The Biology Of Belief: Unleashing The Power Of Consciousness, Matter And Miracles by Bruce H. Lipton Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Biology Of Belief: Unleashing The Power Of Consciousness, Matter And Miracles
Book Review: Wonderfully interesting
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm studying hypnosis so I've been trying to understand the science behind healing and the subconscious. This book definitely gave me what I want. I'm not much of a "science bug". This book was written in a way that I could understand it. Some of the heavier science parts could be read more than once for a total understanding but I didn't feel the need to do that. Mr Lipton certainly ties it all together in the end. I recommend this book to anyone.Book Review: Great Validation for My own conclusions
Summary: 4 Stars
I ran a school of holistic health for eleven years in California. I was ecstatic to find this book. It validates my own theories that I have adopted over the years through studying holistic alternative medicine based on ancient knowledge. I have been able to overcome genectic patterns that many of my family members have accepted and embodied.
I also watched a video of Dr Lipton and find him and his work to be enlightening and highly empowering. My hat is off to Dr Lipton for taking a stand against modern prescription drug companies. These companies want us to buy into the germ theory and genetics and give our power away to drugs.
I offer retreats in Sedona, Arizona, and am a clinical hypnotherapist. Many people who visit and are on drugs for high blood pressure, depression, and other medications. I reccomend that they seek out naturopathic assistance to reclaim their health. Medications are not an answer and Dr Lipton supports that theory. His book is an excellent resource and guide to reclaim your health and build a new health beleif.
In all my years in the holistic health field (more than thirty) I have always found the body to be able to heal itself once you remove the beliefs blocking health.
Book Review: A Gift of Choice
Summary: 3 Stars
Readers who are not scientifically disposed may feel disinclined to slog through the long and rather dry explanations of cellular biology that Dr. Lipton presents, but those who manage to do so will be rewarded with information that can open their mind to a new way of perceiving and experiencing our world. Above all else, Dr. Lipton's research points out that we are not slaves to genetic programming. He explains that the cell membrane, which behaves like a programmable computer chip, allows us to have a far greater say about how we experience our bodies and the world than we may have understood before. What does this mean on a practical level? We can choose not to participate in so-called "genetic" diseases that may have shown up in our family history by consciously embracing thoughts and emotions that give the body a different message.
Dr. Lipton likens the body to a country that is populated by trillions of conscious cells that are governed by the mind. We each have the responsibility to ask ourselves what kind of government we are running. One that places the cell population in a state of constant fear, or one that assures the cell population that all is well? Fear causes the cells to stop reproducing and retreat into a protective mode while messages of peace and well-being promote their growth and healthy replacement. Dr. Lipton does not tell his readers to merely start thinking happy thoughts. He addresses the subject of the powerful subconscious as an emotionless data bank that processes 20,000,000 bits of environmental stimuli per second compared to the conscious mind which processes 40 bits of information per second. As Dr. Lipton points out, it is the subconscious which must be reprogrammed if we are to see real change in our lives. This means moving outside group consciousness, closing our minds to the media and thinking for ourselves. Is this easy? No. Is it worth it? Undoubtedly.
While Dr. Lipton does offer some practical advice on conscious parenting, we felt that he leaves the reader hanging in a disappointing epilogue entitled "Spirit and Science" and an addendum that serves as an advertisement for a Kinesiology based program called PSYCH-K. In the epilogue, Dr. Lipton argues that the earth will ultimately be transformed into a paradise of love. He predicts that this will take place through a non-Darwinian type of evolution that he calls the "survival of the most loving." This serves as a disappointing ending to readers who were looking forward to a "how to" chapter that would give them more practical applications for the material that was presented.
Lee & Steven Hager are the authors of Quantum Prodigal Son: Revisiting Jesus' Parable of the Prodigal Son from the Perspective of Quantum Mechanics
Book Review: Biology meets Spirituality
Summary: 4 Stars
DOCTOR PETER TEIMAN DAVIS here,
A book of the highest existential order.
DOCTOR PETER TEIMAN DAVIS
Sweden
Book Review: Not as groundbreaking as it suggests
Summary: 3 Stars
I certainly applaud the author, especially one from such a science-oriented background, for writing this book. He attempts to "prove" the power of the mind with scientific studies, etc. On some levels he succeeds; there are certainly some surprising and interesting studies he cites.
However, the book is entirely too filled with tedious, dry scientific discussion that, in my opinion, really didn't need to be there. He could've greatly shorted that part of the book. Also, I can't help but raise and eyebrow at parts of the book where the author says things like "I discovered the secret of life." His "secret" is something that, if you've been involved at all in "alternative medicine" for any amount of time, you'd already know. Also, I think that comment was entirely inaccurate. I didn't come out of this feeling there was any ground-breaking, belief-shattering discovery. Compelling, yes, powerful, yes, but come on, don't go overboard.
In the end, he provides very little that you can actually do to change your biology, other than "think positive thoughts" and similar things. Again, something energetic healers have known for decades, if not centuries. Almost as an afterthought, he has a section at the end, about two pages, where he mentions an exciting new science based on energetic psychology, that can greatly change peoples long-standing beliefs, and reprogram their subconcious, leading to true change. THAT is what I was lead to believe THIS book was about. So, overall, I would skip this book and get another book that actually expands on this idea.