Foreword
by Brian Thomas Swimme
Introduction
An Unbottomable Void
PART ONE
Worlds and Lives
1 The Hole in the Materialists’ Universe
2 Reincarnation and Past Lives
3 Transdimensional Physics and Biology
4 James Leininger or James Huston?
5 Karma, Nonduality, and Meaning
6 The Universal Basis of Past-Life Memories
PART TWO
Transmutations
7 Cosmic Chicanery
8 Trauma and Redemption
9 Worshipping the Algorithm
PART THREE
Simulations
10 Personal Identity
11 Multipersonhood
12 The Superconscious Source
13 Undumbing the Universe
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Richard Grossinger is the founding publisher of North Atlantic Books. He has a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Michigan. The author of several books, including Dark Pool of Light: Reality and Consciousness and The Night Sky: Soul and Cosmos, he lives in Portland, Maine, and Berkeley, California.
“In this profound but accessible book, Richard asks timeless
questions like, ‘Who am I?’ ‘What is reality?’ and ‘What is
consciousness?’ In an era of distraction and despair, he returns
our attention to what deeply matters and explores, with clarity and
nuance, the hidden meaning of life.”
*Connie Zweig, Ph.D., coeditor of Meeting the Shadow and coauthor
of Romancing the Shadow*
“Richard Grossinger is uniquely qualified to set our feet upon a
righteous path--not around the problem, as so many do, but straight
into its convoluted tangle. Is consciousness an illusion or a
fundamental property of nature? Addressing this question has
occupied many minds, and Richard’s foray here will engage yours to
take you deeper into your own sense of being. If you are a
scientist, here you must confront the limitations of science to
explain your life. For the spiritualists, Richard’s erudition will
rub your nose in the hard realities of the physical universe.
Puzzle and wonder as you scratch beneath the surface with Richard
as your able guide.”
*Thomas W. Myers, author of Anatomy Trains*
“Richard Grossinger is one of the most articulate spokesmen of our
time. He has the unique ability to move adeptly from one field to
another, not superficially but deepening our understanding of how
these fields interweave. I was especially drawn in by his
thoughtful chapter on trauma . . . truly an engaging addition to
the field. In his study of energy patterns, complexity, psychic
phenomena, and consciousness, Grossinger takes us on an engaging
journey. It may not be an easy read, but it is a rich one.”
*Peter A Levine, Ph.D., author of Waking the Tiger, Healing Trauma,
and In an Unspoken Voice*
“Bottoming Out the Universe is an amazing literary task. It will
help people who are never going to quiet their minds and see the
nature of things to understand ‘bottoming out’ as best as possible
conceptually. What Richard does is about as far as one can go with
concept, in my opinion.”
*Paul Pitchford, dharma teacher and author of Healing with Whole
Foods*
“In Bottoming Out the Universe, Richard Grossinger puts the
proverbial capstone on a life’s work of intense inquiry and
observation. He’s like a Neolithic shaman, and what emerges are
numinous gifts cloaked in a magical language. Indeed, this magnum
opus is like an epic incantation and not just a recital of data
points, random ephemera, and formulaic synthesis. The universe
bottoms out, and there is no point of return, only a chthonic
journey through memory, fear, doubt, and a hard-earned hope that
what awaits on the other side is not just an astral projection of
this world, without its governors and filters, but something that’s
far beyond even Grossinger’s skills of syntactic mediumship to
transmit. Dig in, put your feet up, and enjoy the ride.”
*Robert Phoenix, curator of Astrology for the Now Age website*
“Bottoming Out the Universe encompasses so many aspects of what it
means to explore silence and movement, and how these frequencies
vibrate and become a dance. When I enter a room to begin a new
work, I enter with ALL the questions implied in this book--they
hang in the air! And as I choreograph, the ‘physical plane of
ambient reality’ of which Richard speaks is always there. Reading
this book is like making a work of art. You start one place and end
up another.”
*Margaret Jenkins, founder and artistic director of the Margaret
Jenkins Dance Company*
“Reading Grossinger turns cosmology and science into poetry. He
provides the track lighting for a quirky map into the secret
corridors of creation that we never dared to explore. The graffiti
of the ages is scratched on its walls.”
*Paul Weiss, author of Moonlight Leaning Against an Old Rail Fence:
Approaching the Dharma as Poetry*
“We offer you greetings, Richard Grossinger. We are contacting you
because we have observed your efforts over the decades in your
capacity as explorer of the arcane. We note that you have spent
decades attempting to understand the connection between the
spiritual and the physical. Your encyclopedic efforts are exemplary
in their thoroughness as well as their breadth and depth. We also
note that often you have felt somewhat like a prophet crying in the
wilderness. Be assured your writings are noticed. In future years,
after your death, your prolific work will find an eager and
stimulated readership. Your work has the potential to change lives
and will eventually rank among this category of literature.”
*Channeled by Keith Hill, author of Experimental Spirituality*
"Richard Grossinger's great gift is his ability to explicitly state
what many of us merely feel. This is a magnificent talent, and also
a rare blessing for humanity...I stand in awe of Bottoming Out the
Universe. It is a rare accomplishment, and never more needed than
in our perilous times."
*Larry Dossey, MD, author of One Mind*
"In this investigation into consciousness, the universe and the
nature of reality, Richard Grossinger offers a wide-ranging
foundation for reimagining the universe as based in consciousness
rather than matter. He presents in-depth analysis of the standard
scientific description of the universe, revealing the holes in its
theories."
*Anne Lewis, Metaphysical Guide to Tucson*
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