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Blackmore, S. (2011). Zen and the art of conscious-
ness. London: Oneworld.
A personal view of meditation is described in the
Introduction (pp. 4–15). Try any of the questions,
perhaps especially ‘What am I doing?’ (pp. 135–149).
Students could be assigned, or choose, one chapter to
read and present in class. Regular meditators might
like to work with one of these koans and report on their
experiences.
Claxton, G. (1996a). The light’s on but there’s
nobody home: The psychology of no-self. In G. Claxton
(Ed.), Beyond therapy: The impact of Eastern religions
on psychological theory and practice (pp. 49–70).
Dorset: Prism.
What happens when you ‘give up the ghost’?
Metzinger, T. (2009). Consciousness technologies
and the image of humankind. In T. Metzinger, The ego
tunnel (pp. 207–218). New York: Basic Books.
The final phase of the Consciousness Revolution: the
science, philosophy, and ethics of what a human being
(or an ego machine) is and what it should become.
Mikulas, W. L. (2007). Buddhism & Western psy-
chology: Fundamentals of integration. Journal of
Consciousness Studies, 14 (4), 4–49.
Describes ‘essential Buddhism’ as psychology, not
religion or philosophy, arguing for its integration with
mainstream ‘Western’ psychology to better understand
the mind and its disorders.
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