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Physics of the Soul: The Quantum Book of Living, Dying, Reincarnation and Immortality
In an integration of science, spirituality, and consciousness, this book uses quantum physics to describe mystical concepts such as the immortality of the soul, reincarnation, and the afterlife. The author describes consciousness as more than an abstract concept - it is a reality that is primary and fundamental to science, and is his starting point for all scientific conduct. In this book, he integrates descriptions from the Tibetan Book of the Dead with his knowledge of quantum physics and concludes that reincarnational memory - past lives and our access to them - is an absolute, scientifically provable truth.
304 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2001
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About the author
Amit Goswami
61 books227 followersAmit Goswami is a nuclear physicist and member of The University of Oregon Institute for Theoretical Physics since 1968. Dr. Goswami is a revolutionary in a growing body of renegade scientists who in recent years have ventured into the domain of the spiritual in an attempt both to interpret the seemingly inexplicable findings of their experiments and to validate their intuitions about the existence of a spiritual dimension of life.
He became best known as one of the interviewed scientists featured in the 2004 film What the Bleep Do We Know!? , the recent documentary Dalai Lama Renaissance , and stars in the 2009 documentary The Quantum Activist .
Please visit www.AmitGoswami.org for the latest events and information.
He became best known as one of the interviewed scientists featured in the 2004 film What the Bleep Do We Know!? , the recent documentary Dalai Lama Renaissance , and stars in the 2009 documentary The Quantum Activist .
Please visit www.AmitGoswami.org for the latest events and information.
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August 25, 2019
Uma leitura interessante, no entanto requer uma identificação com o tema principal, a reencarnação. Eu tive muita curiosidade de ler esse livro a partir de discussões que a série de tv "THE OA" aborda, e não me arrependi dessa empreitada! Em alguns momentos a leitura se tornou densa para meu raso conhecimento em alguns assuntos, portanto seria interessante voltar a ler alguns capítulos e alguns trechos que me fugiram do entendimento. Apesar dessas partes densas, o livro tem um ritmo provocante, foram vários os momentos em que simplesmente não conseguia parar de ler. É tão delicioso quando achamos um livro assim!
Algumas ideias que o autor apresenta me parecem um completo absurdo, mas essa experiência literária me ensinou a olhar com mais carinho para as ideias alheias, me ensinou a tentar ao menos compreender um pouco, ver o outro lado, ou realmente tentar levar em conta o que está sendo exposto. A pergunta que mais realizei durante essa leitura foi: e se? A verdade é não temos como saber o que acontece depois que morremos, mesmo o autor apresentando diversos relatos e estudos de EQM, ainda assim, não há resposta. Cada um escolhe acreditar no que quiser. Não sei se acredito em reencarnação, mas gosto de deixar a porta da mente aberta, por que né... e se...
Algumas ideias que o autor apresenta me parecem um completo absurdo, mas essa experiência literária me ensinou a olhar com mais carinho para as ideias alheias, me ensinou a tentar ao menos compreender um pouco, ver o outro lado, ou realmente tentar levar em conta o que está sendo exposto. A pergunta que mais realizei durante essa leitura foi: e se? A verdade é não temos como saber o que acontece depois que morremos, mesmo o autor apresentando diversos relatos e estudos de EQM, ainda assim, não há resposta. Cada um escolhe acreditar no que quiser. Não sei se acredito em reencarnação, mas gosto de deixar a porta da mente aberta, por que né... e se...
January 17, 2015
this book was interesting, but it was a letdown. i suppose i was silly for expecting a clear, undeniable position for reincarnation. but some of the points Goswami makes really upset me, and the dense science is simply not for me.
