El hombre sin cabeza: La vida y las ideas de Douglas Harding

by Richard Lang, Diego Merino Sancho (Translator), Richard Lang

Douglas Harding (1909-2007) comenzO a hacerse la pregunta «quiEn soy yo? cuando no era mAs que un adolescente. Habiendo rechazado la religiOn fundamentalista de su padre, decidiO despojarse de todo lo que le habIan dicho que era y buscar su propia identidad por sI mismo. Harding hizo un descubrimiento sorprendente: que su cuerpo no estaba formado Unicamente por su estructura humana, sino que era un sistema con mUltiples capas que abarcaba desde la mAs lejana galaxia hasta la partIcula mAs prOxima. En el centro de toda esta estructura omnincluyente con capas como una cebolla, Harding descubriO su Verdadero Yo, la Realidad sin forma que se encuentra mAs allA de todas las apariencias.

Douglas escribiO muchos libros sobre «lo que realmente somos que exploran las profundas implicaciones que esto supone en nuestras vidas y su relaciOn con el mensaje fundamental de todas las grandes religiones del mundo.

TambiEn ideO y desarrollO experimentos que apuntan directamente a esta Realidad «sin cabeza que yace en nuestro mismIsimo centro. Sus trabajos han supuesto un cambio de paradigma y constituyen un gran salto adelante hacia una forma de vernos a nosotros mismos profundamente novedosa.

Esta biografIa grAfica nos revela quiEn fue este gran hombre y quE es lo que descubriO.

Genres: Philosophy, Meditation, Spirituality, Biography, Nonfiction

166 pages, Hardcover

Published March 13, 2017

Reviews

[Quiver · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun illustrations; few words but meaningfully arranges. I had not heard of Douglas Harding prior to reading this book, so I cannot judge how accurately his work was presented within. That said, the central idea, how we all carry a timeless emptiness containing the whole universe in the place where we normally think we carry our heads, holds a certain momentary fascination. It’s an empowering thought, which unfortunately leads down a oversimplified path straight from a self-help to a mystical, quasi-religious angle where we are all One, or God. Another objection would be to the over reliance on the argument that we have no heads because we cannot see said heads except in a mirror. Partly, this argument is overly emphasised by the visual nature of the graphic novel; partly, it’s flawed: I cannot see my back either...

If you’re willing to live with oversimplification for the sake of some interesting ideas—this is the book to read. If anything, I’m now keen to read Harding.

[LUCAS H. GOLDING · Rating 4 out of 5]

A beautiful, colorful piece of graphic art. The central idea is equally beautiful. The only issue I had with the book was the writing was a bit scattered. Some storylines end up going nowhere, but it’s understandable considering the big picture nature of the book. Highly recommended for anyone interested in spirituality.

[Hamza Javed · Rating 5 out of 5]

Life Changing Ideas

The format of this book was highly engaging and really helped me understand so much more about who Douglas was and what his teachings were about. Truly blown away, I couldn’t put this down. Highly recommend to anyone!

[Lawrence · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautifully illustrated! A great intro to Douglas Harding. Makes me want to see my true nature.

[Ivan Lopez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting book presenting the ideas of Douglas Harding. Really easy to read.

[EJ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Highly accessible with highly important ideas that people of all (and no) faiths can contemplate. The micro and macrocosm structures of ‘creation’/‘physical science’ which are the basis for a large number of concepts in both religion/spirituality and the pure sciences…

[Carlos Collazo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful summation...

This is a great and easy read and a wonderful introduction and summation of the The Headless Way. I read it in a single sitting and will likely return to it again and again. It illustrates perfectly the man and his genius and the wonderful gift he made so accessible to us us all direct from the One inside us all. This is a really good place to start for the curious and the perfect springboard to starting this journey of Self discovery for those wanting to go further. Highly recommended!

[Sean · Rating 5 out of 5]

Came across this after listening to Making Sense podcast

Richard Lang and Sam Harris discuss D Harding in a podcast which prompted me to search Amazon to find out more from R Lang and I came across this entertaining, informative and easy to grasp explanation of D Harding’s concept of headlessness. I think I understand the concept now and either way was really interesting reading about D Harding’s life and the illustrations are very much to my liking,