RT Book T1 Mind in the balance: meditation in science, Buddhism, & Christianity T2 The Columbia series in science and religion A1 Wallace, B. Alan 1950- LA English PP New York Chichester PB Columbia University Press YR 2014 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1616423382 AB Part I: Meditation-Where It Started and How It Got Here -- Who am I? -- The origins of contemplation -- The scientific externalization of meditation -- Scientific studies of meditation -- Part II: Meditation in Theory and Practice -- Practice: attending to the breath of life -- Theory: coming to our senses -- Practice: the union of stillness and motion -- Theory: knowing and healing the mind -- Practice: behold the light of consciousness -- Theory: exploring the nature of consciousness -- Practice: probing the nature of the observer -- Theory: the ground state of consciousness -- Practice: oscillating awareness -- Theory: consciousness without beginning or end -- Practice: resting in the stillness of awareness -- Theory: worlds of skepticism -- Practice: the emptiness of mind -- Theory: the participatory worlds of Buddhism -- Practice: the emptiness of matter -- Theory: the participatory worlds of philosophy and science -- Practice: resting in timeless consciousness -- Theory: the luminous space of pristine awareness -- Practice: meditation in action -- The universe as a whole -- What shall we become? NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 201-232 CN BL627 SN 9780231147316 SN 0231147317 SN 0231147309 SN 9780231147309 K1 Meditation K1 Meditation : Buddhism K1 Meditation : Christianity