February 20, 2014
Metaphysics of soul
Consciousness and the laws of physics are highly intertwined to define physical reality. This relationship is murky since consciousness does not appear in any equations, although it is invoked in the interpretation of quantum phenomenon. Consciousness is not treated as a physical entity, like space and time (both of which can be measured in physical terms), and it does not have a physical existence like matter (or energy), but it is associated with living mater such as a human being. Purely from physical (and mathematical) considerations, very few have provided satisfactory explanations for consciousness and laws of physics, except for physicists like David Bohm and Roger Penrose. From neurobiological considerations efforts have been made to correlate these two concepts by Carl Jung, Karl Pribram, Stanislov Groff, Gerald Edelman, and many others. From metaphysical point of view, many from the school of Vedanta (Hindu philosophical tradition), school of Buddhist philosophy, early Greek philosophers and modern-day thinkers have dwelled in this subject, but a perfect harmony between physics and consciousness is not yet achieved. One of the problems is of course the implied dualism in the interaction of nonmaterial entities like consciousness or soul with physical body. Do we mean soul and body are two different things? How do we account for consciousness in the physics of an atom or a molecule? Is consciousness a fundamental force or a medium? How is it related to the other four fundamental forces of nature? There are many questions which require answers. In this book, the author considers soul, reincarnation, and transmigration in his explanation of physical reality. He is somewhat bold in suggesting the reader to consider data from; paranormal research, extrasensory perception (ESP), telepathy, near-death experience (NDE), and UFO encounters to gain knowledge about soul and consciousness. Certainly this approach may interest many mystics, spiritualists and new age groups, but very few physicists take these suggestions seriously.
The quantum physical basis for consciousness described by the author is mainly theoretical with little experimental support. This is summarized as follows: Reality pervades as undivided consciousness, as quantum wave function with probabilities for various possible states. Hence, consciousness is non-local; it is spread out across space and time. The act of observation leads to the collapse of this wave function into a self-reference that splits consciousness into apparent subject-object experience, which the author calls tangled hierarchy. The quantum measurement occurs in all living cells not just species with brain, but in the latter, thought, memory, mind, learning, etc., play a significant role in the subject-object relationship, and consciousness exists at various levels of complexities; the brain, organs, tissues, and cells. In addition, it is proposed that all individuals have subtle bodies besides the physical body. They are connected with our particular life processes. These are; a mental body (connected with our individualized ways of mentation); and a supramental body (that contains the learned themes of movement of the mind); and the vital body (bodies made of substances that are ethereal in nature). These subtle bodies neither interact with the phys¬ical body nor with each other, but they run parallel with the physical body. The subtle bodies are also quantum possibilities within consciousness. The subtle bod¬ies are also non-local (less localizable) and do not directly interact with the physical bodies, but consciousness recognizes parallel simul¬taneous states of the physical and subtle body for its experience. The consciousness synchronistically collapse similar states for non-locally separated brains that are suitably correlated. And the collapse of a unique state of experience into actuality is one of recognition and choice (quantum characteristics), not one of exchange of energy, so it is surmised that problems of dualistic interaction do not exist (classical characteristics). Consciousness mediates the interactions between subtle bodies or subtle body and a physical body, maintaining parallelism. But the bodies do not interact themselves directly thus avoiding dualism. Telepathy is a good example to support quantum non-locality of thought and mind.
Soul like consciousness is a quantum phenomenon. It survives death of the physical body, transmigrates and reincarnates in another body to form a continuum. Physical body represents quantum like possibilities that manifests as localized structure, but soul also represents quantum like possibilities (transcendent potentia) that has non-local correlation (can not be localized, could be anywhere in spacetime). Hence transmigration and reincarnation occurs through non-local quantum like phenomenon. The author invokes some parallel to the Tibetan book of the dead where various states of life and death called bardos form a continuum through life and death.
The author proposes that the memory of the vital and mental bodies is entirely quantum in nature (quantum memory) that occurs through conditioning of the possibility structure due to repeated experiences and it results from the basic dynamics of quantum mechanics. Thus, our individual mental and vital bodies are functional bodies, not structural like the physical body. Soul is the quantum monad, an individualized unit: The individualization of mind and vital body occur through quantum memory. This is the sole survivor of death of the material body, which carries the attributes from one life to another. It mediates reincarnation through transmigration.
The main problem with this theory is that quantum entanglement is known to occur between different quantum states (such as two spin states of an electron or a photon). How quantum entanglement or non-local interactions occur for subtle bodies whose physical states are unknown? Secondly, non-local interaction for larger bodies are very slow as described by quantum decoherence phenomenon. Is it possible that soul (consciousness) is a medium like ether (as invoked in Newtonian physics). Or is it a fundamental force linked to other four natural forces by unknown forces not yet discovered? The nature of dark matter and dark energy are still unknown. In light of these observations, I am uncertain if the author is on the right track.
