Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion is a 2014 book by Sam Harris that discusses a wide range of topics including secular spirituality (essentially within the context of spiritual naturalism), the illusion of the self, psychedelics, and meditation. He attempts to show that a certain form of spirituality is integral to understanding the nature of the mind. In late September 2014, the book reached #5 on The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Sellers list.

Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
AuthorSam Harris
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectSpirituality
PublisherSimon & Schuster
Publication date
September 9, 2014
Media typePrint (hardcover and paperback)
Pages256 (hardcover)
ISBN978-1451636017
Preceded byFree Will 
Followed byIslam and the Future of Tolerance 

In September 2018 Harris released a meditation app entitled "Waking Up with Sam Harris." Harris' podcast had previously been titled Waking Up, but he retitled it Making Sense to differentiate it from his meditation app.

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