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Summary: Good read
Review: This is a very readable book. Once I started reading it I couldn't put it down. The book attempts to present spiritual concepts in the context of 'double-blind statistically significant' scientific experiments. I am not sure about this approach, the skeptics will never be convinced, and those of us already in the know don't neet to be bored with all this scientific mumbo-jumbo. However, I recommend the book as a comprehensive historical overview of the development of parapsychology.
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Summary: Timely, interesting and readable
Review: This was a very interesting book. It is, I guess if you had to label it, quantum phyics for the non-scientist. One of those books that scientists aren't all that fond of.
It is written well and easy to understand. This is the third time I have read it. It is very, very interesting. Among other mysteries she explains the principle of non-locality and how homeopathy works.
The non-locality chapter alone could be a stand alone book and I'm sure someone out there already has. This is a fascinating principle and one that prompted me to almost quit bodywork (along with a couple of statements I made online being misintrepreted). I think it is important for any healthworkers all the way up the line to doctors to be aware of this.
from pg 11 "Perhaps the most essential ingredient of this connected universe was the living consciousness that observed it. In classical physics, the experimenter was considered a living seperate entity, a silent observer behind glass, attempting to understand a universe that carried on, wheather he or she was observing it or not. In quantum phyics however, it was discovered, the state of all possibilities of any quantum particle collapsed into a set intity as soon as it was observed or a measurement taken."
Her lay description of this is funny and makes it very understandable. Massage is very much about measurements and observations and judgements. When I digested the information and realized I needed to change my practice and almost quit bodywork entirely. I learned another modality instead. One that can be a little less reliant on observations and judgements.
This is a very readable book. This is definately not a self-help book but after reading it you can't help but wonder about the effect of your thoughts on others, and the intelligent design of the universe.
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Summary: Scientists Explore the Last Frontier - the Zero Point Field
Review: With an ear for human interest and eye for detail, Lynne McTaggart masterfully tells the true story in THE FIELD of how pioneers in science and consciousness research are working to achieve a more complete understanding of the true nature of reality -- an understanding which includes (rather than ignores) consciousness. THE FIELD describes how scientists have gradually become aware of what appears to be a unifying energy structure in our universe. This "Zero Point Field" provides us with a simpler explanation for how things work than previous overly-complex ideas require. Simplicity in science is a good thing, because it generally indicates which theories will win out as time goes by. The Zero Point Field theory demonstrates it's elegant simplicity by allowing physicists to derive the famous equation F=ma (rather than take it as a starting assumption), and by helping medical practitioners understand the underlying scientific basis for homeopathy. Our scientific conceptualization of this universe has changed considerably over the last few centuries and now faces one of the biggest overhauls ever -- and THE FIELD demonstrates why the Zero Point Field is likely to be the last frontier for us to explore. THE FIELD is packed with detailed descriptions of some of the most exciting experiments recently conducted by leading researchers in the field of consciousness such as: Cleve Backster, Jacques Benveniste, William Braud, Bob Jahn, Edgar Mitchell, Fritz-Albert Popp, Hal Puthoff, Rupert Sheldrake, Russell Targ, Elisabeth Targ, and Charles Tart. I give this book my highest recommendation.
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