{"product_id":"the-future-of-the-body-explorations-into-the-further-evolution-of-human-nature-paperback","title":"The Future of the Body: Explorations into the Further Evolution of Human Nature - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Murphy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the oral and written histories of every culture, there are countless records of men and women who have displayed extraordinary physical, mental, and spiritual capacities. In modern times, those records have been supplemented by scientific studies of exceptional functioning. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Are the limits of human growth fixed? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Are extraordinary abilities latent within everyone? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Is there evidence that humanity has unrealized capacities for self-transcendence? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Are there specific practices through which ordinary people can develop these abilities?\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichael Murphy has studied these questions for over thirty years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Future of the Body, \u003c\/i\u003ehe presents evidence for metanormal perception, cognition, movement, vitality, and spiritual development from more than 3,000 sources. Surveying ancient and modern records in medical science, sports, anthropology, the arts, psychical research, comparative religious studies, and dozens of other disciplines, Murphy has created an encyclopedia of exceptional functioning of body, mind, and spirit. He paints a broad and convincing picture of the possibilities of further evolutionary development of human attributes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy studying metanormal abilities under a wide range of conditions, Murphy suggests that we can identify those activities that typically evoke these capacities and assemble them into a coherent program of transformative practice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA few of Murphy's central observations and proposal include: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe observation that cultural conditioning powerfully shapes (or extinguishes) metanormal capacities.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe proposition that we cannot comprehend our potentials for extraordinary life without an empirical approach that involves many fields of inquiry and different kinds of knowing.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe notion that a widespread realization of extraordinary capacities would constitute an evolutionary transcendence analogous to the rise of humankind from its primal ancestry.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe proposal that all or most instances of significant human development are produced by a limited number of identifiable activities such as disciplined self-observation, visualization of desired capacities, and caring for others.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe idea that a balanced development of our various capacities is possible through integrated practices.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eThe Future Of The Body\u003c\/b\u003e, Murphy states that such practices can carry forward Earth's evolutionary adventure and lead humanity to the next step in its development.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1961 \u003cb\u003eMichael Murphy\u003c\/b\u003e cofounded, with Richard Price, the Esalen Institute, a learning center in California that fosters change in individuals and society, and has hosted thousands of human potential workshops and conferences led by such notables as Joseph Campbell, Aldous Huxley, Joan Borysenko, Allen Ginsberg, and Linus Pauling, to name a few. In 1980, he helped create the Esalen Institute's Soviet American Exchange program, which, among other things, initiated the first live television space bridges and hosted president of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin during his first visit to the United States. Murphy is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Future of the Body\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGolf in the Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAn End to Ordinary History\u003c\/i\u003e, and the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Psychic Side of Sports\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in San Rafael, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 800\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.9 x 8.9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 21, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748529373472,"sku":"9780874777307","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a809a6294a8362654e88c66fa31a82f3.webp?v=1779911218","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-future-of-the-body-explorations-into-the-further-evolution-of-human-nature-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}