{"title":"Vladimir Miskovic","description":"\u003cp\u003eVladimir Miskovic is an emerging voice in contemporary literature, captivating readers with his compelling storytelling and unique insights. His works often delve into the intricate layers of reality, inviting readers to explore the boundaries between the real and the imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne of his notable works, \u003cem\u003eDreaming Reality\u003c\/em\u003e, exemplifies his ability to weave gripping narratives that challenge our perceptions. Though his books are found in the 'Uncategorised' section, their thematic richness defies traditional classification, offering a thought-provoking journey for any avid reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExplore Vladimir Miskovic's collection to experience literature that transcends typical genres, and discover a writer who skilfully navigates the depths of human consciousness and existence.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"dreaming-reality-by-vladimir-miskovic-9780674271869","title":"Dreaming Reality","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA cutting-edge neuroscientist and a leading clinical psychologist look to religious, mystical, and mind-altering experiences to challenge scientific orthodoxies concerning consciousness.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe are nothing but a pack of neurons, Francis Crick once said. Vladimir Miskovic and Steven Jay Lynn show that this way of thinking is both limited and an obstacle to understanding consciousness. In \u003cem\u003eDreaming Reality\u003c\/em\u003e, Miskovic and Lynn connect the latest findings from neuroscience—which studies the brain from the outside in, as a purely physical object—to the insights of the world's mystical traditions, which chart elaborate cartographies of the mind from inside out through experiences of meditation, prayer, and ecstasy. We can tackle the biggest questions surrounding the nature of consciousness when we place objective scientific research alongside the phenomenology of \"altered\" states.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDreaming Reality\u003c\/em\u003e offers a rich synthesis of brains and minds, new and old, that challenges many cherished notions of how we experience our worlds and selves. Instead of privileging the experience of waking life, Miskovic and Lynn take this only as the starting point of a progressive disentanglement of consciousness. Delving into Buddhism, Vedanta, and Christian mysticism, they find that we have much to learn from dreams, hallucinations, visionary states, ego death, mind wandering, sensory deprivation, psychedelic experimentation, meditation, and minimal phenomenal experiences of consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach chapter brings us closer to understanding how we dream reality into existence and how we might transcend impoverished materialist models, whose unacknowledged effect is to drive us toward nihilism. Instead, we arrive at a model of consciousness that is more capacious and compassionate than biological sciences alone can imagine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47340734709996,"sku":"9780674271869","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/1220573482428.jpg?v=1772167705"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/vladimir-miskovic.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}