Rethinking Immortality

by Robert Lanza

Contemplation of time and the discoveries of modern science lead to the assertion that the mind is paramount and limitless.

Genres: Science, Philosophy

12 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2013

About the author

ROBERT LANZA, MD, is one of the most respected scientists in the world. He is head of Astellas Global Regenerative Medicine, Chief Scientific Officer of the Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medicine, and adjunct professor at Wake Forest School of Medicine. TIME magazine recognized him as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World,” and Prospect magazine named him one of the Top 50 “World Thinkers” in 2015. He is credited with several hundred publications and inventions, and more than 30 scientific books, including the definitive references in the field of stem cells and regenerative medicine. A former Fulbright Scholar, he studied with polio pioneer Jonas Salk and Nobel Laureates Gerald Edelman and Rodney Porter. Lanza was part of the team that cloned the world’s first human embryo, as well as the first to successfully generate stem cells from adults using somatic-cell nuclear transfer (therapeutic cloning).

Reviews

[Geoff Glenister]

This really only serves to open the discussion - it is a short book that was originally published as an article. To really get a sense of Robert Lanza's work in this area, readers should check out Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness Are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe.

[Anthony]

Interesting little essay length dive into philosophy and what current modern quantum theory says about consciousness and the like.

It's a quick read. As a matter of fact it reads like the germ of a much longer piece.

I enjoyed Lanza's use of snippets taken from Bradbury's Dandelion Wine, particularly the portion titled, Season of Disbelief. This is a book of Bradbury's I haven't read, and kind of makes me want to.

Read this thought provoking short scientific/philosophical essay.

[Zen]

Personal (oh the irony) and profound

I suspect one would need to have done a fair bit of reading and thinking on science and perhaps Buddhism (or anything "spiritual" for that matter) to grasp what Lanza is trying to say. And when you do get it, there are simply no appropriate words that could describe the realization.

[C. Bryant]

I like how he thinks!

This is a great short read. Robert P. Lanza is Robert Lanza, MD (or so Wikipedia says). I chose this Kindle read as a preview to reading "Biocentrism." It's very good.

[Steven Smith]

Excellent ...only critical note is brevity.

Anyone who has read "beyond biocentrizm"..this quiet reflection on "reality" is truly something to enjoy...to those such as myself facing your personal expiration date is helped by knowing the thoughts of brilliant men who are on the same path....and willing to share their thoughts

[Magnolia Izquierdo]

Dr. Lanza is opening the eyes to a new reality

A complicated process explained in a way that people without scientific background,like me , can understand. No doubts ,is time to move forward .

[Bookman8]

A scientist approaches consciousness

A good introduction or prologue to Lanza’s newly released book, “Observer. Like Julian Jaynes’, this work will be ignored by the scientific community as specious.

[Stuart Liftig]

wordy wordy wordy

This article could have been condensed down to two pages and still contain the essence of its content. I hope the author is gifted a copy of William Zinnser’s, “On Writing Well.”

[Fern Henley]

You will like this book

I liked the lack of dogmatism and it was short. Maybe it could have had fewer pages and used fewer trees.

[LOWANDA DAVIS]

Was nothing like i expected

This to me was confusing and I felt lost reading it. Wasn't anything like i thought it would be. Should have gotten the sample first instead of buying.

[George Burks]

Spiritual seekers must consider Immortality

It is must and there is no one better than Robert Lanza to clear things up. This is a small read that get the across.

[Frank Allen]

This tiny book is a mind opening experience. It’s approach is unique but in its totality it can be considered a new work of Daoist philosophy.

[Randy]

Time,is all in your mind.

Great ,quick read.
Time is an instrument created by humans.
Not animals, insects, nor matter.
Only here and now. Infinite.

[ROBERT KAUHL]

Life goes on...

This reading confirms a long held opinion that I experienced in an Episcopalian Monastery on the Hudson by of New York.
More than once, whether I was in the choir stall chanting or meditating reality of the present would slip away and I would see, hear and experience past monks and sometimes mind sitting in the same choir stalls. An older monk confirmed that some sections of the older stalls came from a Carmelite Monastery several centuries before.
Dr Lands gives credence that the past sometimes melts into the present. Quantum practices do synchronize at times whether praying in a monastery chapel, or wading in a Brookes a child. For those with an open mind or just like to be challenged, I urge you to read Dr Lanza's books!

[Micah Stott]

Brief introduction to Lanza

This is a brief essay by Lanza that introduces a perspective on time and the human experience. Lanza is very adept at describing the tension between materialism and experience.
A different perspective from a learned man that introduces ideas by Kant, Newton, Einstein and Spinoza regarding humans, time and life.

[Reid]

An interesting take on immortality

An interesting take on immortality

This book was to short to do more than scratch the
surface of whether we are immortal or not but still worth
the purchase price.

[juan]

Only eleven pages

some good ideas but not enough elaboration due to the short space. this could/should be reald before his book "bioterrorism"

[Juli]

Its an article. Not a book.

See above. I I o I p o p o o o o p p jk ll iii iii iii