Just a Disclaimer: If this book has impacted you positively or you think that it will, then ignore my review and read the book.
My first impressions of the book were that it seemed very interesting, especially since one of the authors has a PhD in physics. I was looking forward to reading how the authors connect Taoism and quantum physics - especially since quantum physics is referred to as “physics of the soul.”
The grand unification formula is one of the first concepts introduced in this book. After this, this introduction gave off…”cult” vibes (for lack of a better word). I kept reading, trying to keep an open mind and not let preconceptions stop me from learning a new perspective or something new. After reading the first chapter, I thought that Tao Science sounds like it’s too good to be true. Also, I found that the problem I have with this book is that it introduces a new concept and gives it a very ambitious definition, along with what can be derived from it without any clear reason. For example, the Law of Tao Ying Yang Creation that is defined as the fundamental law of creation that reveals how everyone and everything and the entire universe is created.
This next part may be a bit harsh but it seems that the intended audience of this book is people who will blindly accept these definitions and won’t think twice about it. In the introduction, authors stated that book was written to enlighten the world but it doesn’t give any reasons for why we should choose THIS way of thinking or why THIS would lead to enlightenment. It seems that I might be too much of a skeptic and need too much of an explanation to blindly accept the definitions that are given to me.
I can at times see the connection between science and spirituality (by acknowledging that everything has soul, heart, mind, energy, and matter) but the book loses me when it states that the Law of Shen Qi Jing will make it possible to transcend human limitations and connect to higher powers. For example, there is a point where the author states that Taoist saints have the ability to disappear, travel with the wind, appear instantly at a far away place, and walk through walls. The author then goes to say that Tao Science can explain the scientific possibility of theses abilities and states that it is because everything is a vibrational field. The author says that one of the goals of Tao Science is to empower the reader with wisdom and practices to achieve these higher powers.
This book would be much better if the goal was to show how spirituality is present in science. Instead, the goal is to show how science and spirituality must become one to unify the universe. However, in choosing this goal, the book opens itself up to scrutiny. At times it seems as if science is added as an afterthought. This became glaringly obvious when the author was talking about heart consciousness. This concept was explained by stating that humanity hasn’t fully realized the power of our own hearts and the truth that what our heart receives is what we manifest. The author choose to end this explanation, not with a conclusion of how this truth will transform humanity but, by stating that “Heart disease is currently the number one cause of death in the world.”
The connection between hard science and Tao Science lies in the probabilistic nature of quantum physics. It is within this space that the subject of this book resides. Without this seeming subjectivity and reliance of an observer, this book wouldn’t have a leg to stand on. This book works best when it focuses on spirituality instead of trying to tie in quantum physics in a cursory way.