You The Greatest Illusion Must Be

Author : Bruce Hood
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199969892
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Self Illusion written by Bruce Hood and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-06-15 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of us believe that we are unique and coherent individuals, but are we? The idea of a "self" has existed ever since humans began to live in groups and become sociable. Those who embrace the self as an individual in the West, or a member of the group in the East, feel fulfilled and purposeful. This experience seems incredibly real but a wealth of recent scientific evidence reveals that this notion of the independent, coherent self is an illusion - it is not what it seems. Reality as we perceive it is not something that objectively exists, but something that our brains construct from moment to moment, interpreting, summarizing, and substituting information along the way. Like a science fiction movie, we are living in a matrix that is our mind. In The Self Illusion, Dr. Bruce Hood reveals how the self emerges during childhood and how the architecture of the developing brain enables us to become social animals dependent on each other. He explains that self is the product of our relationships and interactions with others, and it exists only in our brains. The author argues, however, that though the self is an illusion, it is one that humans cannot live without. But things are changing as our technology develops and shapes society. The social bonds and relationships that used to take time and effort to form are now undergoing a revolution as we start to put our self online. Social networking activities such as blogging, Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter threaten to change the way we behave. Social networking is fast becoming socialization on steroids. The speed and ease at which we can form alliances and relationships is outstripping the same selection processes that shaped our self prior to the internet era. This book ventures into unchartered territory to explain how the idea of the self will never be the same again in the online social world.

Author : Sharif Nsubuga
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book You the Greatest Illusion Must Be written by Sharif Nsubuga and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-05-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: June met a man, she doesn't want to want him, but she does! I lost my dog, then my best friend, and now I am recreating an actual relationship with you. "For dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return." When Jessica, the girl that used to be my friend, lost her Egyptian father, she never came back. She's bitter and angry, first, she takes my high school crush, and now she's after my life. Do people go into a celestial domain where only invisible creatures live? But Jesus promised to recreate us when the resurrection comes, not as before, but to the youthful perfect human flesh. The author of Cosmopolitan, talks of the earth's game, we should be unattached to life. All that money we waste, for what? For vanity? Through meeting you, we give back to life! Is it the religion's call, or simply a putrefaction process? I met Jack again, honestly, I never felt that void feeling that equated to the eternal peace of mind. I projected dirt on him. College boys held a reliable tool for self-defense, responsible for destruction, but never blamed for the gunshots they shot at countless girls. "I... I have feelings for you, June." A multi-verse theory he made a reality. How about the religions' theories of suffering for eternity, just because we were not holy enough?

Author : Sigmund Freud
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Future of an Illusion written by Sigmund Freud and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paul Semendinger
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532672209
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Impossible is an Illusion written by Paul Semendinger and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Impossible is an Illusion is a collection of Dr. Paul Semendinger’s motivational writings on many topics including hard work, determination, positivity, family, and love. Using his experiences in education as a teacher and school leader as well as his knowledge of history, sports, running, and human nature, Dr. Semendinger delivers a book that will inspire readers to set goals and work hard to achieve them. Dr. Semendinger truly believes that anything is possible . . . after all, impossible is an illusion.

Author : Gianni Sarcone
Publisher : MoonDance Press
ISBN 13 : 1633223515
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book You Can't Possibly Color This! written by Gianni Sarcone and published by MoonDance Press. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interactive activity and coloring book featuring 50-plus "impossible" optical illusions to color along with, and activities that show kids how to create their own optical illusions.