Consciousness and the laws of physics are highly intertwined to define physical reality. This relationship is murky since consciousness does not appear in any equations, although it is invoked in the interpretation of quantum phenomenon. Consciousness is not treated as a physical entity, like space and time (both of which can be measured in physical terms), and it does not have a physical existence like matter (or energy), but it is associated with living mater such as a human being. Purely from physical (and mathematical) considerations, very few have provided satisfactory explanations for consciousness and laws of physics, except for physicists like David Bohm and Roger Penrose. From neurobiological considerations efforts have been made to correlate these two concepts by Carl Jung, Karl Pribram, Stanislov Groff, Gerald Edelman, and many others. From metaphysical point of view, many from the school of Vedanta (Hindu philosophical tradition), school of Buddhist philosophy, early Greek philosophers and modern-day thinkers have dwelled in this subject, but a perfect harmony between physics and consciousness is not yet achieved. One of the problems is of course the implied dualism in the interaction of nonmaterial entities like consciousness or soul with physical body. Do we mean soul and body are two different things? How do we account for consciousness in the physics of an atom or a molecule? Is consciousness a fundamental force or a medium? How is it related to the other four fundamental forces of nature? There are many questions which require answers. In this book, the author considers soul, reincarnation, and transmigration in his explanation of physical reality. He is somewhat bold in suggesting the reader to consider data from; paranormal research, extrasensory perception (ESP), telepathy, near-death experience (NDE), and UFO encounters to gain knowledge about soul and consciousness. Certainly this approach may interest many mystics, spiritualists and new age groups, but very few physicists take these suggestions seriously.
The quantum physical basis for consciousness described by the author is mainly theoretical with little experimental support. This is summarized as follows: Reality pervades as undivided consciousness, as quantum wave function with probabilities for various possible states. Hence, consciousness is non-local; it is spread out across space and time. The act of observation leads to the collapse of this wave function into a self-reference that splits consciousness into apparent subject-object experience, which the author calls tangled hierarchy. The quantum measurement occurs in all living cells not just species with brain, but in the latter, thought, memory, mind, learning, etc., play a significant role in the subject-object relationship, and consciousness exists at various levels of complexities; the brain, organs, tissues, and cells. In addition, it is proposed that all individuals have subtle bodies besides the physical body. They are connected with our particular life processes. These are; a mental body (connected with our individualized ways of mentation); and a supramental body (that contains the learned themes of movement of the mind); and the vital body (bodies made of substances that are ethereal in nature). These subtle bodies neither interact with the phys¬ical body nor with each other, but they run parallel with the physical body. The subtle bodies are also quantum possibilities within consciousness. The subtle bod¬ies are also non-local (less localizable) and do not directly interact with the physical bodies, but consciousness recognizes parallel simul¬taneous states of the physical and subtle body for its experience. The consciousness synchronistically collapse similar states for non-locally separated brains that are suitably correlated. And the collapse of a unique state of experience into actuality is one of recognition and choice (quantum characteristics), not one of exchange of energy, so it is surmised that problems of dualistic interaction do not exist (classical characteristics). Consciousness mediates the interactions between subtle bodies or subtle body and a physical body, maintaining parallelism. But the bodies do not interact themselves directly thus avoiding dualism. Telepathy is a good example to support quantum non-locality of thought and mind.
Soul like consciousness is a quantum phenomenon. It survives death of the physical body, transmigrates and reincarnates in another body to form a continuum. Physical body represents quantum like possibilities that manifests as localized structure, but soul also represents quantum like possibilities (transcendent potentia) that has non-local correlation (can not be localized, could be anywhere in spacetime). Hence transmigration and reincarnation occurs through non-local quantum like phenomenon. The author invokes some parallel to the Tibetan book of the dead where various states of life and death called bardos form a continuum through life and death.
