The Biology of Transcendence: A Blueprint of the Human Spirit | 
| Author: Joseph Chilton Pearce
Publisher: Park Street Press
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
Buy New: $8.70
You Save: $8.25 (49%)
New (26) Used (16) from $5.75
Avg. Customer Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 200593
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.9 x 0.9
ISBN: 1594770166
Dewey Decimal Number: 570
EAN: 9781594770166
ASIN: 1594770166
Publication Date: August 16, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Brand New, Ships immediately
|
| Also Available In:
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Uses new research about the brain to explore how we can transcend our current physical and cultural limitations
• Reveals that transcendence of current modes of existence requires the dynamic interaction of our fourth and fifth brains (intellect and intelligence)
• Explores the idea that Jesus, Lao-tzu, and other great beings in history are models of nature’s possibility and our ability to achieve transcendence
• 17,000 sold in hardcover since April 2002
Why do we seem stuck in a culture of violence and injustice? How is it that we can recognize the transcendent ideal represented by figures such as Jesus, Lao-tzu, and many others who have walked among us and yet not seem to reach the same state?
In The Biology of Transcendence Joseph Chilton Pearce examines the current biological understanding of our neural organization to address how we can go beyond the limitations and constraints of our current capacities of body and mind--how we can transcend. Recent research in the neurosciences and neurocardiology identifies the four neural centers of our brain and indicates that a fifth such center is located in the heart. This research reveals that the evolutionary structure of our brain and its dynamic interactions with our heart are designed by nature to reach beyond our current evolutionary capacities. We are quite literally, made to transcend.
Pearce explores how this “biological imperative” drives our life into ever-greater realms of being--even as the “cultural imperative” of social conformity and behavior counters this genetic heritage, blocks our transcendent capacities, and breeds violence in all its forms. The conflict between religion and spirit is an important part of this struggle. But each of us may overthrow these cultural imperatives to reach “unconflicted behavior,” wherein heart and mind-brain resonate in synchronicity, opening us to levels of possibility beyond the ordinary.
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 21 more reviews...
 Lotus Guide Review July 2, 2008
The Biology of Transcendence: A Blueprint of the Human Spirit
By Joseph Chilton Pearce
You may have noticed that we seem to be stuck at a point in our evolution in which violence and injustice overshadow all of our lofty ideals and beliefs. But The Biology of Transcendence shows that we are on the edge of a human transcendence. Through a new discipline of neurocardiology, it is being shown that we have another center of consciousness in our hearts that has a dynamic relationship with our brains, creating true intelligence and wisdom. There has never been a time in our history more crucial for a conscious transcendence than now while we are in our technological adolescence. This book gives new hope through new science.Rahasya Poe, Lotus Guide magazine. www.lotusguide.com
 Pseudoscience March 25, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I was shocked by the sheer amount of pseudoscience in this book, from the central tenet that the heart is literally a brain, to the notion that the planet Venus passed Earth in historical times on its way to the current orbit. In all fairness, the book is at least politically balanced: It brandishes the liberal idea of the noble savage and the paradisical state of the pre-patriarchal societies, but at the same time echoes the lament of conservatives through the ages: That young people today are greatly inferior, intellectually and emotionally, to their ancestors. Never mind that all of these views are contrary to any coherent scientific worldview.
The book is recommended in so far as it makes a good case for spending quality time with babies and children, and there is some realistic science related to brain development in that part. The rest of it, however, seems more like science fiction than science fact.
 the biology of transcendence October 20, 2007
just an eye-opener for those that are not truly awake to their true self! a must read!!!!
Joe Pearce shakes up the status quo again! June 30, 2006
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
Back in the late, great 70's, I read Joe's "Exploring The Crack In The Cosmic Egg", and had my mind opened in ways I've been grateful for ever since. Now this venerable sage has demonstrated he's still got more game than 99% of his modern peers. His lucid exposition of cutting-edge science, linked coherently to ancient wisdom, provides a uniquely accessible template for Transcendence as THE crucial strategy for our species in this time of unprecedented challenge. As I read this timely work, highlighter in hand, I was struck repeatedly by syncronistic relevancies to my our psychospiritual journey.
I've been deeply impacted by my regular use of "The Journey to Wild Divine", a biofeedback game/training tool available through Amazon.com, and Joe's elaboration of the neurocardiological underpinnings of my overwhelmingly positive responses to this practice have greatly deepened my commitment. I've already given two copies of this astonishing book to friends and family, and am likely to bestow more.
I heartily endorse this book, and urge all seekers after transcendent truth to explore it. Jeffery E. DeCelles, Durango, CO.
" Yee shall know them by their fruits !! " April 18, 2006
12 out of 16 found this review helpful
Members of traditional churches will not be swayed by this latest of Dr. Pearce's books and - as is evident from previous reviews - neither will certain MDs. Speaking of the "fruits" in my headline: Where are the fruits of billions of dollars spent on, say, cancer research, or heartdisease or SIDS deaths (10000+ annually)? Certainly, many MDs are known by their fruits and 'intent' and deserve tremendous respect, but the field of medicine in general leaves a lot to be desired.
Anyone who followed Pearce's "intent" over the years, knows he is a man who takes his journey through life seriously and what's more, he is willing to SHARE his insights and his progress. To us the readers, these insights come at an affordable price, can get enhanced with steady homework, something many other fields cannot lay claim to. There, 'sharing' often means fleecing you of your money at devastating costs.
Thanks to authors like Pearce, Liedloff, Halfmoon and the producers of flicks like "What the Bleep do WE Know?", we have an opportunity to grow into the beings many of us are yearning to become, beings in control of their lives rather than the misguided ideas of others. The "Industries" of Church, Medicine and Politics certainly don't want us to have control.
Life is meant to be a liberating event, not a suffering from anxiety, depression and disease. Pearce is doing an incredible job, by making palatable ancient Eastern thought, aligning that with Western thought and modern science, thus lifting the serious seeker onto a higher plane. I completely share his feelings about that liberating person Jesus, who is so sorely misrepresented by church. Thanks Joe!
|
|
|
