Consciousness Becomes You

This fascinating book is informed not only by the authors' joint expertise in anthropology, chemistry and biophysics, but especially by Angie's sensitive work as a psychic medium in which she is much more consciously aware of what they call the connected mind rather than the survivor mind. The notion of the connected mind is a very useful one and is closely related to the universal mind of New Thought. As the authors argue, we are in fact much more telepathically sensitive than we normally admit, because we do not pay sufficient attention to what is going on around us. Moreover, orthodox science pours scorn on the whole parapsychology field, and especially on synchronicity, which they dismiss as pure chance. Readers of this book will find themselves challenged by some of the stories, which to me only makes sense in the context of their connected mind. These go back a long way, but Angie's experiences are always bringing in new examples.

The first part is informed by neuroscience and physics as the authors make the case for mind beyond the brain. They concentrate on Karl Pribram, but could have mentioned the pioneering work of William James in this area. Significant concepts include synergy, wholeness and coherence. In the second part, they explain in more detail what they mean by the connected mind and subtle sensory information apprehended by means of what they called clairiscience. Communications of this kind include not only living people, but also the so-called dead and animals. Angie reports that the dead tend to communicate through showing images, although this can lead to situations where a number of people identify with a particular description in a communal setting. Spiritually, readers are encouraged to identify with their greatest good and trust their inherent wisdom and intelligence; then to take time to be silent, to pay attention to subtle cues and to love with all our being - good advice indeed.