Future Memory

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Summary: light and effervescent
Review: a delicate bouquet. This is a really good book. Very sincere and well written and truly interesting. This reviewer tends to shy away from New Age science, unless there's some hard scientific evidence to back up any claims. The author's science seems sound, but the crux of her message rests on her personal experience. Having had several uninvited experiences of some of the phenomena dealt with in this book (particularly Out-of-body-experiences)I can say that this book was well worth reading, a discussion on matters that should be discussed more in the way that this book does, because there's enough pompous charlatans out there ruining such discussion because they want to get money by titillating you into thinking you need them for some grand Answer.

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Summary: Brain Shift Into High Gear with this Future Classic
Review: Do you wonder what it's like to remember the future? How would it feel to remember events from both your future and your past? PMH Atwater's book, FUTURE MEMORY presents compelling evidence and a fascinating explanation of the future memory phenomenon, where people prelive future experiences while still active and functional in present time. Atwater's expertise in the field of Near Death Experiences (NDE) shines through as she shares many stories from her personal life and guides readers through the labyrinth of the mind and the fabric of time, space, and the universe itself. FUTURE MEMORY masterfully balances subjective experience with relevant theories and scientific findings, bringing the otherwise lofty material "down to Earth" for practical applicability in daily life. We can all experience expansive brain shifts when we experience the Void that lies at the heart of All That Is with patience and receptivity... and can benefit tremendously when our consciousness expands. I felt torn between devouring this book as quickly as possible and savoring each and every page. If you've been looking for a book that will shift your mind into higher gear, this is it!

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Summary: tall tales
Review: I agree with the previous reviewer that the author's science is shaky at best. In fact, I don't know if I've ever read anything that took so many liberties with other people's theories and hypotheses; she embellishes, exaggerates, fabricates if necessary. Nevertheless, it's a worthwhile book. The author's experiences are fascinating, although they should be regarded with a little skepticism, judging from the way she handles information in general. This is unfortunate because it would be a wonderful book if she could maintain the trust of the reader. I recommend the book to all but the gullible; choose for yourself what parts of it are worth savoring and what parts are better off forgotten.

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Summary: This book is an E-ticket
Review: It's uplifting and transformational. Atwater tells us of her extraordinary experiences, and we are carried away to new levels of understanding of the Universe. Many of her Brain-shift experiences were mind-blowing, but they are presented in such a way that we can easily accept the truth which they suggest and know that it's certainly possible for those of us who have NEVER had an NDE to perceive this same reality as well.

For me this confirmed ideas that have been brewing in me for a long time, and gave them substance and strength. So many of the books I have been reading lately are zeroing in on the understanding of how this whole existence can be happening right inside the mind of God, and that we are actively participating in the extraordinary evolution of the Creator of the Universe. This is big and it's important that we understand and accept the responsibility of this reality, and it's a joyful realization as well. Tears of gratefulness streamed down my face as I read of "the wonders of spirit unveiled...a splendor forever seeking release in a desire to experience and express itself."

Atwater's story is as poetic as it is scientifically compelling. It's so well-written and well-organized that it reads like a novel you won't want to put down, even though it's packed with a substantial dose of physics, metaphysics, and philosophy. Future Memory will put a smile in your heart which you will never forget. Find your place in the Cosmos and realize "we are beloved thoughts in The Mind of God...the real heaven."

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Summary: Provocative and Insightful: Future Memory!
Review: Just had a precognitive (future knowing) experience and don't understand what just happened? Read Future Memory and realize the dynamic quality that resides within us ALL THE TIME!

Author, P.M.H. Atwater's words provide a cornucopia of knowledge enfolded in creative prose.

This is a veritable library of information. From the mystical to the scientific, she uses heart-felt humility to captivate and engage her readers and exhaustive research to provoke deep thought and contemplation. She is endearing. Her intrinsic knowledge base is perhaps derived from her own magnificent brain shift - A result of what she says she experienced, three near death experiences (NDE's).

