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Consciousness Book Summaries

I am The Mind
by Deep Trivedi • 2014
Born a genius, undone by upbringing: the mind's manual for recovering your childhood fearlessness.
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I am The Mind Summary
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I am The Mind
Born a genius, undone by upbringing: the mind's manual for recovering your childhood fearlessness.
by Deep Trivedi 2014 266 pages
3.83
500+ ratings
From Shiva to Schrödinger
by Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar • 2024
A quantum physicist finds his field's strangest truths already mapped in ancient Kashmir.
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62
From Shiva to Schrödinger Summary
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From Shiva to Schrödinger
A quantum physicist finds his field's strangest truths already mapped in ancient Kashmir.
by Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar 2024 240 pages
4.00
62 ratings
The Mind is Flat
by Nick Chater • 2018
Your inner life is not an archive. Every belief and emotion is improvised in the moment.
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The Mind is Flat Summary
Immersive
The Mind is Flat
Your inner life is not an archive. Every belief and emotion is improvised in the moment.
by Nick Chater 2018 272 pages
3.74
500+ ratings
Nature, Man and Woman
by Alan W. Watts • 1991
The wall between you and nature is a Western invention. It was never really there.
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Nature, Man and Woman Summary
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Nature, Man and Woman
The wall between you and nature is a Western invention. It was never really there.
by Alan W. Watts 1991 224 pages
4.16
1k+ ratings
The Power of Decision
by Raymond Charles Barker • 1968
The decision you refuse to make is the one that decides everything else against you.
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The Power of Decision Summary
Immersive
The Power of Decision
The decision you refuse to make is the one that decides everything else against you.
by Raymond Charles Barker 1968 165 pages
4.18
280 ratings
The New Existentialism
by Colin Wilson • 1983
Existentialism mistook fatigue for truth. A new one trains consciousness to perceive meaning.
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The New Existentialism Summary
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The New Existentialism
Existentialism mistook fatigue for truth. A new one trains consciousness to perceive meaning.
by Colin Wilson 1983 192 pages
4.18
138 ratings
Life 3.0
by Max Tegmark • 2017
Superintelligence is coming. The problem isn't building it; it's making sure it wants what we want.
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Life 3.0 Summary
Life 3.0
Superintelligence is coming. The problem isn't building it; it's making sure it wants what we want.
by Max Tegmark 2017 364 pages
3.99
27k+ ratings
A New Earth
by Eckhart Tolle • 2005
Beneath the thinking mind is a quiet awareness. Live from there, and accumulated pain dissolves.
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A New Earth Summary
A New Earth
Beneath the thinking mind is a quiet awareness. Live from there, and accumulated pain dissolves.
by Eckhart Tolle 2005 315 pages
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200k+ ratings
Flow
by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi • 1990
Happiness isn't found in ease. It's earned in moments that demand everything you have.
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Flow Summary
Flow
Happiness isn't found in ease. It's earned in moments that demand everything you have.
by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi 1990 303 pages
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89k+ ratings
The Holographic Universe
by Michael Talbot • 1991
Reality is a holographic projection from a deeper order, and your brain is the interpreter.
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The Holographic Universe Summary
The Holographic Universe
Reality is a holographic projection from a deeper order, and your brain is the interpreter.
by Michael Talbot 1991 338 pages
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10k+ ratings
Attention and effort
by Daniel Kahneman • 1973
Your pupils don't just react to light: they track effort, and attention runs out like a tank.
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Attention and effort Summary
Attention and effort
Your pupils don't just react to light: they track effort, and attention runs out like a tank.
by Daniel Kahneman 1973 240 pages
4.12
500+ ratings
Journey of Souls
by Michael Newton • 2000
Your soul chose this life. Under hypnosis, patients explain what happens between death and rebirth.
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Journey of Souls Summary
Journey of Souls
Your soul chose this life. Under hypnosis, patients explain what happens between death and rebirth.
by Michael Newton 2000 278 pages
4.31
26k+ ratings
The Beginning of Infinity
by David Deutsch • 2011
All progress runs on one engine: conjecture torn apart by criticism. It never runs out of fuel.
