Book Review: Understanding the Grand Design

[Anonymous]

Wow this sure sounds like an interesting book. I might have to get myself a copy. Stuart Wilde has said similar things about the Universe and that we are fractal beings. It is unclear to me what he means by this exactly, but I find the idea interesting.

[complexette]

quote:Originally posted by Adrian

Greetings everyone,

I have enjoyed the considerable pleasure of reading "Understanding the Grand Design" by Joachim Wolf, and would like to reproduce here my review at Amazon.com.

I cannot recommend this book highly enough to anyone at all who is interested in a modern perpspective of this multi-dimensional Universe. Joachim's work does not repeat the age-old wisdom, but rather confirms it from an entirely new, and in my view entirely accurate perspective.

The book is available from Amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1553955676/qid=1082726787/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-5187506-9215251?v=glance&s=books

Or directly from the publisher: http://www.trafford.com

With best regards,

Adrian.


Amazon review: Understanding the Grand Design, Joachim Wolf:


Understanding the Grand Design, March 14, 2004
Reviewer: Adrian P. Cooper (see more about me) from Isle of Man, British Isles.  

The truth nature of the Universe and the destiny of mankind has been taught from time immemorial by many great Masters and teachers throughout the world. It is only in more recent years however that the modern sciences and in particular those within the field of quantum physics have been arriving at, and thus verifying the same Universal truths, emphasising the fact that there is ultimately only one reality.

In this excellent and unique book, "Understanding the Grand Design", Joachim Wolf has produced an exceptional work that takes a modern quantum metaphysical perspective of the nature of the multi-dimensional Universe and how it relates to life and mankind. Understanding the Grand Design performs an excellent job of bridging the gap between the timeless Spiritual view of the multi-dimensional Universe and the most recent views of quantum physics, and does so in a way that is highly readable and understandable without being overly scientific or esoteric.

Understanding the Grand Design focuses in particular on the Holographic view of the Universe, a metaphor originally put forward by quantum metaphysicist David Bohm who presented a model of the Universe as a "holomovement", analogous to a fluid hologram comprising explicate and implicate orders. In his book, Joachim Wolf has done an outstanding job of taking this holographic view of the Universe and by means of his "holon" model applying it in very clear and understandable terms in order to explain its significance and importance to everything and everyone in the Universe. This book explains in detail such aspects as the nature of space and time, group entities, the cosmic holarchy, who we are, multiple worlds, multi-dimensional communication, creating your own reality and experiencing multi-dimensional reality.

To anyone interested in their own multi-dimensional nature, that of the Universe, and the significance of these to all mankind, Understanding the Grand Design is a unique and exceptional work, and one which will surely have a profound impact on the thinking of these most important subjects. This book is without doubt a "must read" for anyone and everyone interested in all aspects of Spirituality, the timeless truths and nature of the Universe, modern quantum physics, and indeed for all those interested in the reality of the Universe and the meaning of life.

Thank -u- for u'r suggestion Adrian. I'll check the book out.!.
May I ask -u- how -u- became interested in the ( for lack of a better word ) paranormal???

Metaphysics; Can anyone really understand the Grand Design of the Universe? If knowledge is power. Why then when one has power do they forget 'bout the steps which led them to the knowledge? It's hard to remember the daily hint's which lead us to a conclusion.  ( without sweeting the small stuff !?!)
I understand that math is contained within the right hemisphere. there only so much our human brain can handle? So then could or do we use our spiritual brain as a back up & do we understand thus side of our brain???  
This thought started out to be a question & turned into more of a ponderence.!? Any thoughts using our spiritual brain?  



                  Thank-u-, Complexette[]

[Adrian]

Greetings Complexette,

Our organic brain has two primary purposes; to control our organic body, and to function as an interface with our higher bodies through the mediation of the Astral and Mental matrix.

As immortal, spirtual beings we are multi-dimensional with the Universe as a whole, that is to say we have an infinite number of Mental or Spiritual bodies beyond the physical, etheric or energy body, and the Astral body which is the Soul. The Mental Body is pure mind and is the ultimate origin of all thought, the plane of ideas from where we receive inspiration for example. Our memories of all lives are stored in our Causal body of the Akasha, or Ether, or God.

