The True Path: Western Science and the Quest for Yoga (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780738206813)

In The True Path, Duke psychiatrist Roy J. Mathew draws on his own extensive knowledge of neuroscience as he looks at the centuries-old Indian idea that spirituality is a state of mind-a higher form of consciousness. Mathew shows how the latest brain research demonstrates that activities such as prayer, music, art, nature, intuitive knowledge, altruism, and meditation stimulate the non-dominant hemisphere of the brain. Spirituality is intimately connected to this area of the brain and must be accessed-according to Indian philosophy-by removing the "sheaths" of everyday life. With scientific evidence that this "pure consciousness" truly exists, Mathew shows readers how to use meditation, yoga, and other traditional methods of contemplation to achieve this spiritual state of mind.

Author: Roy J. Mathew
ISBN-10: 0738206814
ISBN-13: 9780738206813
Publisher: Basic Books
Language: English
Published: 04/18/2002
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.14w x 0.78d