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The Field: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe
Science has recently begun to prove what ancient myth and religion have always espoused: There may be such a thing as a life force. Lynne McTaggart, indefatigable investigative journalist, reveals a radical new biological paradigm -- that on our most fundamental level, the human mind and body are not distinct and separate from their environment but a packet of pulsating po...more
Paperback, 268 pages
Published
August 1st 2003
by Quill
(first published 2001)
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This book was an interesting read and a great summary of all the research in these related fields of thought. It is extensively referenced and to label all the contents as pseudoscience is unfair. The main fault is that the author gives equal weight to good sources and dodgy ones (though just because the establishment considers something dodgy, it ain't necessarily so!) Lacking a science background, she also misses the meaning of some of her conclusions. To be fair, it would be very difficult to...more
فى البدايه وودت لو انى كتبت الريفيو بالانجليزى بالكامل لكنى تيقنت بانى عصبيه من الكتاب بشكل يمنعنى من التحدث بحريه بغير لغتى الام ...تلك الطاقه السلبيه عن هذا الكتاب لن تنتطلق بغير لغتى العربيه الحبيبه
الكتاب لصحفيه تتساءل عن سبب نجاح الاساليب غير التقليديه للطب مثل:العلاج الروحانى,الطب البديل و الوخز بالابر....و فى رحله بحثها عن ذلك قررت بشكل غير مبرر ان تلجأ لعلماء الفيزياء الكميه "الغير تقليدين" للبحث عن هذا السر....ومن هنا بدء الحديث عن المجال الموحد بين جميل الاشياء و ان الانسان مجموعه من ال...more
الكتاب لصحفيه تتساءل عن سبب نجاح الاساليب غير التقليديه للطب مثل:العلاج الروحانى,الطب البديل و الوخز بالابر....و فى رحله بحثها عن ذلك قررت بشكل غير مبرر ان تلجأ لعلماء الفيزياء الكميه "الغير تقليدين" للبحث عن هذا السر....ومن هنا بدء الحديث عن المجال الموحد بين جميل الاشياء و ان الانسان مجموعه من ال...more
Lynne McTaggart is a journalist who has bravely embarked on a quest to scientifically explain "the life force" that governs the universe. I have neither the necessary background nor am I well-read enough in this subject to scrutinize her findings, but her research seems to be solid and her arguments as well as critical analysis compelling. As someone who didn't start out as an expert on science, quantum physics to be precise, she has managed to extricate complex scientific findings and hypothese...more
One of the most though-provoking books I've read. The ZPF theories have profound implications for all of us, individually and collectively. McTaggart does an excellent job of translating the scientific data into an understandable package. A must-read for all--those seeking a mental challenge and those searching for spiritual connectivity regardless of their religious affiliation, as well as atheists.
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This book is an investigative report written by a journalist. Most of the work is anecdotal evidence of some paranormal events, psychic activities, remote viewing, etc. Author tries to link all these phenomena together by explaining a theory that says there is field that connect everything in the universe. The weirdness of some paranormal activities are linked with strange behaviors of quantum particles. Although the book asks some thought provoking questions and report on research of some scien...more
The Field: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe seemed promising and interesting to me at first glance because of author Lynne McTaggart’s angle. She tries to show that certain questionable topics, such as the linking of quantum physics to a somewhat New Age-ish idea that every single thing in the universe is connected, can actually be shown to be true via proper scientific research (double-blind, other researchers replicating the methods and getting the same results, etc.). The hypot...more
Feb 28, 2009
Linda
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
anyone who wants to understand the world!
I'm currently reading this book. It is validating my interest in the quantum field. We create our own reality with our thoughts. And it is only a matter of time until we create either more joy or more pain!
Since thoughts become reality, it behooves us to pay attention to what we are thinking!!
Since thoughts become reality, it behooves us to pay attention to what we are thinking!!
When I picked up this book, I was worried that it was going to turn out to be flaky, new-age stuff with a couple of studies on quantum physics that only tangentially supported the claims being made.
However, I was very pleasantly surprised. The evidence presented is accompanied by important information for evaluating its scientific usefulness (sample sizes, study designs) but still manages to explain everything without using statistics too tough for the layman to understand. There is a huge body...more
However, I was very pleasantly surprised. The evidence presented is accompanied by important information for evaluating its scientific usefulness (sample sizes, study designs) but still manages to explain everything without using statistics too tough for the layman to understand. There is a huge body...more
Loved this book. Weaves together the scientific work done over the last 80 years which cumulatively goes a very long way to supporting New Age healings. Very eye opening to get such a clearer understanding of spontaneous recovery or telekinesis. Enjoy.
Pretty deep stuff, I'm glad that I was preparing my mind back in the 60s and 70s! Our brain is not a storage medium, it is a receiving mechanism, our short and long term knowledge doesn't reside in our brains it is instead stored in the Zero Point Field. The universe is a vast dynamic cobweb of energy exchange from the ZPF and available to us. Consciousness at its most basic is coherent light and the physical world only exists in its concrete state while we are involved in it. If we are going to...more
This is by far one of the most important books I have read, and I think anyone should read.