What seem like inventions in the physical world often originate in the Mental planes, the plane of "ideas" where they have always existed in the eternal now, and passed to individuals who, by their profession are receptive to them, through the Mental and then the Astral matrix to be received, interepreted and acted upon by the human brain.

Joachim's book, Understanding the Grand Design, does a superb job of explaining this in non esoteric, scientific terms.

I would encourage everyone to purchase this excellent book to provide a different and accurate perspective on the "Grand Design".

With best regards,

Adrian.

[catmeow]

Thanks Adrian, I'll check it out.

I've become more and more aware recently that mathematical physics and its theories about our physical universe are crazier than any "new age" ideas of telepathy, clairvoyance or astralprojection could ever be.  Mathematical physics also now incorporates ideas of multiple dimensions and parallel universes.  So the physicists will get there eventually...?!

How long did you study Theosophy?

catmeow

[astral-boy]

I don´t think math can explain reality. We can´t even explain how a thought - "move my thumb" are started. Where is the starting shot? We have to zoom in to quantum levels? Then do we have control over what happens there or are thoughts random?


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[Moonburn33]

if god made math- then how can we understand her?

here's another thought for you

does math exist because we've noticed patterns within nature- or does math exist because we evolved logical brains and are "begging the question?"

knowledge is only important to animals without instincts

our search for truth is driven by our desire to find out what will eat us and what will not-  where we can get food and where we can't.  
therefore, to an immortal, enlightened being, truth is no more important than illusion

[sofiewulven]

The responses to Adrian's review amuse me, as I see there a familiar rift between those who are content to explore without maps, and those who carry geological surveys wherever they go...
However, at this site I believe most members are explorers of some kind, only differing in technique. Myself, I love a beautiful map and study it well before I go on without it.[]

[Moonburn33]

no doubt that this author has some interesting insights- i have no idea what i was doing earlier... it involved alcohol and procrastination

[Nightwolf]

Just out of curiosity I went to the amazon place and saww under the...

Customers interested in this title may also be interested in:

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Discover how to develop strange powers within 108 days.
www.ultra-yoga.com

Has anyone bought this?

[karnautrahl]

Nightwolf, I have this really strange feeling that this Ultra Yoga site is either fake/fraud OR a mishmash of stuff thrown together. Why do I think this? The site apart from some blatent mis-spellings etc just oozes outrageous over the top promises, guarantees and hype. It has this "please trust us we are telling the truth" fake quality about it.
I just had to comment

[innerpilot]

Adrian, thanks for the info about this book. I will get it and probably compare it to Bohm and Talbot. Yes it does seem that we are RTT's(receivers, transformers, transmitters). Interesting isn't it? just what people receive(or claim to), and what and how we transform and transmit?  I am interesteed if Joachim Wolf has concluded that their is no conclusion. If not, I'll have to write him and take issue with him.

Karnautrahl,  thanks for the warning about guruitis or whatever you called it. It's people like you who help to keep us free.

[galacticsurfer]

I am glad scientists are finally bridging the gap ovber to spirituality instead of continuing as full bodded atheist/agnostics with a cold hard impersonal universe out there.

This book is based on theory of course. As I am reading Astral Dynamics(Akashic records and Astral planes part) and RB says he only is telling it like it is. I would wonder how this new book compares with RBs description of the Universe from his own personal experience or with experience of other astral travellers.

I just consider where Einstein got his ideas. He just imagined himself riding on a beam of light and then deducted relativity from his "Astral experience". Obviously he got his ideas from when he was out of body and direct memories or shadow memories were saved in the abstract into his brain in the form of general and specific relativity theories which he had to somehow explain in abstract mathematics.

[thelou]

Hello everyone,

I have just submitted my review of Joachim's awesome book to amazon. Their site said that it may take several days for it to post so I thought I would put it here.[]

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1553955676/qid=1082726787/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-5187506-9215251?v=glance&s=books

It is also available from the publisher at,

http://www.trafford.com


I have just finished reading Joachim Wolf's book "understanding the Grand Design", and simply have to share it with the other readers. Jo is an educated scientist. He takes a very scientific approach with his knowledge of Quantum Physics and combines it with modern day Metaphysics.

