We have entered the New Age, the Space Age and as Carl Sagan remarked “We are made of star stuff.” With the New Age we understand that we are the sophisticated beholders and receivers of Quantum energy, the force that binds every thing in our universe together and very likely binds us to other universes as well. We can tap into this energy within ourselves and reap the harvest. We can achieve our own potential when we have confidence, imagination and belief. Cynthia Sue Larson's “Quantum Leaps shows us by examples how we can mine the gold within ourselves. Descartes said “I think therefore I am.” Larson extends this observation to “I think therefore I am the way I want to be.” It is mind over matter. She jokes “Fake it 'til you make it.” But that is precisely how our minds react with the sub-atomic fields to create changes in our lives: money, happiness, a great relationship, whatever we desire.
We have become in the modern world, in the New Age a sheep in sheep’s clothing , a sheep that is bolder, wiser, perhaps sassier than the lamb we used to be. Many years ago Dale Carnegie and Norman Vincent Peale postulated using our own powers to succeed. Their books “How to stop worrying and start living” (Carnegie 1948) and “You can if you think you can” “ (Peale 1987) and many others by these authors sold in the millions and are still in print. What these two behavior gurus were telling us was to tap into our inner powers, today termed Quantum Leaping or Jumping.
in physics at the micro level a quantum jump is the sudden leap of an atom or an electron from one energy level to another. A mind-boggling experiment by an American scientist, Cleve Backster, and described in “Quantum Jumps” may blow you away as it did me. Dr. Backster hitched up a polygraph (Lie Detector) to his “pet” plants, rather than to a human arm. He then went into an adjacent room and some time later thought “I am going to go back to the laboratory where the plants are right now.” At the precise instant of the thought the polygraph pen “squiggled” all over the graph. Whether the plants were over-joyed that the scientist was returning or highly disgruntled would be a hard call., but we really think he made them happy. Plants are phenomenal anyway in the way they employ the energy of the sun to synthesize sugars totally independently. They know which pathways of energy to take under different conditions, sunny, cloudy cold or whatever. They are very competent factories and we must not forget all men are grass.
Certain emotions and attitudes for a person to dip into his own resources and successfully quantum jump appear to be necessary and stagnation is the worst enemy for a transformation. Imagination, faith, concentration and determination will get the energy juices flowing and author Larson cites many examples of people Quantum jumping. In a time of need people can create miracles. Author Larson relates the experiences of reality shifters from all walks of life. Along with the various anecdotes she provides practical advice, suggests exercises and answers questions from people who have witnessed what might be a reality shift in their life but are not sure. Hers is a primer for living, for plugging yourself into the Quantum Jump gravy train and attaining a new level of awareness, a new level of being, a new level of happiness. We can flourish when the road ahead is forked and we are confronted with uncertainty, perhaps wrenched this way and that and yet relishing the opportunity to face many possibilities and tackle them head on.
Larson mentions the Dalai Lama as being “one of the most upbeat, friendly, positive, joyful
people you could hope to meet on this planet.' He is, indeed, and his religion is based on kindness and compassion. China has Tibet in her clutches but bitter the Dalai is not and he does not waste his time with hatred or thoughts of revenge. However, I did hear him once say, with a twinkle in his eye, that the next Dalai Lama would NOT be Chinese!
Pope Francis with his warmth and charisma has already become a superstar, but a humble superstar. He and the Dalai Lama are brothers under the skin I do believe. And they are both Reality Shifters without a doubt!
“Quantum Jumps” may take you where you've never been before or perhaps you're an old hat at jumping between realities. Either way, this is a sprightly book with difficult concepts explained, a guidebook of “an extraordinary science of happiness and prosperity.” Highly recommended!