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It's a question we all ask ourselves: Is it meant to be? This fascinating book explores destiny vs. free will and delves into what extent we actually have control over our lives compared to what is predestined fate. This book outlines a key set of guidelines you can follow to help you get what you really want in life and looks at life choices from a high aspect of the self - the soul. As well as exploring the possibility that we have the ability to overrule our genetics, establishing free will over destiny. Many factors, including positive thinking and being aware that the groups we are part of in life can have a profound affect on our life choices. They can help us to all ultimately realise that we can let go of past mistakes and start to create our lives from the present. This book will help you to realise that by living more consciously, as an example of how we wish for our world to be, we can take responsibility for our lives and choose what we create.
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David Hamilton gained a first class honours degree in biological and medicinal chemistry and a Ph.D in organic chemistry before going on to be a scientist in the pharmaceutical industry in 1995. Four years later he left industry to become a motivational speaker and organise an international relief charity. As part of this work he co-organised a 9 day festival of peace called 'Spirit Aid'. He has made numerous appearances on TV, conducted radio interviews and appeared in many national newspapers and periodicals.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Destiny vs Free Will: Why things happen the way they do, by David Hamilton, Hay House, 2007, 224 ff.
Chance and necessity in the world
By Howard Jones
In his exploration of the forces of destiny and free will, David Hamilton starts off with a look at astrology for `not only do the planets affect us through the stories that they symbolize in our unconscious minds, but they also have direct magnetic effects on our health and emotions' working, Hamilton claims, through the Earth's magnetic field. He supports this by citing the work of neurophysiologist Michael Persinger, psychiatrist Michael Berk, and others. We get our word `lunacy' from the supposed effect of the moon on erratic behaviour. His statement that `we inherit the consequences of the experiences of our parents, grandparents, great grandparents and even earlier ancestors' indicates that the philosophy of the book is Lamarckian in its treatment of epigenetics. Hamilton is also starting from the belief that `the soul chooses the life that it is about to live' when in the afterlife and that only a part of the soul incarnates, the rest remaining in the `oversoul'. These concepts shape the treatment of material in the rest of the book.
David Hamilton is a medical chemist who, after four years working in the pharmaceutical industry, left to become a professional lecturer and writer. After the opening astrology chapter here, Hamilton gives some interesting statistics on the results of word association tests and the role of myth and superstition in our lives. The third chapter deals with epigenetics and how environmental experiences affect us to modify the influence of genetic inheritance. This is followed by a discussion of NDEs and pre-life choices, calling on the work of cardiologist Michael Sabom, psychiatrist Brian Weiss and the age regression studies of hypnotherapist Michael Newton.
The Science of the Soul chapter has some interesting anecdotal accounts from the work of Brian Weiss on future life progression (as opposed to past-life regression) and how the mind or soul can affect scientific instruments through telekinesis, citing experimental evidence from the PEAR group at Princeton. The Law of Attraction chapter deals with Rupert Sheldrake's and Dean Radin's accounts of interconnectedness, as represented by the coherence of subatomic particles in quantum physics, and the power of belief. The final chapters on miracles and blessings work in this Law of Attraction idea to show the importance of beneficent thoughts towards ourselves, to others and to the world at large.
This is an interesting book showing how mind relates to this and other worlds. Our destiny it seems is partly in our genes, partly written in the stars, partly dependent on our past and present environment, but largely dependent on our will. The book has several pages of References and suggestions for Further Reading, but no index.
Dr Howard A. Jones is the author of The Thoughtful Guide to God (2006) and The Tao of Holism (2008), both published by O Books of Winchester, UK.
