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Lynne McTaggart is the Malcolm Gladwell of the new science, whose superbly written book, a blend of frontier discovery told in compelling stories, offers hope but also an action plan in these troubled times. Read this book and change your life and the life of everyone around you. (Jack Canfield, Bestselling Author Of The Chicken Soup For The Soul Series )
Once in a very great while, a book comes along that shifts our sense of reality, or extols a new way of living. Lynne McTaggart¹s extraordinary new book, The Bond, does both. (Deepak Chopra, Bestselling Author Of Reinventing The Body, Resurrecting The Soul )
There is something on every page of this book to make you jump for joy. (Marianne Williamson, Bestselling Author Of A Return To Love And A Course In Weight Loss. )
Once in a very great while, a book comes along that shifts our sense of reality, or extols a new way of living. Lynne McTaggart¹s extraordinary new book, The Bond, does both. (Deepak Chopra, Bestselling Author Of Reinventing The Body, Resurrecting The Soul )
There is something on every page of this book to make you jump for joy. (Marianne Williamson, Bestselling Author Of A Return To Love And A Course In Weight Loss. )
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We are in crisis because we live a lie. We believe we flourish because we compete and fight - personally, as a nation, and as the dominant species. But we succeed only because we share, we care and we're fair, as Lynne McTaggart's latest, profound and life-altering book proves. The Bond demonstrates that we are in constant relationship with everything and everyone. Pulling together a vast array of cutting edge scientific discovery, McTaggart demonstrates that the idea of 'us against them' is one of the most fundamental misconceptions we make.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Although I think the book is missing a major, if not the main, reason that western society has deteriorated (psychopaths that have risen to the top of the food chain and influenced society - read `Snakes in Suits', `Political Ponerology', and `Puzzling People' to name just a few) it does give many interesting examples that normal humans thrive in many ways in a society based on principles of sharing and mutual support and that the lack or deterioration of such a connection or bond is at the root of many ills and problems that we face as a society.
Her overall premise is that there is a bond to life that has not been fully explored that flies in the face of accepted beliefs and theories such as Darwin's evolution and Dawkin's selfish gene and I have to say that I really like her books because they open me up to new areas of thinking and research.
Her overall premise is that there is a bond to life that has not been fully explored that flies in the face of accepted beliefs and theories such as Darwin's evolution and Dawkin's selfish gene and I have to say that I really like her books because they open me up to new areas of thinking and research.
30 of 35 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
While Lynne McTaggart's latest will be very digestible for New Agers and self-proclaimed altruists, who will probably buy most copies, I think it should be taken seriously by those of us who have some pride in their scepticism, - even though it is endorsed by soft popularists who will provoke a 'not serious' response among harder nosed readers of popular science and sociology. The academic references I know about are solid, and the rest look pretty plausible.
The basic idea, that the whole system explains more than its elements, that we are inextricably linked - from sub-atomic particles, to individuals, to social groups, and therefore that our focus on individual identities and interests is warped, has been around for a while in some brands of mysticism, ancient philosophy and socialism (whatever the latter means - it's a word McTaggart wants to distance herself from). However McTaggart's marshalling of several hundred academic studies from physics, through biology and psychology to sociology and touches of politics and economics is an accomplished challenge to the western 'thingified' and isolated worldview which is losing utility.
The warm fuzzy conclusion, which I intellectually accept, is that we are happier, healthier and more fulfilled when we recognise our reflections in one another and act with loving altruism. But is there enough evidence to convince the naive social darwinist or game theorist who would define ultimate success as ethnically cleansing the rest of the universe and filling it with clones of oneself? Or more gently can you get the girl (or boy) without showing off or defamation?
Actually McTaggart cites theory and example from a Nobel prize winning schizophrenic to show that maybe you can. Collective co-operation, a bit like the elusive perfect market, can give everyone the best deal. It just takes more social sophistication. Making that implicit in most social interaction could be part of saving the world. And tracking the waves of interactions in most scenarios will teach us more about it. Towards that mindshift, 'The Bond' makes a good start; without it don't bet on getting (y)our selfish genes through the end of this century.
