The Holographic Universe
by Michael Talbot
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Book Reviews of The Holographic Universe
Book Review: Mind-blowing!
Summary: 5 Stars
This must be one of the most fascinating, if not the most fascinating book I have ever read, and it is a must-read for anyone who is even remotely curious about who and what we really are or who wants to see spirituality meeting science. The claims that are made are backed up by numerous scientific studies, but it doesn't blow you away with scientific jargon. It's written in an easy-to-read style and the different chapters are split up into subsections, which also helps. Michael Talbot explains what a hologram is and then goes on to argue that the holographic model can be used to explain multiple personality disorders (extraordinary! - if you know nothing about MPD, then you absolutely must read this section), psychokinesis, miracles, the human energy field (or energy bodies), past/present/future existing seemlessly together, near death experiences (NDEs), UFO sightings and much more. Whether you accept the holographic theory or not, just reading the results of the various scientific studies mentioned in the book is fascinating and for me, personally, as a poet and author, it was also inspiring. The idea that everything is interconnected in this holographic universe of ours and is part of the same continuum inspired me, for example, to write a poem called 'My Life' to try and make sense of it ('...all that I see and don't see, hear and don't hear, touch and don't touch, smell and don't smell, taste and don't taste I am - I am the eternal energy of everything...'), whilst the story of the woman in the NDE chapter who said that 'she hadn't danced enough yet', making the being of light she was talking to laugh heartily and enabling her to return to physical life, gave me an idea for a children's story. In short, I found the book riveting and inspirational - jam-packed full of extraordinary scientific fact way more mind-blowing and thrilling than any science fiction I've ever read - and I am now reading it for a second time and will probably read it a third and fourth time as well!Book Review: LOVE THIS BOOK
Summary: 5 Stars
The book not only provides a perspective of looking at the universe as holographic, but also provides an avalanche of very interesting stories.
As a Clinical Hypnotherapist, and a firm believer that there are no limitations to what we can experience and the changes we can create in our bodies and in our lives, even on genetic level, I wanted to share one of the stories from this book:
"Brocq's disease involves a horribly disfiguring hereditary condition. Victims of Brocq's disease develop a thick, horny covering over their skin that resembles the scales of a reptile. The skin can become so hardened and rigid that even the slightest movement will cause it to crack and bleed.
Brocq's disease was incurable until 1951 when a sixteen-year-old boy with an advanced case of the affliction was referred as a last resort to a hypnotherapist named A.A. Mason at the Queen Victoria Hospital in London. Mason discovered that the boy was a good hypnotic subject and could easily be put into a deep state of trance.
While the boy was in trance, Mason told him that his Brocq's disease was healing and would soon be gone. Five days later the scaly layer covering the boy's left arm fell off, revealing soft, healthy flesh beneath. By the end of tend days the arm was completely normal.
Mason and the boy continued to work on different body areas until all of the scaly skin was gone. The boy remained symptom-free for at least five years, at which point Mason lost touch with him.
This is extraordinary because Brocq's disease is a genetic condition, and getting rid of it involves more than just controlling autonomic processes such as blood flow patterns and various cells of the immune system. It means tapping into the masterplan, the DNA programming itself. So, it would appear that when we access the right strata of our beliefs, our minds can override even our genetic makeup."
Book Review: LOVE THIS BOOK
Summary: 5 Stars
The book not only provides a perspective of looking at the universe as holographic, but also provides an avalanche of very interesting stories.As a Clinical Hypnotherapist, and a firm believer that there are no limitations to what we can experience and the changes we can create in our bodies and in our lives, even on genetic level, I wanted to share one of the stories from this book:
"Brocq's disease involves a horribly disfiguring hereditary condition. Victims of Brocq's disease develop a thick, horny covering over their skin that resembles the scales of a reptile. The skin can become so hardened and rigid that even the slightest movement will cause it to crack and bleed.
Brocq's disease was incurable until 1951 when a sixteen-year-old boy with an advanced case of the affliction was referred as a last resort to a hypnotherapist named A.A. Mason at the Queen Victoria Hospital in London. Mason discovered that the boy was a good hypnotic subject and could easily be put into a deep state of trance.
While the boy was in trance, Mason told him that his Brocq's disease was healing and would soon be gone. Five days later the scaly layer covering the boy's left arm fell off, revealing soft, healthy flesh beneath. By the end of tend days the arm was completely normal.
Mason and the boy continued to work on different body areas until all of the scaly skin was gone. The boy remained symptom-free for at least five years, at which point Mason lost touch with him.
This is extraordinary because Brocq's disease is a genetic condition, and getting rid of it involves more than just controlling autonomic processes such as blood flow patterns and various cells of the immune system. It means tapping into the masterplan, the DNA programming itself. So, it would appear that when we access the right strata of our beliefs, our minds can override even our genetic makeup."
Book Review: Interesting, but it takes a lot of liberties...
Summary: 4 Stars
Talbot begins by summarizing the basic theories of renowned physicist David Bohm (the universe is a hologram) and neurophysiologist Karl Pribram (the brain stores memories holographically). The basic implication of this is that the universe and everything in it (including us) are not seperate "things" but one great, big, multifaceted, interacting thing - and that our current views of nearly everything are entirely wrong because of our basic, underlying misunderstanding thinking of things as seperate entities unrelated to everything else - and our insistence on seeing things as separate things.
Once he establishes that, framework, which is firmly based on Bohm's non-local universe theory - then he takes a flying leap and explains how this theory could explain UFOs, ESP, ghosts, near-death experiences, astral projection, stigmata, and any other "supernatural" phenomina. In that sense he pushes Bohm's theory well beyond the limits that even Bohm would feel comfortable with (if he were still alive).
Nevertheless, his discussions of the various supernatural phenomina and interesting and reasonably well-presented, although you get the impression that "he never met a phenomina he didn't like" - i.e. he's clearly biased and this book isn't going to convert very many skeptics but will provide an interesting scientific tie-in for those who already are sold on the reality of these phenomina. Plus he makes some good points about the arrogance of some in the sciences who (just as he does) begin with a firm belief in something and then won't consider evidence that goes against those firmly held stances.
Good book for those who are open-minded and like pondering the nature of this thing we call reality, for lack of a better word.
Book Review: Holographic Universe-briefly
Summary: 5 Stars
Having read through many of the fine reviews here on Michael Talbot's masterpiece, I won't bother to go into the details of the book-create an abstract, etc. for fear of repeating what's already been provided. Besides, so many reviews have captured the essences of the book much better than I could ever hope to do-especially, the review of Damian Nash (an excellent snap-shot of the book!)
Instead, I will simply say, that if ever you have wondered beyond the realm of traditional dogma concerning life & the universe, this book is for you. It puts into proper-perspective what many of us have believed since conception but, were unable to convey. In doing so, not only does it validate our innate beliefs, it creates an assurance that life is so much more than any of us ever imagined!
Most views on life beyond the present, fail miserably in motivating the spirit of whats to come-Holographic Universe not only addresses these issues, it also proves the possibilities are limitless (promising us that eternity will be anything but, boring!) Of course, the book also demonstrates why things are the way they are presently (via the holographic model in relation to how we influence our outcomes by thought, etc.)
The bottom-line, buy this book! Read it-slowly. Take the time to understand the concept and appreciate the miracle that is life. Believe me, you owe it to yourself. Life is too short to live & die without knowing the why. Michael Talbot's, "Holographic Universe" should be on everybody's night stand-beside the Bible. Why? Because, in the same way the Bible centers the soul, "Holographic Universe" reminds us that our world is sound!
Don't take my word for it-buy the book and discover it for yourself! You'll be glad you did.