The Visionary Window: A Quantum Physicist's Guide to Enlightenment (Hardcover)

by Amit Goswami (Author)

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Product Description
Reared in the Hindu tradition, quantum physicist Amit Goswami integrates our spiritual heart with our scientific head.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Quest Books (November 25, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0835607933
• ISBN-13: 978-0835607933
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #329,246 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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52 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Visionary Window, January 15, 2001

By	Deb Dorff (Roswell, GA USA) - See all my reviews

Unlike Dr. Goswami's other books, which often meander and seem too technical for a layperson, this book is extremely well-written and easy for anyone interested in the new physics and spirituality to understand. This is a fascinating account of exactly how quantum physics might be used to explain such complex spiritual phenomenon as reincarnation, karma, shaktipat, the chakras and physical death. Dr. Goswami's father was a Hindu guru in India. However,as a small boy hiding in an English library during the Indian War of Independence, his son read all of Einstein's works and began a lifelong journey to find explanations in the laws of physics for the most mysterious spiritual tenets of the ancient Upanishads. Today, Dr. Goswami teaches quantum physics at the University of Oregon, and is a scholar in residence at the Institute of Noetic Sciences. Consequently, he seems the most qualified of the "new physicists" to integrate Eastern spirituality with Western science. This books offers people in the West nothing less than a real opportunity to understand God, and, as such, is probably the most spectacular book you'll ever read.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, Unification of Eastern and Western thought., October 18, 2001

By	Tony Martinez (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

Many students of philosophy understand and appreciate both
Western materialist philosophies and Eastern philosophies
more centered on consciousness. Like looking at an atom,
and looking at a galaxy, these two philosophies needed a
middleground to connect them
In this book, Goswami is the first person ever to unify
the two seemingly disparate ideologies. He provides the
middleground in a way that books like "The Tao of Physics"
fail to do. (They only "hint" at the connection).

I am very happy that I bought this book.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very highly recommended reading for students of physics, June 8, 2001

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

With his insightful and occasionally inspiring observations and commentaries integrating the spiritual with the scientific, Amit Goswami's The Visionary Window: A Quantum Physicist's Guide To Enlightenment to present a new scientific paradigm placing human values as paramount. He shows how the principles embedded and revealed through the new science of quantum physics can help the reader tap into an inner creativity, deepen spirituality, and life a life of liberation and fulfillment. The Visionary Window is very highly recommended reading for students of physics, metaphysics, and spirituality.