Full Description
We don't live the way we could, but we have the capacity to activate and enter into a more evolved way of being human. In this wide-ranging survey of spiritual insight, healer Jane Katra and physicist Russell Targ demystify consciousness transformation by showing how centuries of wisdom teachings ---from the ancient Indian Vedas and Christian Gnosticism to modern quantum physics and Centering Prayer---all point to a common experience of realizing one's connection to a higher reality that is available to everyone. Whether we call it connecting to God, satori, or unity consciousness, the authors describe it as our evolutionary mandate to become active agents of consciousness transformation by turning our attention away from our separate selves. Building on these ancient teachings, Katra and Targ explore how modern scientific exploration of psychic phenomena --- from laboratory evidence of mind-to-mind connections, hospital studies of distant healing, research showing precognition of the future, and fascinating evidence of verified past-life memories---all indicate that consciousness extends beyond the individual self.As in their previous groundbreaking exploration of nonlocal mind and spiritual healing, Miracles of Mind, Targ and Katra team up here to show how we are hard-wired for higher consciousness. At the core of The Heart of the Mind is the idea that by learning to direct steady, intentional and selfless attention onto awareness itself, the transformative experience of radiating spiritual power, also called compassion, or a palpable power of peace, may be realized by any sincere seeker -- without dogma, ritual, or religious belief. By beginning with the concrete steps of mind-quieting with forgiveness and gratitude, the authors invite us to use our minds to transform ourselves and lift the consciousness of the world.
Contents
Foreword by Marianne Williamson Acknowledgments Introduction The Search for a Comprehensible Spiritual Life 1. Make Me One with Everything The Illusion behind Our Feelings of Separation 2. Experiencing God Directly Spirituality without Religion 3. The Physics of Miracles The Scientifi c Evidence for Mind-to-Mind Connections 4. What Survives? An Empirical Look at Life after Death 5. Using Our Mind to Change Our Life The Healing Effects of the Mind 6. Why Scientists Pray Experiencing Oneness through the Quiet Mind 7. The Heart of the Mind The Essential First Steps toward Gratitude and Forgiveness Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
