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Title: Lifecycles: Reincarnation and the Web of Life by Christopher M. Bache ISBN: 1-55778-645-3 Publisher: Paragon House Pub. Date: July, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Lifecycles in review
Comment: Lifecycles in review
This is an interesting, provocative and analytical book in that it attempts both a subjective and an objective assessment of the human condition with the added dimension of multiple reincarnating threads. The work makes a fair fist of reviewing some of the religious views on the matter and does quite well at that without covering some of the finer points of structure as elaborated in some of the Upanishads (see: Kenopanishad by Swami Chinmayananda). The individual life-experience examples provided are informative and persuasive. A considerable space is devoted to analyzing elements such as the meaning of "soul age" and reincarnation in relation to Christianity. In the latter case the author places less emphasis on the elements of political control utilized in the rejection of reincarnation by modern Christianity than might otherwise be warranted in an assessment that could be described as "Wouldn't it be nice if Christianity recognized reincarnation?" The discussion of Karma omits to point out that "group Karma" might be seen to play a long-wave role in why this is simply not the case.
In his postscript the author asks what the individual prophets and holy ones have added if the totality of cyclic manifestation has been ongoing (at the individual level) since the earliest of times. His conclusion is that they have added awareness and empowerment. The Hindu faith as stated by Swami Chinmayananda goes a step further and asserts that the totality of all minds/intellects in the visible world is the total conception of god (the god-principle). The individual avatars or incarnations are merely manifestations of the god-principle (however great or small they may seem).
There are two further features of the book, which are worth mentioning. The first is that a credible attempt has been made to "round out" the story of reincarnation by thoroughly integrating an often overlooked portion of the story. This concerns our life the bardo. (This is further carried over in the author's latest book "Dark Night Early Dawn" in an interesting chapter devoted to the insights of Robert Monroe). The title, Lifecycles, apparently relates to the emphasis placed on a rounded account of all the phases of the soul's cyclic development. The second resides in the way in which the author underlines that karma is a living energetic net connecting us to a living universe that continuously accumulates information and, when sufficient energy is amassed, responds to our choices by bringing about new configurations and opportunities in our lives.
Rating: 5
Summary: Helped crytalise my thinking
Comment: A well written, well researched book. It is so good to read a book on this subject that is so unbiased. I definitely suggest that anyone who is in the process of re-evaluating the meaning of life, reads this book. This book has proven to be one of the more important influences on my thoughts to date. A must read.
Rating: 5
Summary: Coherent attempt to explain results of past life therapies.
Comment: Most books on past lives are mostly anecdotal, depending for their interest on the reader's being amazed that the evidence for them exists. Bache's book, however, goes beyond that to attempt a coherent theory of what happens between lives, and whether there is a pattern to one's lives.
I thought this was the most important book in this field that I have read in 10 years. There is still a lot to be explained, but I found much of what Bache says very convincing. A good book to begin with if you have read nothing else - he mentions all the important work in the field so you can explore further.
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Title: Dark Night, Early Dawn: Steps to a Deep Ecology of Mind by Christopher Martin Bache, Stanislav Grof ISBN: 0791446069 Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Reincarnation: The Karmic Cycle by Swami Abhedananda, Christopher Bache, Paul Carus, Swami Chinmayananda, Eknath Eswaran, Jack Kornfield, Swani Nikhilananda, Swami Shantananda, Brian L. Weiss, Swami Yatiswarananda ISBN: 1880687232 Publisher: Chinmaya Pubns West Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: Destiny of Souls: New Case Studies of Life Between Lives by Michael, Phd Newton, Michael Duff Newton ISBN: 1567184995 Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd. Pub. Date: 01 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Where Reincarnation and Biology Intersect by Ian Stevenson ISBN: 0275951898 Publisher: Praeger Publishers Pub. Date: 30 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $37.95 |
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Title: Embodied Spirituality in a Sacred World (Suny Series in Transpersonal and Humanistic Psychology) by Michael Washburn ISBN: 0791458482 Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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