Table of Contents
Foreword Deepak Chopra ix
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction Zaya Maurizio Benazzo 1
Part 1 Voices of Contemporary Spirituality
Love and Wonder Adyashanti 7
Ordinary Awakening Gangaji 8
Closer to Heaven, Closer to the Mud Jeff Foster 12
The Magic of Shared Awareness Sally Kempton 15
The Essence of the Mind Rupert Spira 19
Faces of the Infinite in Everyday Life Dorothy Hunt 23
The Wonder of Unknowing Maura Bergonzi 27
Part 2 The Rebirth of Metaphysics
Nondual vs. Scientific Views of Reality A. H. Almaas 31
Of Consciousness and Paradox Jean Houston 37
Be Blissful Robert Thurman 39
The Qualitative Science of the Heart Kabir Helminski 43
The Anomaly of Consciousness Peter Russell 47
Radiant Intimacy of the Heart Cynthia Bourgeault 50
Part 3 Science Embraces Consciousness
A Brief History of Consciousness Stuart Hameroff 59
Reality Is Eye Candy Donald Hoffman 62
How to Make a Universe Jude Currivan 68
Mind, Matter, and Life: A Unified Systemic View Fritjof Capra 73
Mind and the Wave Function Collapse Henry Stapp 77
Idealism Reloaded: The End of the Perception-Imagination Duality Bernardo Kastrup 80
Part 4 The Wonder of Nature
Fundamental Awareness: The Universe Twiddling Its Thumbs Neil D. Theise 86
Rethinking the "Dumb Random Universe" Model of Existence Robert Lanza 91
The Origin of Life and Consciousness: Lifting and Gifting Our Collective Future Bruce Darner 95
Resurrecting Real Magic Dean Radin 99
The Mycology of Consciousness Paul Stamets 104
The Ecological Initiation Charles Eisenstein 108
Part 5 The Body as Teacher
What Are Our Bodies? Chris Fields 115
The Essence of Yoga: Exploring Our True Body Ellen Emmet 119
The Cerebrospinal Fluid and I Am Mauro Zappaterra 123
Lessons from the Body Larry Dossey 127
The Body, the Medical System, and Modern Society Gabor Maté 131
Cancer as an Awakening Journey Joan Tollifson 136
Part 6 The Heart of Intimacy
Reflections on Intimacy Zhen Dao 141
Awakened Relating: Being Awake to Our Infinite Nature in Finite Human Relationships Lynn Marie Lumiere 144
Intimacy and Keeping the Spark Alive Michaela Boehm 148
The Call of the Earth Goddess: Re-membering a Spirituality of Wholeness Chameli Ardagh 153
The Ego Cannot Love Eric Baret 156
Part 7 Exploring the Shadows
Developmental Trauma and the Transformation of Anger and Rage Julie Brown Yau 161
Healing Trauma as a Spiritual Path: Individual and Collective Dimensions Peter A. Levine 165
Mongolian Shamanic Trance Corine Sombrun 169
Dreaming the Mystery of Being Aware Stephen LaBerge 173
Fifteenth-Century Alchemy and Twenty-First-Century Liberation Pamela Wilson 177
Reconnecting to a Child Within Edward Frenkel 180
Part 8 Doorways to Heaven
The Science and Mystery of Consciousness Pim van Lommel 185
Grief Unmani 189
Three Basic Freedoms James Fadiman 192
The Blessings of Brokenness Vera de Chalambert 196
The Portal of a Poem Mirabai Starr 200
The Human Journey Shakti Caterina Maggi 204
Afterword: On the Relationship Between Science and Liberation Michael A. Singer 209
Contributors 213