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This book offers a crash course in the nature of reality. It is the story of Peter Russell's lifelong exploration into the nature of consciousness - how he went from being a strict atheist, studying mathematics and physics at Cambridge University, to realising a profound personal synthesis of the mystical and scientific. Integrating a deep knowledge of science with his own experiences of meditation, Russell arrives at a universe similar to that described by many mystics.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Yes. A good book. Mr Russell has gone out of his way to entertain even the most hard-headed materialistic skeptics among us to the idea of a universal spirit source, 'bridging the gap' between science and spirituality, so to speak. Both scientific and spiritual factors are well covered, with the bare essentials being laid out for us, rather than going 'down the rabbit-hole' of either too much quantumn physics, or spiritual dogma.
Recommended.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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From Science to God: A physicist's journey into the mystery of consciousness, by Peter Russell, New World Library, Novato, CA, USA, 2003, 144 ff.
A scientist's spiritual autobiography
By Howard Jones
This is a story that, to a large extent, I was well able to resonate with. Specialising in science at an early age in school in Britain, like Peter Russell, I didn't really see any room or need for God. For that same reason, many enthusiastic young scientists, and a great many adult practicing scientists, become and remain as atheists. But Russell's path is a familiar one to many of us.
As he developed as a scientist he realised that the materialist description of the world that has formed the bedrock of science since the time of Copernicus and Newton is not adequate in describing the world of living things, least of all humankind. Russell graduated originally as a physicist at Cambridge but later his interest in the workings of the mind encouraged his study of psychology.
Russell's book describes how he, and many other scientists, especially physicists and psychologists, engaged with spirituality in order to adequately model and explain the actual behaviour of the material world. As part of his own enlightenment, Russell spent time at an ashram in India to develop this sense of spirituality.
This short book describes in broad outline the path of science over the past four centuries and how physicists have come to realise that there is so much compatibility between science and the spiritual. It is illustrated with many spiritual sayings from scientists like Max Planck and Einstein and mystics like St. Augustine and Teilhard de Chardin. There is no challenging science here. The book is easily readable and, as indicated by the title, it describes how a scientist comes to realise that the numinous has an essential role to play in a description of the world as well as in his own life. In this respect the book is inspirational.
Dr Howard A. Jones is the author of The Thoughtful Guide to God (2006) and The Tao of Holism (2008), both of which were published by O Books of Winchester, UK.
Looking in the Distance: The Human Search for Meaning
A scientist's spiritual autobiography
By Howard Jones
This is a story that, to a large extent, I was well able to resonate with. Specialising in science at an early age in school in Britain, like Peter Russell, I didn't really see any room or need for God. For that same reason, many enthusiastic young scientists, and a great many adult practicing scientists, become and remain as atheists. But Russell's path is a familiar one to many of us.
As he developed as a scientist he realised that the materialist description of the world that has formed the bedrock of science since the time of Copernicus and Newton is not adequate in describing the world of living things, least of all humankind. Russell graduated originally as a physicist at Cambridge but later his interest in the workings of the mind encouraged his study of psychology.
Russell's book describes how he, and many other scientists, especially physicists and psychologists, engaged with spirituality in order to adequately model and explain the actual behaviour of the material world. As part of his own enlightenment, Russell spent time at an ashram in India to develop this sense of spirituality.
This short book describes in broad outline the path of science over the past four centuries and how physicists have come to realise that there is so much compatibility between science and the spiritual. It is illustrated with many spiritual sayings from scientists like Max Planck and Einstein and mystics like St. Augustine and Teilhard de Chardin. There is no challenging science here. The book is easily readable and, as indicated by the title, it describes how a scientist comes to realise that the numinous has an essential role to play in a description of the world as well as in his own life. In this respect the book is inspirational.
Dr Howard A. Jones is the author of The Thoughtful Guide to God (2006) and The Tao of Holism (2008), both of which were published by O Books of Winchester, UK.
Looking in the Distance: The Human Search for Meaning
27 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I finished reading this book yesterday. Whilst being deep it is totally accessible. It is grounded in science and reason, yet is profound and beautiful. Peter Russell is the clearest writer on this subject that I have so far come across, This book will change you, whether you like it or not. But I am sure you'll like it.
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easy reading
Easy reading of a difficult concepts. Well worth the effort, to read through several times.
Published 21 months ago by Geof
One of my favourite books
I have just brought my second copy of this book because I lend it to so many people and I like to be able to dip into it at any time. This is a brilliant book. Read more
Published on 9 Jan 2010 by Y. R. Diment
A winding road to nowhere new
Peter Russell has gone from a grounding in reason to exploring that which cannot be reasoned. Can we really examine the goldfish bowl from within it? Read more
Published on 13 Jan 2008 by Marc Draco
Trivial pursuit
The book by Peter Russel is about metaphysical trivialities and very superficial. In short, makes an ultra-simplified exposure of non-dualistic misticism comparable to that of... Read more
Published on 6 Oct 2004 by "toiletseat"
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