Infinite Potential: What Quantum Physics Reveals About How We Should Live by Lothar Schäfer

Infinite Potential: What Quantum Physics Reveals About How We Should Live Reviews

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  Shwan Raoof

  Not so informative; lacks coherence. The central idea is clear that quantum physics' "Schrodinger's" wave function is just a mathematical expression that is void of energy or space (transempirical). But Shafer doesn't in any way explain what other alternative ideas might there be to interpret this phenomenon. And he doesn't also explain why that realm of the "wave function" can resemble the thoughts in our minds, except for the fact that they exist as potentiality. Although I think that thoughts are not potential states since they at least have electrical activity associated with them in the brain even though they're not yet expressed in the outer world as deeds. Many questions pop into mind while reading this book and no answers can be found between the pages.
  The book could have been more useful if more theories were introduced or more details were taken into consideration in explaining the realm of potentiality or quantum jumps.
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  Elizabeth Rains

  I read a lot of books about physics, even though I'm not a physicist or any kind of scientist. I believe such books open the mind, and this one shows that the mind, like quantum physics (actually part of quantum physics), can be open to anything possible. In a nutshell, that's what Schafer says: anything possible will happen, and the universe is programmed to make it happen right. So don't fear or fret, just explore the potentialities. They are bound to ultimately be good.
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  Tom Cornille

  A very good read :) A big, fat fascinating and scientifically based finger pointing at the same moon all the so-called spiritual ones have been pointing at for thousands of years. Or why science is playing catch-up... and having a hard time admitting it despite clear numbers and logic. There may not be a lot to 'know' but there's sure a lot to suspect, with giant implications for all of us.
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  Yuezhong Zheng

  Not so informative and useful as I expected. I believe there are some other books out there about the connection of quantum physics and human mind that are more fun and useful.
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  Dena Weigel

  Great book! A bit difficult to read at times for non-scientists, but still got a lot out of the information.
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  Alan Fuller

  "...the quantum phenomena have taught me that atheism is a mistake because it isn’t in agreement with the nature of the world."
  
  "Because of their recent discovery the messages of the new physics have never really been accepted in the public domain."
  
  "Darwin’s biology is, like Newton’s physics, a surface science. It describes the visible phenomena on the surface of reality quite well, but it isn’t able to get to the roots of things."
  
  It is quotes like these that make Schafer's book worth reading. They are supported by the evidence.
  When I read Schafer's first book "In Search of Divine Reality," I was looking for philosophical discussions based on quantum physics. He provides plenty of that so I rated the book highly. From those valid discussions he develops ideas of monism, cosmic consciousness, infinite mind and a holistic "One." All is One and One is all. Its a combination of ancient pagan and modern new age beliefs.
  
  If a cosmic consciousness created the universe, then why isn't it also a personal being? Can it be less than, or merely equal to its creation? Does it need us to be able to think?
  
  The book is thought provoking, but you could probably find it on one of Oprah's bookshelves.
  
  
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  LemontreeLime

  now I'm an open minded lady, i'll read just about anything. And I picked this up on a whim. Chopra's intro was especially seductive. And Schafer manages to explain some concepts about the movements of electrons that really worked for me, i finally understood a part of high school chemistry that has always eluded me. But towards the end of the book he hammers on about what he refers to as 'Darwinism' and 'Darwinists' as being the worst of the lot in humanity, and all i could picture in my mind was sweet Charles Darwin with his white beard studying worms at the end of his life. I've read so many bios of Darwin, and i suspect that there never was a kinder gentler more interesting man. I could understand what Schafer meant, but I wish he had found a different term. He did make some caveats several times that what HE believes Darwin's 'survival of the fittest' theories have evolved into was not what Darwin intended, and I wish he had gone one step further and taken Darwin right out of the argument. So, interesting, but ended up leaving me dissatisfied by heavy handedness towards the end.
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  Maria E

  I had a biology professor in college who said that someday science and religion would agree because both in their honest forms were in pursuit of truth.
  Lothar Schafer shows how the Darwinian view of man leads human behaviour to atheism, greed and many of the ills people complain about. He talks of how quantum physics shows the world to be connected and promotes cooperation over competition. He states that the ingrained philosophy of man as a disconnected animal, fighting for survival is in direct contrast to the quantum world. If one believes in the interconnectivity of the quantum world then one looks for the power of the universe and tries to align with it. He does not claim any organized religion but it's amazing how many of the world religions talk about bringing one's actions and will into alignment with the divine.
  
  How does your life change if you stop thinking of yourself as a single organism awash in a sea of detritus and think of yourself as a small part of a greater whole which has a purpose of improving?
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  Gints Janelsins

  Have you ever heard expressions like "books find their readers", "a book will come to you when your ready for it", etc.?
  
  This book definitely found me!
  
  Infinite Potential had a cathartic effect on me - it connected and revived my long abandoned spiritual exploration efforts with the mundane nature of my everyday life.
  
  One of the ideas in the book is that human civilization might be undergoing a metamorphosis of consciousness, towards a state of integrated consciousness.
  That is exactly how i feel after reading it - I feel my spirit and mind as a whole for the first time.
  I feel that I have made a first step, I have started an irreversible chain reaction, and Im deeply excited about the direction its taking.
  
  Thank you Lothar Schafer for the book and Deepak Chopra for sparking it into the existence!
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  Missy

  I would suggest the author write a prequel- "Infinite Potential for Dummies". The best and most hopeful part of the book was the title. I read a full 60 pages. Many of them more than once. The part of the book I tried to read was teaching us about moving from A to B. "A" being something and "B" being numbers. So you had to go from matter to numbers. Transform the matter to a numeral. It was just that clear. :D I found myself scanning over words like atoms, neutrons, protons, nucleus, waves, ET, toward pages 57-60. Could not get into this book at all, which is sad because I'm sure I totally agreed w/ the point the author was trying to make. It's a strange twist of irony- Giving up on a book called "Infinite Potential".
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  Kristopher

  The absolute crap that fills these pages isn't worth any more of my time. I'm only writing this review to warn others about wasting their lives on this tome of hocus-pocus smegma.
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  Mariana

  Important: KINDNESS
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Tia

  This book blew my mind. Fascinating, inspiring, original.