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Amit Goswami
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171 ratings17 reviewsIn this mind-expanding work, physicist Amit Goswami, Ph.D., explores the world of human creativity—the ultimate source of joy and fulfillment—through the lens of quantum physics, and offers up a unique way to nurture and enhance your own creativity. According to quantum physics, reality occurs on two possibility and actuality. Goswami uses this same duality to explore what he calls "quantum thinking," which focuses on two levels of thinking—the conscious mind of actuality and the unconscious mind of possibility. He then poses questions that probe the wellspring of creation that exists in each of us. What is creativity? Can anyone be creative? What kinds of creativity are there? And through this inquiry, he lays out a guidebook for understanding the power of the mind to access creativity in a whole new way. Combining the art of creativity with the objectivity of science, Quantum Creativity uses empirical data to support this new method of thinking and outlines how to harness our innate abilities in order to live more creatively. In short, Goswami teaches you how to think quantum to be creative.
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First published January 1, 1998
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Amit Goswami is a nuclear physicist and member of The
University of Oregon Institute for Theoretical Physics since 1968.
Dr. Goswami is a revolutionary in a growing body of renegade scientists who in recent years have ventured into the domain of the spiritual in an attempt both to interpret the seemingly inexplicable findings of their experiments and to validate their intuitions about the existence of a spiritual dimension of life.
He became best known as one of the interviewed scientists featured in the 2004 film
What the Bleep Do We Know!? , the recent documentary
Dalai Lama Renaissance , and stars in the 2009 documentary
The Quantum Activist .
Please visit www.AmitGoswami.org for the latest events and information.
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April 22, 2014When I received this book to review from Net Galley, I was completely excited about it. I mean, creativity is truly in my wheelhouse since I work as a graphic artist at a daily newspaper. And the area of quantum physics has always fascinated me. But I was truly let down while reading this book.
The content is amazing. I mean, it's all in there. Everything you want and the kitchen sink,
but the text is full of jargon that only a truly masterful mind who lives in the quantum world would understand. The author said that this book was for the layperson. That made me think it would be easy to read but I felt like I was walking through thick mud and my eyes strained as I moved from page to page.
There are many stories the author uses as examples that are great but they almost have a detached feeling about them as if stuck into certain places in the text to explain a concept.
I plan to keep this book and use it as a reference book because a book with a creativity theme is always something I will come back to over and over again.
Thank you to
Hay House for allowing me to read this book. I truly did learn a whole LOT!
NOTE: Netgalley.com is a place where people can review books from publishing companies before and after their release.
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April 18, 2018Quantum Creativity is book designed to help anyone realize their creative potential. The author explores numerous avenues to help you get there such as using examples from famous scientists, philosophers, Hindu's and Buddhist's while giving examples from his own life. Often posing questions and then giving longer, in-depth answers, this book lets you ask those same questions for yourself in order to explore. There were even meditation exercises included to help you achieve a calm, clear state of mind.
While exploring, I was able to identify with one of the main concepts, that ego consistently interferes with creative growth. When focused on the ego, you can become negative and selfish, and totally miss the bigger picture of what it means to be creative; you cannot connect to the universe, or tap into the energy of the universe when caught up in your own ways. It doesn't do you any good to compare to others, especially famous artists. Comparisons are odious, after all. Anyway, since I was able to identify with that concept, I was able to recognize my own blockages and fears. It's reassuring to know that I have created them all, and in the end, they're not real.
As I mentioned before, Goswami incorporates many quotes and frequently references others. At times I found the references to be a bit much, distracting a little, to the main gist of the information. More often than not though, they were helpful in getting a grasp on what he was trying to convey. I enjoyed the few segments that were laid out as a dialogue between someone else and the author; that put things into perspective, as I could imagine myself postulating on the same issues.
There's always a lesson to be learned in self-exploration. Those lessons can be frustrating at times, and they can also be humbling. I will definitely keep this book close by for reference.
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July 26, 2016I am an artist and a writer, a very creative person. And I am fascinated with quantum physics. So the title of this book caught my eye right away.
