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Title: The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism by Fritjof Capra ISBN: 1570625190 Publisher: Shambhala Publications Pub. Date: January, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.96
Rating: 4
Summary: Parallels are not equivalents.
Comment: There are many solid books on connections and continuity in history and religion and physics. However Jacob Bronowski, "The Ascent of Man", would turn me over in my grave if he found out that I was reading such books as this. There are too many quasi science quasi religion books that want to take some principle and reinterpret it to be a New age truth or prove the some old blind philosopher beat us too it for example (The Seat of the Soul.) Dr. Capra is drawing parallels in two fields and not trying to say "see I told you so". He takes the time and pages to describe the science and also does a pretty good job of distilling complex religions down to single chapters. I leave it up to Dr. Capra and you to determine if there really is any parallel. A parallel does not mean equivalents. If you are a Gary Zukav sort of person this book will not help you at all.
Rating: 4
Summary: Thought provoking with a bridge between East and West
Comment: I've read "The Tao Of Physics" two and one half times. The first time was fifteen years ago (the original paperback was a different edition, with a far more thought provoking cover). I then read this edition when it came out (I need to read it a third time, this time with more life experience to draw from). I'm sure most readers struggled with the technical dialogue and laws of physics throughout. I was more able to intuitively appreciate these tougher chapters than intellectually understand these sometimes very abstract and difficult theories and concepts. Mysticism at times can seem equally abstract and difficult when one has not expereinced specific "mystical" experiences or enough of life itself. However, I intuitively connected to the threads which Capra so painstakingly weaved into his book. I was not looking for the answers to the universe in this book. What I was hoping to find was guidance, and a springboard in which to think in a larger universe. And when I look back, I realize my awareness and receptiveness to a "universe"and "consciousness" which is infinitely larger and wiser than the human experience and consciousness does indeed exits. "The Tao Of Physics" opened a window or two for me, and the inertia in which I had formed my opinions and prejudices and, then, learned to see and feel and judge the world around me, seemed embarrassingly narrow, lacking and unwise. That was a great insight for this young man at that time. "The Tao Of Physics" remains one of those books and experience that initially changed me in a small way, that eventually evolved into a substantive life change in how I think and perceive the world around me, and my relationship to it.
Rating: 5
Summary: To grasp enlightenment: riding an ox in search for it!
Comment: Some people get stuck on misconceptions (their own)or misunderstandings between the text and their own subjective minds (note reviewer above). The book is a wonderful telling, in a 'western' kind of way, of the simple and beautiful truth that embodies everything. It draws fascinating parallels between what we thought was the 'heartless' creed of science and ancient wisdom of the East; what deep and releasing insights follow every word! Capra (read also Web of Life!) gives all of us a new perspective to see the world, to "experience the wholeness of nature" and offers a meditative approach to "the art of living in harmony with it". Like 'the Prophecy' it adds to our ever-growing awareness of the universe and its intricate network of love, light and life; it is so undoubtedly true in the path that it follows, a simple miracle in an everyday Zen-life. Spread the word: mother Earth is transforming her consciousness and while we help we rise with the waves and view the absolute ocean-floor...the timeless, whatever the meaning, and the simple beauty. Thank you, Fritjof Capra, for your contribution!
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Title: The Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics by Gary Zukav, David Finkelstein ISBN: 055326382X Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: September, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Web of Life: A New Understanding of Living Systems by Fritjof Capra ISBN: 0385476760 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Turning Point: Science, Society, and the Rising Culture by Fritjof Capra ISBN: 0553345729 Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Pub (Trd Pap) Pub. Date: May, 1988 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Hidden Connections: Integrating The Biological, Cognitive, And Social Dimensions Of Life Into A Science Of Sustainability by Fritjof Capra ISBN: 0385494718 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 20 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Quantum Reality: Beyond the New Physics by Nick Herbert ISBN: 0385235690 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 20 March, 1987 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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