Author : Daniel M. Wegner
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262290553
Total Pages : 725 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Illusion of Conscious Will written by Daniel M. Wegner and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2003-08-11 with total page 725 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novel contribution to the age-old debate about free will versus determinism. Do we consciously cause our actions, or do they happen to us? Philosophers, psychologists, neuroscientists, theologians, and lawyers have long debated the existence of free will versus determinism. In this book Daniel Wegner offers a novel understanding of the issue. Like actions, he argues, the feeling of conscious will is created by the mind and brain. Yet if psychological and neural mechanisms are responsible for all human behavior, how could we have conscious will? The feeling of conscious will, Wegner shows, helps us to appreciate and remember our authorship of the things our minds and bodies do. Yes, we feel that we consciously will our actions, Wegner says, but at the same time, our actions happen to us. Although conscious will is an illusion, it serves as a guide to understanding ourselves and to developing a sense of responsibility and morality. Approaching conscious will as a topic of psychological study, Wegner examines the issue from a variety of angles. He looks at illusions of the will—those cases where people feel that they are willing an act that they are not doing or, conversely, are not willing an act that they in fact are doing. He explores conscious will in hypnosis, Ouija board spelling, automatic writing, and facilitated communication, as well as in such phenomena as spirit possession, dissociative identity disorder, and trance channeling. The result is a book that sidesteps endless debates to focus, more fruitfully, on the impact on our lives of the illusion of conscious will.

Author : Ashley Rose
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1477202145
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Greatest Illusion written by Ashley Rose and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-05-17 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alessandra Auditore is finally growing up and needs a job; Desperately. She suddenly stumbles upon an old hotel called Posto Felice which has an odd nineteenth century vibe. She then becomes an assistant to the young, handsome magician, Catalin. Mysteries unfold and she learns what's really behind the curtain.

Author : Kyle Cease
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1401957463
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Illusion of Money written by Kyle Cease and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times best-selling author and comedian-turned-motivational speaker, Kyle Cease, shows how your obsession with money is actually preventing you from living the life of your dreams. "I can't afford that." "Now's not the right time . . . I need to save up." "Quit my job? Are you nuts?!" Sound familiar? Money is one of the biggest excuses we make to not go after what we really want. Our fixation with money--the desire for more of it, and the fear of not having enough of it--is often really just a longing to feel safe. But this obsession with money is coming at a much bigger cost: our sanity, our creativity, our freedom, and our ability to step into our true power. This book is about eliminating the need to seek safety through the illusion of money, and learning to see ourselves for the perfection that we are--so that we can bring our gifts to the world in an authentic way, and allow ourselves to receive massive, true abundance as a result. Kyle Cease has heard excuses like the ones above countless times at his live events, and he has shown people how to completely break through them. In The Illusion of Money, he shares his own experiences as well as practical tools to help readers understand their ingrained beliefs and attachments to money, and how they can tap into our infinite assets and talents. "After 25 years as a successful comedian, actor, transformational speaker, author and junior-league amateur bowler, I've experienced many times how chasing money is not an effective way to create an abundant and fulfilling life. The most alive I've ever felt was after I left my comedy career at its peak to become a transformational speaker. I left tons of guaranteed money and so-called security for a complete unknown. It was terrifying--but what was on the other side of that terror was a completely different life that is not only more abundant financially, but has more freedom, more ease, more passion, more impact and more joy." -- Kyle Cease

Author : Tom Savini
Publisher : Imagine (PA)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grande Illusions written by Tom Savini and published by Imagine (PA). This book was released on 1983 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Shri Ranjit Maharaj
Publisher : Sadguru Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Illusion vs. Reality written by Shri Ranjit Maharaj and published by Sadguru Publishing. This book was released on 2023-05-29 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a new slightly revised edition of spiritual dialogues with Shri Ranjit Maharaj, guru brother of Nisargadatta Maharaj. Originally, the talks in this book were available only from India in two separate volumes. Here the two previously released volumes of Illusion vs. Reality are now available inside one cover. All of the talks in this book were originally transcribed by Robert Wolff from recordings dating from 1996 to the year 2000. In this book the reader will find the clear and direct spiritual instruction given by Shri Ranjit Maharaj on Non-Dualitly, Self-Knowledge, and Final Reality. Ranjit Maharaj's message is refreshingly simple and easy for the western mind to comprehend. Like a modern day Zen Master, his words tear down the veil of Illusion and guide the devotee to Self-realization. This book can truly be a valuable aid to any serious spiritual aspirant for gaining the knowledge of one's True Self. Reading Maharaj's timeless words in this book and reflecting on them in the immediacy of the moment is truly the same as sitting at the feet of the Master. Maharaj always spoke in simple terms and gave very clear and penetrating instruction so that you can easily realize your True Nature. Contemplate on the immediacy of the teaching contained herein and awaken to your True Nature.