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Jeff Warren is one of my favorite meditation teachers. His meditation style is very light-hearted but also quite sincere. A journalist, Jeff's meditation journey began with a book he wrote about consciousness, The Head Trip: Adventures on The Wheel of Consciousness. Warren writes the book as a travel log, documenting his experiments with various tools and techniques related to studying both our sleeping and waking consciousness. It is funny and irreverent but also science focused, looking for research and data to support ideas about what the heck is going on in our heads. The final chapter focuses on pure consciousness, those moments when everything connects, and discusses the ways that the brains of long time meditators change. While I have meditated for a long time, I am still a dilettante in many ways but I can see some of the ways my perceptions have been modulated. I am aware of my own thinking in ways I wasn't before.

Some of the chapters got long-winded as Warren really dove into the science. He also included interesting bits in footnotes, further ideas for exploration that he couldn't fit into the text. This was my second attempt at reading the book and I am glad I kept at it although there was some skimming involved.
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witchyrichy | 9 other reviews | Apr 30, 2023 |
Ok book. Harris can be pretty funny and self deprecating but the book doesn’t really hold together so well. There were some good ideas for meditators (or would-be meditators) in there but a lot of other stuff that didn’t seem so interesting, like details about their road show promoting meditation (or their app anyway).

Liked his previous book better.
 
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steve02476 | 10 other reviews | Jan 3, 2023 |
A fun book, I liked the writing a lot. Sort of a travelogue of various states of consciousness, along with the author’s personal experiences trying them out and talking to scientists and experts.
 
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steve02476 | 9 other reviews | Jan 3, 2023 |
Meh. Had some bits that were captivating, but not enough to propel me thru the entire book.
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