Atwater weaves an incredible tapestry of inquiry and insight, using the "Future Memory" paradigm as a springboard for a multiplicity of metaphysical areas of interest, each carefully thought out, studied and hypothesized.

She challenges her readers through seamless segues to assimilate what she's driving at: humans possess far more abilities than what heretofore has been acknowledged and the universe itself is a dynamo of creative and intelligent energy! Just when you think the subject matter may be getting increasingly daunting, she'll pull you right back to a point of interest with a daring and provocative statement - clearly articulated.

Future Memory is a metaphysical book by definition, a lesson in soul searching by experience. Atwater takes you on a journey, but the journey doesn't end. If you get out of this book what I did, you'll know the journey has only just begun.

Read it and you will see!

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Summary: Future Memory: Expanding the Boundaries of Your Mind
Review: This is a "heavy" book that shakes up all preconceived notions we have of memory, space, time, creation, and consciousness. The insights are based on P.M.H. Atwater's near-death experiences (she had three) and her scientific research, which include several hundred interviews she conducted with others who had near-death experiences. The author boldly declares that "The brain can rearrange itself in as little as fifteen minutes, if excited in novel and creative ways. Time is accelerating. The atomic clocks have been reset 19 times since 1972. Recent shifts in the earth's magnetic and electric fields are affecting our immune systems, fatigue levels, and weather. To keep up with our changing times, we too must change. The future is now! Return to an awareness of the Spiral's Edge where all things can be seen. Guidance from your soul awaits."

This book requires you to be completely open to new theories regarding our existence. For example, P.M.H. Atwater explains how movies appear to be continuous but are just a series of still shots separated by periods of darkness. In the same way, a chord of music is really a series of notes separated by silence. Atwater theorizes that "The subconscious mind regularly absorbs more than a billion pieces of information per second," and that "our brains are so bombarded that less than 1 percent of what comes in ever reaches the conscious mind." These insights encourage you to be more aware of the space in things and the space in ourselves.

Future Memory is a tool to help you evolve to a higher level of consciousness. It allows you to be more receptive to new ideas and to become more comfortable with the cycles of life and death. You may not resonate with all of her theories; to do so will take time, requiring a complete shift of your paradigms and some first-hand experience. But the concepts are imbued with truth. For instance, "There are only two religions on this earth, the religion of love and the religion of fear," and "the only gospel we can ever know is the experience of God in our own heart ... Enlightenment is ongoing, not a plateau we achieve, as the term describes an evolutionary shift from one phase of brain function to another, opening the way for dimensions of experience without number and realm of spirit without end."

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Summary: The Unified Field Theory of Metaphysics....
Review: This is the second time that I've read this book and no doubt I shall read it many more times in the years to come. You see, like Bucke's _Cosmic Consciousness_,who the author credits and validates, this is one of the great Books of metaphysics. I can think of it in no other terms but a unified field theory of metaphysics. The torus/vortex ring model of creation and evolution is brilliant. So is her "colloidal state" of awakening and transcendence. Her model accounts for everything in the hermetic, theosophic, and gnostic sources. This book has the unmistakable ring of truth.
As for the claim by some that the book is "poorly edited", this is simply not true. This book has been purposefully and masterfully crafted in the form of a prose labyrinth. It is constructed in such a manner as to help shake the reader's mind free of preconcieved notions and open them up. Any confused, small-minded, infant that would accuse this book of being "poorly edited" would no doubt have claimed the same of Joyce....

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Summary: an impassioned testimonial but nothing like science...
Review: Whilst some of the more profound and wide-ranging, far out, suggestions/conclusions of Phyllis Atwater may well be correct...this book is much more personal testimonial and intellectual autobiography than it is science or structured argument. Often the author is found to be arguing by analogy...and yet the point about analogies is that "there is a difference" ie argument by analogy is often flawed. I agree with the suggestion the book is poorly structured. I could immediately have found alternative ways of suggesting reasons for radically different world views...and I could have found more solid evidence that was more clearly and thoroughly documented. Where are the references eg to McMoneagle or Radin or Robert Monroe?