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Consciousness Book Summaries

Full Body Presence
by Suzanne Scurlock-Durana • 2010
Your body holds the wisdom you need. A simple practice to hear it and prevent burnout.
4.14
106
Full Body Presence Summary
Full Body Presence
Your body holds the wisdom you need. A simple practice to hear it and prevent burnout.
by Suzanne Scurlock-Durana 2010 216 pages
4.14
106 ratings
Doorways to Light
by Krishnananda Trobe • 2006
Hidden sages have guided humanity for two billion years. A Golden Age began in 1974.
4.28
160
Doorways to Light Summary
Doorways to Light
Hidden sages have guided humanity for two billion years. A Golden Age began in 1974.
by Krishnananda Trobe 2006 154 pages
4.28
160 ratings
Welcome to Your Brain
by Sandra Aamodt • 2008
The brain science behind lost keys, bad gambles, and why you can't tickle yourself.
3.72
1k+
Welcome to Your Brain Summary
Welcome to Your Brain
The brain science behind lost keys, bad gambles, and why you can't tickle yourself.
by Sandra Aamodt 2008 240 pages
3.72
1k+ ratings
The Daimon and the Soul of the West
by Bernardo Kastrup • 2025
Restlessness is nature's demand for sacrifice over happiness; surrendering to it is liberation.
4.31
129
The Daimon and the Soul of the West Summary
The Daimon and the Soul of the West
Restlessness is nature's demand for sacrifice over happiness; surrendering to it is liberation.
by Bernardo Kastrup 2025 167 pages
4.31
129 ratings
Learn To Think Using Thought Experiments
by Patrick King • 2020
Your mind needs a gym. Philosophy's greatest thought experiments are the equipment.
3.84
101
Learn To Think Using Thought Experiments Summary
Learn To Think Using Thought Experiments
Your mind needs a gym. Philosophy's greatest thought experiments are the equipment.
by Patrick King 2020 160 pages
3.84
101 ratings
Sidewalk Oracles
by Robert Moss • 2015
Turn coincidences into guidance. Games for reading the signs the world leaves on every sidewalk.
4.10
323
Sidewalk Oracles Summary
Sidewalk Oracles
Turn coincidences into guidance. Games for reading the signs the world leaves on every sidewalk.
by Robert Moss 2015 272 pages
4.10
323 ratings
The Last Man Who Knew Everything
by Mike Hockney • 2012
The universe is math, not matter, and your mind is a zero with infinite potential.
4.46
90
The Last Man Who Knew Everything Summary
The Last Man Who Knew Everything
The universe is math, not matter, and your mind is a zero with infinite potential.
by Mike Hockney 2012 298 pages
4.46
90 ratings
Oltre l'invisibile. Dove scienza e spiritualità si uniscono
by Federico Faggin • 2024
He invented the microprocessor. Then a mystical awakening, and he built a physics to explain it.
3.78
98
Oltre l'invisibile. Dove scienza e spiritualità si uniscono Summary
Oltre l'invisibile. Dove scienza e spiritualità si uniscono
He invented the microprocessor. Then a mystical awakening, and he built a physics to explain it.
by Federico Faggin 2024 304 pages
3.78
98 ratings
The Eye of the I
by David R. Hawkins • 2001
The ego is the only barrier to enlightenment. A muscle test can map your way past it.
4.45
1k+
The Eye of the I Summary
The Eye of the I
The ego is the only barrier to enlightenment. A muscle test can map your way past it.
by David R. Hawkins 2001 352 pages
4.45
1k+ ratings
Lives of the Soul
by Frederick Dodson • 2010
Your soul forgot itself to make life real. Access the permitted cheat codes for remembering.
4.44
73
Lives of the Soul Summary
Lives of the Soul
Your soul forgot itself to make life real. Access the permitted cheat codes for remembering.
by Frederick Dodson 2010 251 pages
4.44
73 ratings
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
by John Locke • 1690
Words name ideas, not things. Philosophy's longest arguments begin with confusing the two.
3.86
17k+
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Summary
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
Words name ideas, not things. Philosophy's longest arguments begin with confusing the two.
by John Locke 1690 355 pages
3.86
17k+ ratings
When Nothing Works Try Doing Nothing
by Frank J. Kinslow • 2014
The self-help industry runs on effort. Here is why trying harder is exactly what keeps you stuck.
