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Phi
by Giulio Tononi • 2012
How to measure a soul: why a camera distinguishes more than a brain, yet cannot see.
3.89
944
Phi Summary
Phi 91%
How to measure a soul: why a camera distinguishes more than a brain, yet cannot see.
by Giulio Tononi 2012
3.89
944 ratings
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
Then I Am Myself the World Summary
Then I Am Myself the World 90%
No matter how smart AI becomes, it will never be sentient. Consciousness is not computable.
by Christof Koch 2024
3.98
388 ratings
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
Wider Than the Sky Summary
Wider Than the Sky 90%
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
Stalking the Wild Pendulum
by Itzhak Bentov • 1977
At the still point between heartbeats, consciousness leaves the body and briefly touches the cosmos.
4.29
1k+
Stalking the Wild Pendulum Summary
Stalking the Wild Pendulum 90%
At the still point between heartbeats, consciousness leaves the body and briefly touches the cosmos.
by Itzhak Bentov 1977
4.29
1k+ ratings
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+
You Are the Universe Summary
You Are the Universe 89%
Your brain doesn't make consciousness. It receives it. The universe was mind first, matter second.
by Deepak Chopra 2017
3.59
3k+ ratings
The Consciousness Instinct
by Michael S. Gazzaniga • 2018
Consciousness isn't one network but a modular biological instinct, and silicon won't replicate it.
3.87
839
The Consciousness Instinct Summary
The Consciousness Instinct 89%
Consciousness isn't one network but a modular biological instinct, and silicon won't replicate it.
by Michael S. Gazzaniga 2018
3.87
839 ratings
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.
3.95
9k+
I Am a Strange Loop Summary
I Am a Strange Loop 89%
The self is an abstract loop the brain builds, and Gödel's proof shows how.
by Douglas R. Hofstadter 2007
3.95
9k+ ratings
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
Simulations of God Summary
Simulations of God 89%
God is a simulation your mind builds, and altered states reveal the source code.
by John C. Lilly 1975
4.00
133 ratings
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
The Flip Summary
The Flip 89%
Your brain is a receiver, not a producer, of consciousness. The anomalies that prove it.
by Jeffrey J. Kripal 2019
3.99
537 ratings
The Isaiah Effect
by Gregg Braden • 2000
Feel your prayer as answered, not asked. Why this ancient mode shifts crime rates and DNA.
4.17
1k+
The Isaiah Effect Summary
The Isaiah Effect 89%
Feel your prayer as answered, not asked. Why this ancient mode shifts crime rates and DNA.
by Gregg Braden 2000
4.17
1k+ ratings
Matter Into Feeling
by Fred Alan Wolf • 2014
The observer effect reaches beyond physics: what you attend to becomes your world.
3.98
199
Matter Into Feeling Summary
Matter Into Feeling 89%
The observer effect reaches beyond physics: what you attend to becomes your world.
by Fred Alan Wolf 2014
3.98
199 ratings
The Holographic Universe
by Michael Talbot • 1991
Reality is a holographic projection from a deeper order, and your brain is the interpreter.
4.09
11k+
The Holographic Universe Summary
The Holographic Universe 89%
Reality is a holographic projection from a deeper order, and your brain is the interpreter.
by Michael Talbot 1991
4.09
11k+ ratings
The Brain
by David Eagleman • 2015
Your self is a construction rebuilt daily by a brain that will run on any hardware.
4.25
23k+
The Brain Summary
The Brain 89%
Your self is a construction rebuilt daily by a brain that will run on any hardware.
by David Eagleman 2015
4.25
23k+ ratings
Bashar
by Darryl Anka • 1990
A future civilization says we are dreaming the universe together. Time simultaneous, death illusion.
4.42
141
Bashar Summary
Bashar 89%
A future civilization says we are dreaming the universe together. Time simultaneous, death illusion.
by Darryl Anka 1990
4.42
141 ratings
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
Zen and the Art of Consciousness Summary
Zen and the Art of Consciousness 89%
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
Descartes' Error
by António Damásio • 1994
A railroad foreman's brain injury revealed that reason depends on emotion, not pure logic.
3.95
10k+
Descartes' Error Summary
Descartes' Error 89%
A railroad foreman's brain injury revealed that reason depends on emotion, not pure logic.
by António Damásio 1994
3.95
10k+ ratings
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+
The Embodied Mind Summary
The Embodied Mind 89%
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
The Experience Machine
by Andy Clark • 2023
Your brain guesses reality instead of recording it, and the mismatch shapes everything.
3.91
1k+
The Experience Machine Summary
The Experience Machine 89%
Your brain guesses reality instead of recording it, and the mismatch shapes everything.
by Andy Clark 2023
3.91
1k+ ratings
Leap of Perception
by Penney Peirce • 2013
The Information Age is ending. What replaces it runs on intuition, not data.
4.17
206
Leap of Perception Summary
Leap of Perception 89%
The Information Age is ending. What replaces it runs on intuition, not data.
by Penney Peirce 2013
4.17
206 ratings
Conversations on Consciousness
by Susan Blackmore • 2005
One interviewer, twenty thinkers, one question: why aren't we just sophisticated zombies?