The author proposes that the memory of the vital and mental bodies is entirely quantum in nature (quantum memory) that occurs through conditioning of the possibility structure due to repeated experiences and it results from the basic dynamics of quantum mechanics. Thus, our individual mental and vital bodies are functional bodies, not structural like the physical body. Soul is the quantum monad, an individualized unit: The individualization of mind and vital body occur through quantum memory. This is the sole survivor of death of the material body, which carries the attributes from one life to another. It mediates reincarnation through transmigration.
The main problem with this theory is that quantum entanglement is known to occur between different quantum states (such as two spin states of an electron or a photon). How quantum entanglement or non-local interactions occur for subtle bodies whose physical states are unknown? Secondly, non-local interaction for larger bodies are very slow as described by quantum decoherence phenomenon. Is it possible that soul (consciousness) is a medium like ether (as invoked in Newtonian physics). Or is it a fundamental force linked to other four natural forces by unknown forces not yet discovered? The nature of dark matter and dark energy are still unknown. In light of these observations, I am uncertain if the author is on the right track.
November 6, 2007
A good case for reincarnation from a scientific/quantum physics point of view. This makes a good companion to the Tibetan Book of the Dead and a good follow up for fans of The Self-Aware Universe.
August 10, 2008
almost as good as "The Self-Aware Universe." Goswami is quantum, is science, is philosophy. His approach is universal, but beyond all that new wave garbage fads. READ THESE BOOKS.h
January 23, 2019
"Este esențial să înțelegem că supraviețuirea nu înseamnă mare lucru dacă nu face parte din noi înșine, definindu-ne in esența noastră. Dacă stai să te gândești, esența ta s-ar putea să nu consta in istoria ta de viată, ci in ceea ce înveți in aceea viată. Dacă acest concept este prea șocant in epoca noastră materialistă, înțelege că asta e ceea ce ne spun tradițiile spirituale de mii de ani : fizica cuantică nu face decât să le valideze perspectiva."
December 22, 2022
Chyba największy bełkot jaki kiedykolwiek czytałam. Autor ubiera w fizykę coś co fizyką nie jest.
Cała ta pseudonauka bazuje na błędnej interpretacji teorii nieoznaczoności.
Wg autora świadomość, świadomy obserwator, zmienia rzeczywistość, jednak ignoruje on fakt, iż układ może być obserwowany, a zatem ulega dookreśleniu i wychodzi że stanu probabilistyki, poprzez obserwacje NIEKONIECZNIE żywej i świadomej istoty, ale także poprzez działanie jakiejkolwiek aparatury która emituje energię / wysyła informację w celu pomiaru danego układu.
Nadinterpretacja - to prawdopodobnie jego stały stan skupienia, bo stosuje ja wszędzie i we wszystkich odmianach.
Tylko dlatego że udało mu się wyszukać jeden mikro wspólny mianownik uważa że odkrył mechanizm, ba, oznajmia, że udowodnił go swoimi badaniami (żadnych oczywiście nie przytacza, poza badaniami innych, które często są bez związku z tematem).
Przykład: fakt że uczucia czy emocje nie są materialne i w związku z czym nie są możliwe do zlokalizowania w świecie fizycznym czy za pomocą narzędzi materialistycznych uważa za dowód że są one efektem działania sił kwantowych, że da się je wytłumaczyć i uzasadnić fizyką kwantową... litości
Dodatkowo twierdzenia typu ewolucja jest celowym działaniem, ewolucja jest dowodem na to że jest w niej duch fizyki kwantowej 👀
Cała ta pseudonauka bazuje na błędnej interpretacji teorii nieoznaczoności.
Wg autora świadomość, świadomy obserwator, zmienia rzeczywistość, jednak ignoruje on fakt, iż układ może być obserwowany, a zatem ulega dookreśleniu i wychodzi że stanu probabilistyki, poprzez obserwacje NIEKONIECZNIE żywej i świadomej istoty, ale także poprzez działanie jakiejkolwiek aparatury która emituje energię / wysyła informację w celu pomiaru danego układu.
Nadinterpretacja - to prawdopodobnie jego stały stan skupienia, bo stosuje ja wszędzie i we wszystkich odmianach.
Tylko dlatego że udało mu się wyszukać jeden mikro wspólny mianownik uważa że odkrył mechanizm, ba, oznajmia, że udowodnił go swoimi badaniami (żadnych oczywiście nie przytacza, poza badaniami innych, które często są bez związku z tematem).
