ProcessMind: A User's Guide to Connecting with the Mind of God

by Arnold Mindell

Einstein said, "I want to know the mind of God, the rest are details." This book is therapist Arnold Mindell's response. By processmind he means an earth-based experience of the universal state of consciousness that, he argues, pervades all reality. It is perhaps our most basic, least known, and greatest power, combining the nonlocality of modern physics with altered states of consciousness found in peak experiences. What makes this book unique is that it offers some experience of this mind-state to the reader. Mindell does so by connecting cosmic patterns seen in physics with experiences occurring in psychology and world spiritual traditions. He draws together ideas about Aboriginal totem spirits, quantum entanglement, and nonlocality to describe the "structure of God experiences." Enhancing his clear presentation are around 80 illustrations and 30 experiential exercises based on tested approaches that actualize our deepest, unitive consciousness. Through rational thinking and earth-based, inner experience, the reader can sense how the processmind's self-organizing intelligence helps with dreams, body symptoms, relationships, and large-group conflict issues. Altogether, the book is a kind of user's guide to tapping into an immense power that can benefit our own individual life and, ultimately, the world.

Genres: Meditation, Psychology, Spirituality

320 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2010

Reviews

[Darlene Lambert (Meredith) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mindell certainly makes you think.

There was one section of the book that he speaks in technical terms that went right over my head. He lost me for 15 or so pages when he started talking about TOE (Theory of Everything); when he compares what Jung calls complexes, Freud calls instincts, and Adler calls power and relates this to what he calls the Force Field. Somehow I can't put that all together there...... Maybe someone could help! (set me straight!!!)

I would love to get into a discussion about the last chapters of the book. I seemed to understand everything until the next to last chapter. Maybe I was distracted but what I read just didn't seem to register!!! I'll just have to read it again someday

Thanks

[Taylor Ellwood · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this book the author explores how to connect with the environment through meditation and internal work. This is a fascinating book which examines not only how we relate to the human body, but also to the environment through our body, both natural and manmade. It provides some useful exercises that can help you implement the practices described in the book. Worth reading if you want to develop a deeper connection with reality.

[John Ballam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant introduction to process psychology. To get the full benefit and understanding do the recommended exercises and move slowly through it. Better still read it with a friend and discuss it as you move along.

[Olisia]

Bizarre. It was an odd read but did burrow into my brain for continued reflection.

[Sam Mills · Rating 3 out of 5]

Subtitle: A User's Guide to Connecting with the Mind of God.

Dr. Mindell often says far less in his books than I am expecting, but that may say more about the unreasonableness of my expectations than about any faults he may have as an author. As a former book editor, I lose patience in a hurry when any real information must be nut-picked out of a frothy matrix of clinical language.

I'm about one-quarter of the way into this volume (which I had pre-ordered in May 2010 and so it arrived last week with the fresh smell of ink on it), and I'm still a little wary. I hope he can sustain the early promise here. I'll keep you posted and provide a more informative review when I've finished this (or given up on it).

[Steve Woods · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is pretty interesting. An alternative way to look at the kind of experience that occurs through practice. Sometimes it sounds a bit out there, but there is some substance to it. I have experienced some of this myself. Worth a read. Not sure how a person might convert the material to a way of life without meditation as a central practice. For most people coming to the material cold it might seem like west coast rubbish.

[Alexander Fedyunin]

Too much "shamanism", I'm not ready now to finish it