4.02
2k+
Conversations on Consciousness Summary
Conversations on Consciousness 89%
One interviewer, twenty thinkers, one question: why aren't we just sophisticated zombies?
by Susan Blackmore 2005
4.02
2k+ ratings
Materialist Phenomenology
by Manuel DeLanda • 2021
Mindless agents and a thinking body construct perception; the self is just a story.
4.05
21
Materialist Phenomenology Summary
Materialist Phenomenology 89%
Mindless agents and a thinking body construct perception; the self is just a story.
by Manuel DeLanda 2021
4.05
21 ratings
Virtually Human
by Martine Rothblatt • 2014
Software copies of human minds will outlive bodies and demand citizenship. They're almost here.
3.51
182
Virtually Human Summary
Virtually Human 89%
Software copies of human minds will outlive bodies and demand citizenship. They're almost here.
by Martine Rothblatt 2014
3.51
182 ratings
How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain
by Andrew B. Newberg • 2016
A neural event underlies enlightenment. The science of the shift, and the practices that produce it.
3.91
314
How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain Summary
How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain 89%
A neural event underlies enlightenment. The science of the shift, and the practices that produce it.
by Andrew B. Newberg 2016
3.91
314 ratings
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
62
From Shiva to Schrödinger Summary
From Shiva to Schrödinger 89%
A quantum physicist finds his field's strangest truths already mapped in ancient Kashmir.
by Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar 2024
4.00
62 ratings
Consciousness
by Susan Blackmore • 2003
Why brain activity feels like something, and the self that feels it is a fiction.
3.87
3k+
Consciousness Summary
Consciousness 89%
Why brain activity feels like something, and the self that feels it is a fiction.
by Susan Blackmore 2003
3.87
3k+ ratings
The Neurotic's Guide to Avoiding Enlightenment
by Chris Niebauer • 2014
The self you're improving isn't real. Split-brain science on why effort undermines itself.
4.18
61
The Neurotic's Guide to Avoiding Enlightenment Summary
The Neurotic's Guide to Avoiding Enlightenment 89%
The self you're improving isn't real. Split-brain science on why effort undermines itself.
by Chris Niebauer 2014
4.18
61 ratings
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
My Big TOE - Awakening, Discovey, Inner Workings Summary
My Big TOE - Awakening, Discovey, Inner Workings 89%
You are not a body in a universe; you are consciousness inside a simulation.
by Thomas Campbell 2007
4.30
528 ratings
Science Set Free
by Rupert Sheldrake • 2012
Science rests on ten assumptions it never proved. The experiments that could topple them.
4.08
2k+
Science Set Free Summary
Science Set Free 89%
Science rests on ten assumptions it never proved. The experiments that could topple them.
by Rupert Sheldrake 2012
4.08
2k+ ratings
One Mind
by Larry Dossey • 2013
Individual minds are an illusion: a doctor's case for the one consciousness we all share.
4.12
539
One Mind Summary
One Mind 89%
Individual minds are an illusion: a doctor's case for the one consciousness we all share.
by Larry Dossey 2013
4.12
539 ratings
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
39
Beginners Guide to Quantum Psychology Summary
Beginners Guide to Quantum Psychology 89%
Your entire psychology may rest on one false conclusion you reached before age one.
by Stephen H. Wolinsky 2000
3.95
39 ratings
Science and the Akashic Field
by Ervin Laszlo • 2004
A field of information underlies reality, explaining why particles are entangled and minds connect.
4.03
925
Science and the Akashic Field Summary
Science and the Akashic Field 89%
A field of information underlies reality, explaining why particles are entangled and minds connect.
by Ervin Laszlo 2004
4.03
925 ratings
The Ego Tunnel
by Thomas Metzinger • 2009
There is no self, only a model the brain generates and mistakes for a soul.
4.10
3k+
The Ego Tunnel Summary
The Ego Tunnel 89%
There is no self, only a model the brain generates and mistakes for a soul.
by Thomas Metzinger 2009
4.10
3k+ ratings
Limitless Mind
by Russell Targ • 2004
Remote viewing is real, tested at Stanford, and learnable. The physicist who proved it shows how.
4.02
523
Limitless Mind Summary
Limitless Mind 89%
Remote viewing is real, tested at Stanford, and learnable. The physicist who proved it shows how.
by Russell Targ 2004
4.02
523 ratings
Irreducible
by Federico Faggin • 2024
Consciousness came first. Matter is what it looks like from the outside. Quantum physics proves it.
4.10
477
Irreducible Summary
Irreducible 89%
Consciousness came first. Matter is what it looks like from the outside. Quantum physics proves it.
by Federico Faggin 2024
4.10
477 ratings
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
98
Oltre l'invisibile. Dove scienza e spiritualità si uniscono Summary
Oltre l'invisibile. Dove scienza e spiritualità si uniscono 89%
He invented the microprocessor. Then a mystical awakening, and he built a physics to explain it.
by Federico Faggin 2024
3.78
98 ratings
The Source Field Investigations
by David Wilcock • 2011
Space is not empty. A conscious field stores the past, directs evolution, and responds to thought.
