One Mind: How Our Individual Mind Is Part of a Greater Consciousness and Why It Matters

"One Mind" is Larry Dossey's latest move in a crusade that has brought the evidence for nonlocal consciousness phenomena into the medical curriculum of an entire generation of students, from Harvard to the Mayo Clinic. And its greatest merit, in this reviewer's opinion, is the stark choice it leaves us with, especially as one grapples with the implications of Parts III and IV.There is no question that a conceptual shift such as envisioned by Dossey, in the tradition of Buddhism and other great spiritual practices, would require a fundamental restructuring of our sense of self, not to mention coming to grips with scientific and ethical questions that threaten to undermine some of our most cherished working models. However, persisting in the current dogma of materialism, separation and absolute objectivity is far more dangerous - and that is the point that Dossey makes with both passion and lucidity in this book. As with various systems of political and economic philosophy, history may have run its course on the postulates of Western Enlightenment, creating a world that is not only unsustainable and in great part morally bankrupt, but also scientifically wrong. The challenge is to find a way out - not only "how", but "how fast" are now questions of the greatest significance, and this book forces us to confront them, in particular the forces that slow down the natural evolution of the scientific process, our greatest instrument of change.As Dossey comments in a recent follow-up to "One Mind", paraphrasing Max Planck, "science progresses funeral by funeral". Unfortunately some of those funerals are brilliant minds swept in the rhetorical firestorm, who never get a chance to contribute to their full potential because of prevalent political fashions and self-censorship. There is nothing wrong with vigorous and factual debate: that is the essence of intellectual progress. But science should get out of the business of organized ridicule as a tool of academic suppression - that belongs to other value systems, not the one we are purportedly defending. If we are after the truth, then the only thing that should matter is data, and encouraging people with relevant ideas to put them up for public discussion. If we are after shaping the world according to a certain paradigm, then we should recognize this as a new world religion, burn our freedom of speech in its shiny incense holders and stop calling it science.We need more people like Dossey to carry this challenge effectively to the institutions that need to hear it, but ultimately it rests with those institutions to change their internal culture - or become obsolete.Lian Sidorov,The Mind-Matter Mapping Project/Journal of Nonlocality

This book covers the gambit painting a broad brush over so much of the conscious terrain. He covers everything from the philosophy of schopenhauer the great Western mystic, the Bhudda, the vedas to the works of our great quantum physicists schrodinger, Einstein, Bohm etc. He covers a range of the most scientific studies of one mind (often called paranormal). And he recounts a huge number of anecdotal stories.In the end this is a call to action book. He uses all the above to make a case for the one mind. He argues that the way out of the corner which we have painted ourselves into is through the one mind. Recognising our fundamental divine nature where we are everything. Where we meet earth as a lover as the lover that was always there.This is a powerful call to action that resonates deeply with me.The only reason for 4 stars is that I found the endless anecdotal stories tooo much and skim read most of them. Also the science studies quoted are old hat quoted in countless other books papers etc for anyone who has been interested in this field. It felt to me like the author is still trying to convince people that one mind exists. It feels like that ship has sailed I would love more of the beautiful writing on where this is leading us.In summary a critical important book that is well enough written.

I love this book. I read part of it every day. I recommend letting Mind guide you in what you choose to read each day. One Mind is the source of all consciousness (awareness) and is in fact the reality of existence that we seek. It is the answer, and the story, and all of us in the Cosmos.

Today how we view mind and consciousness is in the process of radical change. The outdated and morbid perspective of materialism is being replaced by a view grounded in both spirituality and empirical science. The concept of the One Mind is not new but is grounded in all of the world's great religions and spiritual traditions. However, what is new is all the evidence coming from both the empirical sciences and behavior science that is both consistent and at the same time confirms the existence of a nonlocal universal aspect of mind. No one today can consider themselves as an educated individual who is not familiar with the conclusive evidence indicating that there exists a shared collective One Mind that people and animals routinely tap for super-mundane knowledge and experiences. Larry Dossey, MD in this book has compiled a very large number of concrete examples and data that would prove beyond any reasonable doubt to someone with an open mind that there exists a collective unconsciousness, One Mind, or Cosmic Mind that is the repository of all knowledge. If humankind is to survive and progress on this planet, it is crucial that we understand that the dogma of materialism is false and as human beings we need to understand and appreciate that our lives are all connected.

It's an amazing book that will challenge everything you know. The stories are entertaining and the information high quality. I almost highlighted the whole book. You MUST read it.

I like Larry Dossey & the book was good... though full of interesting facts about our connections with expanded consciousness...I thought the bookwould delve deeper on the origins or mystical scientific angel...but anyhow it was worth reading...I should donate this copy I bought to a library...Larry did do a lot of research to open any closed mind, to the thoughts that there is way more to our lives as human beings than just our day to day waking consciousness.

There was such a broad source backing the mulitiude of points being made. The content I already wholeheartedly went along with and for me the manner of presentation seemed pleasant, clear and balanced and despite the breadth and complexity of the content it was a remarkably easy and light book to read.

I recommend this read to everyone who has had a feeling of the mystical OR NOT! Well written, lots of scientific evidence. One mind is eye opening.

A well written book, understandable to all levels of readers on a very difficult subject.