Science and the Akashic Field: An Integral Theory of Everything |  | Author: Ervin Laszlo
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Presents the unifying world-concept long sought by scientists, mystics, and sages: an Integral Theory of Everything
• Explains how modern science has rediscovered the Akashic Field of perennial philosophy
• New edition updates ongoing scientific studies, presents new research inspired by the first edition, and includes new case studies and a section on animal telepathy
Mystics and sages have long maintained that there exists an interconnecting cosmic field at the roots of reality that conserves and conveys information, a field known as the Akashic record. Recent discoveries in vacuum physics show that this Akashic Field is real and has its equivalent in science’s zero-point field that underlies space itself. This field consists of a subtle sea of fluctuating energies from which all things arise: atoms and galaxies, stars and planets, living beings, and even consciousness. This zero-point Akashic Field is the constant and enduring memory of the universe. It holds the record of all that has happened on Earth and in the cosmos and relates it to all that is yet to happen.
In Science and the Akashic Field, philosopher and scientist Ervin Laszlo conveys the essential element of this information field in language that is accessible and clear. From the world of science he confirms our deepest intuitions of the oneness of creation in the Integral Theory of Everything. We discover that, as philosopher William James stated, “We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.”
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 A Noble Undertaking November 9, 2009
consciousness explorer
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Laszlo's work covers remarkable breadth and depth, the likes of which place him among the most interesting, if not controversial thinkers of this age. He will likely sit poorly with those without open minds, those entrenched in the status quo theories of science and religion. However, for those with the patience and capability to understand openly what he is trying to put forth, the ideas are revolutionary and have the potential to change the way you think forever.
The book is simple, easy to read, and quick. No background knowledge is necessary, and he takes you through all the crucial stages of thought in the necessary areas. Read it with an open mind, then form your own opinion.
Overall, this book is fabulous, interesting, and very provocative.
The universal in-formation field September 1, 2009
rowley32256 (Jacksonville USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Irvin Laszlo's "Science and the Akashic Field" discusses his theory that there is more to reality than the physical realm of modern science. His central point is this: "we need to recognize the presence of a factor that is neither matter nor energy. The importance of this factor is now acknowledged not only in the human and social sciences, but also in the physical and life sciences. It is information - information as a real and effective factor setting the parameters of the universe at its birth, and thereafter governing the evolution of its basic elements into complex systems ... It is the presence of in-formation throughout the cosmos, carried and conveyed by the universal in-formation field we have named the Akashic field."
Laszlo credits David Bohm with some of the insights underlying his (Laszlo's) theory: "other physicists, among them David Bohm, refused to accept the quantum physical concept as a full description of reality. His "hidden variables theory" suggests that the selection of the state of the quantum is not random; it is guided by an underlying physical process. In Bohm's theory a pilot wave, indentified as the quantum potential "Q", emerges from a deeper, unobservable domain of the universe and guides the observed behavior of particles. Thus, particle behavior is indeterministic only at the surface; at the deeper level it is determined by the quantum potential. Later Bohm called the deeper level of reality the "implicate order", a holofield where all the states of the quantum are permanently coded. Observed reality is the "explicate order"; it is rooted in, and unfolds from, the implicate order." I find similarities between the ideas of Bohm and Laszlo and those of Michael Talbot "The Holographic Universe"; Gregg Braden "The Divine Matrix"; Dean Radin "Entangled Minds"; Bruce Lipton "The Biology of Belief" and Bernard Haisch "The God Theory". In various ways these writers have postulated connectivity or "entanglement" between all (including concealed) aspects of the universe.
Like the authors mentioned above, Laszlo acknowledges the reality of spirituality: "Intercessory prayer and spiritual healing, together with other mind- and conscious intent-based practices yield impressive evidence regarding the effectiveness of telepathic and telesomatic information- and energy-transmission. The practices produce real and measurable effects, but classical medicine and the mainstream of Western science have no explanation for them." The implicate order, akashic or zero-point field, psi, or matrix, may be related to the ancient concept of a ubiquitous ether, and to tao and karma; if so, they might one day help us to integrate not just science and religion but also religion and religion. Regardless of how much of Laszlo's theories one accepts as factual or probable, his writing is absorbing and way of looking at the world is mind-opening and worthy of reflection.
Didactic and elevating in scope! August 27, 2009
Matthew J. Schimpf (Niagara Falls, NY)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ideas, concepts and realities that have been discussed for millennia are now starting to appear on the cutting edge of science. What the ancients called Akasha, physicists now call the quantum vacuum. What once was called Brahman we now might call the Zero Point Field. What we can see is now the explicate order, the hidden is the implicate order. Once we learn to drop the ego perspective we will realize that we have been referring to the same facets of reality.
This wonderful work goes a long way in uniting esoteric "night language" concepts with empirical "day language" facts, figures and data. What scientists are trying to decipher and explain; contemplative traditions have been experiencing. Science and the Akashic Field is a very unique, intelligent and enjoyable read. 4 stars on the board from me.
A nice, sweeping syththesis, but with some black holes August 12, 2009
M. Richardson (Boise, ID)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I enjoyed this book: Laszlo assembles some of the crucial and most contemporary problems facing traditional/classical physics and metaphysics, and with his "A-field", puts the outlines of a theory together nicely -- outlines, not a complete theory by any stretch.
One gets the feeling, too, that Laszlo takes scientists like Rupert Sheldrake to be his competition: the omission of Sheldrake's groundbreaking work on morphogenetic fields (from the 1980s, see A New Science of Life) is glaring. Laszlo re-treads many of Sheldrake's concepts, and fails to give credit where it is due. A shame, because, as he does with Stanislaw Grof's and others' ideas, he could have been building on them.
That said, Laszlo's notions of the A-field, while less detailed, are more rounded than Sheldrake's, and take do take contemporary astrophysics and particle physics into consideration.
Science and the Akashic Field, Ervin Laszlo June 26, 2009
R. Kurshan (Virginia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Written in an easy to read and understand method, I found this book to be very helpful in understanding quantum mechanics how it affects the human race.
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