Table of Contents
Foreword Deepak Chopra ix
Acknowledgements xiii
Introduction: The Hard Problem of Consciousness 1
Chapter 1 The Nature of Mind 7
Chapter 2 Only Awareness Is Aware 19
Chapter 5 Panpsychism and the Consciousness-Only Model 29
Chapter 4 The Inward-Facing Path: The Distinction between Consciousness and Objects 35
Chapter 5 The Direct Path to Enlightenment 43
Chapter 6 Self-Enquiry and Self-Remembering 55
Chapter 7 The Experience of Being Aware 67
Chapter 8 The Essence of Meditation 79
Chapter 9 The Outward-Facing Path: Collapsing the Distinction between Consciousness and Objects 87
Chapter 10 Existence Is Identical to Awareness 97
Chapter 11 The White Radiance of Eternity 105
Chapter 12 The Focusing of Consciousness 109
Chapter 13 There Are No States of Consciousness 119
Chapter 14 Wordsworth and the Longing for God 129
Chapter 15 The Shared Medium of Mind 139
Chapter 16 The Memory of Our Eternity 151
Chapter 17 Consciousness's Dream 167
Chapter 18 The Search for Happiness 183
Afterword Bernardo Kastrup 197