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The Beginning of Infinity Summary
The Beginning of Infinity
All progress runs on one engine: conjecture torn apart by criticism. It never runs out of fuel.
by David Deutsch 2011 487 pages
4.17
9k+ ratings
How Emotions Are Made
by Lisa Feldman Barrett • 2017
Emotions aren't hardwired. They're built fresh each time from prediction, body, and culture.
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How Emotions Are Made Summary
How Emotions Are Made
Emotions aren't hardwired. They're built fresh each time from prediction, body, and culture.
by Lisa Feldman Barrett 2017 425 pages
4.09
13k+ ratings
Jung's Map of the Soul
by Murray B. Stein • 1998
Beneath your persona lies a shadow, an inner opposite, and a Self orchestrating your becoming.
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Jung's Map of the Soul Summary
Jung's Map of the Soul
Beneath your persona lies a shadow, an inner opposite, and a Self orchestrating your becoming.
by Murray B. Stein 1998 192 pages
4.25
3k+ ratings
The Complete Book of Numerology
by David A. Phillips • 2005
Your birth date on a 3x3 grid, decoded: hidden strengths, true self, and a 9-year life cycle.
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1k+
The Complete Book of Numerology Summary
The Complete Book of Numerology
Your birth date on a 3x3 grid, decoded: hidden strengths, true self, and a 9-year life cycle.
by David A. Phillips 2005 289 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Waking Up
by Sam Harris • 2014
Real spirituality needs no faith, no afterlife, no self. Just a close look at consciousness itself.
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Waking Up Summary
Waking Up
Real spirituality needs no faith, no afterlife, no self. Just a close look at consciousness itself.
by Sam Harris 2014 258 pages
3.90
51k+ ratings
THE BOOK OF SECRETS
by Osho • 1974
112 doorways past the thinking mind: ancient meditation keys that unlock the watcher within.
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THE BOOK OF SECRETS Summary
THE BOOK OF SECRETS
112 doorways past the thinking mind: ancient meditation keys that unlock the watcher within.
by Osho 1974 1328 pages
4.21
3k+ ratings
The Brain
by David Eagleman • 2015
Your self is a construction rebuilt daily by a brain that will run on any hardware.
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The Brain Summary
The Brain
Your self is a construction rebuilt daily by a brain that will run on any hardware.
by David Eagleman 2015 224 pages
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23k+ ratings
Getting the Love You Want
by Harville Hendrix • 2005
Your unconscious chose your partner to heal old wounds; learn the practice that makes it work.
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Getting the Love You Want Summary
Getting the Love You Want
Your unconscious chose your partner to heal old wounds; learn the practice that makes it work.
by Harville Hendrix 2005 384 pages
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14k+ ratings
Descartes' Error
by António Damásio • 1994
A railroad foreman's brain injury revealed that reason depends on emotion, not pure logic.
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Descartes' Error Summary
Descartes' Error
A railroad foreman's brain injury revealed that reason depends on emotion, not pure logic.
by António Damásio 1994 336 pages
3.95
10k+ ratings
The Greatest Secret
by Rhonda Byrne • 2020
The mind isn't you. One shift in identity ends suffering and reveals what death can't touch.
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The Greatest Secret Summary
The Greatest Secret
The mind isn't you. One shift in identity ends suffering and reveals what death can't touch.
by Rhonda Byrne 2020 276 pages
3.80
4k+ ratings
Neville Goddard
by Neville Goddard • 2013
Reality is assumption made solid. The method for reshaping past and future through imagination.
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Neville Goddard Summary
Neville Goddard
Reality is assumption made solid. The method for reshaping past and future through imagination.
by Neville Goddard 2013 647 pages
4.65
500+ ratings
Being and Nothingness
by Jean-Paul Sartre • 1943
Consciousness is a hole in being. What pours through is freedom, and it terrifies us.
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Being and Nothingness Summary
Being and Nothingness
Consciousness is a hole in being. What pours through is freedom, and it terrifies us.
by Jean-Paul Sartre 1943 688 pages
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35k+ ratings
The Biology of Belief
by Bruce H. Lipton • 2005
Your environment, not your DNA, runs your cells. A biologist's proof that beliefs change biology.
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The Biology of Belief Summary
The Biology of Belief
Your environment, not your DNA, runs your cells. A biologist's proof that beliefs change biology.
by Bruce H. Lipton 2005 240 pages
4.15
17k+ ratings
Conversations with God
by Neale Donald Walsch • 1995
A frustrated letter. God's answer. A dialogue that reshapes purpose, love, money, health, and death.
