
Transcending the Speed of Light
Consciousness, Quantum Physics, and the Fifth Dimension
Marc Seifer(Author)
Inner Traditions Bear and Company (Publisher)
Published on 31. October 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-59477-229-0 (ISBN)
Description
A study of the new scientific understanding of consciousness and the mind as a fifth dimension of reality
• Introduces the existence of a fifth dimension--one of mind--an inner- or hyperspace where time is transcended
• Shows how the barrier of the speed of light is actually a gateway demarking the fifth dimension
Since the introduction of Descartes’ dualism in the seventeenth century, the mind and the physical world have been viewed as disconnected entities. Yet qualities of mind such as awareness, purposeful action, organization, design, and even decision-making are present within the structure of matter and within the dimensions of space and time.
The space-time continuum of scientists generally ignores the realm of the mind, though phenomena such as imaginary numbers, used by Einstein to combine space with time, are concepts that only exist in the mind. Marc Seifer contends that the inadequacy of four-dimensional models to account for our experience of mental phenomena points to the consciousness of the mind as a higher organizing principle, a fifth dimension where thoughts are as real and quantifiable as our familiar physical world. He shows that because thought enables us to move backward and forward through time--reflecting on the past and making plans for the future--this fifth dimension of mind breaks the laws of relativity, thereby transcending the speed of light. His extensive study of this fifth dimension ranges from relativity and ether theory to precognition, telepathy, and synchronicity, all from the perspective of the conscious universe.
• Introduces the existence of a fifth dimension--one of mind--an inner- or hyperspace where time is transcended
• Shows how the barrier of the speed of light is actually a gateway demarking the fifth dimension
Since the introduction of Descartes’ dualism in the seventeenth century, the mind and the physical world have been viewed as disconnected entities. Yet qualities of mind such as awareness, purposeful action, organization, design, and even decision-making are present within the structure of matter and within the dimensions of space and time.
The space-time continuum of scientists generally ignores the realm of the mind, though phenomena such as imaginary numbers, used by Einstein to combine space with time, are concepts that only exist in the mind. Marc Seifer contends that the inadequacy of four-dimensional models to account for our experience of mental phenomena points to the consciousness of the mind as a higher organizing principle, a fifth dimension where thoughts are as real and quantifiable as our familiar physical world. He shows that because thought enables us to move backward and forward through time--reflecting on the past and making plans for the future--this fifth dimension of mind breaks the laws of relativity, thereby transcending the speed of light. His extensive study of this fifth dimension ranges from relativity and ether theory to precognition, telepathy, and synchronicity, all from the perspective of the conscious universe.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Rochester, VT
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 147 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59477-229-0 (9781594772290)
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08/2008
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Person
Marc J. Seifer, Ph.D., teaches psychology at Roger Williams University. He has studied under Bruno Bettelheim, Herbert Meltzer, and Stanley Krippner and is the author of several books, including Inward Journey: From Freud to Gurdjieff and the acclaimed Wizard: The Life & Times of Nikola Tesla. He lives in Rhode Island.
Content
Foreword by Stanley Krippner
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Consciousness and the Anthropic Principle
2 Parapsychology and Esoteric Thought
3 Toward a Physics of Consciousness
4 The Birth of the New Physics
5 Ether Theory Revisited
6 Ether Theory: The Mental Aspect
7 Coevolution of Science and Spirit
8 Monad of Mind
9 Synchronicity
10 Precognition and the Structure of Time
11 Six-Dimensional Universe
12 Patterns of Prophecy
13 Another Look at E = mc2
14 Final Thoughts
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author