Waking Up: Sam Harris, Spirituality, and the Freedom from the Illusion of Self

I need to be aware of my own thinking as life unfolds around me.

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By Geoff Watkinson

Until a few years ago, I correlated spirituality with the Catholicism I was born into. I received Communion, got on my knees, leaned my forearms on the back of the pew in front of…