Crazy Wisdom Save the World Again!
Wes Nisker
2010
Anyone who's been searching for crazy wisdom to help cope with today's world, has come to the right place! This seriously funny investigation of religion, evolution, cosmology, and Buddhism is a self-help book for people interested in helping more than just themselves. In sections such as ''the Evolution Sutra'' and ''Be Here Wow!'' best-selling author Wes Scoop Nisker updates the metaphysics of his cult classic, The Essential Crazy Wisdom, and calls for a new spirituality - one that fits our modern, scientific worldview but remains full of wonder and joy. For Nisker, it's all about recognizing that your mind has a thinking problem.
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