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The Textbook of the Universe:
The Genetic Ascent to God
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322 Pages, 20 Illustrations, ISBN#1-59109-585-9, Just Published
Mar. 2003
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cover text:
This is the introduction of a new theory of how our brains give rise to consciousness.
The most startling thing about this new theory is that it also explains the
impetus behind all abstract thought in the history of life. Basic to this
understanding is the fact that the universe was built with an inherent quality
of meaning along with the everyday natural laws we know so well. The universe
is a language to be read. By reading it, we acquire adaptability and motivation.
There is a very good reason that the universe is intelligible to us. The development
of our own consciousness is part of the natural laws and natural processes
of this universe. Civilization, world religions, our mythologies, paleontology,
archaeology, evolutionary theory, physics, the patterns of disease, the patterns
of our cultures, and even the origin of life itself is explained perfectly
by this new emerging theory. No other singular theory can come close to the
power of the coherent framework of this new theory--it is the largest revolution
in the history of mankind. Life is about to change forever. This book introduces
the forces shaping this entirely new world.
general description:
Read the universe like a book... The holy grail of physics, the most basic unifying
scientific principle of the universe is revealed. Amazingly, this is also a
complete explanation of the true origin of all religions and an explanation
of the origins of our experienced consciousness. The phenomenon of synchronicity
is thoroughly explained, and a new systematic methodology with which to see
these events clearly is presented. This unique book presents powerful evidence
collected by the author over many years, and collected from other diverse sources,
to show how all life has been working toward this point now in history for some
very specific and logical reasons. We are about to move into a new way of viewing
our world--an unprecedented revolution in thought. This book tears away the
cobwebs from Western thought--allowing us to understand the most basic secret
of all civilizations. The journey within this book is amazing. In this journey,
we find out logocally, scientifically, and meaningfully who we really are, where
we come from, and where we are going. One of the most amazing things in the
book is that the Universe is shown to have meaning and symbolic qualities which
can be read uncannily like a book. The universe shares specific literary qualities
with our own human writing abilities. Foreshadowing, symbolism, themes, allegory,
metaphor, analogy, plot, character devbelopment, all come from qualities originally
inherent in the universe which humans have adapted to our own uses. We can now
actually read who we are from the patterns of the universe. Totally original
and amazing stuff.
The author spent over 4 years at Emory University working toward his PhD
in behavioral neuroscience. the book is well-written and scholarly, but written
to be accessible to everyone. It brings together a panorama of research and
ideas across vast spans of time to provide a unified, simplifying architecture
to all of civilization--explaining the origin and purpose of human thought
and consciousness in the process. If you are going to buy 1 book in your life,
this is the ONE. This is an unprecedented revolution in thought.
- First few paragraphs:
What is the true meaning and source of our motivations beyond our immediate
practical explanations of them? Is there a larger unseen pattern which our
collective behaviors fit into? Is there a larger purpose or pattern to the
seemingly complete world we perceive and live in? In the outside world,
are there larger patterns of shape and function surrounding the various
natural laws? Is there a more basic property of the universe we live in
that can provide an explanation for the form and behavior of the material
universe as well as the motivation behind the development of life? What
is our place and purpose in the universe? What is the motivational significance
in things beyond immediate utilitarian service to our biological needs,
etc. (art and the symbols of nature for example)? From Freud’s unconscious
to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, there are many theories about how history,
personality, symbols, and biological or social drives affect our behaviors.
For example, Freud’s ideas about the “unconscious” motivations
we may have are narrowly focused on the biological drives and sensations
for reproduction and maintenance of an organism, but are there larger patterns
and principles organizing behaviors on a grand scale that subsume these?
These theories of the origins and purposes of our behaviors are highly complex
and disconnected. Can there possibly be one overarching theory that can
bind all of these separate views together in a more coherent framework?
Is there a single framework for the organization and coherence of the universe
and everything in it? Such a framework would make everything in the entire
universe more meaningful and interrelated and would greatly increase our
ability to understand it. This would shake out the bugs in many areas of
science. We would understand the universe as a coherent whole instead of
a myriad detached theories floating around the various halls of academia.
Just as our individual consciousness binds together the various areas of
the brain into a coherent experience for learning, meaning, and creativity,
if we bind together the knowledge we have about the universe into an overall
coherence, we will increase the power and meaning of all our knowledge—we
will become creative on an unprecedented scale.
- Keywords:
Brain Science, Epistemology, Physics, linguistics, Metaphor,
Beauty, Religion, Civilization, Consciousness, Allegory, Poetry, Glial Cells,
Space, time, Genetics, Archaeology, Biology, evolution, nature of the soul,
origin of meaning, history, universe, Anthropic cosmology, the process of
alchemy changing to chemistry, synchronicity, coincidence, alchemy, sun,
solar, revolution, Akhenaton, Aryan, mythology, hindu, mind, perception,
Anomaly, observer effects, mirror universe, tachyons, trees, nature, symbols,
mysticism, knowledge, anthropology, art, context, sphere, sunlight, coherence,
unified, gravity, theory, reality, neuron, The hard problem and the binding
problem, action potential, information systems, advertising, psychology,
mood, sports, money, learning, mnemonic device, sociobiology, omega point,
logos