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144 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2000
Itzhak "Ben" Bentov, was asked by an interviewer why he had chosen so curious a title for his work. Replied the author: "Because everything in the universe that is visible or manifest behaves like a pendulum moving from one point of rest to another. In other words, all matter vibrates"
Holography is one of the key concepts in this new paradigm; yet, many people have difficulty understanding what holograms are and how they work. Here is a simple analogy of how nature stores information holographically. Imagine you have a shallow pan of water into which three pebbles are dropped simultaneously. Each pebble is the source of waves spreading evenly across the pan. The waves cross and interact with one another, creating a complex pattern called an interference pattern. If you now quick-freeze the surface of the water in the pan and lift out the resulting rippled sheet of ice, you are then holding a record of the interference pattern of the waves. This is a hologram
In his exciting and original view of the universe, Itzhak Bentov has provided a new perspective on human consciousness and its limitless possibilities. Widely known and loved for his delightful humor and imagination, Bentov explains the familiar world of phenomena with perceptions that are as lucid as they are thrilling. He gives us a provocative picture of ourselves in an expanded, conscious, holistic universe, showing us that:
• Our bodies mirror the universe, down to the working of each cell.
• We are pulsating beings in a vibrating universe, in constant motion between the finite and the infinite.
• The universe and all matter is consciousness in the process of developing.
• Our brains are thought amplifiers, not thought's source.
• The universe is a hologram. And so is the brain— a hologram interpreting a holographic universe.
• We can instantly reclaim any information ever known "Dazzles the imagination and causes you to rethink everything you ever thought you knew about the nature of reality." Jean Houston
"We have to keep in mind that Creation is a big hologram. In other words, every little unit cell in the big structure, whether it is a universe, a cosmos, a super-cosmos, or a super-duper-cosmos, contains the information about the whole big structure. The smaller the unit cell, the fuzzier the information/ nevertheless, it is a there."
"The universe is a hologram or interference pattern in which all parts are interconnected, containing information about each other and thus about the entire universe. As galaxies move along the surface of the torus, they radiate information waves about themselves. These waves interweave into an interference pattern and form a hologram, which fills the hollow space inside the torus, as well as extends into the surrounding void"...