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Healing the Rift: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Spirituality

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This book by Leo Kim forces us to search our existence and the meaning of our life in this universe. Leo Kim provides common thread between science and sprituality. He does this by reviewing vast amount of information on the nature of universe, creation of earth and life, and workings of life and mind from perspectives of quantum physics, biology, religion, and psychology. An important book.

This is a wonderful book bridging science & spirituality. The author brings his unique background in science, medicine, and hypnotherapy to explore issues that science often avoids and yet most spiritual teachings assert without objective evidence. This book is a wonderful and enlightening read on the origin of life and consciousness, the perception of the world (and what is reality?) and what happens after we die. This book is a great read for its mixture of hard science (quantum mechanics, origin of the universe), personal narrative, and discussion of cases (how people recall near-death experiences). Highly recommended!

This is the best I've read for anyone to understand.
It has the right combination in quantity and substance
of meticulous concise information. It is poignant and
very moving. I impatiently await Dr. Kim's future books.

Most U.S. people believe in a spiritual dimension - yet most also believe in science, and there's a gap between scientific and spiritual belief. HEALING THE RIFT seeks to close this gap, offering a scientific journey that explores the nature of reality using metaphors, examples, and anecdotes. From the nature of life to the healing mind, HEALING THE RIFT blends the author's personal insights and reflections with those of science and spiritual realms.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

Leo Kim has some of the most fascinating and poignant perspectives on how emerging discoveries in science could be making room for the reality of spirit and soul. Consciousness, in an information based universe, could be more the rule than the exception. Dr. Kim begins with a review of the amazing processes that allowed the universe, and then life on earth, to evolve and emerge. And although I graduated in physics, there were numerous fascinating bits of information here that were new to me. The book revolves around the assertion that everything in the universe, including all matter and energy, is simply energy at the most fundamental level. Everything that takes place involves the processing of energy and the transformation of information which in turn leads us to consciousness. Dr. Kim ties some of the latest discoveries in physics, which he explains in an easy to understand way, with some of the most fundamental beliefs of the world's oldest religions. He reminds the reader along the way that both contemporary physics and the world's greatest religions both acknowledge that our perception of reality is extremely limited and there is much that our humble minds cannot comprehend. This has to be one of the best works I have read on the topic linking the spiritual to the physical. It is comprehensive yet easy to read, and leaves the reader in awe of who we are and the universe we live in.

Many people have tried numerous ways to link science and the spiritual world. Dr. Kim's is very unique. He tried the world's ultimate particles and theory (so far) to see if the GOD left any evidence there. Well he showed the TRUE world to us and that world is beyond our usual understanding and imagination. You tell, what else can explain this entire TRUE world. Although this book does not prove convincingly a spiritual world exists, (nobody does so far), but sure it points an interesting direction for us to go further. Great job, Dr Kim.

The question of universe, god, self existence pervades through every ones life. Leo Kim addresses this topic in an interesting way. Even though the first half of the book is very scientific the second half of the book is very interesting and connects different elements of life to the science described in first half.

Is there a god? Is there a life after death? How science answers to them? Such questions are addressed and he brings the last 20 years of research in this book to answer them. Must read.

In astonishingly clear and simple composition, Healing the Rift explores the deeply complex theories and phenomena of quantum processes and their cause/effect relationships with our perception of reality, consciousness, mind, spirit, and life's origins. In addition, it identifies how many religious doctrines explain the same wonders, basing their beliefs on faith rather than scientific data. The author combines his years of research and personal experiences with recent scientific findings, and delivers wonderful insights that bring religion and science closer together. In reading Healing the Rift, it becomes apparent that science, too, ultimately bases many of its theories on faith, and that in fact science and religion complement each other, and enrich one another by sharing their respective views.

I highly recommend this insightful book to anyone! Healing the Rift will provide ample benefit of simple thought provoking explanations, and new insights about life and the universe to anyone, whether scientific, religious, or neither.

Healing the Rift is an excellent book for anyone interested in studying consciousness and how it relates to everything else. Science and spirituality are often viewed as two subjects on opposite ends of a spectrum. I like how Dr. Kim bridges the two in this easy to follow book. The information in Healing the Rift seems quite accurate for the most part. It kept my interest level up. Once I started reading, it was very hard to put down. And it ends nicely with a beautiful message. I highly recommend it to anyone who needs some inspiration in their life.

A great book for science people. Do you have any spiritual questions? Read this book! Highly recommended!