{"title":"Peter Russell","description":"Peter Russell is an author, speaker, and leading thinker on consciousness and contemporary spirituality. Russell earned a first-class honors degree in theoretical physics and psychology -- as well as a master's degree in computer science -- at the University of Cambridge, England. He also studied meditation and Eastern philosophy in India. The author of twelve books, including Waking Up in Time and From Science to God, he lives in Northern California.","products":[{"product_id":"the-upanishads-paperback-1","title":"The Upanishads - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Upanishads are key texts of the ageless wisdom known as the \u003cstrong\u003ePerennial Philosophy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis lucid new translation presents selections from the eleven traditionally considered the most important: the Māṇḍūkya, Kena, Chāndogya, Īsha, Brihadāranyaka, Taittirīya, Mundaka, Kaushītaki, Maitrī, Katha and Shvetāshvatara. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach selection is preceded by an incisive introduction that explains simply and clearly Sanskrit terms and yogic concepts that might otherwise be obscure. 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The answer, suggests Peter Russell, lies in humanity's accelerating pace of development. He shows how innovation breeds further innovation-a positive feedback loop that leads to exponentially increasing rates of change. But our minds cannot grasp the full implications of exponential growth. This creates a blind spot on the future. We think more in terms of linear change rather than exponential change. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHowever fast the pace of change may be today, it will be much faster in the years to come, bringing ever more rapid scientific and technological advances. But ever-accelerating change also creates stress on the systems involved-personal, social, and planetary. The greater the pace of change, the greater the stress and the more likely systemic breakdown. 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In this fresh, frank, and powerful guide, Peter Russell allows readers to see that the things we get hung up on are generally not tangible problems in the present, but are instead thoughts, feelings, interpretations, beliefs, or expectations we have about them. These are not actual things; they exist only in our minds. And we can strip these \"no-things\" of their power and let them go by making a simple change of mind. Russell boils this letting go down to remarkably easy methods of accepting, acknowledging, recognizing, and even befriending what we tend to run from. This paradoxical practice generates peace of mind, fresh perspectives, and wisdom in action. 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