4.19
1k+
The Source Field Investigations Summary
The Source Field Investigations 89%
Space is not empty. A conscious field stores the past, directs evolution, and responds to thought.
by David Wilcock 2011
4.19
1k+ ratings
The Individual and the Nature of Mass Events
by Jane Roberts • 1982
Epidemics, cults, and disasters are externalizations of collective psychology, not random accidents.
4.61
614
The Individual and the Nature of Mass Events Summary
The Individual and the Nature of Mass Events 89%
Epidemics, cults, and disasters are externalizations of collective psychology, not random accidents.
by Jane Roberts 1982
4.61
614 ratings
The Cosmic Game
by Stanislav Grof • 1997
A psychiatrist's map of non-ordinary consciousness shows the self as a mask worn by the cosmos.
4.21
523
The Cosmic Game Summary
The Cosmic Game 89%
A psychiatrist's map of non-ordinary consciousness shows the self as a mask worn by the cosmos.
by Stanislav Grof 1997
4.21
523 ratings
The Physics of God
by Joseph Selbie • 2017
Quantum physics points where mystics always said: mind produces matter, not the reverse.
4.17
727
The Physics of God Summary
The Physics of God 89%
Quantum physics points where mystics always said: mind produces matter, not the reverse.
by Joseph Selbie 2017
4.17
727 ratings
Prometheus Rising
by Robert Anton Wilson • 1983
You inherited a mental operating system. A guide to spotting the code and rewriting it yourself.
4.25
8k+
Prometheus Rising Summary
Prometheus Rising 89%
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
Entangled Minds
by Dean Radin • 2006
Quantum entanglement may explain telepathy, and a century of lab evidence says it's real.
4.00
1k+
Entangled Minds Summary
Entangled Minds 89%
Quantum entanglement may explain telepathy, and a century of lab evidence says it's real.
by Dean Radin 2006
4.00
1k+ ratings
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.
4.31
1k+
The User Illusion Summary
The User Illusion 89%
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
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
19
The Fullness of the Ground Summary
The Fullness of the Ground 89%
Oneness is an experience inside the body, not a concept. The practice of inhabiting yourself awake.
by Judith Blackstone 2023
4.79
19 ratings
Lucid Dreaming
by Robert Waggoner • 2008
Inside a lucid dream, your unconscious answers back. And it knows things you don't.
4.09
2k+
Lucid Dreaming Summary
Lucid Dreaming 89%
Inside a lucid dream, your unconscious answers back. And it knows things you don't.
by Robert Waggoner 2008
4.09
2k+ ratings
Matter and Consciousness
by Paul M. Churchland • 1984
Folk psychology is a 2,000-year-old theory that hasn't improved. Neuroscience says it never will.
3.89
1k+
Matter and Consciousness Summary
Matter and Consciousness 89%
Folk psychology is a 2,000-year-old theory that hasn't improved. Neuroscience says it never will.
by Paul M. Churchland 1984
3.89
1k+ ratings
Infinite Love is the Only Truth
by David Icke • 2005
Your reality is a hologram broadcast by something wearing your leaders like clothes.
4.09
565
Infinite Love is the Only Truth Summary
Infinite Love is the Only Truth 89%
Your reality is a hologram broadcast by something wearing your leaders like clothes.
by David Icke 2005
4.09
565 ratings
The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos
by Brian Swimme • 1996
The universe has an origin point, and cosmology now locates it wherever you happen to be.
4.25
223
The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos Summary
The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos 89%
The universe has an origin point, and cosmology now locates it wherever you happen to be.
by Brian Swimme 1996
4.25
223 ratings
Miracles of Mind
by Russell Targ • 1999
Remote viewing is real. A CIA physicist proved it. The same mechanism makes distant healing real.
4.09
91
Miracles of Mind Summary
Miracles of Mind 89%
Remote viewing is real. A CIA physicist proved it. The same mechanism makes distant healing real.
by Russell Targ 1999
4.09
91 ratings
The Nature of Consciousness
by Rupert Spira • 2013
Consciousness is fundamental, matter its appearance. Seeing this ends separation's suffering.
4.41
3k+
The Nature of Consciousness Summary
The Nature of Consciousness 89%
Consciousness is fundamental, matter its appearance. Seeing this ends separation's suffering.
by Rupert Spira 2013
4.41
3k+ ratings
The Universe in a Single Atom
by Dalai Lama XIV • 2005
Science measures the brain; Buddhism trains the mind. What each alone misses about consciousness.
4.03
10k+
The Universe in a Single Atom Summary
The Universe in a Single Atom 89%
Science measures the brain; Buddhism trains the mind. What each alone misses about consciousness.
by Dalai Lama XIV 2005
4.03
10k+ ratings
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