Consciousness Science

In Living on Earth, Godfrey-Smith takes us on a grand tour of the history of life on earth. He visits Rwandan gorillas and Australian bowerbirds, returns to coral reefs and octopus dens, considers the impact of language and writing, and weighs the responsibilities our unique powers bring with them, as they relate to factory farming, habitat preservation, climate change, and the use of animals in experiments.

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Kristina Karlsson, the woman behind the inspiring global success story, kikki.K, shares personal insights from her amazing journey, from humble beginnings on a small farm in Sweden to the 3am light bulb moment that led her to chase and achieve dreams that are now inspiring a worldwide community of dreamers. Filled with simple and practical magic - and inspiring stories and wisdom from people who’ve dared to dream big - this audiobook will show you how to harness the power of dreaming to transform your life in small, simple steps.

Acerca del alma se enmarca en el grupo de obras aristotélicas dedicadas a la naturaleza orgánica y a los seres vivos. Aristóteles entiende el alma como principio de vida, lo cual explica que este estudio combine cuestiones de psicología y de fisiología. Se trata de una concepción naturalista muy distinta de las espiritualistas propias del platonismo y el cristianismo, sin connotaciones religiosas y apegada a las ciencias particulares.

Changing our relationship to the afterlife will transform our relationship to this world. As the worldview of monistic or analytic idealism displaces the obsolete model of reductive materialism, the values of our civilization will also change profoundly. Hence, on every level, this is a subject of primary importance for humanity's future.

This small booklet explores the latest theories of consciousness as developed by Michio Kaku, Christof Koch, and Michael Shermer, with a special focus on a new form of scientific animism, where animals and other life forms are now recognized to have awareness and the capacity to feel pain and suffering. Part of a presentation for the Dayalbagh Studies on Consciousness in Agra, India.

Behind a cacophony of traffic noise, iPhone alerts and our ever-spinning thoughts, an elusive notion - silence - lies in wait. But what really is silence? Where can it be found? And why is it more important now than ever? Erling Kagge, the Norwegian adventurer and polymath, once spent 50 days walking solo in Antarctica with a broken radio. In this meditative, charming and surprisingly powerful book, he explores the power of silence and the importance of shutting out the world.

How can science teach us that animals feel no pain when our common sense observations tell us otherwise? Bernard Rollin offers welcome insight into questions like this in his ground-breaking account of the difficult and controversial issues surrounding the use of animals. He demonstrates that the denial of animal consciousness and animal suffering is not an essential feature of a scientific approach, but rather a contingent, historical aberration that can and must be changed if science is to be both coherent and morally responsible.

"Thoughts are Things" (1889) is a philosophical work by Prentice Mulford. Content: The Material Mind Vs The Spiritual Mind, Who Are Our Relations? Thought Currents, One Way To Cultivate Courage, Look Forward! God In The Trees; Or, The Infinite Mind In Nature, Some Laws Of Health And Beauty, Museum And Menagerie Horrors, The God In Yourself, The Healing And Renewing Force Of Spring, Immortality In The Flesh, The Attraction Of Aspiration, The Accession Of New Thought.

Journey from Life to Life demystifies the underlying principles of life and death, one of the world’s most thought-about existential questions. Dr. Krishna Bhatta meets Western listeners where they are, providing an accessible, easy entry into even the most sophisticated aspects of Eastern teachings.

Why do I act the way I do? How can I think one thing, and do another? I know better! Why do I feel like a different person some days, on top of the world sometimes, and horrible at other times? There are answers to all of these questions. Anderson Silver has compiled teachings from stoicism and other schools of thought in Your Duality Within to help you navigate through them. A follow-up to the very successful Your User’s Manual, Your Duality Within is the second book in a three-book series tackling the most basic questions of our humanity.

La Robustesse est la capacité de faire face aux épreuves, d'agir avec courage et d'accomplir le nécessaire à temps. Nous vivons dans un monde de manque et d'excès, et le seul miracle, la vie, n'existe que gr'ce à l'équilibre. Cet équilibre est fragile : la toute-puissance de l'homme menace de le détruire. Les produits industriels transformés dérobent les nutriments et le goût naturel de notre alimentation.

With 15 color illustrations to help you visualize. In "The Conscious Cosmos: Unveiling the Mysteries of Panpsychism," embark on a transformative journey that challenges everything you thought you knew about consciousness. This revolutionary book takes you beyond the confines of conventional science and philosophy, introducing you to the groundbreaking idea that consciousness is not merely a human trait but a fundamental aspect of the universe itself. Dive deep into the captivating world of panpsychism, where every atom, every molecule, and every living being pulsates with a form of ...

Cuando su marido la abandonó, Rosemary Altea se dio cuenta de que el miedo había sido su compañero desde la cuna. Miedo a un padre con la severidad propia del militar y a una madre incapaz de mostrar ternura; miedo a los rostros y las voces que poblaban las noches de su niñez, a las extrañas percepciones que la estremecían, a todo cuanto la acercara a su abuela Eliza. No fue fácil para ella aceptar que poseía un don para comunicarse con los espíritus.

After seeing his own cells used to grow clumps of new neurons - essentially mini-brains - Philip Ball begins to examine the concepts of identity and consciousness. Delving into humanity's deep evolutionary past to look at how complex creatures like us emerged from single-celled life, he offers a new perspective on how humans think about ourselves.

La búsqueda constante e insaciable por la “felicidad” en el ser humano tiene un devastador sesgo funcional evidente: pocos nos cuestionamos qué es aquello que tanto deseamos y por qué.

There is a tyranny against human consciousness in existence upon this planet that is taking humanity towards an unwanted future. There is ongoing an operation of enslavement. This enslavement has been upon a perceptual level for centuries. It has operated upon the physical human body as well as through social, cultural, political, religious, and economic institutions. It has operated through mental and emotional systems as well as energetic and vibrational.

Nagomi represents a state of being where both 'bad' and 'good' things live in harmonious and beneficial co-existence. Every life will have joys and sorrows, opportunities and misfortunes. Understanding and accepting this is important, but nagomi takes it one step further by showing you how to balance all of these experiences, both positive and negative. Best-selling and internationally celebrated author Ken Mogi delves into Japan's history, into its traditions, its society and also into neuroscience to adapt the concept of nagomi for a Western audience.

"Consciousness matters. Arguably it matters more than anything. The purpose of this book is to build towards an explanation of just what the matter is."

Nicholas Humphrey begins this compelling exploration of the biggest of big questions with a challenge to the reader, and himself. What's involved in "seeing red"? What is it like for us to see someone else seeing something red? Seeing a red screen tells us a fact about something in the world. But it also creates a new fact - a sensation in each of our minds, the feeling of redness.

A diabetic woman awakens from a coma having forgotten the last 10 years of her life. A Haitian immigrant has nightmares that begin bleeding into his waking hours. A retired teacher loses the use of her right hand due to pain of no known origin. Noga Arikha began studying these patients and their confounding symptoms in order to explore how our physical experiences inform our identities. Soon after she initiated her work, the question took on unexpected urgency, as Arikha’s own mother began to show signs of Alzheimer’s disease.