Przykład: fakt że uczucia czy emocje nie są materialne i w związku z czym nie są możliwe do zlokalizowania w świecie fizycznym czy za pomocą narzędzi materialistycznych uważa za dowód że są one efektem działania sił kwantowych, że da się je wytłumaczyć i uzasadnić fizyką kwantową... litości
Dodatkowo twierdzenia typu ewolucja jest celowym działaniem, ewolucja jest dowodem na to że jest w niej duch fizyki kwantowej 👀
November 10, 2011
Like many others before him, Dr. Goswami attempts to use quantum physics to describe everything spiritual. Unfortunately he resorts to confusing language and overgeneralization with physics nomenclature that results in illogical conclusions. This book is just a restatement of much that has been written many times before. I can't believe that Chopra calls him "one of the most brilliant minds in the world of science." What does that say about Chopra...not much, unfortunately.
November 23, 2013
This should be read first before reading the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Goswami is thorough and easily understood. A great book.
October 5, 2010
Excellent book. Anyone questioning life after death needs to read. Author does an excellent job of correlating all religious beliefs within his theory
February 1, 2016
The arguments that quantum physic can explain reincarnation and immortality do not seem to be convincing.
January 27, 2025
This is not science.
This is the worst 'science' book I have ever read.
This is the worst 'science' book I have ever read.
February 19, 2025
Well. Sometimes I give some books a shot because they sound interesting to me and I am unsure if my reservations are valid. This was one of those books. I saw the subtitle and wasn’t sure how much I wanted to get in to reincarnation, but I was intrigued at the prospect of someone using quantum physics to postulate a theory for the existence of the soul. This was also one of those books that I should have listened to my intuition.
It’s a terrible book. I didn’t think it had exceptional writing, but honestly most books of this nature do not, nor did it have enough science to justify the title of the book. It is almost exclusively about reincarnation and what reincarnation means for living, dying, and immortality. There was a little bit of physics that is explained, but that was mostly an attempt by the author to explain what a soul was using the physics he explains.
I found myself laughing at the foolishness of some of the book, like when he said the Apostles were able to tap into Jesus’ quantum monad and that’s why they could do what they were able to do…Yeah…. It got laughably weird fast in the book too. Other times I found myself outright arguing with the author of the book. (In case you were wondering, yes I won the arguments with the absent author. 😇) In the end he and I obviously disagree on some fundamental points on what a soul is and how it works. Not to mention we disagree on major spiritual and religious ideas and concepts.
Overall it’s totally a book I found to be better skipped than read. I could go on for sometime but I argued with the absent author enough to feel like i gave enough of my energy towards him and his book. Read it if you are into eastern religious philosophy and mysticism. Otherwise skip it. It has no value.
It’s a terrible book. I didn’t think it had exceptional writing, but honestly most books of this nature do not, nor did it have enough science to justify the title of the book. It is almost exclusively about reincarnation and what reincarnation means for living, dying, and immortality. There was a little bit of physics that is explained, but that was mostly an attempt by the author to explain what a soul was using the physics he explains.
I found myself laughing at the foolishness of some of the book, like when he said the Apostles were able to tap into Jesus’ quantum monad and that’s why they could do what they were able to do…Yeah…. It got laughably weird fast in the book too. Other times I found myself outright arguing with the author of the book. (In case you were wondering, yes I won the arguments with the absent author. 😇) In the end he and I obviously disagree on some fundamental points on what a soul is and how it works. Not to mention we disagree on major spiritual and religious ideas and concepts.
Overall it’s totally a book I found to be better skipped than read. I could go on for sometime but I argued with the absent author enough to feel like i gave enough of my energy towards him and his book. Read it if you are into eastern religious philosophy and mysticism. Otherwise skip it. It has no value.
November 25, 2023
لم ينل الكتاب استحساني
توقعته أعمق وأذكى ..
ذلك ولأنه يتناول الروح
والموت ،،
العلوم الفيزيائية كانت صعبة
وغير مفهومه ربما عاد ذلك
لقصور المترجم اتجاه هذا
العلم ..
