Waking Up: Overcoming the Obstacles to Human Potential

Waking Up: Overcoming the Obstacles to Human Potential
ISBN-10
0877734267
ISBN-13
9780877734260
Series
Waking Up
Category
Body, Mind & Spirit / New Thought
Pages
323
Language
English
Published
1987
Publisher
New Science Library
Author
Charles T. Tart

Description

Examines the teachings of Gurdjieff, Aikido, and Buddhism in regard to living a happy life, and discusses conditioning, consensus trance, defense mechanisms, false personalities, and higher levels of consciousness

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