The Choice: Using Conscious Thought and Physics of the Mind to Reshape the World

by Mike Bara

You've probably heard of The Secret. Now it's time to make The Choice .

There is a great shift coming in the near future. We can all feel it. But what does it truly herald for the planet we inhabit?

Is there reason for concern about the apocalyptic prophecies of the Mayan calendar, and is there an underlying physics driving these changes?

How do planetary alignments and astronomical events such as the ones predicted for 2012 affect your consciousness?

And most importantly, what can each of us do to influence this coming shift in both consciousness and physical reality?

New York Times best-selling author Mike Bara examines all these questions and many more in The Choice , which also

Genres: Science, Self Help, Psychology, Nonfiction

240 pages, Paperback

First published October 15, 2010

Reviews

[Dave Bara · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Choice is an excellent book that takes many complicated scientific and metaphysical concepts and ties them together in a unified theme. Bara's greatest strength as an author is making these complex concepts accessible to the average reader.

The book is at it's strongest (I feel) when it is focused on the links between the Mayan 2012 calendar and the Yuga cycle work of Carl Calleman. This is compelling stuff, and forces us to consider many different possibilities than we are being given in the average 2012 doomsday book.

Ultimately, Bara wraps it all up with a simple question we should all ponder; if God came back today and offered you a Choice of the direction for your future life, what would you choose?

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[Guy McElwaine · Rating 1 out of 5]

In a promotional interview for this book, aerospace dropout Mike Bara boasted "I'm completely confident I can prove that there's no such thing as the laws of physics." Ha-ha. What he's proved instead is that there's no such thing as his comprehension of those laws. He's wrong about planetary influences (pp 17,31), wrong about centrifugal force (p.32), wrong about the eccentricity of the orbit of Mars (p.34), wrong several times about gravitation (p.134 e.g.), wrong about Faraday cages (p. 139 -- no, Mike, they aren't made of lead), wrong about the date of Sputnik 1 (p.143), and very, very wrong about the orbit of America's first satellite, Explorer 1 (the whole of Chapter 12, basically.) That last error is a real beaut. Copying from his former co-author Richard Hoagland (he's the one who maintains that NASA arranges launches on a schedule that pays homage to Egyptian Gods,) Bara tells us that the orbit of Explorer 1 was 60% too high. He writes "a miscalculation of that type simply cannot happen." Unfortunately, neither Bara nor Hoagland have enough basic understanding of orbital mechanics to write a 10th grade term paper, let alone two books, on the subject. They derive the 60% figure by measuring from the Earth's surface instead of the center of the orbit. When the calculation is done correctly the true figure turns out to be about 3% -- a miscalculation that very much COULD happen in 1950s rocketry, and would not represent total failure even today. So what's left? New-Age poppycock about self-realization, basically. Assurances that we all have THE POWER if only we'd use it. This book is so frighteningly bad it ought to spell the end of pseudoscience, because surely even fans of the late-night radio show Coast to Coast AM will see through it? Well, maybe not -- those people really are gullible.

[Guy McElwaine · Rating 1 out of 5]

In a promotional interview for this book, aerospace dropout Mike Bara boasted "I'm completely confident I can prove that there's no such thing as the laws of physics." Ha-ha. What he's proved instead is that there's no such thing as his comprehension of those laws. He's wrong about planetary influences (pp 17,31), wrong about centrifugal force (p.32), wrong about the eccentricity of the orbit of Mars (p.34), wrong several times about gravitation (p.134 e.g.), wrong about Faraday cages (p. 139 -- no, Mike, they aren't made of lead), wrong about the date of Sputnik 1 (p.143), and very, very wrong about the orbit of America's first satellite, Explorer 1 (the whole of Chapter 12, basically.) That last error is a real beaut. Copying from his former co-author Richard Hoagland (he's the one who maintains that NASA arranges launches on a schedule that pays homage to Egyptian Gods,) Bara tells us that the orbit of Explorer 1 was 60% too high. He writes "a miscalculation of that type simply cannot happen." Unfortunately, neither Bara nor Hoagland have enough basic understanding of orbital mechanics to write a 10th grade term paper, let alone two books, on the subject. They derive the 60% figure by measuring from the Earth's surface instead of the center of the orbit. When the calculation is done correctly the true figure turns out to be about 3% -- a miscalculation that very much COULD happen in 1950s rocketry, and would not represent total failure even today. So what's left? New-Age poppycock about self-realization, basically. Assurances that we all have THE POWER if only we'd use it. This book is so frighteningly bad it ought to spell the end of pseudoscience, because surely even fans of the late-night radio show Coast to Coast AM will see through it? Well, maybe not -- those people really are gullible.

[Brandon · Rating 4 out of 5]

the author has taken me to another level of thinking on the established scientific theories and facts just as when I was confronted with the reality of our civilization today and its actual workable modus operandi. in order to live harmonious in accordance with Nature and the natural law of life, one has to recognize if the existing way of life (the one we're taught since birth that which seems "normal") actually sustains life itself or not. i cannot personally verify if the proposed theories in the book are scientific facts, but just like we cannot prove what "health" is and what "harmony" is, despite our constant attempt to gain and regain it throughout our life journey, all i can say is that the author has a convincing sound in his belief. that does not matter, for a reader like me has been inspired enough to question what may not be working, and to find how one can actively participating in improving the quality of harmonious living.

[Dave Bara · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Choice is an excellent book that takes many complicated scientific and metaphysical concepts and ties them together in a unified theme. Bara's greatest strength as an author is making these complex concepts accessible to the average reader.

The book is at it's strongest (I feel) when it is focused on the links between the Mayan 2012 calendar and the Yuga cycle work of Carl Calleman. This is compelling stuff, and forces us to consider many different possibilities than we are being given in the average 2012 doomsday book.

Ultimately, Bara wraps it all up with a simple question we should all ponder; if God came back today and offered you a Choice of the direction for your future life, what would you choose?

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[Annie Lewis · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an interesting perspective on our energetic world. The author is too focused on riding the wave of "The Secret" bending scientific and historical research to match his own hokey theory. I do think he has some valid arguments and provides some food for thought however there are many more books available that provide a more grounded argument on these topics.