This is a compelling examination of mental illness and the role it plays in the spirituality of the individual. When does a delusion become a vision of the divine? What is the boundary between psychosis and personal prophecy? With a solid background in physics, philosophy, religion, and psychology, Paul details what we can know about God from we cannot know. Paul presents cutting edge research in the field of consciousness to write about how the individual brain relates to the immaterial self and ultimately to the divine. ...
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This is a compelling examination of mental illness and the role it plays in the spirituality of the individual. When does a delusion become a vision of the divine? What is the boundary between psychosis and personal prophecy? With a solid background in physics, philosophy, religion, and psychology, Paul details what we can know about God from we cannot know. Paul presents cutting edge research in the field of consciousness to write about how the individual brain relates to the immaterial self and ultimately to the divine. Suffering from a major mental illness himself, Paul uses personal examples that demonstrate how psychopathology crosses tracks with mystical revelation. He begins with a solid grounding in philosophy and physics and then delves into brain research which leads him into am examination of the different levels of spirituality, esthetics, morality, and even the meaning life. For these last issues he presents evidence from many different religions, both western and eastern traditions. Paul held a high security clearance with the US Department of Defense with access to some of this countries most sensitive secrets. All the while he was suffering from a degenerative illness that eventually resulted in a breakdown that had strong religious overtones. You can real his autobiography, "Memoir of Madness: The Rise and Fall of a Bipolar Professional," that details his rise to success managing hundreds of millions of dollars down to a disabled man living in a pschiatric hospital, and the slow rise up again into sanity.
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