4.17
35
When Nothing Works Try Doing Nothing Summary
When Nothing Works Try Doing Nothing
The self-help industry runs on effort. Here is why trying harder is exactly what keeps you stuck.
by Frank J. Kinslow 2014 180 pages
4.17
35 ratings
Emotional Disorders and Metacognition
by Adrian Wells • 2000
The therapeutic target most clinicians miss: beliefs about thinking, not the thoughts themselves.
3.63
16
Emotional Disorders and Metacognition Summary
Emotional Disorders and Metacognition
The therapeutic target most clinicians miss: beliefs about thinking, not the thoughts themselves.
by Adrian Wells 2000 256 pages
3.63
16 ratings
Path of Empowerment
by Barbara Marciniak • 2004
The Pleiadians on a 25-year cosmic speed-up that turns every thought into lived experience, fast.
4.34
473
Path of Empowerment Summary
Path of Empowerment
The Pleiadians on a 25-year cosmic speed-up that turns every thought into lived experience, fast.
by Barbara Marciniak 2004 256 pages
4.34
473 ratings
The Man Who Tasted Words
by Guy Leschziner • 2022
What a man who hears his own eyeballs move reveals about the illusions of your senses.
4.04
500+
The Man Who Tasted Words Summary
The Man Who Tasted Words
What a man who hears his own eyeballs move reveals about the illusions of your senses.
by Guy Leschziner 2022 336 pages
4.04
500+ ratings
Prana Vidya
by Satyananda Saraswati • 2013
Awaken prana and direct it: the tantric method for healing, meditation, and mastery.
4.53
30
Prana Vidya Summary
Prana Vidya
Awaken prana and direct it: the tantric method for healing, meditation, and mastery.
by Satyananda Saraswati 2013 271 pages
4.53
30 ratings
Materialist Phenomenology
by Manuel DeLanda • 2021
Mindless agents and a thinking body construct perception; the self is just a story.
4.05
21
Materialist Phenomenology Summary
Materialist Phenomenology
Mindless agents and a thinking body construct perception; the self is just a story.
by Manuel DeLanda 2021 224 pages
4.05
21 ratings
Inner Sense
by Caroline Williams • 2025
Eighty percent of the body-brain highway runs upward. What happens when you learn to listen?
4.22
99
Inner Sense Summary
Inner Sense
Eighty percent of the body-brain highway runs upward. What happens when you learn to listen?
by Caroline Williams 2025 272 pages
4.22
99 ratings
The Heart of Buddhist Meditation
by Nyanaponika Thera • 1962
The Buddha's map from ordinary attention to the end of suffering: no belief, just watch.
4.18
373
The Heart of Buddhist Meditation Summary
The Heart of Buddhist Meditation
The Buddha's map from ordinary attention to the end of suffering: no belief, just watch.
by Nyanaponika Thera 1962 288 pages
4.18
373 ratings
Trauma and the Soul
by Donald Kalsched • 2012
Trauma fractures the psyche to protect its core. The inner guardians become the torturers.
4.52
455
Trauma and the Soul Summary
Trauma and the Soul
Trauma fractures the psyche to protect its core. The inner guardians become the torturers.
by Donald Kalsched 2012 364 pages
4.52
455 ratings
Why Everyone (Else) Is a Hypocrite
by Robert Kurzban • 2010
Inconsistency isn't a flaw in your character. It's a feature of your mental architecture.
3.95
500+
Why Everyone (Else) Is a Hypocrite Summary
Why Everyone (Else) Is a Hypocrite
Inconsistency isn't a flaw in your character. It's a feature of your mental architecture.
by Robert Kurzban 2010 288 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
Hyperreality
by Mike Hockney • 2012
Reality is a self-solving mathematical equation, and God is the answer, not the author.
4.61
56
Hyperreality Summary
Hyperreality
Reality is a self-solving mathematical equation, and God is the answer, not the author.
by Mike Hockney 2012 213 pages
4.61
56 ratings
The Process of Learning
by Jack Tenen • 2011
Real learning requires confusion, not goals. A movement teacher's guide to letting the body lead.
