Bottoming Out the Universe: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing
Written by Richard Grossinger and Brian Swimme
Narrated by Richard Grossinger
4/5
()
About this audiobook
• Draws on transdimensional physics and biology, reincarnation and past-life memories, animal consciousness, multiple identities, thoughtforms, soul pictures, and paranormal phenomena like crop circles and poltergeists
• Explores the riddle of personal identity and how it differs from consciousness
• Reveals that consciousness is more than encompassing all that exists--it also speaks to what has yet to manifest
Scientific orthodoxy views the universe as conceived of matter--protons, neutrons, electrons, down to the smallest particle, quarks. But, when you keep digging, what is “beneath” quarks? The scientific worldview does not take into account consciousness or life itself. How did consciousness become part of the material universe? Is it a by-product of brain chemistry or a constituent of reality? Or, to dig deeper, which is more fundamental: the existence of an objective physical universe or our subjective experience of it?
In this investigation into consciousness, the universe, and the nature of reality, Richard Grossinger offers a wide-ranging foundation for reimagining the universe as based in consciousness rather than matter. He presents in-depth analysis of the standard scientific description of the universe, revealing the holes in its theories. Exploring the interpenetration of matter and all reality by consciousness, the author looks at reincarnation and past-life memories, examining famous and lesser-known but verifiable accounts. He then explores the nature and origin of consciousness, with accompanying explorations of animal consciousness, the brain as a computer, multiple identities, thoughtforms, soul pictures, and paranormal phenomena like UFOs, faeries, and poltergeists. He also examines concepts from physics that combine elements of both consciousness and matter, such as collapsing waveforms and the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics.
Examining nonlocal and transpersonal modes of consciousness, Grossinger looks at the difference between consciousness and personal identity. He expands this discussion with reflections on Sethian cosmology, using Seth’s own words and Jane Roberts’s and John Friedlander’s interpretations. He reveals that consciousness also encompasses what has yet to manifest and explains why the universe exists at all: why there is “something” rather than “nothing.” Skewering the materialist paradigm and placing consciousness alongside mass, gravity, and heat as an essential component of the universe, Grossinger proposes that reality is a thoughtform where sentient beings collaborate to bring about a concrete realm vibrating at their own frequency.
Richard Grossinger
Richard Grossinger is the curator of Sacred Planet Books, a member of the Inner Traditions editorial board, the founder and former publisher of North Atlantic Books, and a founding copublisher of Io, a seminal interdisciplinary literary journal that ran from 1964–1993. He attended Amherst College and completed a PhD in ecological anthropology at the University of Michigan. He has written more than 30 widely acclaimed books on alternative medicine, cosmology, embryology, and consciousness, including Dark Pool of Light: Reality and Consciousness, The Night Sky: Soul and Cosmos, and Bottoming Out the Universe. Through the Sacred Planet collection, published under the umbrella of the Inner Traditions family of imprints, Grossinger continues his long-standing publishing talent for developing deep co-creative relationships with authors. His main psychospiritual practices have been dreams and symbols, t’ai chi ch’uan, craniosacral therapy, and the Sethian system of psychic energy taught by John Friedlander and Gloria Hemsher. Sacred Planet continues these themes while emphasizing other urgent topics: climate, permaculture, alchemy, biological transmutation, viral transmission, meta-politics, hyperobjects, spiritwalking, shapeshifting, the etheric realm, oracles, locutions, time travel, astrology, crystals, and subtle bodies. Grossinger lives in Portland, Maine, and Berkeley, California.
Related to Bottoming Out the Universe
Related audiobooks
The Cosmic Hologram: In-formation at the Center of Creation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Quantum Screen: The Enigmas of Modern Physics and a New Model of Perceptual Consciousness Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Universe is Alive, Intelligent, and Evolving Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A New Science of the Afterlife: Space, Time, and the Consciousness Code Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Physics of the Soul: The Quantum Book of Living, Dying, Reincarnation, and Immortality Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ancient Mysteries: Life After Death Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Physics of Angels: Exploring the Realm Where Science and Spirit Meet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Everything Answer Book: How Quantum Science Explains Love, Death, and the Meaning of Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The God Theory: Universes, Zero-Point Fields and What's Behind It All Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Quantum Revelation: A Radical Synthesis of Science and Spirituality Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Possibility Principle: How Quantum Physics Can Improve the Way You Think, Live, and Love Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Living Souls in the Spirit Dimension: The Afterlife and Transdimensional Reality Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Quantum Spirituality: Science, Gnostic Mysticism, and Connecting with Source Consciousness Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Flip: Epiphanies of Mind and the Future of Knowledge Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Limitless Mind: A Guide to Remote Viewing and Transformation of Consciousness Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Grey Aliens and Artificial Intelligence: The Battle between Natural and Synthetic Beings for the Human Soul Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Field Updated Ed: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Why is Consciousness so Mysterious? Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Super Natural: A New Vision of the Unexplained Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Science Ideated: The Fall Of Matter And The Contours Of The Next Mainstream Scientific Worldview Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Sense of the Cosmos Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mysterious Sightings In the Sky Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5God Is Not Dead: What Quantum Physics Tells Us about Our Origins and How We Should Live Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Science and the Inner Experience Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Intelligence of the Cosmos: Why Are We Here? New Answers from the Frontiers of Science Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Occult & Paranormal For You
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Book of Enoch the Prophet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Keepers of the Garden Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Journey of Souls: Case Studies of Life Between Lives Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Life After Life: The Investigation of a Phenomenon---Survival of Bodily Death Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Kybalion: Hermetic Philosophy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Secret Teachings of All Ages Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Between Death & Life: Conversations with a Spirit Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Imagine the God of Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God’s Revelation, and the Love You’ve Always Wanted Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Custodians: Beyond Abduction Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Destiny of Souls: New Case Studies of Life Between Lives Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Kybalion: A Study of Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Living the Faery Life: A Guide to Connecting with the Magic, Power, and Joy of the Enchanted Realm Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Life Between Lives: Hypnotherapy for Spiritual Regression Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5101 True Scary Stories to Read in Bed Tonight Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Chariots of the Gods Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Day After Roswell Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/590 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Secret History of America: Classic Writings on Our Nation's Unknown Past and Inner Purpose Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Between Two Worlds Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Awakening in the Dream: Contact with the Divine Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Encounters: Experiences with Nonhuman Intelligences Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Reviews for Bottoming Out the Universe
2 ratings0 reviews