The author says that he wrote this one for the layperson. However, I feel that he still did not bring it down enough to where someone on my level could really dive in. The first part of the book was not easy to get into. The second part did get more into the creative side and was more pleasing to read.
I am giving this book four stars for the author's obvious and extensive knowledge of and passion for the subject and his time in putting it all together in this book. And if you are already well educated in Quantum Physics and know all the technical terms and what they mean, you will no doubt enjoy this book and I encourage you to get it. But if you are like me, not really up on all the scientific jargon, but totally in love with the idea of quantum physics, just be prepared to have to dig a little more to really get what the author offers here.
*FTC Disclosure: I received this book for free from Hay House Publishing for this review. The opinion in this review is unbiased and reflects my honest judgment of the product.
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June 17, 2014If you're not a Creative, why the heel not? Quantum yourself immediate. One of my favourite reads this year.
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November 25, 2017I remember really enjoying this book while struggling with a creative block, so I recently recommended it to my friend who codes and was struggling with solving data work problems. Now him and his wife are really interested in the concept.
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April 27, 2020As an artist and a creativity coach, I found this to be a beneficial read. I would recommend this to creativity coaches or artists interested in psychology.
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November 2, 2022absolutely loved this book. tying physics to spirituality was a trip in itself and i found myself wanting to remember a lot of passages in the books. very profound and an insightful read!
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September 6, 2014Well... this one was a bit much for me. I enjoyed the idea of it immensely bet the execution of the book just didn't work as well in the beginning.
Firstly, I am a very creative person but I don't understand physics. I was hoping that this would bring physics into my layman world and introduce me to a fascinating, albeit very difficult to understand realm.
The second part, however, really picked up with the more creative side of things and I was able to understand so much more. So, not all of this is filled with jargon, a lot of it yes, but if you can get through that portion then you'll love the second.
I think I'm going to have to re-read this a few times to fully understand everything but from a first time read point of view it was not horrible, just filled with physics jargon.
I think if you have an inkling of an idea about physics then this would be extremely fun to read but for those like me that have no real idea, it was just way over my head for quite a bit of it. But don't let that stop you, if you are creative and are curious about this, I do recommend!
Thank you to Hay House for allowing me to read this for an honest review.
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January 21, 2016Ideas, yes. Coherence, no Just as an electron leaps from an atom's inner orbital ring to an outer one, creative ideas occur just as suddenly. Such quantum leaps inspire this book's title.
But it's a mish-mash. True, there's some physics in it. There's also ideas from Hinduism, Jungian Psychology, and some others that are the author's own. However, the book lacks a coherent theory or argument. And that's why it doesn't work for me.
I didn't finish this book, but I did read enough to know it wouldn't provide the answers I sought. This is the paradox I want to solve: Quantum Physics proves that observers can't be separated from observations. This implies, as Goswami believes, that consciousness is a force in nature. Yet psychologists treat consciousness as an epiphenomena. An epiphenomena is one that occurs parallel to the phenomena under study. This means one can study activity within the brain and the behavior it creates, but one can never say anything about consciousness. So, what is consciousness?
Goswami addressed this more thoroughly in a previous book, The Self-Aware Universe: How Consciousness Creates the Material World. When I initially read this book I knew less about physics than I do now. I'm currently re-reading it. I wasn't convinced by Goswami's argument the first time. I'll let you know if a second reading changes my mind.
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In this mind-expanding work, physicist Amit Goswami, Ph.D., explores the world of human creativity—the ultimate source of joy and fulfillment—through the lens of quantum physics, and offers up a unique way to nurture and enhance your own creativity. According to quantum physics, reality occurs on two possibility and actuality. Goswami uses this same duality to explore what he calls "quantum thinking," which focuses on two levels of thinking—the conscious mind of actuality and the unconscious mind of possibility. He then poses questions that probe the wellspring of creation that exists in each of us. What is creativity? Can anyone be creative? What kinds of creativity are there? And through this inquiry, he lays out a guidebook for understanding the power of the mind to access creativity in a whole new way. Combining the art of creativity with the objectivity of science, Quantum Creativity uses empirical data to support this new method of thinking and outlines how to harness our innate abilities in order to live more creatively. In short, Goswami teaches you how to think quantum to be creative.