He takes the teachings of histories greatest minds such as Jesus, Buddha, Plato, Emerson and Eienstein. And combines the teachings of modern day visionaries such as Deepak Chopra, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Neal Donald Walsch and Steven Hawking into a comprehensible and easy to read book.

He answers some of the greatest questions throughout history, raises new questions, and then answers them just as eloquently.

His book explains that our concepts of space and time, are just that our concepts. That they do not really exist outside of our perception of them. That we all live in an unlimited number of dimensions and then explores the concepts of our ability to interact in a multidimensional Universe. He then takes you into an exact method of how we each can go back into our own unique pasts, and affect change in our lives today and for tomorrow.

Modern science and their scientists are proving that we are not alone, that we are immortal by proving that reincarnation is real, that one thing can exist in more than one place at a time, and that everything is One. As everything is divided infinitely when viewed from one view point. It all comes back down to One when looked at from the opposite view point. We, and everything else are spiritual. We are all part of One.

An absolute must read for anyone interested in expanding their own spiritual awareness, and wanting to know more about how the Universe really works.

[JoWo]

Thank you very much for your ringing endorsement, Thelou!
When I sent you my book in exchange for your participation in its discussion, I expected your questions about its content and my subsequent effort to get my points across. Yet, you are very kindly responding with an overwhelming praise not only in this forum but also in amazon! I certainly appreciate your surprising review [].

Now, are you sure that everything is so crystal-clear in my book that we don't need to talk about it any more?

My best wishes to you, thelou,

Jo.

[thelou]

Hi Jo,

Thank you. The one thing that my life is dedicated to is learning more about how our subconscious thoughts affect everything around us. I know that everything no matter what is a result of our own beliefs.

Death, sickness, poverty, health, prosperity, what ever label we want to think is in our lives because of the thoughts we give it, and our emotions in relation to it. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN ACCIDENT. Everything happens by "Design".

I am trying to get a better grasp on how to use or conscious thoughts, to override our subconscious thoughts, and manifest in the physical.

Both scientists in Japan, and the US discovered that their thoughts could alter how subatomic particles operated at the same time. On opposite sides of the Earth. Just like the Okinawa monkeys in your book.

How can man use his intellectual understanding of how the Universe works, and make it happen in RTZ?

Thank you Jo,

[JoWo]

Hello Thelou,

You are asking two questions:
1.)   How do our subconscious thoughts affect our environment?
2.)   How can I control my thoughts to create the experiences I want?

One of the multi-dimensional (spiritual) laws is the law of attraction, which simply states that like attracts like. We know that no physical distance exists in the multi-dimensional environment.  Physicists call this "nonlocality".  So it is relatively easy for wide-spread situations to pop into your experience when they correspond to your mindset.

We need to understand that we actually live in an environment that has many more dimensions than our three space dimensions. Our eyes, and therefore our daytime conscious mind, do not perceive the many dimensions beyond our three.  This is our human limitation. In the "real" multi-dimensional reality, all imaginable and unimaginable situations exist already potentially as possible events in our space and time.  Your unconscious mindset "looks" into this vast selection of possible but yet unrealized events and automatically tunes into those that resonate with your mindset. In doing so, you activate these events in your space and time.  It's like having a camera with a color filter, say red, and you take a picture of a colorful scene.  You end up having only the red items on your picture.  Thus, you convert the multi-color (multi-dimensional) scene into a single color (3-D) reality.

The color filter represents your mindset that is composed of all your thoughts, beliefs, opinions, desires, intentions, and phobias.  At any one moment, you have only one thought in your conscious mind.  All other contents of your mindset are in the background and seem to be hidden, perhaps so much that you think they are beyond your reach.  You are so accustomed to this mindset that you tend to ignore it and you call it "subconscious".  Yet, it is there alive, below your present awareness, and it does its job of filtering out your personal share of the infinite multi-dimensional reality.  As a result, your personal environment is a physical reflection of your inner mindset. You can use this reflection as a mirror, so to speak, to give you clues about what is really in your mind and changes you may want to make.

