- Mass Market Paperback: 96 pages
- Publisher: Arkana; New edition edition (29 Aug 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140190430
- ISBN-13: 978-0140190434
- Product Dimensions: 19 x 12.7 x 4.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 593,310 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Headlessness", the feeling of no self that mystics of all times have aspired to, is an instantaneous way of "waking up" and becoming more aware of oneself and the world. Douglas Harding's description of his first experience of headlessness, a work first published in 1961, has now been revised. Describing the technique and placing it within the Zen context, this book also includes parallels from traditions other than Buddhism, as well as a concluding chapter on the "headless way".
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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For finding and seeing rather than searching and looking,
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This review is from: On Having No Head: Zen and the Rediscovery of the Obvious (Arkana) (Mass Market Paperback)
In this small volume Douglas Harding has been able to condense the entire spiritual quest of mankind into a few short sentences. His vision of the reality of total spiritual awareness is so simple that it is easy to dismiss this book as presenting yet another "New Age" gimmick. All I can say is that once you have experienced and seen as Douglas sees, through the "one eye" that you share with him, once you have done that you will never be the person you once assumed you were!
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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The real thing,
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This review is from: On Having No Head: Zen and the Rediscovery of the Obvious (Arkana) (Mass Market Paperback)
This is quite a remarkable book by any standards. I think it's appropriate to point out that for some people it works and for others it simply doesn't. That said the only way to find out is to actually read it!This isn't anything to do with the slew of new age books that have appeared over the last decade, it was originally published in 1961 by The Buddhist Society. Douglas Harding recounts an extraordinary experience and how he developed an understanding of it through the mystical traditions of the world, mostly centred on Zen Buddhism. Most importantly, dear reader, you can have the same experience by following the simple instructions. Of course this sounds too good to be true - but it is! Douglas Harding is now in his nineties and still spreading the word of his amazing discovery. I first read this book thirty years ago, it was a slow burn for me, took weeks before the penny dropped but a friend of mine was on a natural high for three months. Outrageous claims I know but this book is something very special.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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Enlightenment the easy way,
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This review is from: On Having No Head: Zen and the Rediscovery of the Obvious (Arkana) (Mass Market Paperback)
The simplicity of what Douglas teaches is fantastic. No longer do you have to spend years on the path... All you have to do is trust your senses and forget your conditioning for a short moment. Once viewed from the perspective that Douglas presents the boundaries we have imposed between us an the world appear absurd. The ideas we have developed about ourselves are shown to be false. Prepare to be amazed...
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