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02202aam a2200337Ka 4500 001 B64503BE533D11EC9185B7CB4CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211202010028 008 211028s2021 cau 000 0 eng d 020 $a 1949358992 020 $a 9781949358995 035 $a (OCoLC)1280703204 040 $a JRB $b eng $c JRB $d SILO 100 1 $a Ornstein, Robert E. $q (Robert Evan), $d 1942- $e author. 245 10 $a God 4.0 : $b on the nature of higher conciousness and the experience called "God" / $c Robert Ornstein ; with Sally M. Ornstein. 260 $a Los Altos, California : $b The Institute for the Study of Human Knowledge, $c 2021. 300 $a 374 pages ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-354) and index. 520 $a The book explores how our "everyday" mind works as a device for selecting just a few parts of the outside reality that are important for our survival. We don't experience the world as it is, but as a virtual reality--a small, limited system which evolved to keep us safe and ensure our survival. This system, though essential for getting us safely across a busy street, is insufficient for understanding and solving the challenges of the modern world. But we are also endowed with a quiescent "second network" of cognition which, when activated, can dissolve or break through the barriers of ordinary consciousness. We all experience this activation to some degree when we suddenly see a solution to a problem or have an intuitive or creative insight - when we connect to a larger whole beyond the self. By combining ancient teachings with modern science, we have a new psychology of spiritual experience - the knowledge to explore how this second network can be developed and stabilized. 650 0 $a Medicine, Psychosomatic. 650 0 $a Brain. 650 0 $a Health. 650 0 $a Emotions $x Religious aspects. 650 0 $a Emotions and cognition. 650 0 $a Spiritual life. 650 0 $a Psychology and religion. 700 1 $a Ornstein, Sally M., $e author. 941 $a 1 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20211202015157.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B64503BE533D11EC9185B7CB4CECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search