 Consciousness Studies 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 👁️ Attention And Perception 🌌 Beyond Materialism 🔄 Process Philosophy

The Matter With Things 92%

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by Iain McGilchrist 2021

4.76

567 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 👁️ Attention And Perception 🌌 Beyond Materialism 🔄 Process Philosophy

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by Philip Renard • 2017

The sense of 'I' is both trap and door. Three masters on looking at the looker.

4.39

120

🕉️ Advaita Vedanta ☯️ Non-Duality 🔍 Self-Inquiry 🪞 Nature Of Self 🌅 Spiritual Awakening

'I' is a Door 92%

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by Philip Renard 2017

4.39

120 ratings

🕉️ Advaita Vedanta ☯️ Non-Duality 🔍 Self-Inquiry 🪞 Nature Of Self 🌅 Spiritual Awakening

The Experience Machine

by Andy Clark • 2023

Your brain guesses reality instead of recording it, and the mismatch shapes everything.

3.91

1k+

🧠 Predictive Processing 💭 Consciousness Studies 🦾 Embodied Cognition 🌐 Distributed Cognition ❤️ Embodied Emotion

The Experience Machine 92%

Your brain guesses reality instead of recording it, and the mismatch shapes everything.

by Andy Clark 2023

3.91

1k+ ratings

🧠 Predictive Processing 💭 Consciousness Studies 🦾 Embodied Cognition 🌐 Distributed Cognition ❤️ Embodied Emotion

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