Involution-An Odyssey Reconciling Science to God
Description
<p>“<em>We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.”(</em>Teilhard de Chardin<em>)</em></p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;"><em>Involution-An Odyssey Reconciling Science to God </em> is as layered as a French cassoulet, as diverting, satisfying and as rich. Each reader will spoon this book differently. On the surface it seems to be a simple and light-hearted poetic journey through the history of Western thought, dominantly scientific, but enriched with painting and music. Beneath that surface is the sauce of a new evolutionary idea, involution; the informing of all matter by consciousness, encoded and communicating throughout the natural world. A book about the cathedral of consciousness could have used any language to paint it, but science is perhaps most in need of new vision, and its chronology is already familiar.</span></p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;">The author offers a bold alternative vision of both science and creation: she suggests that science has been incrementally the recovery of memory, the memory of evolution/involution</span><em style="line-height:1.6em;">.</em></p><p>“<em> Involution proposes that humans carry within them the history of the universe, which is (re)discovered by the individual genius when the time is ripe. All is stored within our DNA and awaits revelation. Such piecemeal revelations set our finite lives in an eternal chain of co-creation and these new leaps of discovery are compared to mystical experience</em>” (From a reviewer)</p><p>Each unique contributor served the collective and universal return to holism and unity. Thus the geniuses of the scientific journey, like the spiritual visionaries alongside, have threaded the rosary of science with the beads of inspiration, and through them returned Man to his spiritual nature and origin.</p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;">The separation between experience and the rational intellect of science has, by modelling memory as theory, separated its understanding from the consciousness of all, and perceives mind and matter as separate, God and Man as distinct. This work is a dance towards their re-unification: Saints and scientists break the same bread.</span></p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;">All of time and all the disciplines of science are needed for the evidence. Through swift (and sometimes sparring) Cantos of dialogue between Reason and Soul, Philippa Rees takes the reader on a monumental journey through the history of everything – with the evolution of man as one side of the coin and involution the other. The poetic narrative is augmented by learned and extensive footnotes offering background knowledge which in themselves are fascinating. In effect there are two books, offering a right and left brain approach. The twin spirals of a DNA shaped book intertwine external and internal and find, between them, one journey, Man’s recovery of Himself., and (hopefully) the Creation’s recovery of a nobler Man.</span></p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;">From the same review “</span><em style="line-height:1.6em;">The reader who finishes the book will not be the same as the one who began it. New ideas will expand the mind but more profoundly, the deep, moving power of the verse will affect the heart.</em></p><p><em>(Marianne Rankin: Director of Communications, Alister Hardy Trust)</em></p><p> </p>
Story Behind The Book
I wrote “Emotional Health: The Secret for Freedom from Drama, Trauma, and Pain” over a period of fifteen years and based it on my life experiences and learning, as well as those of 15 other people.
Our health, which includes the emotions, involves finding what works best for us from all the natural healing methods, as well as methods from conventional medicine. The joy of the journey rests on discovery of our own tailor-made program.
I, like many of you,suppressed my emotions for most of my life. I took on the role of the invisible child in my alcoholic family and kept everything inside because I felt unsafe and afraid of my father’s violence.
Through years of suffering low self-esteem, unrecognized low-grade depression, and unhappy codependent relationships, I gradually discovered my high degree of codependency and the inner child inside me sad, lonely, and buried in agonizing pain.
Appearing unemotional on the outside and protected by layers of energetic armor to numb my feelings for most of my life, you may ask how I would be qualified to write and teach about healing the emotions.
Challenged by doubt of my self-worth and continuously swinging back and forth between the two poles of the victim, anger or powerlessness, I emerged from a long journey of forty years learning how to recognize, feel, heal, and express my emotions in a healthy way.
Reviews
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Lucida Console';color:#060FBA;">Michael’s embodiment of what he teaches makes this book a best seller in my mind. It is obvious from his personal story he has done the work to become an expert in the field of holistic healing. As a psychotherapist I would recommend this book to those who would like a broader approach to healing and who are ready to do the inner work required.</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Lucida Console';"> Maryanne McKowen - Psychotherapist</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Lucida Console';color:#7131A1;">Through experience and encouragement, Michael provides techniques that allow readers the ability to take immediate action on the path to freedom. This is packed with relevant information that will quickly become an important reference book for many readers.</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Lucida Console';">Laurie Wondra - Global IT Applications Leader</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Lucida Console';color:#060FBA;">Michael Lawrience shares many life experiences in this book, including his own. Through various mind-body-spirit techniques, he and others overcame their life challenges and found peace, love and acceptance. No one else can do the work for us, but these inspiring people provide footprints for us to follow. Told in a readable style, we find ourselves within others experiences.</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Lucida Console';">Monica Hagen - Editor</span></p>