هنالك اقتباسات نالت اعجابي
أحدها :
"حين يقترب الموت من العنصر الأرضي،
يذوب شعور الجسم بالصلابة والتماسك..
يأتي شعور بالطفو، بالسيولة، مع استمرار
ذوبان عنصر الأرض في عنصر الماء ،تزامنا
مع بدء ذوبان الصلابة التي تعمق التماثل
مع الجسد،شعور بالميعان. يصبح الشعور
بالميعان أقرب إلى البخار الدافئ مع بدء
ذوبان عنصر الماء في عنصر النار ..
يسود شعور بالخفة مع ذوبان عنصر النار
في عنصر الهواء .. كما الحرارة المرتفعة ..
يحل شعور بغياب الحوافي مع بدء ذوبان
عنصر الهواء في الوعي ذاته."
"ليس ثمة شرق أو غرب للروح المجردة.
هذه فقط زخارفها ، فالعالم كله مسكنها."
"تركز المجتمعات المادية على اللذة والاستهلاك،
وتغذيها المزيد والمزيد من أدوات الترفية المادية
الجديدة. يكون التركيز دوما على المادة أو العقل
على أدنى مستوياته المشفرة- المعلومات.يعيد
التركيز إلينا إدراكنا أن هدف الحياة ليس اللذة
أو الاستهلاك ، بل فرحة التعلم والإبداع .
كيف أعالج المادة لخلق المزيد من أدوات الترفيه؟
أو كيف استخدم العقل لمعالجه المزيد من
المعلومات؟"
November 20, 2023
I am not sure if I should give it a 2 or a 4 star. Thus I give a 3. Well in a few words, do not expect "a proof". I did not expect either when I started reading the book because then it would be a book full of math especially for physisists. You will get some info that reveal that such a theory would be possible. I think that is good enough for me for the moment. Then you will get more description of traditional stuff from buddism and induism. So there you have it. You still have to believe (or not to believe), you do not get a scientific proof. But, as I said before, this would probably would be difficult without a lot of math.
January 2, 2018
I struggled to get through this book because I don't believe in reincarnation. His explanations felt like he was stretching to make it fit into the data, but in the end all of his "proof" solidified my own beliefs in resurrection, and ironically in God's plan that we can become like Him someday.
September 24, 2021
Ce este moartea? Pare ușor de răspuns. Moartea este sfârșitul vieții; a înceta să trăiești. Dar știm oare ce este viața? Știm oare ce înseamnă a înceta să mai trăiești. Nu e chiar atât de ușor să se răspundă la aceste întrebări, nu de către știință, cel puțin.
Cei mai mulți oameni nu sunt foarte interesați de definițiile științifice ale vieții și ale morții.
Cei mai mulți oameni nu sunt foarte interesați de definițiile științifice ale vieții și ale morții.
July 19, 2023
Not a beach book and probably requires several reads to absorb. Many postulates and theories put forth that boggled my mind yet, in the whole, may explain the unexplainable. Phenomena such as NDE's, UFO'S, children remembering past lives, child prodigies, resurrection, etc. Quantum physics has the potential to unlock many mysteries, and this book is a great foray into that unknown.
May 21, 2021
3.5 stars rounded up. I liked the book well enough. It was interesting but I expected more science. I’m into metaphysics. But then state it’s a metaphysics book. This suggested more of a scientific lean, hence the slight disappointment.
June 19, 2022
A good brain or mind teaser
These books have offered a lot of comfort.in the recent death of our only child, our nurse son, who lost his life suddenly and accidentally. He left his 3.5 year old daughter.
These books have offered a lot of comfort.in the recent death of our only child, our nurse son, who lost his life suddenly and accidentally. He left his 3.5 year old daughter.
September 6, 2023
Pretty dense reading, or else I'm just dense.
August 26, 2024
Seemed a bit more fluff than detail in many areas.
October 14, 2024
A bit too complicated to enjoy smoothly
December 2, 2024
um livro complexo de ler, exige ampliação dos nossos conceitos, abertura e bastante atenção... o epílogo é espetacular e enlaça toda a física da alma.
