The Field: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe
by Lynne McTaggart
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Author: Lynne McTaggartEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-01-02
ISBN: 006143518X
Number of pages: 268
Publisher: Harper Perennial
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- ISBN13: 9780061435188
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Book Reviews of The Field: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe
Book Review: Is anyone asking the right questions?
Summary: 4 Stars
This book is important and you should read it. Lynne McTaggart is a very inspirational writer, and this book is full of information. Her subject matter is important, in fact, it is truly revolutionary.
What follows are a few marginalia about a lack of perspective I find in the book.
An important omission is any mention of Marcel Vogel. If you are interested in the reduction of concept to practice in this area, he is one of the true masters. Google him.
It is a common fallacy among proponents of alternative sciences or belief about alternative energies in the universe, that "proving" these energies will automatically free us of the cruelest, most homicidal tendencies exhibited by individuals, organizations, and nations.
The vicissitudes of human injustice, and the asymmetries of human fortunes, are not caused by paradigms of physics. If it isn't a Newtonian mortgage or a Bohr Mortgage, it doesn't matter if it is a Puthoff mortgage on your house. You are entangled in a dependency on a socio-economic superstructure that isn't all that different from the Mesopotamian or Indus Valley or Yangtze River superstructures from the dawn of writing (and bookkeeping).
So I love this stuff. But I don't see it helping us get along with our bankers or children's algebra teachers any better, when you get down to it. I wish she had gone into the work of Vogel, who went beyond the constraints imposed by academic standards and took a stand on love itself as a prime source of meaning in all these matters.
I put it to you, reader. Once we have accepted the premises of a new physics that authenticates what all the wiccans and aboriginal men of high degree have been practicing for millenia, how do we change what Conrad or Kafka saw in the hearts of men? What they saw was a will toward opacity, self-destruction, and irrational waste of potential. A desire to escape everything at the cost of all love and meaning. These urges become empowered in civilization through the concentration of power, which is not prevented or ameliorated through physics paradigm shifts.
What is a better question? For me, it is: how do we translate the measurable and experiential stuff of higher wisdom into loving relationships? This book is an excellent survey of wisdom intersecting the canons of "official" knowledge. But it stops at the limits of academic and materialistic proof. A leap is required. Maybe a short leap, but it is still characterized by faith, not works alone.
Summary of The Field: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe
Science has recently begun to prove what ancient myth and religion have always espoused: There may be such a thing as a life force.
In this groundbreaking classic, investigative journalist Lynne McTaggart reveals a radical new paradigm?that the human mind and body are not separate from their environment but a packet of pulsating power constantly interacting with this vast energy sea, and that consciousness may be central in shaping our world.
The Field is a highly readable scientific detective story presenting a stunning picture of an interconnected universe and a new scientific theory that makes sense of supernatural phenomena. Documented by distinguished sources, The Field is a book of hope and inspiration for today's world.
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