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Why the “You” in an Afterlife Wouldn’t Really Be You

By Michael Shermer — 2017

Memories, points of view and the self.

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Consciousness Beyond Life: The Science of the Near-Death Experience

In Consciousness Beyond Life, the internationally renowned cardiologist Dr. Pim van Lommel offers ground-breaking research into whether or not our consciousness survives the death of our body.

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Pim van Lommel
2011
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Science and the Near-Death Experience: How Consciousness Survives Death

The scientific evidence for life after death: • Explains why near-death experiences (NDEs) offer evidence of an afterlife and discredits the psychological and physiological explanations for them • Challenges materialist arguments against consciousness surviving death • Examines ancient and...

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Chris Carter
2010
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The Immortal Mind: Science and the Continuity of Consciousness beyond the Brain

Evidence now points to consciousness existing beyond the brain, such as when the brain is temporarily incapacitated, as well as to the survival of consciousness after death. Conventional science prefers to dismiss these findings because they cannot be accommodated by a materialist view of reality.

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Ervin László, Anthony Peake
2014
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Integral Spirituality: A Startling New Role for Religion in the Modern and Postmodern World

Integral Spirituality is being widely called the most important book on spirituality in our time.

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Ken Wilber
2007
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The Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness Is Widespread but Can't Be Computed (The MIT Press)

In The Feeling of Life Itself, Christof Koch offers a straightforward definition of consciousness as any subjective experience, from the most mundane to the most exalted—the feeling of being alive. Koch argues that programmable computers will not have consciousness.

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Christof Koch
2025
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The Quantum Activist

There is a revolution going on in science. A genuine paradigm shift. While mainstream science remains materialist, a substantial number of scientists are supporting and developing a paradigm based on the primacy of consciousness. Amit Goswami, Ph.D.

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2009
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Quantum Physics & Consciousness, 3 of 3

Amit Goswami, Ph.D, on Quantum Physics & Consciousness—Why do we all feel separate.

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Amit Goswami
2007
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On Consciousness: A Dialogue with Peter Russell

Physicist and author Peter Russell joins Eckhart Tolle in a fascinating dialogue about the nature of consciousness.

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Peter Russell
2012
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From Science to God: A Physicist’s Journey into the Mystery of Consciousness

From Science to God offers a crash course in the nature of reality.

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Peter Russell
2004
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Where Buddhism Meets Neuroscience: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on the Spiritual and Scientific Views of Our Minds

Is the mind an ephemeral side effect of the brain’s physical processes? Are there forms of consciousness so subtle that science has not yet identified them? How does consciousness happen? Organized by the Mind and Life Institute, this discussion addresses some of the most troublesome questions...

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The Dalai Lama, Zara Houshmand (editor), Robert B. Livingston (editor), B. Alan Wallace (editor)
2018
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