Best Intro Level Consciousness Book for my Brother

[blankisomeone]

Why materialism is baloney

Bernardo Kastrup

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On 1/9/2025 at 4:41 AM, gettoefl said:

Perfect Brilliant Stillness by David Carse

https://ia801200.us.archive.org/16/items/PerfectBrilliantStillnessDavidCarseEbookPDF/Ebook_Perfect_Brilliang_Stillness_David_Carse_output1.pdf

I loved that one. Probably not for everyone new to this stuff unless they're wired a certain way.

Adya and Tolle would prob be a little more palatable to a noob with certain curiosities or inclinations.

[Oppositionless]

I think Daniel Ingram would suit him. He briefly mentions magick but for the most part it's straightforward meditation instruction.  You could just say the magick stuff is an experience you can have but not necessarily true or "real" in a scientific sense.
 

Also Brad Warner's books on Zen. Especially his summary of  Dogen, How to Not be a Jerk

 

If your brother is interested in doing a practice I would prioritize Ingram. If not, Warner.

Edited Wednesday at 07:17 PM by Oppositionless

[Breathe]

Greg Goode is another good one. I think he taught Philosophy.

He wrote a small book titled Standing as Awareness. He wrote another one, but I think SaW was a better book.