Acknowledgments
PREFACE Speaking in Clichés
1 Being and Nothingness
2 Reality
3 The Universe
4 Consciousness
5 Time
6 And Time Again
7 Now
8 Brains and Minds
9 Energy
10 Healing
11 Information
12 Relationship
13 Humans
14 Evolution by Design?
15 Fate or Free Will?
16 Consciousness Rules
17 Quantum Consciousness
18 Nature
19 The Living Universe
20 Science Reigns
21 God
EPILOGUE Final Exit
APPENDIX 1 Miracles
APPENDIX 2 Science of Mind and the Reflexive Universe
APPENDIX 3 Panpsychism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Christian de Quincey, M.A., Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy and Consciousness Studies at John F. Kennedy University and Dean of Consciousness Studies at the University of Philosophical Research. He is the award-winning author of Radical Nature and Radical Knowing as well as Consciousness from Zombies to Angels and Deep Spirit: Cracking the Noetic Code. The founder of the Wisdom Academy, he lives in Half Moon Bay, California.
“BlindSpots is a delightful book to read. It will make you think
about ideas you secretly hunger to discuss deeply. Every chapter is
bound to get you into a rich dialogue, if not with others, then at
least within yourself. Read this book and you will go deep.”
*Amit Goswami, Ph.D, author of Quantum Creativity and Quantum
Economics*
“In BlindSpots, Christian de Quincey pulls back the veil on the
thoughtless, delusional ways we too often communicate. It’s not
just that these shortcuts are wrong, they are also dangerous
because they lead to behaviors and beliefs that our fragile species
can no longer afford. This very wise, engaging book should be at
the top of the reading list of everyone who is concerned about our
future.”
*Larry Dossey, M.D., author of One Mind: How Our Individual Mind Is
Part of a Greater Consciousness a*
“In this book, Christian de Quincey illuminates some of the biggest
blindspots that keep people stuck. Be prepared to be challenged
about ideas you probably take for granted. Be prepared to be amused
and inspired.”
*Marilyn Schlitz, Ph.D., president emeritus/senior fellow at the
Institute of Noetic Sciences*
“This important book by Christian de Quincey shows that by
questioning our own assumptions more carefully we can arrive at a
deeper and more accurate understanding of life’s complexities. De
Quincey brings vitality and excitement to scientific,
philosophical, metaphysical, and spiritual issues. I recommend this
book for almost everyone.”
*Jeffrey Mishlove, Ph.D., dean of transformational psychology,
University of Philosophical Research*
“BlindSpots will make your brain hurt, but in a good way, like the
aftereffects of exercise. De Quincey deftly unpacks 21 ideas that
are often taken for granted to reveal why ‘deep thought’ philosophy
remains a vital approach to understanding our complex world. You
may agree with some of the ideas and disagree with others, but in
all cases you will be invited to reconsider your core
assumptions.”
*Dean Radin, Ph.D., chief scientist at the Institute of Noetic
Sciences and coeditor in chief of Expl*
“In his new book, Christian de Quincey focuses our attention on the
ways in which erroneous or flabby or incoherent thoughts have
become embedded in our everyday clichés. It is a delight to reflect
upon these invisible clunkers in a critical way, and even if one
ends up disagreeing with de Quincey, the end result is an
improvement in one’s verbal expressions; one’s language feels
brighter, fresher, and more alive.”
*Brian Thomas Swimme, Ph.D., author of The Universe Is a Green
Dragon and Canticle to the Cosmos*
“. . . this book will help you think more clearly and converse more
fruitfully on a wide range of subjects. BlindSpots is an excellent
field guide for exploring some of the twenty-first century’s most
challenging conceptual terrain.”
*Michael Dowd, author of Thank God for Evolution*
“Professor de Quincey has a jeweler’s eye for questions concerning
the nature of consciousness and its position in the world of
nature. I always find his clear thinking and writing a pleasure to
read.”
*Allan Combs, Ph.D., director of consciousness studies at the
California Institute of Integral Studie*
“Reading de Quincey’s BlindSpots is a profoundly liberating
experience. All of us absorb beliefs from the culture around us,
and we limit ourselves by acting as if those beliefs are true. De
Quincey subjects those ideas to his brilliant philosophical
critique. We are left with our minds open, free to engage with the
world in new and interesting ways. This is my favorite kind of
philosophy--philosophy that frees us from limitations and opens us
more richly to our participation in the universe!”
*Eric Weiss, Ph.D., author of The Long Trajectory*
“A provocative book that challenges many popular assertions about
consciousness and the nature of reality. De Quincey encourages us
to think for ourselves and base our beliefs on our own experience
rather than hearsay or others’ opinions. Much food for thought in
here for everyone.”
*Peter Russell, author of The Global Brain and From Science to God*
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