elephant and blind man
Thomas Metzinger (MIT Press)
No other book about consciousness is as radical (or has such a long title). The Elephant and the Blind: The Experience of Pure Consciousness – Philosophy, Science, and Over 500 Experience Reports. As you might have guessed, the author is Thomas Metzingerconducted monumental research into the “pure” or “minimal” state of consciousness experienced during meditation and which everyone has glimpsed.
Metzinger sends a powerful triple message in his book. That means we need to rethink the way we study consciousness scientifically. Let's celebrate the wonder of these experiences of pure consciousness…
Source: www.newscientist.com
