| Ten Zen Questions Contributor(s): Blackmore, Susan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1851686428 ISBN-13: 9781851686421 Publisher: ONEWorld Publications OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2009 Annotation: Combining the latest theories about mind, self and consciousness with the mentally expansive practices of Zen, Blackmore has created a wonderfully challenging and rewarding work that seeks to tackle, if not solve, such bewildering questions as: am I conscious now? When am I? Who is asking the question? Where science stops short and dualism counts as little more than a cop out, intellectual inquiry and meditation can come together to help us comprehend the very mind that's struggling. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Body, Mind & Spirit | Mindfulness & Meditation |
| Dewey: 294.392 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.65 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Use Zen meditation to unravel the mysteries of consciousness. Using Zen meditation to unravel the mysteries of consciousness. The calming and de-stressing benefits of Zen meditation have long been known, but scientists are now considering its huge potential to influence our ability to understand and experience consciousness - though few will say it Susan Blackmore is about to change all that: she's a world expert in brain science who has also been practising Zen meditation for over twenty-five years. In this revolutionary book, she doesn't push any religious or spiritual agenda but simply presents the methods used in Zen as an aid to help us understand consciousness and identity - concepts which have stumped scientists and philosophers - in an exciting new way. Each chapter takes as its starting point one of Zen's - and science's - most intriguing questions such as, Am I conscious now? and How does thought arise? |