Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality without Religion Audiobook Review
Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality without Religion – An Audio Book Review
- Author: Sam Harris
- Narrated by: Sam Harris
- Length: 5 hours and 53 minutes
- Unabridged
- Genre: Spirituality/Religion
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Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality without Religion Audio Book Summary:
Waking Up is an audiobook from Neuroscientist and New Atheist Sam Harris. This is an audiobook created to help people who follow no religion but still believe in spirituality. Throughout this audiobook, Harris will dispute that there are hidden truths to be found in the world that science and secular culture will be hard pressed to discover on their own. Waking Up is and audiobook that is part self-discovery and part study of the scientific fortifying of spirituality.
One reason to listen:
Open your mind with this audiobook that combines spirituality and modern science. This is a must read/listen for modern society that may very well help individuals break the shackles of religion.
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Reactions:
“I have been a big admirer of Sam Harris’s books for some time now. Many of his previous efforts have hinted at the kind of exposition found in Waking Up, and I have eagerly awaited the release of this book as a consequence. I wasn’t disappointed. To the contrary, and I can only say this about a handful of books I’ve read in the past few years, it has truly inspired me. Waking Up gives sober, practical, and yet highly compelling accounts of how we can approach the issues of consciousness and spirituality without the burdens of organized religion and all the toxic baggage it entails… A highly recommended audiobook” – Jeffery
“I always like audio performance of Sam Harris, his voice is calm and confident. As for the book itself I’m totally admire his insights, thoughts and analysis. I must admit though that some of his ideas may sound quite revolutionary for unprepared ears. Anybody would take much more from the book if he listens to it with open mind and heart. I would totally recommend the book to anybody who is looking for spiritual growth, free from bias, misconception or heresy.” – Tanyush
“This book has changed my life. It showed me my own neurotic thoughts are not unique to me but just a function of the brain. The guided meditations are the only ones I have ever found helpful. Read this Book!” – Mark Best
“Harris’ book was very good, but I felt that he could have dedicated more time to instructing the reader on how to practice some of the meditation techniques. Harris gives a few glancing examples, but I felt there could have been much more, especially considering Sam has had quite a lot of exposure with expert spiritual teachers. Sam has a lot to teach, and this is just the tip of the iceberg. That being said, I can’t help but to feel the title of this book is slightly misleading. This is less of a “guide” and more of an argument as to “why” these ideas should be considered. The “why” is very important – and a necessary part – but like I mentioned above, I wish the guidance portion was a little more significant.” – Ryan Dinan
“I’m not sure who needs this book more; the religiously atheist folks who deny any potential for non-local consciousness out of hand before even considering the data… or the religiously woo-woo spiritual folks who have no clue that science is focusing in on the things we call “spiritual” and is actually suggesting there is a scientific basis for some of the phenomena we call “spiritual” (but with caveats attached which can help us understand our “spiritual” existence better).” – Sean
Score on Audible: 4.3 out of 5
Score on Amazon: 4.6 out of 5
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