title: Zen Physics: The Science of Death, the Logic of Reincarnation
author: David J. Darling
description: With the catapult of logic, astrophysicist Darling (Equations of Eternity) lobs a barrage of scientific data against death's door. But he-and we-never quite gain access to the ultimate mystery. The title notwithstanding, Darling's prime ammo is psychology, not physics, and Zen enters his plan only in the endgame. His main thrust involves presenting cases of amnesia, multiple personality disorder and other afflictions, as well as facts of the brain-mind connection, to demonstrate that our sense of self is not steady, as is generally supposed, but fluid, even temporally discrete. Darling then announces a not quite convincing and emotionally unsatisfying theory of "reincarnation" based on this ever-changing self, in which successive incarnations of "me" retain no personal link from one to the next. With great elegance, he next uses findings of quantum physics to show that consciousness is primary to matter. This contradicts Western scientific orthodoxy, but Darling makes a strong case. Both the fluid self and the primacy of matter accord with Buddhist principles, which is where Zen comes in. Oddly, though, Darling's idea of reincarnation seems to veer from Zen basics, as it eliminates the possibility of conscious reincarnation. Likely, readers will finish this bold brief sensing they've peeked through death's keyhole, but have not opened the door. U.K., translation, first serial, dramatic rights: Patricia Van der Leun. <br />Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  Dr.	
    Adrian	
    Klein	
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  Ph.D.	
    Cognitive	
    neuropsychology	
    
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    Metaphysical	
    Sciences	
    
  	
    
  	
    
  	
    
  	
    
  	
    
  	
    
  	
    
  	
    
  	
    
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    PERSPECTIVE	
    
  	
    
  	
    
  	
    
  	
    
  	
    
  	
    
  	
    
  	
    
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  ©  ADRIAN KLEIN 
   
  Publishing House POD Ltd. 
   
  Cover design: EIC Garus 
   
  Printing: McANATICULA  
   
  eic.garus@yahoo.com 
  	
    
  
  	
    
  	
    
  A	
    VERY	
    FEW	
    INTRODUCTORY	
    WORDS	
    OF	
    THE	
    AUTHOR	
    
  	
    
  Let’s	
    put	
    it	
    straight	
    forward:	
    
  I	
    am	
    nothing	
    of	
    a	
    physicist,	
    a	
    biolog	
    or	
    a	
    genetician.	
    Therefore	
    experts	
    in	
    these	
    domains	
    may	
    
  find	
    many	
    weak	
    points	
    in	
    my	
    exposition,	
    and	
    I	
    would	
    highly	
    appreciate	
    any	
    CONSTRUCTIVE	
    
  criticism	
    if	
    addressing	
    s