On having no head: Zen and the re-discovery of the obvious

On having no head: Zen and the re-discovery of the obvious by Harding, D E. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781850630470.

On Having No Head was first published in 1961. Since then, it has become a modern spiritual classic. "Headlessness" is the feeling of no-self, which mystics of all times have aspired to. It is an instantaneous way of "waking up" and becoming more aware of ones true self. Simple exercises help meditators shift their focus from the mind to pure awareness, the true goal of meditation. In this revised edition, Douglas conveys the immediacy, simplicity, and practicality of what he calls the "headless way," placing it within a Zen-like context. Douglas also draws parallels to practices in other traditions. "Reason and imagination and all mental chatter died down....I forgot my name, my humanness, my thingness, all that could be called me or mine. Past and future dropped away....Lighter than air, cleaner than glass, altogether released from myself, I was nowhere around."--the author