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Conversations with God Summary
Conversations with God
A frustrated letter. God's answer. A dialogue that reshapes purpose, love, money, health, and death.
by Neale Donald Walsch 1995 223 pages
4.21
44k+ ratings
Love, Freedom, and Aloneness
by Osho • 2001
Stop searching for your other half. The love you want begins in the solitude you flee.
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Love, Freedom, and Aloneness Summary
Love, Freedom, and Aloneness
Stop searching for your other half. The love you want begins in the solitude you flee.
by Osho 2001 256 pages
4.11
6k+ ratings
Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life
by James Hollis • 2005
Midlife dissatisfaction is not failure. It is the psyche's demand that you finally become yourself.
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Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life Summary
Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life
Midlife dissatisfaction is not failure. It is the psyche's demand that you finally become yourself.
by James Hollis 2005 276 pages
4.17
3k+ ratings
I Am That
by Nisargadatta Maharaj • 1973
Consciousness itself is a reflection. What casts it has no name, no form, and no opposite.
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I Am That Summary
I Am That
Consciousness itself is a reflection. What casts it has no name, no form, and no opposite.
by Nisargadatta Maharaj 1973 550 pages
4.43
7k+ ratings
You Are the Placebo
by Joe Dispenza • 2014
Sugar pills heal because the brain expects to. Here is how to produce that effect yourself.
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You Are the Placebo Summary
You Are the Placebo
Sugar pills heal because the brain expects to. Here is how to produce that effect yourself.
by Joe Dispenza 2014 348 pages
4.25
14k+ ratings
The Sophia Code
by Kaia Ra • 2016
A council of ascended female masters reveals how to awaken your divine DNA inheritance.
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1k+
The Sophia Code Summary
The Sophia Code
A council of ascended female masters reveals how to awaken your divine DNA inheritance.
by Kaia Ra 2016 368 pages
4.31
1k+ ratings
Intuition
by Osho • 2001
You already know. The problem is that you also think, and thinking drowns it out.
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Intuition Summary
Intuition
You already know. The problem is that you also think, and thinking drowns it out.
by Osho 2001 208 pages
4.01
4k+ ratings
Inner Work
by Robert A. Johnson • 1986
The art of listening to your dreams, decoding your own symbols, and answering the unconscious.
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Inner Work Summary
Inner Work
The art of listening to your dreams, decoding your own symbols, and answering the unconscious.
by Robert A. Johnson 1986 221 pages
4.30
3k+ ratings
The Fabric of Reality
by David Deutsch • 1996
Quantum interference reveals other universes touching ours; the multiverse is not optional.
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The Fabric of Reality Summary
The Fabric of Reality
Quantum interference reveals other universes touching ours; the multiverse is not optional.
by David Deutsch 1996 390 pages
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5k+ ratings
Reality Transurfing 5
by Vadim Zeland • 2004
Reality holds a hidden field of outcomes. Your thoughts alone decide which one materializes.
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Reality Transurfing 5 Summary
Reality Transurfing 5
Reality holds a hidden field of outcomes. Your thoughts alone decide which one materializes.
by Vadim Zeland 2004 122 pages
4.47
500+ ratings
The Social Construction of Reality
by Peter L. Berger • 1966
The world you take for granted is built: how everyday talk, habit, and institutions make reality.
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The Social Construction of Reality Summary
The Social Construction of Reality
The world you take for granted is built: how everyday talk, habit, and institutions make reality.
by Peter L. Berger 1966 219 pages
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4k+ ratings
The Art Of Living
by Thich Nhat Hanh • 2017
We are made of everything else. We survive our bodies. The peace we seek is already here.
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The Art Of Living Summary
The Art Of Living
We are made of everything else. We survive our bodies. The peace we seek is already here.
by Thich Nhat Hanh 2017 206 pages
4.44
11k+ ratings
The Seat of the Soul
by Gary Zukav • 1989
Humans are evolving beyond physical perception. The next stage runs on intention, not force.
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The Seat of the Soul Summary
The Seat of the Soul
Humans are evolving beyond physical perception. The next stage runs on intention, not force.
by Gary Zukav 1989 256 pages
4.03
48k+ ratings
Deep Utopia
by Nick Bostrom • 2024
Machines solve every problem. What's left for us to do, and does it matter?