I have described how to change your mindset in Chapter 10 of my book, and it would be too much to repeat here. Suffice it to say that you can sort out your personal beliefs, opinions, etc. by writing them down, one at a time.  Then you decide which ones cause experiences that you dislike.  After that, you formulate new beliefs that you want to adopt instead of the undesirable ones.  Finally, you use autosuggestion to permanently implant these new beliefs in your mindset.  It is not a matter of "overriding subconscious thoughts" but of replacing undesirable thought patterns with desirable ones.

This process requires some self-discipline, which could well be one of the new beliefs to be adopted.  I can tell you from my own experience, Thelou, that this process is very advantageous.  You clear your mind of clutter and you know much better "what you want".  Most importantly, you get much more out of your life.  You literally can create "paradise" for yourself.  It did so for us, my wife and me.

I wish you good luck with creating your own reality, Thelou []

Jo.

[thelou]

Ok Jo, something else I have wondered about.

quote:This is our human limitation. In the "real" multi-dimensional reality, all imaginable and unimaginable situations exist already potentially as possible events in our space and time

I have a theory that I have formed from the readings of many different authors that expands on this ever further.  Every time we make a decision in our waking lives lets say that there are two possible outcomes.  Get married, don't.  Do this, don't.  What ever.  Lets say for the sake of argument that I am trying to decide if I want to wear a brown shirt, or a white one.  Hypothetically the object of decision is not relevant but this one is easy to visualize.

I weigh the options in my mind and decide on the brown shirt.  Off I go in my "very own personal Universe" wearing a brown shirt for the day.

At the same time, instantly unaware to us, in our no-limit multidimensional universe.  A parallel me picked the white shirt.  And that person goes forward in their day wearing the white shirt.

Both totally unaware of each other.

It seems un-probable to the human conscious mind.  But then again so does parallel universes seem equally un-probable to the human conscious mind.

Only with expansion can come understanding.

The argument for;

The real and true purpose for our being here is for one, and only one reason.  So that All That Is, and experience physicality through us.

Would the One only want to experience what ever our limited minds can decide for that day.  Would not the One want to experience all of our possible, or probable outcomes?  

If God can create a universe with unlimited dimensions, does it not seem logical that God could create unlimited outcomes of any situation, and allow all of them to happen in the same instantaneous moment of now?

quote:This process requires some self-discipline, which could well be one of the new beliefs to be adopted. I can tell you from my own experience, Thelou, that this process is very advantageous. You clear your mind of clutter and you know much better "what you want". Most importantly, you get much more out of your life. You literally can create "paradise" for yourself. It did so for us, my wife and me.

This is an absolute truth in my humble opinion.  I have learned the hard way, that we intentionally attract events into our lives, that at the time we call bad.

But upon reflection during those times of life we usually have not learned that our thoughts are magnetic.  So we do not attempt to watch over them.

In truth having a bad experience is a wonderful gift if we can but understand what the gift is.

What better way for the thinking man to decide what he does want than by a review of what he does not?

Thank you for your time Jo.

I would also greatly appreciate the input of the others on this forum.  I have a feeling that if several people get involved this could become a very deep topic.[]

[JoWo]

Hi Thelou,

The scenario of branching life histories for the same person whenever he/she decides between alternate possible actions is described in much detail by Jane Roberts in her channeled Seth book "The Nature of Personal Reality".  For us this concept seems to be so mind boggling as to be virtually unacceptable.  Every time you decide between different options, you start a parallel universe that plays out the option that you did not choose.

However, from a quantum metaphysics point of view, this makes perfect sense, because all these myriad parallel universes already exist potentially in multi-dimensional reality. If you remember, I compared this situation in my book with taking pictures of a tree.  The tree is three-dimensional whereas the pictures have only two dimensions.  By viewing the tree from different directions, you literally can choose from an infinite number of different views from which to take pictures. You need only one single tree in 3-D, yet there is no limit to how many 2-D aspects you can "create".  Quantum Metaphysics postulates that we live in an environment with many more dimensions than three and that this multi-dimensional (M-D) reality is full of M-D phenomena that we do not perceive directly because our senses are only suited for 3-D.  We see only one 3-D aspect at a time.

