Full Description
Mystics and sages have long maintained that there exists an interconnecting cosmic field at the roots of reality that conserves and conveys information, a field known as the Akashic record. Recent discoveries in vacuum physics show that this Akashic Field is real and has its equivalent in science's zero-point field that underlies space itself. This field consists of a subtle sea of fluctuating energies from which all things arise: atoms and galaxies, stars and planets, living beings, and even consciousness. This zero-point Akashic Field is the constant and enduring memory of the universe. It holds the record of all that has happened on Earth and in the cosmos and relates it to all that is yet to happen. In Science and the Akashic Field, philosopher and scientist Ervin Laszlo conveys the essential element of this information field in language that is accessible and clear. From the world of science he confirms our deepest intuitions of the oneness of creation in the Integral Theory of Everything. We discover that, as philosopher William James stated, "We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep."
Contents
Introduction: A Meaningful Scientific Worldview for Our Time
PART ONE
THE FOUNDATIONS OF AN INTEGRAL THEORY OF EVERYTHING
How Information Connects Everything to Everything Else
1 The Challenge of an Integral Theory of Everything
Approaches to a Genuine TOE
2 On Puzzles and Fables: Drivers of the Next Paradigm Shift in Science
3 A Concise Catalog of the Puzzles of Coherence
The Puzzles of Coherence in Quantum Physics
The Puzzles of Coherence in Cosmology
The Puzzles of Coherence in Biology
The Puzzles of Coherence in Consciousness
4 The Crucial Science Fable--In-formation in Nature
The Quantum Vacuum--or Plenum
"In-formation" in the Quantum Vacuum
The Parable of the Sea
Enter the Akashic Field
PART TWO
THE IN-FORMED UNIVERSE
Perennial Questions and Fresh Answers from the Integral Theory of Everything
5 The Origins and Destiny of Life and the Universe
Where Everything Came From--and Where It Is Going
Origins and Evolution of Our Universe
Life on Earth and in the Universe
The Future of Life in the Cosmos
Glimpses of Ultimate Reality
6 Consciousness--Human and Cosmic
The Roots of Consciousness
Evolutionary Panpsychism
The Wider In-formation of Consciousness
The Next Evolution of Human Consciousness
Cosmic Consciousness
The Farthermost Reaches of Consciousness
7 The Poetry of Akashic Vision
The Phenomenon of Coherence:
A Deeper Look at the Scientific Evidence
Over Four Decades in Quest of an Integral Theory of Everything:
An Autobiographical Retrospective
References
Essential Reading:
A Bibliography of Additional Research Reports and Theories
Index