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Deep Utopia Summary
Deep Utopia
Machines solve every problem. What's left for us to do, and does it matter?
by Nick Bostrom 2024 536 pages
3.61
500+ ratings
The Disappearance of the Universe
by Gary R. Renard • 2002
Two ascended masters explain the universe is a dream and forgiveness is the only way out.
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The Disappearance of the Universe Summary
The Disappearance of the Universe
Two ascended masters explain the universe is a dream and forgiveness is the only way out.
by Gary R. Renard 2002 448 pages
4.06
5k+ ratings
The Singularity Is Near
by Ray Kurzweil • 2005
Progress doubles, then doubles again. Sometime around 2045, human biology becomes optional.
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The Singularity Is Near Summary
The Singularity Is Near
Progress doubles, then doubles again. Sometime around 2045, human biology becomes optional.
by Ray Kurzweil 2005 652 pages
3.93
12k+ ratings
The Interpretation of Dreams
by Sigmund Freud • 1899
Every dream hides a wish the mind cannot admit. Interpreting the disguise reveals the conflict.
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The Interpretation of Dreams Summary
The Interpretation of Dreams
Every dream hides a wish the mind cannot admit. Interpreting the disguise reveals the conflict.
by Sigmund Freud 1899 630 pages
3.84
81k+ ratings
Signs
by Laura Lynne Jackson • 2019
Everyday coincidences are the universe's secret code. Learn to read the signs and talk back.
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Signs Summary
Signs
Everyday coincidences are the universe's secret code. Learn to read the signs and talk back.
by Laura Lynne Jackson 2019 288 pages
4.16
26k+ ratings
Free Will
by Sam Harris • 2012
Brain scans read your decision ten seconds before you make it. So who, exactly, is deciding?
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Free Will Summary
Free Will
Brain scans read your decision ten seconds before you make it. So who, exactly, is deciding?
by Sam Harris 2012 96 pages
3.86
38k+ ratings
The Emotion Code
by Bradley Nelson • 2007
A magnet and a muscle test can release the emotional energy behind your physical pain.
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5k+
The Emotion Code Summary
The Emotion Code
A magnet and a muscle test can release the emotional energy behind your physical pain.
by Bradley Nelson 2007 352 pages
3.95
5k+ ratings
The Singularity Is Nearer
by Ray Kurzweil • 2024
AI surpasses humans by 2029. The plan is not to compete but to merge.
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The Singularity Is Nearer Summary
The Singularity Is Nearer
AI surpasses humans by 2029. The plan is not to compete but to merge.
by Ray Kurzweil 2024 432 pages
3.89
4k+ ratings
The Law of Attraction
by Esther Hicks • 2006
A daily 15 minutes to turn your thoughts into the life you want.
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The Law of Attraction Summary
The Law of Attraction
A daily 15 minutes to turn your thoughts into the life you want.
by Esther Hicks 2006 213 pages
4.14
24k+ ratings
How to Be the Love You Seek
by Nicole LePera • 2023
The relationships you repeat are wired into your nervous system. A body-based path to rewiring them.
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6k+
How to Be the Love You Seek Summary
How to Be the Love You Seek
The relationships you repeat are wired into your nervous system. A body-based path to rewiring them.
by Nicole LePera 2023 304 pages
3.89
6k+ ratings
The Mind Illuminated
by Culadasa (John Yates) • 2015
The ten-stage meditation manual that treats attention as a skill, not a spiritual lottery.
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The Mind Illuminated Summary
The Mind Illuminated
The ten-stage meditation manual that treats attention as a skill, not a spiritual lottery.
by Culadasa (John Yates) 2015 504 pages
4.26
4k+ ratings
30 Days to Better Thinking and Better Living Through Critical Thinking
by Linda Elder • 2012
Thirty days to spot the biases running your mind and untangle the assumptions you never question.
3.63
172
30 Days to Better Thinking and Better Living Through Critical Thinking Summary
30 Days to Better Thinking and Better Living Through Critical Thinking
Thirty days to spot the biases running your mind and untangle the assumptions you never question.
by Linda Elder 2012 222 pages
3.63
172 ratings
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