5.00
1
The Process of Learning Summary
The Process of Learning
Real learning requires confusion, not goals. A movement teacher's guide to letting the body lead.
by Jack Tenen 2011 132 pages
5.00
1 ratings
The Hidden Geometry of Life
by Karen L. French • 2012
The cosmos is written in geometry. Three shapes frame reality; one spiral drives its motion.
3.67
55
The Hidden Geometry of Life Summary
The Hidden Geometry of Life
The cosmos is written in geometry. Three shapes frame reality; one spiral drives its motion.
by Karen L. French 2012 240 pages
3.67
55 ratings
Prana And Pranayama
by Niranjanananda Saraswati • 2002
Your breath has a pause button. Use it to rewire your brain and awaken dormant energy.
4.51
300
Prana And Pranayama Summary
Prana And Pranayama
Your breath has a pause button. Use it to rewire your brain and awaken dormant energy.
by Niranjanananda Saraswati 2002 362 pages
4.51
300 ratings
Psychoanalysis Sleep and Dreams
by André Tridon • 2013
Dreams, even nightmares, are wishes you cannot admit. Decode them and insomnia dissolves.
2.00
2
Psychoanalysis Sleep and Dreams Summary
Psychoanalysis Sleep and Dreams
Dreams, even nightmares, are wishes you cannot admit. Decode them and insomnia dissolves.
by André Tridon 2013 170 pages
2.00
2 ratings
Living in Flow
by Catherine Krame • 2019
How to tap a universal energy field called Flow through mindfulness, heart coherence, and surrender.
4.50
2
Living in Flow Summary
Living in Flow
How to tap a universal energy field called Flow through mindfulness, heart coherence, and surrender.
by Catherine Krame 2019 184 pages
4.50
2 ratings
Discovering Your Personality Type
by Don Richard Riso • 1992
Nine personality patterns run your life. A system for identifying yours and loosening its grip.
3.91
500+
Discovering Your Personality Type Summary
Discovering Your Personality Type
Nine personality patterns run your life. A system for identifying yours and loosening its grip.
by Don Richard Riso 1992 224 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
The Ego and the Id
by Sigmund Freud • 1923
The self is not the boss. It's the exhausted middleman between animal hunger and moral punishment.
3.81
12k+
The Ego and the Id Summary
The Ego and the Id
The self is not the boss. It's the exhausted middleman between animal hunger and moral punishment.
by Sigmund Freud 1923 87 pages
3.81
12k+ ratings
Salvar las apariencias
by Owen Barfield • 1957
Science turned nature into dead objects. Conscious imagination might bring the cosmos back to life.
4.27
500+
Salvar las apariencias Summary
Salvar las apariencias
Science turned nature into dead objects. Conscious imagination might bring the cosmos back to life.
by Owen Barfield 1957 256 pages
4.27
500+ ratings
Identity And Story
by Dan P. McAdams • 2006
The self is not one voice but many, and identity is the story they rewrite together.
4.12
26
Identity And Story Summary
Identity And Story
The self is not one voice but many, and identity is the story they rewrite together.
by Dan P. McAdams 2006 284 pages
4.12
26 ratings
Human Living the Adventure Being of Life and And Love Becoming
by David G. Benner • 2016
Life is an adventure of becoming whole. Imperfection is not the obstacle; it is the path.
4.14
64
Human Living the Adventure Being of Life and And Love Becoming Summary
Human Living the Adventure Being of Life and And Love Becoming
Life is an adventure of becoming whole. Imperfection is not the obstacle; it is the path.
by David G. Benner 2016 174 pages
4.14
64 ratings
Reclaim Your Life
by Carissa Gustafson • 2019
Seven weeks to stop obeying your thoughts and move toward what you actually value.
4.16
180
Reclaim Your Life Summary
Reclaim Your Life
Seven weeks to stop obeying your thoughts and move toward what you actually value.
by Carissa Gustafson 2019 196 pages
4.16
180 ratings
7 Rules for a Calm Mind in a Chaotic World
by Abhijeet Mukherjee • 2025
Seven practical rules to quiet an anxious mind, from breathwork to digital boundaries.