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Amit Goswami is a nuclear physicist and member of The University of Oregon Institute for Theoretical Physics since 1968. Dr. Goswami is a revolutionary in a growing body of renegade scientists who in recent years have ventured into the domain of the spiritual in an attempt both to interpret the seemingly inexplicable findings of their experiments and to validate their intuitions about the existence of a spiritual dimension of life.
He became best known as one of the interviewed scientists featured in the 2004 film What the Bleep Do We Know!? , the recent documentary Dalai Lama Renaissance , and stars in the 2009 documentary The Quantum Activist .
Please visit www.AmitGoswami.org for the latest events and information.
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When I received this book to review from Net Galley, I was completely excited about it. I mean, creativity is truly in my wheelhouse since I work as a graphic artist at a daily newspaper. And the area of quantum physics has always fascinated me. But I was truly let down while reading this book.
The content is amazing. I mean, it's all in there. Everything you want and the kitchen sink, but the text is full of jargon that only a truly masterful mind who lives in the quantum world would understand. The author said that this book was for the layperson. That made me think it would be easy to read but I felt like I was walking through thick mud and my eyes strained as I moved from page to page.
There are many stories the author uses as examples that are great but they almost have a detached feeling about them as if stuck into certain places in the text to explain a concept.
I plan to keep this book and use it as a reference book because a book with a creativity theme is always something I will come back to over and over again.
Thank you to Hay House for allowing me to read this book. I truly did learn a whole LOT!
NOTE: Netgalley.com is a place where people can review books from publishing companies before and after their release.
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Quantum Creativity is book designed to help anyone realize their creative potential. The author explores numerous avenues to help you get there such as using examples from famous scientists, philosophers, Hindu's and Buddhist's while giving examples from his own life. Often posing questions and then giving longer, in-depth answers, this book lets you ask those same questions for yourself in order to explore. There were even meditation exercises included to help you achieve a calm, clear state of mind.
While exploring, I was able to identify with one of the main concepts, that ego consistently interferes with creative growth. When focused on the ego, you can become negative and selfish, and totally miss the bigger picture of what it means to be creative; you cannot connect to the universe, or tap into the energy of the universe when caught up in your own ways. It doesn't do you any good to compare to others, especially famous artists. Comparisons are odious, after all. Anyway, since I was able to identify with that concept, I was able to recognize my own blockages and fears. It's reassuring to know that I have created them all, and in the end, they're not real.
As I mentioned before, Goswami incorporates many quotes and frequently references others. At times I found the references to be a bit much, distracting a little, to the main gist of the information. More often than not though, they were helpful in getting a grasp on what he was trying to convey. I enjoyed the few segments that were laid out as a dialogue between someone else and the author; that put things into perspective, as I could imagine myself postulating on the same issues.
There's always a lesson to be learned in self-exploration. Those lessons can be frustrating at times, and they can also be humbling. I will definitely keep this book close by for reference.
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I am an artist and a writer, a very creative person. And I am fascinated with quantum physics. So the title of this book caught my eye right away.
The author says that he wrote this one for the layperson. However, I feel that he still did not bring it down enough to where someone on my level could really dive in. The first part of the book was not easy to get into. The second part did get more into the creative side and was more pleasing to read.
I am giving this book four stars for the author's obvious and extensive knowledge of and passion for the subject and his time in putting it all together in this book. And if you are already well educated in Quantum Physics and know all the technical terms and what they mean, you will no doubt enjoy this book and I encourage you to get it. But if you are like me, not really up on all the scientific jargon, but totally in love with the idea of quantum physics, just be prepared to have to dig a little more to really get what the author offers here.
*FTC Disclosure: I received this book for free from Hay House Publishing for this review. The opinion in this review is unbiased and reflects my honest judgment of the product.
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absolutely loved this book. tying physics to spirituality was a trip in itself and i found myself wanting to remember a lot of passages in the books. very profound and an insightful read!
