Edited Volume : "Consciousness : Integrating Eastern and Western Perspectives"

T. Edited Volume : "Consciousness : Integrating Eastern and Western Perspectives"

(ISBN 978-8178224930, New Age Books, New Delhi, October 2016)

A landmark was the release of the book "Consciousness : Integrating Eastern and Western Perspectives" with Emeritus Editor from the East as Revered Prof. P.S. Satsangi and Emeritus Editor from the West as Prof. Stuart Hameroff. This unique volume brings together western and eastern perspectives on consciousness with essays from philosophers and scientists organized in four sections which emphasize different aspects of these perspectives. The overarching aim of this book is to provide direction toward integrating Eastern philosophical and religious practice with philosophies and sciences of Western culture, an aim that could be pivotal in understanding consciousness and its place in nature. It begins with a thematic introduction (Section I), followed by sections on Western perspectives (Section II), Eastern perspectives (Section III), and their integration (Section IV). The aim of this book is both exciting and timely because its authors include Eastern and Western philosophers and scientists who have given considerable thought as to how an understanding of consciousness might take place. The overarching aim of this book is to provide direction toward integrating Eastern philosophical and religious practice with philosophies and sciences of Western culture, an aim that could be pivotal in understanding consciousness and its place in nature. A unifying approach is adopted to the study of consciousness, integrating the wisdom of the sages of the east, and the scientists of the west and the stupendous east-west integration that has been achieved is indeed a milestone.