LEADER 03773nam 22007215 450 001 9910304129703321 005 20230810183855.0 010 $a3-319-09345-2 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-09345-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000244746 035 $a(EBL)1966896 035 $a(OCoLC)908086215 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001353621 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11814433 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001353621 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11315392 035 $a(PQKB)11484109 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-09345-1 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1966896 035 $z(PPN)25886379X 035 $a(PPN)181349884 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000244746 100 $a20140918d2015 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSecular Spirituality $eThe Next Step Towards Enlightenment /$fby Harald Walach 205 $a1st ed. 2015. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (222 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in Neuroscience, Consciousness and Spirituality,$x2211-8926 ;$v4 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-319-09344-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface -- Chapter 1: Clarifications and Presuppositions -- Chapter 2: The Historical Framework: Enlightenment, Science, and the Difficulties with the Notion of God -- Chapter 3: Spirituality, Taboo, and the Opportunity for Science -- Chapter 4: Secular, Non-Dogmatic Spirituality -- Chapter 5: Distortions, Dangers, Further Considerations -- Chapter 6: Getting on with Enlightenment: The Necessity of a Secular Non-dogmatic Spirituality. 330 $aThis book discusses spirituality as an emerging scientific topic from a historical perspective, with extensive discussion of the mind-body problem and of scientific concepts of consciousness. While the book focuses on the Western tradition of ?Enlightenment?, it also implicitly addresses the double meaning of the term, with the Eastern tradition describing it as ?a state of true knowledge, which is an important goal on an individual?s spiritual path? and the Western tradition seeing it as ?the collective process of getting rid of narrow-minded dogmas and concepts?. The book is based on a simple yet challenging premise: Science has not gone far enough in the scientific process of going from a collective mind tied up in dogmatic teachings to a truly free mind that, seemingly, freed itself from bondage and restrictions. The book shows that science, and with it our whole Western culture, has to incorporate spirituality if it is to realize this goal of enlightenment. If that is done, and it can only be done by many individuals actually practicing spirituality, this will also lead to the individual type of enlightenment. 410 0$aStudies in Neuroscience, Consciousness and Spirituality,$x2211-8926 ;$v4 606 $aReligion$xPhilosophy 606 $aCulture 606 $aScience$xHistory 606 $aPhilosophy of Religion 606 $aSociology of Culture 606 $aHistory of Science 615 0$aReligion$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aCulture. 615 0$aScience$xHistory. 615 14$aPhilosophy of Religion. 615 24$aSociology of Culture. 615 24$aHistory of Science. 676 $a10 676 $a201.7 676 $a210 676 $a509 700 $aWalach$b Harald$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0977875 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910304129703321 996 $aSecular Spirituality$92227729 997 $aUNINA