The basic idea, that the whole system explains more than its elements, that we are inextricably linked - from sub-atomic particles, to individuals, to social groups, and therefore that our focus on individual identities and interests is warped, has been around for a while in some brands of mysticism, ancient philosophy and socialism (whatever the latter means - it's a word McTaggart wants to distance herself from). However McTaggart's marshalling of several hundred academic studies from physics, through biology and psychology to sociology and touches of politics and economics is an accomplished challenge to the western 'thingified' and isolated worldview which is losing utility.
The warm fuzzy conclusion, which I intellectually accept, is that we are happier, healthier and more fulfilled when we recognise our reflections in one another and act with loving altruism. But is there enough evidence to convince the naive social darwinist or game theorist who would define ultimate success as ethnically cleansing the rest of the universe and filling it with clones of oneself? Or more gently can you get the girl (or boy) without showing off or defamation?
Actually McTaggart cites theory and example from a Nobel prize winning schizophrenic to show that maybe you can. Collective co-operation, a bit like the elusive perfect market, can give everyone the best deal. It just takes more social sophistication. Making that implicit in most social interaction could be part of saving the world. And tracking the waves of interactions in most scenarios will teach us more about it. Towards that mindshift, 'The Bond' makes a good start; without it don't bet on getting (y)our selfish genes through the end of this century.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book brings about a deep understanding of how we as a species seem to be so far from creating a World of Peace and Love, yet somehow we are so tantalisingly close.
Each chapter is full of those moments when you realise that everything makes so much more sense.
After reading this book and others such as `A New Earth' by Eckhart Tolle and `A Return to Love' by Marianne Williamson it is as though a light has been switched on after stumbling around in the dark for years.
These books and others like it help to bring about a much-needed change of heart for the World as a whole.
Q...What have the critics of these books got to offer when it comes to a change of heart for the World....'Survival of the fittest' in a `dog eat dog' World....Never! (That's my own view)
Each chapter is full of those moments when you realise that everything makes so much more sense.
After reading this book and others such as `A New Earth' by Eckhart Tolle and `A Return to Love' by Marianne Williamson it is as though a light has been switched on after stumbling around in the dark for years.
These books and others like it help to bring about a much-needed change of heart for the World as a whole.
Q...What have the critics of these books got to offer when it comes to a change of heart for the World....'Survival of the fittest' in a `dog eat dog' World....Never! (That's my own view)
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A bit slow
Ive read quite a few books of this type and didnt find this as easy to read or immediately inspiring as say... Tolle. Still worthwhile if the writing style suits you.
Published 4 days ago by Les47
The Bond: scienve and beyond.
It's the third book from dear Lynne. The brave writer with the open mind and tremendous curiosity. She once again shows te ability to travle to the cutting edge of knowledge and... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Nico
Brilliant..
Brilliant! Brilliant! Brilliant! This sensitively read audio book is packed full of information that helps us to understand the need to go beyond our individual selves and into the... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Skye Akyiaa-Ansah
An Excellent Overview!
Intelligent and wide ranging, the book is an honorable sequel to "The Field," and I highly recommend it to everyone seeking both validation of their own thoughts and answers to... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Euphemia
Cool title, great read
There are just two writers whose new books I actively seek , Caroline Myss and Lynne McTaggart, so when I heard that Lynne was gestating a new tome I was on the lookout for its... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Medical heretic
a better way
[Later note: "The Longevity Project" by Friedman and Martin is a groundbreaking 80-year study and overview of what is really directly linked to happiness and health. Read more
Published 7 months ago by D&D
THE BOND
I believe it is important for everyone who has an interest in understanding what science can tell us about who we are, to read books like this. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Chris
Relief!
I've been interested in WDDTY since Lynne McTaggart first initiated the alternative assessment of scientific research but I miss the brilliant multi-national conferences she used... Read more
Published 8 months ago by E. Garrett
Another Lynne McTaggart success
Lynne McTaggart is a gifted investigative journalist. If you've read any of her other other books - The Field; What Doctor's Dont' Tell You; The Intention Experiment - you'll know... Read more
Published 8 months ago by JenniferBroadley
another good book from Lynne Mc Taggart
After reading the authors previous works I wondered if The Bond would live up to her high standard of writing. Read more
Published 8 months ago by healerlady
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