June 29, 2025
Amit Goswami takes his powerful idea of unitive consciousness underlying the manifestation of all existence and uses it to develop a theory of immortality of the soul. An important part of this theory is the understanding that in addition to a physical body (ultimately consisting of material particles which obey the laws of quantum mechanics) we possess subtle bodies, also quantum in nature, through which we experience our feeling of vitality, our thoughts and our intuitions. It is these subtle bodies, correlated to our physical form via consciousness itself, which develop individuality through the conditioning imposed by experience. Goswami calls this subtle body conglomerate that survives death the "quantum monad" and likens it to the Hindu concept of the jiva. The conditioning which determines the individuality of the quantum monad is likened to karma. Goswami invokes data on reincarnation, ESP, near-death experiences, and medium-ship to support his ideas - so one must take this data as honest evidence for his theory to be believable. I find the theory fascinating, but a little bit hard to fully comprehend, even though I have read this book several times. It's also not exactly comforting, from an egoic perspective, since it is not the personal ego-identity which survives death, but rather a specific set of propensities, sort of like a character template. Presumably, though, through meditation and hypnosis it is possible to access the memories of other lives in the reincarnational chain so I suppose there is some comfort there.
September 11, 2018
Aunque es un libro de ciencia y por tanto imposible de creer (todos sabemos que cada teoría científica tiene innumerables opositores), el propósito de este físico cuántico es demostrar la reencarnación y la inmortalidad a través de la física cuántica, o que "El libro tibetano de los muertos" está en lo cierto.
Te lo creas o no, Amit hace un auténtico esfuerzo por hacer comprensible sus asertos científicos e inserta buenas dosis de humor y de conversaciones personales. Es un libro para leer de a poquito y darle muchas vueltas. A ver si eres capaz de "trascender" como propone...
Es uno de los grandes libros de la nueva ciencia que propone sustituir la materia por la conciencia como eje sobre el que gira el mundo.
Te lo creas o no, Amit hace un auténtico esfuerzo por hacer comprensible sus asertos científicos e inserta buenas dosis de humor y de conversaciones personales. Es un libro para leer de a poquito y darle muchas vueltas. A ver si eres capaz de "trascender" como propone...
Es uno de los grandes libros de la nueva ciencia que propone sustituir la materia por la conciencia como eje sobre el que gira el mundo.
December 3, 2012
While reading Physics of the Soul by Amit Goswami, I was excited upon reading the optimism of theories such as reincarnation and immortality. I loved the clear connection of how physics plays into our everyday meaning of life and religion. But after I finished reading, I realized Goswami's attempts to give sound scientific reason to spiritual tradition were intriguing and yet lacked consistency and originality. He used broad and extensive language to describe metaphysical and quantum physical theories that I believe would go over most readers' heads. Alot of what he stated and tried to connect in the book are things that have been written about for years before.
June 1, 2020
Uno de esos libros que te cambia la manera de pensar. No es fácil, es física que para no expertos como yo puede resultar pesada, pero hay partes, sobre todo en la segunda mitad del libro, que son verdaderamente iluminadores, porque conectan todo: la ciencia con la espiritualidad de manera natural.
Todo encaja. Todo lo que hemos sido enseñados se derrumba ante los postulados nuevos de la física, y todo se reescribe. Eso es hermoso. Y para eso son los libros verdaderamente revolucionarios: para llevarte a pensar diferente.
Todo encaja. Todo lo que hemos sido enseñados se derrumba ante los postulados nuevos de la física, y todo se reescribe. Eso es hermoso. Y para eso son los libros verdaderamente revolucionarios: para llevarte a pensar diferente.
January 20, 2009
I think I know this guy. He at least knows Bob McGowan and he is familiar with the RCA. Anyway, he carries the ideas of the collapse of the quantum field as the foundation of the soul way into the realm of the Hindu mythology and AS SUCH it is an interesting read. Frankly he lost me after the Quantum Monad and I'm not sure I understand all of the nuances that he has posited.
July 14, 2014
The book is physically wrong, logically inconsistent, spiritually poor. I am not a materialist. In fact, I believe in consistent forms of integration between authentic religion, good science and good philosophy. There is none of these things in the work of Amit Goswami. I do not doubt that your intentions are good, but I think he is deeply lost in his absurd speculation.
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