Nothing I See Means Anything: Quantum Questions, Quantum Answers [Paperback]

David Parrish (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 2005

This book definitly closes the gap between mind, matter, and cosmic intelligence. Parrish elegantly indentifies the pathways to highest consciousness-a place we all are but don't know it.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Dr. David Parrish has constructed a shining and indestructible edifice out of fascinating and brilliant concepts. His logic is impeccable and his insights are profound. If you want a hundred sound reasons to open your heart to the Divine, READ THIS BOOK. -- Hugh Prather, author of The Little Book of Letting Go

About the Author

David Parrish, M. D., is a Freudian psychoanalyst who has researched developing consciousness in both early-child and adult development. He has studied quantum physics, psychology, and philosophy, and teaches in several of these areas. He began studying medicine in 1955, psychology and neurology in 1956, and psychosomatic medicine in 1958.

Parrish has an undergraduate degree in physics, and has done postgraduate studies both nationally and internationally in neurology and endocrinology. He also has had extensive hospice experience.

David Parrish's adult life has been shaped by both his professional commitment to science and medicine and his driving curiosity regarding metaphysics and expanding human consciousness. His research has resulted in dialogues with many of the philosophical, scientific, and spiritual thinkers of our time--among them, Richard Feynman, Kenneth Waprick, David Hawkins, and Ken Wilbur.

Dr. Parrish lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Sentient Publications; 1 edition (December 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591810396
• ISBN-13: 978-1591810391
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #481,616 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An orderly and friendly universe, September 17, 2006

By 

Zukov Tooker (West of Laramie) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nothing I See Means Anything: Quantum Questions, Quantum Answers (Paperback)

This book offers a look at metaphysics from a very unique perspective. I have always been a big fan of U.S. Andersen's writings about the important relationship between our conscious and sub-conscious. Because I know Dr. Parrish personally, I was very interested in reading his interpretation on the subject.

This book a wide range of topics ranging from an overview of psychoanalysis and cognitive therapy to mysticism and quantum physics. He then ties them together in a way that makes a compelling case that, yes, we do live in an orderly and friendly universe. Whether or not we acknowledge this fact is a matter of personal choice, and this book offers help in how to make that choice.

Warning: This book is not an easy read that can be devoured quickly. Many portions need to be read and re-read, perhaps several times, before the message is fully absorbed. But I believe the reader will find the time to be well spent.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Parrish is the Stephen Hawking of the Spiritual Universe, August 2, 2006

By 

Douglas J. Dickson "The Gute" (Phoenix, Arizona) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Nothing I See Means Anything: Quantum Questions, Quantum Answers (Paperback)

Nothing I See Means Anything is, perhaps, one of the most important books I've ever read.

The concepts taught create a paradigm shift in consciousness and at times I found myself re-reading chapters to comprehend the incredible amount of truth I found within. The book is intelligently written by an accomplished physician who shares his understanding of the world and universe surrounding us. The mind once stretched to comprehend this material will never see the world the same again.

Dr. Parrish begins by reviewing the basic schools of psychology and eloquently explains the focus of each on the mind. He recognizes the diferences between them and then explains how each of them relate to the universe as we perceive it.

Next he moves to explaining quantum physics, the mathmatics of Einstein, to reveal the true nature of the universe and our place within the mind of God.

Perhaps the book should have been titled, "A Brief History of the Mind," as Parrish's keen insight should earn him consideration as the Stephen Hawking of the Spiritual Universe.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Rough around the edges, July 25, 2010

By 

David J. Kreiter (Iowa City, Iowa USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Nothing I See Means Anything: Quantum Questions, Quantum Answers (Paperback)

David Parrish says that the fields of psychology, mysticism, and quantum physics have all contributed to the notion that the reality we percieve in the world is not an objective reality, but a reality which is colored by our beliefs and our conditioning. Modern psychology, mysticism, and quantum theory have all elucidated the fact that we are particpants in creating and altering our reality.

Parrish says that modern psychology has shed the Freudian notion that our behavior is determined by subconscious obsessions and desires, and external events that are beyond our control. In its place existential and cognitive psychology have for the most part disavowed the subconscious mind and have embraced a more seamless and holistic consciousness, a consciousness of freedom in which we are responsible for our own acts.

Likewise, mysticism, which can be defined as a pathway to understanding reality through a "transcendence" or direct experience, has for centuries taught us that the subject/object duality is a grand illusion, and quantum theory has once and for all demonstrated through theory and experiment that in the subatomic realm there are non-local connections between particles that have been intertwined.

Parrish does an admirable job of drawing toghether the three disciplines, especially psychology and mysticism, however, his understanding of the principles of physics are a bit disappointing for the knowledgeable reader when he attempts to describe such subjects as entropy, the EPR proposal, Bell's theorem of inequality, and some of the basic tenants of quantum theory.

For example, he defines entropy as a state of chaos when, in fact, entropy is simply the tendency of systems to move toward equilibrium--a system's most probable state. He says that the old scientific paradigm is characterized by chance and separateness, while the new paradigm is one of wholeness and harmony, when, in fact, the old scientific paradigm was deterministic while the new paradigm--quantum theory-- is characterized by chance and probability of the purest form. He describes Bell's theorem in terms of "non-local causation", and energy fields, but Bell's theorem of inequality put the final nail into the coffin of hidden variables such as energy fields as an explanation for non-local events. And he misrepresents the EPR argument when he says, "They proposed through errorless mathematical reasoning that if quantum theory were correct, then a change in the spin of one particle in a two-particle system would affect its twin simultaneously, even if the two had been widely separated in the meantime." Instead, Einstein argued the opposite position. And not to belabor the point, he states: "Research has found that in the world of subparticle matter, the state of consciousness of the observer determines the outcome." This completely misstates the "observer affect". Many experiments have been conducted in which a conscious observer is unnecessary in the collapse of the quantum wave function. In an experiment conducted by investigators at the University of Rochester and featured in the November 1991 issue of "Scientific American", researcher Leonard Mandel said, "The mere possibility that the paths [of the photons] can be distiguished is enough to wipe out the interference pattern." Extracting information from a system alone can collapse the wave function.

Parrish's main premise is valid and I think he succeeds in demonstrating that the emerging fields of science have come to an understanding that the universe is an undivided whole, and that we are responsible for creating our own reality, but by the end of the book he destroys his own premises by dividing and subdividing consciousness into layers, and making religious references to God, spiritualism, and miracles. The book begins with so much promise, but it quickly spins out of control. For that reason I give it three stars.

This review by David Kreiter: Author of Quantum Reality: A New Philosophical Perspective.