For hundreds of years the Western world has believed that humans--indeed all living things--consist of more than pure biology. Not mere physical bodies, humans possess something else that helps to define them. In this collection of new essays scientists, psychologists, theoretical physicists and other experts in the mind-body connection explore the nature of consciousness and its future as a new paradigm in science.
With contributions covering near death experiences, the concept of "free will," conscious spacetime, DNA consciousness, the role of consciousness in the evolution of life, quantum theory and the non-local universe, the scientific basis of love, and the principles and applications of self-hypnosis, this volume clarifies the meaning of consciousness and establishes a model for further exploration into a burgeoning realm of scientific study.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"In this very interesting book many intriguing aspects of consciousness are being explored. The challenge is to accept that current materialistic science cannot objectify, proof nor duplicate the content of consciousness, because it seems to be nonlocal, beyond time and space. Enhanced consciousness can obviously be experienced independently of the physical body, ands do presumably it is fundamental in the universe."-Pim van Lommel, author of Consciousness Beyond Life.
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Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Interest Age: From 18 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
93 photos & illustrations, notes, bibliographies, index
Maße
Höhe: 254 mm
Breite: 178 mm
Dicke: 18 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-7864-7768-5 (9780786477685)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Ingrid Fredriksson is the author of several books in English on the power and complexities of thought. She lives in Sweden. See www.ingridfredriksson.com.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Physics, Spacetime and Near Death Experiences
Six Protocols, Neuroscience and Near Death: An Emerging Paradigm
Incorporating Nonlocal Consciousness (Stephan A. Schwartz)
Conscious Spacetime: An Outline to Experiential Monism (Jan Pilotti)
The -Psi-Track and Other Unexplained Energy Fields (Goete Andersson)
Part II. From the Evolution of Life to DNA: The Universe We Can't See with Our Eyes
The Role of Consciousness in the Origin and Evolution of Life (Allan Emren)
DNA Consciousness: From Theory to Science (John K. Grandy)
Do Consciousness and Electrons Exist in Water? (Ingrid Fredriksson)
The -Non-Local Universe Is the Conscious Universe (Menas C. Kafatos, Hyejung Lee and Keun-Hang Susan Yang)
Part III. How to Feel Well in Your Brain and Heart
What Is Love? The Physical Cosmology of Spiritual Union (Richard L. Amoroso)
Consciousness in the Third Millennium (Amna Al Faki, M.D., and Ingrid Fredriksson)
The Need for an Existential Holism (Alf E. Sjoeberg)
Thinking Matters: -Well-Being, Mindfulness and the Global Commons (Janet -McIntyre-Mills)
Systematic Mental Training: Effects on Brain, Mind and Reality (Lars-Eric Unestahl)
About the Contributors
Index