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Well... this one was a bit much for me. I enjoyed the idea of it immensely bet the execution of the book just didn't work as well in the beginning.
Firstly, I am a very creative person but I don't understand physics. I was hoping that this would bring physics into my layman world and introduce me to a fascinating, albeit very difficult to understand realm.
The second part, however, really picked up with the more creative side of things and I was able to understand so much more. So, not all of this is filled with jargon, a lot of it yes, but if you can get through that portion then you'll love the second.
I think I'm going to have to re-read this a few times to fully understand everything but from a first time read point of view it was not horrible, just filled with physics jargon.
I think if you have an inkling of an idea about physics then this would be extremely fun to read but for those like me that have no real idea, it was just way over my head for quite a bit of it. But don't let that stop you, if you are creative and are curious about this, I do recommend!
Thank you to Hay House for allowing me to read this for an honest review.
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Ideas, yes. Coherence, no Just as an electron leaps from an atom's inner orbital ring to an outer one, creative ideas occur just as suddenly. Such quantum leaps inspire this book's title.
But it's a mish-mash. True, there's some physics in it. There's also ideas from Hinduism, Jungian Psychology, and some others that are the author's own. However, the book lacks a coherent theory or argument. And that's why it doesn't work for me.
I didn't finish this book, but I did read enough to know it wouldn't provide the answers I sought. This is the paradox I want to solve: Quantum Physics proves that observers can't be separated from observations. This implies, as Goswami believes, that consciousness is a force in nature. Yet psychologists treat consciousness as an epiphenomena. An epiphenomena is one that occurs parallel to the phenomena under study. This means one can study activity within the brain and the behavior it creates, but one can never say anything about consciousness. So, what is consciousness?
Goswami addressed this more thoroughly in a previous book, The Self-Aware Universe: How Consciousness Creates the Material World. When I initially read this book I knew less about physics than I do now. I'm currently re-reading it. I wasn't convinced by Goswami's argument the first time. I'll let you know if a second reading changes my mind.
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"A new view of consciousness is arising, in which consciousness is infinite, eternal, and one. This new view has radical implications for the creative process, as physicist Amit Goswami shows in his splendid book, Quantum Creativity. In the new view, the solitary individual gives way to collective wisdom spanning past, present, and future. Thus the source of creativity and the fount of wisdom are potentially infinite. Goswami has painted a majestic picture of what it means to be human, on which our future may depend."
--Larry Dossey, M.D., author of One Mind: How Our Individual Mind Is Part of a Greater Consciousness and Why It Matters
"Amit Goswami writes with as much wisdom, intelligence, humor, and spiritual insight as his Bengali forefathers--great minds like physicist Jagadish Chandra Bose, poet Rabindranath Tagore, and mystic Swami Vivekananda. Goswami's move from quantum physicist to motivational and spiritual teacher/writer takes considerable daring."
--Fred Alan Wolf, a.k.a. Dr. Quantum, author Time Loops and Space Twists: How God Created the Universe
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Christopher Allen
4.0 out of 5 stars A brave, interesting and controversial attempt to address our contemporary ills
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As a writer, when presented with this book, I was attracted by the prospect of gaining deeper insights into the mysterious creative process by which, in my case, the whole plot or structure of an intended novel can present itself in its entirety to mind, often under the most unlikely of circumstances, leaving one with the task of filling in the details. However, the first time I read Quantum Creativity by Amit Goswami, I didn't know what to make of it. I have to admit that my first impression was largely unfavourable.
My main concern centred on the disdainful attitude taken to the present paradigm of scientific materialism from the beginning of Chapter 2 onwards. I was reminded of Erwin Schrodinger's warning many years ago that, whereas Western Science would benefit from an infusion of Eastern thought, care must be exercised to avoid blunders; consult Ref.[2].
I was uncomfortable with his assertion that the neurophysiology of experience, let alone its creative expression is a `hard' problem beyond reductionism to explain. Is this correct? After all, Daniel Dennett, one of the so called `Four Horsemen' of New Atheism seems to have made a good fist of it; consult Ref. [4].