4.36
123
7 Rules for a Calm Mind in a Chaotic World Summary
7 Rules for a Calm Mind in a Chaotic World
Seven practical rules to quiet an anxious mind, from breathwork to digital boundaries.
by Abhijeet Mukherjee 2025 200 pages
4.36
123 ratings
The New Existentialism
by Colin Wilson • 1983
Sartre and Camus mistook a psychological glitch for a philosophical truth. The glitch is fixable.
4.18
138
The New Existentialism Summary
The New Existentialism
Sartre and Camus mistook a psychological glitch for a philosophical truth. The glitch is fixable.
by Colin Wilson 1983 192 pages
4.18
138 ratings
Fated Tides
by Sarah Faeth Sanders • 2024
Two souls across lifetimes: a pirate love story where death begins the next reunion.
4.40
25
Fated Tides Summary
Fated Tides
Two souls across lifetimes: a pirate love story where death begins the next reunion.
by Sarah Faeth Sanders 2024 344 pages
4.40
25 ratings
The Tacit Dimension
by Michael Polanyi • 1966
Every explicit rule, theorem, and formula floats on a vast sea of knowledge you cannot articulate.
4.04
478
The Tacit Dimension Summary
The Tacit Dimension
Every explicit rule, theorem, and formula floats on a vast sea of knowledge you cannot articulate.
by Michael Polanyi 1966 119 pages
4.04
478 ratings
Telos
by Dianne Robbins • 2015
A hidden city of immortals thrives under Mount Shasta. Its residents are ready to make contact.
4.66
29
Telos Summary
Telos
A hidden city of immortals thrives under Mount Shasta. Its residents are ready to make contact.
by Dianne Robbins 2015 259 pages
4.66
29 ratings
The Wisdom of The Council
by Sara Landon • 2022
The universe runs on alignment, not effort: a channeled council on why agenda blocks creation.
4.61
320
The Wisdom of The Council Summary
The Wisdom of The Council
The universe runs on alignment, not effort: a channeled council on why agenda blocks creation.
by Sara Landon 2022 207 pages
4.61
320 ratings
Beginners Guide to Quantum Psychology
by Stephen H. Wolinsky • 2000
Your entire psychology may rest on one false conclusion you reached before age one.
3.95
39
Beginners Guide to Quantum Psychology Summary
Beginners Guide to Quantum Psychology
Your entire psychology may rest on one false conclusion you reached before age one.
by Stephen H. Wolinsky 2000 183 pages
3.95
39 ratings
Healing Ourselves
by Shamini Jain • 2021
Energy healing isn't magic. It's biology, and the evidence is in your cells.
4.29
133
Healing Ourselves Summary
Healing Ourselves
Energy healing isn't magic. It's biology, and the evidence is in your cells.
by Shamini Jain 2021 320 pages
4.29
133 ratings
Exploring Inner Space
by Jane Dunlap • 1961
A 1961 housewife took clinical LSD and experienced the force pulling evolution upward. It was God.
3.92
12
Exploring Inner Space Summary
Exploring Inner Space
A 1961 housewife took clinical LSD and experienced the force pulling evolution upward. It was God.
by Jane Dunlap 1961 216 pages
3.92
12 ratings
Who's in Charge? Free Will and the Science of the Brain
by Michael S. Gazzaniga • 2011
Your brain decides without you. Free will is a social question, not a neural one.
4.00
3k+
Who's in Charge? Free Will and the Science of the Brain Summary
Who's in Charge? Free Will and the Science of the Brain
Your brain decides without you. Free will is a social question, not a neural one.
by Michael S. Gazzaniga 2011 260 pages
4.00
3k+ ratings
Se libérer des pensées (ICI / MAINTENAN)
by Lionel Cruzille • 2015
Your thoughts are not your own, and believing them is optional. A practice in liberation.
3.17
12
Se libérer des pensées (ICI / MAINTENAN) Summary
Se libérer des pensées (ICI / MAINTENAN)
Your thoughts are not your own, and believing them is optional. A practice in liberation.
by Lionel Cruzille 2015 133 pages
3.17
12 ratings
Metazoa / Other Minds
by Peter Godfrey-Smith • 2021
500 million neurons spread across eight arms: the alien mind on Earth.
4.10
20
Metazoa / Other Minds Summary
Metazoa / Other Minds
500 million neurons spread across eight arms: the alien mind on Earth.
by Peter Godfrey-Smith 2021
4.10
20 ratings
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