Im a multi-task, multi-layered reader - several different kinds of books going on at once. Im now dipping into this one. A bit of my background thinking follows, and then a share that quantum physics and transcendental stages of being are connected are finally making the mainstream! ENJOY! Changes of Mind: A Holonomic Theory of the Evolution of Consciousness. Jenny Wade, State University of New York Press, 1996. My understanding of human development was expanded at Fielding Graduate University where I did a multi-disciplinary study for my Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Systems. Many people are familiar with Maslows Hierarchy of Needs pyramid which starts with basic needs and goes through self-actualization. In his later years he actually added another peak to the pyramid which is not widely known, but Wikis got it: Self-Transcendence: In his later years, Maslow explored a further dimension of needs, while criticizing his own vision on self-actualization. The self only finds its actualization in giving itself to some higher goal outside oneself, in altruism and spirituality. Another segment of my study was Systems Thinking where I got into The Tao of Physics which brings in eastern ways of thinking on an integrated self as an example of the post-Newtonian Quantum Theory applied to systems. I was enthralled. I next moved into the Transpersonalist Ken Wilbers development of consciousness and his Integral Theory which I now listen to on CDs in my car on my 40-minute drive to work daily. He mentions Jenny Wade’s work on her holonomic theory, and as she was a peer of mine at Fielding I have always wanted to dip into her book for her take on before birth and after death consciousness. My experience with Yoshihiros passing was profound for both him and me. There is definitely more to life than having a full refrigerator. Amazon blurb: This work brings together advances in the new sciences with studies in psychology, philosophy, and the history of mysticism, to challenge readers beyond linear and dualistic thinking. It outlines a new field for developmental psychology which would include the study of consciousness prior to birth and after death, as well as the transpersonal nature of consciousness. This development would have to be understood not so much as a progress toward something, but rather an access to our whole consciousness. The implications are profound for understanding psychic pain, the self, and our connections with each other, among other topics. The book is modest in its claims, and thorough in its research. I cannot think of consciousness in the same way as I did before reading Changes of Mind.
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