I can imagine that our physical body is one such specific aspect of a higher-dimensional "astral body", or whatever we want to call it.  From a higher viewpoint, the different physical bodies would be like shadows of one "real" M-D body.  We already know that the seemingly solid appearance of our physical body is an illusion when you consider that most space is empty between subatomic particles.  And the different bodies could not see each other because they occupy different dimensions.

You mentioned the desirability of the One (God) to experience all possible variations of a situation.  Don't forget that you are just as interested in knowing the different outcomes of your possible decisions.  Wouldn't you like to know what would have occurred if you had married your other girlfriend?  According to Seth, this sort of thing actually occurs for our own higher self.

I also agree with you, Thelou, that we would welcome comments from the other members who read my book or my "Revolution in Common Sense" essay.

Greetings!
Jo.

[thelou]

quote:The scenario of branching life histories for the same person whenever he/she decides between alternate possible actions is described in much detail by Jane Roberts in her channeled Seth book "The Nature of Personal Reality". For us this concept seems to be so mind boggling as to be virtually unacceptable. Every time you decide between different options, you start a parallel universe that plays out the option that you did not choose.

Yes exactly!!

And I understand how mind boggling this can be.  But it is a very familiar issue with me that I understand very well.

But what I want, no need to learn is how to pick and chose.  For example, and it does not matter what the issue is.  To find and live with your true love, to be rich, to be famous, the topic is not relevant.  But to know as I do that, that parallel universe is out there.  How do I make a change in me so that I can live in the parallel universe that I want to?

Here is a story that happened to me.

Several years ago when I was trying to learn and contemplate, I came to this understanding in a manner that cannot be described with words.  From my balcony I had a view of a mountain about a hundred yards away.  There was this house size boulder of what looked like white quartz.  One day I noticed that it was gone.  Then another day it was there.  After soul searching I came to realize when I was living in one life belief it was there, and when I was living in an opposite life belief it was gone.  I experimented with this for about six months.  It came, and it disappeared.  I realized that what I was doing was switching from living in one parallel universe to another, depending on what my beliefs were that day.

How do I affect what my thoughts/beliefs are so that I can live in the parallel universe that I want.  It is interesting to note here that none of the other things in my life changed such as people or what not.  I feel the giant rock was there as a symbol for me to learn what I did.

[JoWo]

Hello Thelou,

quote:How do I affect what my thoughts/beliefs are so that I can live in the parallel universe that I want. It is interesting to note here that none of the other things in my life changed such as people or what not. I feel the giant rock was there as a symbol for me to learn what I did.

The "Rock Experience" you described in your 27 May post is indeed fascinating.  It was probably a pointer from your inner/higher Self to familiarize you with the multiple universe concept.  It demonstrated very effectively how your mindset influences your reality.  Apparently, you clearly understood how your environment changed depending on whatever belief you held in your mind.

Now you are asking how you can control your mindset so that you experience the reality (universe) you want.  I believe that I have answered this question already in my 24 May post above.  You have read my "Understanding the Grand Design" book.  Read again Chapter 10, Creating Your Own Reality, specifically pages 139 - 143.  This is how you choose between different universes, which is just another way of saying how you create your desired reality.

Let me know, please, if this answers your question. Best wishes!
Jo.

[Adkha]

Hi

I'm reading your book but did nog finish it yet. So I think it's not wise to argue things I have read. I will (if I need to) when I finished it.

Anyway I have some questions though:

Everything is a part of a design..THE GRAND DESIGN...so every happening every moment is..designed. But where's free will?
How can there be a design if you actually do pick your own decissions?
You (JoWo and thelou)say that every choise you make, there is "another you" who chooses the other option. So when I will ask wich one am I? You will say...both. So no matter what I choose...everything is allready there and there is nothing that actually is caused by me.
So I do not affect anything.

