On Having No Head: Zen and the Rediscovery of the Obvious

Harding, Douglas E.

ISBN 10: 185063047X / ISBN 13: 9781850630470

Published by Law Book Co of Australasia, 1986

About this Item

Paperback. Slight tanning to pages otherwise no damage, internally clean. Very good - condition.

Seller Inventory # S15B30024

Bibliographic Details

• Title: On Having No Head: Zen and the Rediscovery of the Obvious
• Publisher: Law Book Co of Australasia
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 185063047X
• ISBN 13: 9781850630470
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 4 ounces

About this title

Synopsis

On Having No Head was first published in 1961. Since then, it has become a modern spiritual classic. "Headlessness" is the feeling of no-self, which mystics of all times have aspired to. It is an instantaneous way of "waking up" and becoming more aware of one's true self. Simple exercises help meditators shift their focus from the mind to pure awareness, the true goal of meditation.

In this revised edition, Douglas conveys the immediacy, simplicity, and practicality of what he calls the "headless way," placing it within a Zen-like context. Douglas also draws parallels to practices in other traditions.

"Reason and imagination and all mental chatter died down....I forgot my name, my humanness, my thingness, all that could be called me or mine. Past and future dropped away....Lighter than air, cleaner than glass, altogether released from myself, I was nowhere around."--the author

About the Author

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.