Mind in the balance : meditation in science, Buddhism, and Christianity /
By establishing a dialogue in which the meditative practices of Buddhism and Christianity speak to the theories of modern philosophy and science, B. Alan Wallace reveals the theoretical similarities underlying these disparate disciplines and their unified approach to making sense of the objective wo...
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New York ; Chichester, England :
Columbia University Press,
2014
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Table of Contents:
- THE COLUMBIA SERIES IN SCIENCE AND RELIGION; Title Page; Dedication; PREFACE; [PART] 1
- MEDITATION: WHERE IT STARTED AND HOW IT GOT HERE; 1
- WHO AM I?; 2
- THE ORIGINS OF CONTEMPLATION; CONTEMPLATION IN THE WEST; CONTEMPLATION IN THE EAST; 3
- THE SCIENTIFIC EXTERNALIZATION OF MEDITATION; 4
- SCIENTIFIC STUDIES OF MEDITATION; [PART] 2
- MEDITATION IN THEORY AND PRACTICE; [PRACTICE] 5
- ATTENDING TO THE BREATH OF LIFE; [THEORY] 6
- COMING TO OUR SENSES; [PRACTICE] 7
- THE UNION OF STILLNESS AND MOTION; [THEORY] 8
- KNOWING AND HEALING THE MIND; THE ORIGINS OF EVIL AND SUFFERING
- ""Table of Contents ""; ""Preface""; ""Part I: Meditation: Where It Started and How It Got Here ""; ""1. Who Am I?""; ""2. The Origins of Contemplation""; ""3. The Scientific Externalization of Meditation""; ""4. Scientific Studies of Meditation""; ""Part II: Meditation in Theory and Practice ""; ""5. Practice: Attending to the Breath of Life""; ""6. Theory: Coming to Our Senses""; ""7. Practice: The Union of Stillness and Motion""; ""8. Theory: Knowing and Healing the Mind""; ""9. Practice: Behold the Light of Consciousness""; ""10. Theory: Exploring the Nature of Consciousness""
- Observing the mindmindfulness and introspection; reflections of the mind; [practice] 9
- behold the light of consciousness; [theory] 10
- exploring the nature of consciousness; christian explorations; twentieth-century insights into consciousness; the buddhist inversion of consciousness; samadhi, a telescope for the mind; [practice] 11
- probing the nature of the observer; [theory] 12
- the ground state of consciousness; the ground of becoming; the defining characteristics of consciousness; the substrate consciousness; the substrate; the conservation of consciousness
- [PRACTICE] 19
- THE EMPTINESS OF MATTER[THEORY] 20
- THE PARTICIPATORY WORLDS OF PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE; A WORLD OF EXPERIENCE; A WORLD OF INFORMATION; A WORLD OF MEANING; [PRACTICE] 21
- RESTING IN TIMELESS CONSCIOUSNESS; [THEORY] 22
- THE LUMINOUS SPACE OF PRISTINE AWARENESS; THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN; BRIGHTLY SHINING MIND; BUDDHA NATURE; THE GREAT PERFECTION; [PRACTICE] 23
- MEDITATION IN ACTION; [THEORY] 24
- THE UNIVERSE AS A WHOLE; PERFECT SYMMETRY; PERFECT EQUILIBRIUM; CONVERGING COSMOLOGIES; 25
- WHAT SHALL WE BECOME?; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; Copyright Page
- [Practice] 13
- oscillating awareness[theory] 14
- consciousness without beginning or end; death and beyond; jewish and christian views on rebirth; buddhist views on rebirth; scientific studies of rebirth; contemplative scientific research into consciousness; [practice] 15
- resting in the stillness of awareness; [theory] 16
- worlds of skepticism; scientific skepticism; philosophical skepticism; contemplative skepticism; [practice] 17
- the emptiness of mind; [theory] 18
- the participatory worlds of buddhism; the self-less universe; a world of illusion
- ""11. Practice: Probing the Nature of the Observer""""12. Theory: The Ground State of Consciousness""; ""13. Practice: Oscillating Awareness""; ""14. Theory: Consciousness Without Beginning or End""; ""15. Practice: Resting in the Stillness of Awareness""; ""16. Theory: Worlds of Skepticism""; ""17. Practice: The Emptiness of Mind""; ""18. Theory: The Participatory Worlds of Buddhism""; ""19. Practice: The Emptiness of Matter""; ""20. Theory: The Participatory Worlds of Philosophy and Science""; ""21. Practice: Resting in Timeless Consciousness""
- ""22. Theory: The Luminous Space of Pristine Awareness""""23. Practice: Meditation in Action""; ""24. The Universe as a Whole""; ""25. What Shall We Become?""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index ""