Evan Harris Walker

It's been more than 8 years since I've read this book, and I will need to re-read it and re-post a review. I didn't take notes in the margins or underline. Basically the Author approaches the deepest questions we have about the meaning of life and the eternal and underlying unmanifested universal energy force and attempts to merge the road of the spiritual seeker with the limited and gap ladden results from scientific research. The principles of Zen and quantum mechanics are related as a whole, allowing the reader to become more aware of the larger picture. From the interworkings of the atoms of neurons to the laws that govern the stars, several theories and discoveries are mentioned.
[Read in 2005]… (mer)

My senior year in college was immersed in a "Senior Thesis" (a requirement for graduation) whose title was: "The Meaning of Consciousness for Hegel, Kierkegaard and Sartre." The immersion was persistent during the 53 years since and prompted me to become involved in this book with enthusiasm. I was rewarded with a compelling presentation that melds the author's own spiritual/emotional experiences with quantum mechanics (including the math) in a way that lifts both into the realm of possibilities way beyond any other description I've read or read about. The final chapter almost stands by itself and it is tempting to encourage a first time reader to start there, then move on to the usual chapter sequence. My understanding of consciousness, developed so painfully 5 decades ago, has been expanded, re-molded, personalized and energized by this view. While I still don't really grasp quantum mechanics, I am pleased that it beautifully "makes sense" of much of what philosophy and religion did not.… (mer)