Waking Up

Um, "Any books or articles," says Ambi, "you recommend with changing this way of thinking? I don't know where to start." Oh, boy.

Okay, if you wanna just go to the beginning, let's say you're a science-y person and you're wondering what the hell I'm talking about, you can read Sam Harris' Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion, if you're into that.

If you're, um, otherwise, like dabbled into different, you know, religion, spirituality, whatever, but s- there's still suffering whatever, books by, um, Adyashanti, uh, like Emptiness Dancing, uh, kind of point at this emptying out of the self, emptying out of this egoic center.

It can kind of relax, be seen through, and then everything's just what it is.

Kai is radiance.

It's perfect.

Luna Darkmore, "Do you have any book recommendations?" So earlier I'd mentioned a few, Adyashanti, Emptiness Dancing, um, Sam Harris, Waking Up.

Um, these are books depending on where you are and what you're interested in, whether you're an atheist or a religious person.

That's the whole instruction.

But if you want real guidance and deep guidance, Sam Harris' Waking Up course is the one I genuinely recommend.

And of course, these days, there are thousands of others.

But for me, Waking Up is different.

It's more practical and rational for daily life in daily moments, not just for a solitary 10 or 20 minutes when you wake up.

If you've been meditating for a while though, try something different and really intentionally apply it to your photography practice.

Now, the competent guru is like that, who can, um ...

Actually, I was just re-reading this book, Waking Up by Sam Harris.

You know, he is an atheist, one of the leading atheists of the world.

But he has this book where he talks about the one kind of spirituality which he agrees to, which he thinks is valuable.

Care of the Soul, Dark Night of the Soul, Re-enchantment of Everyday Life, Theft of the Spirit.

What is the book? Waking Up with Sam Harris.

So I'll put some books and resources in the Seat of the Soul by Gary Zukav.

I'll put those in the show notes.