Everything is allready set...

Do I understand it wrong...or do I interpret it wrong.

[thelou]

Ok here is my input based on my limited understanding, I also look forward to JoWo's answer.

Yes there is a Grand Design, and every happening, every moment is designed.  But here is the free will.  Our choice of what we think, say, do, etc.  Is not pre-designed.  We have the free will of what we are going to do.

The Design, is this fluid almost "holodeck" (If I may borrow a term from Star Trek) Universe that we live in.  The Design puts us in this fluid Universe that we live in.  We "pick our decisions" of how we choose to react to our environment.

For example, if someone slaps us in our face we have the choice to "turn the other cheek" or to slap them back.

quote:How can there be a design if you actually do pick your own decissions?
You (JoWo and thelou)say that every choise you make, there is "another you" who chooses the other option. So when I will ask wich one am I? You will say...both. So no matter what I choose...everything is allready there and there is nothing that actually is caused by me.

No, your comment of "both" actually surprised me.  It was not at all what I was thinking.  "Which one am I"?  You are the one that is you.  The you that is living in the world that you have chosen to live in.  Unfortunately this means you also have to live with your choices.  

It is a dichotomy within an enigma, based upon dogma affecting karma.

Therefor technically everything is caused by you.

quote:Everything is allready set...

The foundation is the only thing that is already set.  What we do is not done until we do it.  Kind of like walking in a garden.  There are many different paths in the garden that are "already set" But we can walk on which ever path we choose.

[Adkha]

Ok I see now what I misunderstood...

But that means you have a unlimited of choises...thus a unlimited happenings that are set right? But the Universe...the whole...the all entity...must be unlimited too right? Or even bigger (what's impossible) But does that include mass and energy? That just can't be because it must be constant and not inconstant.

[JoWo]

Hello Adkha,

Sorry I'm so late answering your post.  I was away from home a few days.
In your 30 May message you asked:

quote:Everything is a part of a design..THE GRAND DESIGN...so every happening every moment is..designed. But where's free will?
How can there be a design if you actually do pick your own decissions?

Good question! Think of the roadmap around your home.  It is a design, but you have the free will to choose wherever you want to go and whatever route you want to take.  So does Quantum Metaphysics provide a map of universal reality and you can choose your own path.  

quote:You (JoWo and thelou)say that every choise you make, there is "another you" who chooses the other option. So when I will ask wich one am I? You will say...both. So no matter what I choose...everything is allready there and there is nothing that actually is caused by me.

Ask yourself, Adkha, "who am I ?".  Are you your body, are you your Self that is the whole of body and mind, or are you your soul?  Or are you even the very source of life within you?  The answer is that you are all of these, depending on what you want to identify with.

Now, when you think of  "another you" who chooses the other option", it belongs to the same soul, "your" soul, even though you might think that it is different from you.  As I pointed out in my book, we must keep our point of view in mind.  Everything is relative.  From the viewpoint of your self, the "other you" seems to be another self.  But from your soul's viewpoint, all these different selves are just different aspects of the same soul, like different surface planes of the same crystal.  

Please let me know, Adkha, if this clarifies your question about free will.  It may take some more discussion.

Greetings!
Jo.

[JoWo]

Hello again, Adkha,

quote:But that means you have a unlimited of choises...thus a unlimited happenings that are set right? But the Universe...the whole...the all entity...must be unlimited too right? Or even bigger (what's impossible) But does that include mass and energy? That just can't be because it must be constant and not inconstant.

You can have unlimited uses of mass and energy even though the total of mass and energy might be limited. However, we must be careful how we apply our limited human concepts to the multi-dimensional universe.  Relativity Theory, for instance, tells us that our unlimited 3-D space may actually run back into itself, like a circle, so that we could see the same star by looking into opposite directions. In other words, the multi-dimensional universe could be limited as our Eath is limited, even though you can travel the Earth without ever hitting a limit.
I personally believe, though, that All-Entity is unlimited in all aspects that we can imagine, perhaps similar to what I just described for 3-D space - I don't know.

Jo.