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Spiritual Insights From The New Science: Complex Systems And Life
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About Spiritual Insights From The New Science: Complex
Product Description Spiritual Insights from the New Science is a guide to the deep spiritual wisdom drawn from one of the newest areas of science — the study of complex systems. The author, a former research scientist with over three decades of experience in the field of complexity science, tells her story of being attracted, as a young student, to the study of self-organizing systems where she encountered the strange and beautiful topics of chaos, fractals and other concepts that comprise complexity science. Using the events of her life, she describes lessons drawn from this science that provide insights into not only her own life, but all our lives. These insights show us how to weather the often disruptive events we all experience when growing and changing. The book goes on to explore, through the unfolding story of the author's life as a practicing scientist, other key concepts from the science of complex systems: cycles and rhythms, attractors and bifurcations, chaos, fractals, self-organization, and emergence. Examples drawn from religious rituals, dance, philosophical teachings, mysticism, native American spirituality, and other sources are used to illustrate how these scientific insights apply to all aspects of life, especially the spiritual. Spiritual Insights from the New Science shows the links between this new science and our human spirituality and presents, in engaging, accessible language, the argument that the study of nature can lead to a better understanding of the deepest meaning of our lives. Review "Raima Larter draws on her expertise in nonlinear dynamics and chaos, and onher experience in centering practices, to reach deep insights in thespiritual realm. Metaphorical, at times lyrical, filled with references, brave, personal yet universal, this book is thought-provoking at thestart and becomes truly enlightening as it continues." Katharine C HuntDistinguished Professor of ChemistryMichigan State University, USA "In many ways a sort of modern-day, non-sectarian companion to C A Coulson's 1955 Science and Christian Belief, this short, provocativevolume is part memoir, part popular science, part call to acknowledgethe spiritual aspect of life. By tracing her path through some of themost exciting areas of current science, Larter seeks to convey to thelay (in both senses of the word) reader an understanding of key concepts in complex systems, like attractors, chaos, emergence and bifurcations, and how those ideas have helped her to make sense of the intricatetrajectory of her life." Irving R EpsteinHenry F Fischbach Professor of ChemistryBrandeis University, USA "Hop on Raima Larter's attractor. You won't find it strange, butyou may find it enlightening. She writes an approachable introduction to the intersection of complex, nonlinear, fractal systems and thespiritual world, a connection few have made. Wrestle with Rössler, castyour lot with Lotka." Alexander ScheelineEmeritus Professor of ChemistryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA "Raima Larter reveals not only that scientists and spiritualseekers have much to learn from one another, but that she's the rightteacher at this time in history. With writing as clear as her vision, Dr Larter takes readers on a journey that is simultaneously intellectually rigorous and authentically personal, drawing on her training as ascience professional as well as a longtime spiritual seeker." Meredith Gould, PhDsociologist, artist, and author of Desperately Seeking Spirituality: A Field Guide to Practice "An engaging and highly accessible journey through the fascinating field of complexity science coupled with a deeply personal meditationon its meaning for our spiritual lives. Larter has a remarkable abilityto connect our inner and outer worlds. She describes her transformativespiritual experiences in vivid and very physical language, informed byconcepts from complexity science such as emergence, strange attractors,bifurcation, fractals.
