When the Self Falls Silent

Breath, Brain, and the Experience of God

von Evan Gant

360 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

What happens when the endless voice inside the mind finally grows quiet?For thousands of years, mystics, contemplatives, yogis, saints, and philosophers have described moments in which the ordinary sense of self dissolves, revealing an overwhelming experience of peace, unity, love, and luminous awareness. These transformative events have been called enlightenment, cosmic consciousness, union with God, samadhi, awakening, mystical union, and the Kingdom of Heaven within. Despite differences in language and culture, the descriptions are strikingly similar. They point toward a profound possibility: beneath the constant activity of the thinking mind lies a deeper dimension of consciousness waiting to be discovered.When the Self Falls Silent is both a deeply personal memoir and an interdisciplinary exploration of one of humanity's oldest questions: What is consciousness, and what happens when the ego falls silent?Unlike many books that approach spirituality solely through philosophy or religious belief, this work unites personal experience, neuroscience, psychology, contemplative traditions, respiratory physiology, and A Course in Miracles into a coherent investigation of the relationship between the brain, the mind, and transcendent awareness. The result is an accessible yet intellectually rigorous journey that bridges ancient wisdom and modern science without reducing either to the other.The book begins with an extraordinary autobiographical account.On August 13, 1983, during an intensive connected-breathing session overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Laguna Beach, California, the author underwent a profound transformative experience unlike anything he had previously encountered through years of meditation and spiritual practice. As breathing gradually became effortless, the ordinary boundaries of self disappeared. Thought ceased. Time vanished. The familiar identity that had defined personal existence dissolved into what could only be described as an infinite field

• ISBN: 9798317850043
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 03.11.2026
• Verlag: Bookbaby