As a yoga practitioner, and one who has gone through reiki training, my rational mind seeks more scientific substantiation of what the yogis, healers and spiritualists have known for thousands of years.
The field refers to the zero point field (ZPF), which is made up of the spaces between sub-atomic particles. At absolute zero, this field still emits energy. It is not a vacuum but a field that is constantl...more
As a yoga practitioner, and one who has gone through reiki training, my rational mind seeks more scientific substantiation of what the yogis, healers and spiritualists have known for thousands of years.
The field refers to the zero point field (ZPF), which is made up of the spaces between sub-atomic particles. At absolute zero, this field still emits energy. It is not a vacuum but a field that is constantl...more
This is one of those books that will make you shake your head as you think about the power of prayer. An amazing account of scientifically proven experiences, that are further reinforced by events more recent.
The 30 days of prayer in Washington D.C. in support of peace, and the astounding result. Remote prayer for HIV patients, with more amazing results. But the ultimate take away is denomination was not the deciding factor. A must read for those doubtful of the power of your thoughts.The Field...more
The 30 days of prayer in Washington D.C. in support of peace, and the astounding result. Remote prayer for HIV patients, with more amazing results. But the ultimate take away is denomination was not the deciding factor. A must read for those doubtful of the power of your thoughts.The Field...more
I don't know if I had the skill and knowledge to read this book in a critical fashion, but from my limited perspective, it was convincing.
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Thoroughly distilled for the lay person, Lynne McTaggart takes us through the last few decades in terms of quantum physics research and how that information - while ridiculed by mainstream science - can benefit the whole host of mankind.
All sorts of experiments, from different researchers, all over the world which collectively prove the existence of a quantum field which connects all things. The experiments and research speak for themselves and I highly recommend the book to anyone who is intere...more
All sorts of experiments, from different researchers, all over the world which collectively prove the existence of a quantum field which connects all things. The experiments and research speak for themselves and I highly recommend the book to anyone who is intere...more
I appreciated the rigor into which the author went to explain how the foundations of our current understanding of science is on the verge of change. However as I don't have a strong background in science, I found her explanations difficult to understand, even though this was her attempt to explain complex concepts into layman's terms. I finished around three quarters of this book before deciding to shelve it.
This book certainly was a good conversation piece about how scientific research in the w...more
This book certainly was a good conversation piece about how scientific research in the w...more
I found this book interesting from a scientific standpoint and inspiring from a spiritual perspective. McTaggart approaches spiritual feelings and healing power much the same as scientists approach gravity; she describes the effects and the results of the zero point field, but never fully defines the source. The first half of the book resonates with my belief in a power that pervades the universe; the second half of the book makes enormous jumps from weakly supported empirical data to solid conc...more
This is a great introduction to Quantum Physics. McTaggart comes from a non science background, so her observations in this area are easy to access and understand. Based on her conversations with scientists throughout the world we get taken on a journey that explores the zero point energy field. Well researched and resourced I cannot help but agree with her observations.
I was left wondering how I might apply McTaggart's concepts to my life. I've done reading in this area so I can make these con...more
I was left wondering how I might apply McTaggart's concepts to my life. I've done reading in this area so I can make these con...more
I have mixed feelings about this book: on one hand I found it really interesting; it tells about Quantum Mechanics, and the frontier of physics and the unlimited possibilities lying beneath the Zero Point Field (which gives the book its title).
On the other hand, the book uses the (still unknown and rather hypothetical) Zero Point Field to explain almost any "paranormal" or "alternative" phenomena, some of them already explained by our current and well established scientific paradigm.
Despite that...more
On the other hand, the book uses the (still unknown and rather hypothetical) Zero Point Field to explain almost any "paranormal" or "alternative" phenomena, some of them already explained by our current and well established scientific paradigm.