I also didn't like the way Goswami mixes up his new quantum terminology with the language of the mystical traditions of the Perennial Philosophy. For instance, he equates his so called quantum self with the Atman.
I felt that Goswami was trying to do a `Capra' in Quantum Creativity but without the latter's masterly multi-disciplinary grasp; consult Ref. [1].
Nevertheless, I decided his book deserved a second, more considered read. As a result, I have formed a completely different perception of Goswami's work and come to the realisation that I have been influenced by limitations in my own understanding, coupled with unhelpful personal biases and misjudgement. The rest of this review is based upon this second reading; I have undergone a personal paradigm shift, so to speak.
Quantum Creativity consists of a preface followed by 22 chapters in 6 parts. In the preface, Dr Goswami explains that, although an earlier volume of his book was written over ten years ago for academic researchers, the current edition has been revised for a more general readership. For those that do not know of him, Amit Goswami is a colourful character who describes himself as a quantum activist. In fact, he is regarded by some as the leader of a growing religious movement which appears to be based, at least in part, on the controversial Penrose-Hameroff model of quantum consciousness. Dr Goswami grew up in India as the son of a priest. He is a retired professor of theoretical nuclear physics at the University of Oregon where he has served since 1968. He is a pioneer of a new paradigm based on the primacy of consciousness with the emphasis of so called `downward causation'. He appeared in the 2004 film: What the Bleep Do We Know and its 2006 sequel: Down the Rabbit Hole as well as in the award winning documentary: The Quantum Activist.
In Part 1 of his latest book, the author wastes no time in attacking the existing paradigm of scientific materialism and introducing an alternative world view which takes universal consciousness as the foundation of all being. He explains creativity in terms of the causal power of divine consciousness to choose from a myriad of quantum possibilities in actualizing the manifest world.
In Part 2, the author explains the creative process in more depth, indicating that there are 4 essential stages to it: preparation, incubation, insight and manifestation. He pays particular attention to unconscious processing and the evidence for it, leading to what he calls the `aha' moment of sudden vision and understanding.
In Part 3, the author attempts to answer the question: `Can anyone be creative?' In the so doing thereof, he discusses the origin of the creative trait in people and whether it is due to genes, brains or environment. He expresses the view that, in the case of child prodigies such as Mozart, the talent has been carried forward from previous lifetimes.
In Part 4, Goswami discusses the impact of the new paradigm on such diverse areas as the arts, business, education and even personal relationships.
He concedes that the shift in worldview from materialism to the primacy of consciousness is likely to encounter stiff resistance.
In Part 5, the author discusses spiritual creativity and explains how we can transcend our usual sense of identity-our conditioned ego-and connect with our higher or quantum self.
In the final part of his book, Goswami offers guidance on how to bring creativity into the centre of one's life. He details the following practices to enable a breakthrough through the habitual patterns of the ego to allow participation in quantum or higher consciousness. They are as follows: - Intention-setting, slowing down, inner focussing, alternating action with relaxation, constructive use of the imagination, working with Jungian archetypes and remembering your dharma. To this end, he describes his own transcendental or peak experience following a meditative practice of concentrating and internalizing a mantra over a period of seven days. He writes in terms of the cosmos opening up to him, of the intensification of sensations beyond belief and of an overwhelming feeling of universal love and bliss. To me, this is the most important and relevant part of his book and suggests that the author is writing from a standpoint of deep personal experience and not some cranky or fashionable theory. Dr Goswami seems to be able to walk the walk as well as talk the talk.
In summary, I still find the author's style rather quirky even on as second reading. But in fairness to him, part of the problem seems to be the difficulty that any writer is likely to encounter when trying to explain inherently non-linear and complex concepts within the constraints of a written language. This issue and an attempt at a solution are touched upon in the preface of Fritjof Capra's new offering, consult Ref. [3].
