If you were a reader looking for one definitive book that could introduce you to a wide variety of ''hot topics'', a broad range of ''alternative information'', there is no book on the current market that can fit the bill. ''Why Is Life?'', however, is such a book. Within its pages you''ll find the latest information on ancient mysteries, such as Egypt and the Great Pyramid, Atlantis, Lemuria, Stonehenge, the Mayans, the Olmecs, the Sumerians, Old Testament stories, etc. You''ll also find the latest on current mysteries, such as the face and pyramids on Mars, UFO phenomena, the crop circles, the great changes facing our planet, the hidden agenda of the world''s greatest powers, etc. There are so many enigmas and anomalies. There is a list of enigmatic fossil findings, such as human footprints and shoeprints millions of years old. There are amazing ancient maps that show how the Earth looked when Antarctica was free of ice. There is information in this book that challenges our strongest belief systems. For example, there is great controversy regarding the Bible and the history of organized religion. Much of this information is shocking. There are secrets about human sexuality, about human origins, about extra-terrestrials who played significant roles in our past and our present. There is fascinating information about suppressed inventions, the connection between the Nazi movement and the occult, sacred geometry, dolphins, chakras, angels, etc. The latest progress in the world of modern physics - quantum mechanics, relativity and string theory - is offering us a view of realty that is very similar to the view offered by mystics throughout the ages. It is a view that is very different from the one that has dominated the human psyche for thousands of years. ?Why is Life? summarizes this information, rendering a topic that can be somewhat dry and difficult into something that is interesting and accessible.How do all of these fascinating topics relate to each other? What is the common link? All of this mysterious information offers us great clues, insight and food for thought when considering the question, ''Why Is Life?''. This book ties it all together with an interesting and entertaining analogy. It offers the possibility that we are here as part of a great, cosmic ''Game'', that everything in the universe is a manifestation of energy on a great evolutionary journey, and that all these ''segments'' of energy are part of a greater whole. Each segment, over the course of eons, participates in the task of accumulating every possible type of experience. At the human/physical/third dimensional level of the game, even though most of us are not aware of it, we are in the process of achieving a state of being that is sometimes called ''enlightenment''.When one gathers enough experience or learns all the lessons of the Game at this level, one arrives at a state of mind whereby every possible circumstance in life is greeted with love, compassion and gratitude. With the awareness that all aspects of life, even suffering and death, are a type of illusion, comes the awareness that there is absolutely nothing to fear. At this point, one is enlightened, and graduates to a new level of the Game.When viewed from this perspective, many of the mysteries of life suddenly make more sense. It seems that the ancients were much more aware of the quest for enlightenment and many of their actions can thus be explained. They had a better sense of the illusory quality of our perceptions and of the many levels of reality created by our consciousness. They were more in touch with the ''magical'' ways that energy likes to behave. It seems, however, that somewhere along the way humanity ''fell asleep'' and forgot. More and more people believe that, due to a phenomenon sometimes called the ''big shift'', we are in the process of waking up. We are truly living in exciting times, heading into a new awareness, a new way of being. We are exposing ourselves to a new cosmic energy, one that will help us to transform into glorious beings of incredible power. We are about to reclaim our true heritage.
A game-changing book on the origins of life, called the most important scientific discovery 'since the Copernican revolution' in The Observer.
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This open access book explores the amazing similarity between paths taken by people and many other things in life, and its impact on the way we live, teach and learn.
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A man named Jesus, whom is considered the Christ by countless people around the world to this day, lost his life at the hands of barbarians while residing in Canaan, where he devoted his life to making those around him aware they had the ...
This work explores the origins of life and is for anyone who has ever thought seriously about the origin of life.
Explores fundamental philosophical and scientific questions about the nature of life, particularly in relation to the search for extraterrestrial life.
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