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Neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris focuses in this book on the 20-some percent of Westerners who identify with no religion but who believe that the experiences of figures such as Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tsé, Rumi, and others might contain profound truths. This is a lucid investigation into the scientific foundations of spirituality. El neurocientífico y filósofo Sam Harris se dirige en esta obra al veintitantos por ciento de occidentales que no se adhieren a ninguna religión pero que sospechan que las experiencias de figuras como Jesús, el Buda, Lao Tsé, Rumi y otros santos y sabios de la historia contienen verdades realmente profundas. Harris, un mordaz crítico de las religiones institucionalizadas y escéptico declarado, sostiene que para entender la realidad existen más herramientas de las que la ciencia y la cultura laica nos proporcionan. Es más, Harris muestra que la atención que prestamos al momento presente determina en gran manera la calidad de nuestra vida. Despertar es una lúcida indagación en los fundamentos científicos de la espiritualidad. Ningún otro libro vincula de este modo la sabiduría contemplativa con la ciencia moderna.

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Harris s book . . . caught my eye because it s so entirely of this moment, so keenly in touch with the growing number of Americans who are willing to say that they do not find the succor they crave, or a truth that makes sense to them, in organized religion. <i>Frank Bruni, columnist, New York Times</i>, on the English- language edition

A demanding, illusion-shattering book. Kirkus Reviews, on the English-language edition The great value and novelty of this book is that Harris, in a simple but rigorous style, takes the middle way between these pseudoscientific and pseudo-spiritual assertions . . . [leading] to a profoundly more salubrious life. Publishers Weekly, on the English- language edition Harris s book . . . caught my eye because it s so entirely of this moment, so keenly in touch with the growing number of Americans who are willing to say that they do not find the succor they crave, or a truth that makes sense to them, in organized religion. Frank Bruni, columnist, New York Times, on the English- language edition A demanding, illusion-shattering book. Kirkus Reviews, on the English-language edition The great value and novelty of this book is that Harris, in a simple but rigorous style, takes the middle way between these pseudoscientific and pseudo-spiritual assertions . . . [leading] to a profoundly more salubrious life. --Publishers Weekly, on the English- language edition Harris's book . . . caught my eye because it's so entirely of this moment, so keenly in touch with the growing number of Americans who are willing to say that they do not find the succor they crave, or a truth that makes sense to them, in organized religion. --Frank Bruni, columnist, New York Times, on the English- language edition A demanding, illusion-shattering book. -- Kirkus Reviews, on the English-language edition

Harris s book . . . caught my eye because it s so entirely of this moment, so keenly in touch with the growing number of Americans who are willing to say that they do not find the succor they crave, or a truth that makes sense to them, in organized religion. Frank Bruni, columnist, New York Times, on the English- language edition

Harris s book . . . caught my eye because it s so entirely of this moment, so keenly in touch with the growing number of Americans who are willing to say that they do not find the succor they crave, or a truth that makes sense to them, in organized religion. Frank Bruni, columnist, New York Times, on the English- language edition

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Sam Harris holds a doctorate in neuroscience from the University of California, Los Angeles, and is the director of Project Reason, a nonprofit organization focused on spreading scientific knowledge in society.

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