Chance and Necessity: Essay on the Natural Philosophy of Modern Biology
The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter and Miracles
Chance and necessity in the world
By Howard Jones
In his exploration of the forces of destiny and free will, David Hamilton starts off with a look at astrology for `not only do the planets affect us through the stories that they symbolize in our unconscious minds, but they also have direct magnetic effects on our health and emotions' working, Hamilton claims, through the Earth's magnetic field. He supports this by citing the work of neurophysiologist Michael Persinger, psychiatrist Michael Berk, and others. We get our word `lunacy' from the supposed effect of the moon on erratic behaviour. His statement that `we inherit the consequences of the experiences of our parents, grandparents, great grandparents and even earlier ancestors' indicates that the philosophy of the book is Lamarckian in its treatment of epigenetics. Hamilton is also starting from the belief that `the soul chooses the life that it is about to live' when in the afterlife and that only a part of the soul incarnates, the rest remaining in the `oversoul'. These concepts shape the treatment of material in the rest of the book.
David Hamilton is a medical chemist who, after four years working in the pharmaceutical industry, left to become a professional lecturer and writer. After the opening astrology chapter here, Hamilton gives some interesting statistics on the results of word association tests and the role of myth and superstition in our lives. The third chapter deals with epigenetics and how environmental experiences affect us to modify the influence of genetic inheritance. This is followed by a discussion of NDEs and pre-life choices, calling on the work of cardiologist Michael Sabom, psychiatrist Brian Weiss and the age regression studies of hypnotherapist Michael Newton.
The Science of the Soul chapter has some interesting anecdotal accounts from the work of Brian Weiss on future life progression (as opposed to past-life regression) and how the mind or soul can affect scientific instruments through telekinesis, citing experimental evidence from the PEAR group at Princeton. The Law of Attraction chapter deals with Rupert Sheldrake's and Dean Radin's accounts of interconnectedness, as represented by the coherence of subatomic particles in quantum physics, and the power of belief. The final chapters on miracles and blessings work in this Law of Attraction idea to show the importance of beneficent thoughts towards ourselves, to others and to the world at large.
This is an interesting book showing how mind relates to this and other worlds. Our destiny it seems is partly in our genes, partly written in the stars, partly dependent on our past and present environment, but largely dependent on our will. The book has several pages of References and suggestions for Further Reading, but no index.
Dr Howard A. Jones is the author of The Thoughtful Guide to God (2006) and The Tao of Holism (2008), both published by O Books of Winchester, UK.
Chance and Necessity: Essay on the Natural Philosophy of Modern Biology
The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter and Miracles
24 of 26 people found the following review helpful
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After reading so many books on personal development telling me that I am completely responsible for everything that happens, at last here is a book that shows, yes, that we do create our reality but also that sometimes, stuff just happens.
Dr. David Hamilton, in a really simple and fascinating way, shows that there are forces of destiny that can incline a person's life in a particular direction. For instance, the sun, the moon, the planets and the stars, the genes that we inherit, the experiences of our parents that are contained within their genes, and even the influence of our own soul, all contribute to how our life unfolds.
I would recommend this book to anyone looking for that balance between destiny and the law of attraction.
Dr. David Hamilton, in a really simple and fascinating way, shows that there are forces of destiny that can incline a person's life in a particular direction. For instance, the sun, the moon, the planets and the stars, the genes that we inherit, the experiences of our parents that are contained within their genes, and even the influence of our own soul, all contribute to how our life unfolds.
I would recommend this book to anyone looking for that balance between destiny and the law of attraction.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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What an excellent book!
For those with a scientific background that wont just settle with being told that you can control your life and how important your thoughts are in influencing the world around you.
This book includes research, references and some really interesting points. Finally I have some back up when trying to explain my view to others and they just say its a load of rubbish! I have recommended this book to so many people when they question me.
Very clearly written and understandable.
For those with a scientific background that wont just settle with being told that you can control your life and how important your thoughts are in influencing the world around you.
This book includes research, references and some really interesting points. Finally I have some back up when trying to explain my view to others and they just say its a load of rubbish! I have recommended this book to so many people when they question me.
Very clearly written and understandable.
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