On Having No Head,9781878019196

On Having No Head

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Edition: Revised
ISBN13: 9781878019196
ISBN10: 1878019198
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-04-01
Publisher(s): Inner Directions Pub
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Summary

'Headlessness', the experience of the no-self that mystics of all times have aspired to, is an instantaneous way of 'waking up' and becoming fully aware of one's real and abiding nature. Douglas Harding, the highly respected mystic-philosopher, describes his first experience of headlessness in 'On Having No Head', the classic work first published in 1961. In this book, he conveys the immediacy, simplicity, and practicality of the 'headless way', placing it within a Zen context, while also drawing parallels to practices in other spiritual traditions. If you wish to experience the freedom and clarity that results from firsthand experience of true Being, then this book will serve as a practical guide to the rediscovery of what has always been present.

Author Biography

Douglas Harding is a highly respected mystic/philosopher who was known for his experience of Headlessness--the experience of "seeing" our original nature. Harding spent his live expressing this abiding experience, and also developed a series of awareness exercises that enabled other to see for themselves, "who we really are" in essence.

Table of Contents

Foreword 13(4)
Huston Smith
Preface 17(6)
Gene R. Thursby
The True Seeing
23(6)
Making Sense of the Seeing
29(20)
Discovering Zen
49(18)
Bringing the Story up to Date
67(52)
The Eight Stages of the Headless Way
The Headless Infant
68(1)
The Child
69(1)
The Headed Grown-up
70(5)
The Headless Seer
75(9)
Practising Headlessness
84(8)
Working It Out
92(17)
The Barrier
109(4)
The Breakthrough
113(4)
Summary and Conclusion
117(2)
Postscript 119

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