In the opinion of this reviewer, Quantum Creativity is not a literary masterpiece. It is however, despite my perception of stylistic flaws, a brave, interesting and controversial attempt to address our contemporary ills in an unusual way. Hats off to the Professor for sticking his head above the parapet ... he appears to write from the heart and from direct experience ... and what he has to say may be just what the world needs to hear now.
References
1. Fritjof Capra: The Turning Point (Wildwood House 1982) (ISBN 0745-3054-6)
2. Erwin Schrodinger: What is Life? Mind and Matter Cambridge University Press (1974) ISBN 0-521-09397-X.
3. Fritjof Capra and Pier Luigi Luisi: The Systems View of Life Cambridge University Press (2014) ISBN 978-1-107-0036-6 Hardback
4. Daniel C Dennett: Consciousness Explained (Back Bay Books 1992) (ISBN 0-316-18066-1)
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Hypnotic Tales 2013: Some Light Some Dark
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5.0 out of 5 stars Invite your quantum self into your life, and open the door to infinite possibilities
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Quantum Creativity: Think Quantum, Be Creative by Amit Goswami, Ph.D., is a wonderful book that explains the creative nature of our existence both from a scientific and a spiritual standpoint. Not only is it understandable to anyone, but it is also immensely enjoyable to read. For me personally, Amit Goswami joins the ranks of David Wilcock and Lynne McTaggart for taking an extremely hard to grasp subject like quantum physics and explaining it in a way that is not only easy to understand but stimulating as well.
What makes us creative? That is a burning question I have been asking myself lately and a question that this book answers succinctly. We are innately creative beings, but through conditioning--familial, educational, and societal--we lose touch with that inner spark of creativity. It is up to each of us to rekindle the fire again. That is where spirituality and quantum physics come in. They are providing people with the tools to tap into their quantum selves (I would use this term interchangeably with soul). Not only that, but quantum physics is also giving scientific credibility to the mystical wisdom that has been passed on from figures such as the Buddha, Muhammed, Jesus, and many others. Whether you believe in these figures literally or mythically matters not. Their messages remain the same.
Creativity is our birthright, and by tapping into it, we can transform not only ourselves but the world as well. By having the courage to be creative, we are honoring the divine purpose of the Universe, which is to evolve. This book lays out a map, complete with steps to follow, to come into contact with your quantum self. It also makes a great case for itself by including the science to back up its claims. Even the most diehard sceptic will have a very hard time reading this book and discarding the sound science in it. So reader beware, this book is only for those who truly desire an intimate encounter with the fullness of who they are. This book is for those who are ready for infinite possibilities.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Dense Language But Great Messages
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I was a Philosophy major and went on to become a lawyer and still I find the language of this book to be very dense. I wish that an Editor would have worked with Goswami to make it more accessible to the masses because the concepts are great. I am nearly finished but will be donating it to the library because I do not feel I could pass it on, even to my friends who are all well read and professionals because the language - and it seems rather specialized - presents too much of an obstacle. The chapter on reincarnation is excellent, notwithstanding the language.
Overall, I like it but if I had perused it at a bookstore I would not have purchased it. I am happy though to finish it and pass it on to my local library.
Separately - I think Amit Goswani, as a physicist and spiritual seeker is great. He is really break-out and the book has made me interested in his mind and outlook.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Amit a fait un très bon livre. J'ai beaucoup ...
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Amit a fait un très bon livre. J'ai beaucoup
aimé le côté physique quantique particulièrement le concept de non localité. Un sault est essentiel autrement nous obtenons qu'une créativité externe, une sorte de résolution de problèmes qui ne change que le contexte. Mais mon appréciation va surtout a la conversation finale entre Krisna et Jane l'Américaine
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5.0 out of 5 stars Mind-Expanding
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Sometimes it takes a book like this to remind me of the tyranny of the mind. it begins to create pathways that are comfortable and familiar to one's own detriment. The mind will stay in its comfortable grooves until the real You steps into the quantum world that has no boundaries. That is the realm of creativity. It is our homeland, so to speak, but you can get there only through the process of creativity, which requires openness, willingness to try new things, and letting go of the familiar. This book gives you a glimpse of what is out there--within.
Easy to read and engaging.
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