Table of Contents
Foreword Ken Wilber 1
Acknowledgements 8
Introduction 11
What Readers Will Find in the Text 16
Chapter 1 Stalking the White Crow: When Exceptions Become the Rule 25
Cognitive Dissonance and TMT 32
William James's White Crow 35
Windbridge's Murder of White Crows 44
Chapter 2 Out of This World and Back Again: Veridical Evidence in NDEs and Reincarnation 51
Veridical Evidence and Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) 52
Reincarnation 71
Conclusion 76
Chapter 3 Morality Without God: Does Science Inform Our Moral Codes? 80
The Three Domains of Knowledge: 1 The Scientific-Empirical World 89
The Three Domains of Knowledge: 2 The Mental-Moral World 94
Chapter 4 Divine Knowing: Experience-Based Spirituality 108
The Three Domains of Knowledge: 3 The Spiritual World 115
Chapter 5 A Devil's Advocate for God: A Better Way to Read the Bible 126
Moral Development and the Bible 128
What Would Jesus Do? 156
Chapter 6 Happy Existentialists: When Every Moment Is Delicious 163
Stalking Nietzsche 167
Surprising Happiness 176
Surrounding Now 183
Drowning Nietzsche 192
Chapter 7 Death Trip: Better Dying Through Chemistry 208
Death Trip 221
Chapter 8 Robots Won't Be Hoarders: Preparing the Populace for a New Work Order 234
Work and Wages 239
Leisure Time 244
Integral Education 249
Endnotes 265
Bibliography 305
Author's Biography 313
Previous Books 314