Despite that...more
It contained a lot of information. I listened to the Audio CD. I liked the part of distinguishing between the majority of scientists that are close-minded and following the traditions of "how to do science" and the few who actually ask the hard questions. The part about experiments regarding the influence of men and women on randomly generating machines left me feeling confused. I couldn't understand and believe that such experiment is done and how McTaggart interpreted the result in a potential...more
A fascinating book regarding what is at the fringe of the standard science and physics, both Newtonian and Quantum Mechanics. The book can get tedious at times, as the author seemingly goes into too much detail in the methods and experiments conducted by the featured scientists, but in my opinion, these details and the accompanying notes are necessary to give the book respectability, believability and authenticity, in order to overcome the suspicion that this could be one of those “new age” book...more
Feb 02, 2009
Dennis
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Armchair physicists
Recommended to Dennis by:
I honestly don't remember
Basically, this is a great collection of well-researched experiments based on the fundamental problem that arose when trying to deal with quantum physics within the realm of physics. The basic issue is that Quantum Physics don't mesh well with the rest of the science world (for a nice summation try the book Superforce). I've also read another book with very similar mechanics as The Field, entitled The Holographic Universe, which also attempted to find resolve to the quantum physics problem(s), b...more
The Field essentially describes McTaggart's contention that a unifying energy and consciousness ties the universe together. Not a particularly novel idea, but one that most people probably aren't familiar with unless they study things like "non-locality" and are already comfortable with "zero-point field" energy. What Lynne does well is present the subject as factually as possible and with an eye toward the lay reader's low tolerance for deeply scientific and as yet unproven theories that challe...more
Jan 12, 2010
Thom Foolery
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
People interested in fringe science, hopeful cosmologies
Recommended to Thom by:
Nodozejoze
I was expecting something completely fluffy, but I was impressed early on by some of the research that was described. The book ranges from work in quantum physics (specifically, idea of the Zero Point Field) to biology to (inadvertent) homeopathy to the holographic model of the mind to psychic phenomena in gathering evidence to support its argument that this Zero Point Field is nothing less than the substrate of the "external" world and "internal" experience. Here's how McTaggart summarizes the...more
A sample:
"If reality resulted from some elaborate interaction of consciousness with its environment, then consciousness, like subatomic particles of matter, might also be based on a system of probabilities. One of the central tenants of quantum physics, first proposed by Louis de Broglie, is that subatomic entities can behave either as particles (precise things with a set location in space) or waves (diffuse and unbounded regions of influence which can flow through and interfere with other waves...more
"If reality resulted from some elaborate interaction of consciousness with its environment, then consciousness, like subatomic particles of matter, might also be based on a system of probabilities. One of the central tenants of quantum physics, first proposed by Louis de Broglie, is that subatomic entities can behave either as particles (precise things with a set location in space) or waves (diffuse and unbounded regions of influence which can flow through and interfere with other waves...more
Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Thorsons; New Ed edition (7 April 2003)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0007145101
ISBN-13: 978-0007145102
Synopsis
A book which gives scientific proof of the paranormal. Psychic activity, remote viewing, the power of prayer and homoeopathy are all discussed. The energy found in the vacuum - or the zero point field - seems to be the key to all sorts of unexplained phenomena: ESP or remote viewing, homeopathy, energy medicine, spiritual healing, and even the homing instincts o...more
Publisher: Thorsons; New Ed edition (7 April 2003)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0007145101
ISBN-13: 978-0007145102
Synopsis
A book which gives scientific proof of the paranormal. Psychic activity, remote viewing, the power of prayer and homoeopathy are all discussed. The energy found in the vacuum - or the zero point field - seems to be the key to all sorts of unexplained phenomena: ESP or remote viewing, homeopathy, energy medicine, spiritual healing, and even the homing instincts o...more
This is a book that Wayne Dyer cited in The Power of Intention. Parts of it were a little difficult to read and I didn’t finish the whole thing. But overall it was exciting and believable to me. If McTaggart is indeed a voice in the wilderness, we need more such voices.--hr
From Publishers Weekly
McTaggart, an investigative journalist (What Doctors Don't Tell You), describes scientific discoveries that she believes point to a unifying concept of the universe, one that reconciles mind with matter...more
From Publishers Weekly
McTaggart, an investigative journalist (What Doctors Don't Tell You), describes scientific discoveries that she believes point to a unifying concept of the universe, one that reconciles mind with matter...more
Aug 23, 2011
Christina Carson
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
people willing to expand their sense of themselves, their planet and their universe
We are presently caught in a scientific paradigm that requires proof to be established according to certain criteria, while staring a new description of the universe in the face that may never respond to that sort of proof. But the upside, as shown by Ms. McTaggart and others is that metaphysics and physics are close enough now to brush against each other, and hats off to those willing to take a stab at describing those intersections. We have to start somewhere. McTaggart's taken some strong ste...more
WOW! Its not an easy read because its physics and biology and I didn't understand alot of it. But the conclusions were great. It explained some of the tests done that show how homeopathy works. It explains how past life memories could happen - without actually having to have a past earth life. It explains why INTENTION, HOPE, and THOUGHTS are enormously powerful. It is a book that shows how the frontiers of science are proving God's existence. I recommend it highly.
This book has changed our concept of the Universe. Lynne often says she is not a scientist, but she has collaborated with some of the best and effectively put their thoughts and discoveries into the public domain. I'll never forget reading her opening words: "We are poised on the brink of a revolution - a revolution as daring and profound as Einstein's discovery of relativity." She then went on to tell us about that revolution.
This is a very good book, especially if you are a healer who is constantly meeting the adversary of "scientific" friends, or if you are one of those scientific friends of a healer you should read this. At times it is a hard read and I needed to re-read some of the pages, but I loved that someone has finally put together a book that explains why healing, and remote sensing etc. works, and how it works.
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