Cosmology, Metaphysics
God, Energy & the Field explores the idea that consciousness is the witness which experiences the flow of energy. Consciousness is mans ability to feel, to know and to detect energy. God manifests as creative energy. God is the Supreme Consciousness, the source of the creative field of energy. Creative energy is God’s free and undeserved gift to us. There is no other source of energy than Divine Energy. Since Christians believe they owe their existence to this source, this energy is a participation in the life of the God. Christians may think of creation as the continuous bursting forth of Divine Energy. The Big Bang was an explosion of energy: an explosion of Gods love given material form. Adrian B. Smith is a Catholic missionary priest much in demand as a speaker on the emerging new consciousness and its implications for Christain belief. This is his sixteenth book.
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Although a comparatively short book, some 148 pages, it contains a wealth of scholarship, quoting from many exalted sources in addition to the author's own challenging exposition. Whilst I was more than a little out of my depth, I found it fascination to apddle in the shallows and felt I had gained some valuable insights. It is well worth giving this book a go! ~ Margarey Barty, New Vision
His very latest book published in August explosively entitled "God, Energy and the Field". When one travels spiritually with Fr. Adrian, the tight rope on which these journeys take place is both precarious and very exciting although ultimately secure with the safety net or adopted or inbred traditional thinking to absorb our fall should our balance fail. We can of course work our way back onto the tight rope and continue the adventure. ~ Catholic Peoples' Weeks, Newsletter
Adrian Smith has given us a treasure trove in his latest book. True to form, he has managed to make the complex comprehensible and capture the reader's imagination as to new potentialities. The beauty of his argument and reflections of the early chapters later give way to a more pungent and note-making style. So much is enlightening in this book - the science of fields and the notion of metaphysical fields, the research into the influence of meditation, resurrection as morphis resonance and much else. Buy it and discover your own wonders. ~ Sue Howard, CANA Newsletter
In this new book GOD, ENERGY AND THE FIELD Adrian Smith has brilliantly presented an updated synthesis of the latest scientific and psychological thinking, which, he suggests, might offer perceptions of Ultimate Reality that are more meaningful for our day, thus enabling the reader to acquire a new kind of relationship with God. He suggests that Christianity is taking a new direction: going inwards instead of outwards and anticipates a foreseeable time when religion is replaced by a deep spirituality issuing from humanity's entering into a higher state of consciousness. A compelling and challenging read. ~ Bede Griffiths, Sangha Newsletter
The author continues his clever deconstruction of what he refers to as "the sky God" - the traditional view of God as some sort of celestial form of a human being, "up there" and looking down on us. He takes it one step further than in his previous books by claiming that God is not a separate being who has power over us and what happens to us, but rather "God" is the energy which makes up the Universe, and this energy forms a "field" all around us which can be tapped into. This is a theory which many of us who are searching for an alternative to the "Sky God" imagine will find very interesting, and it also does a credible job of marrying up religion and science. His style is extremely readable, sometimes tackling quite complex scientific theories, but in a very simple way. ~ Progressive Christianity Network, Newsletter
It bravely tackles the implications for Christian theology of the development of mankind from ancestors we share with the apes....The book deserves to be looked at from the perspective of atheists such as Dawkins in the 'God Delusion' and those Christians who can make no sense of traditional Christian teaching which includes the miraculous.....It merits attention also from the view point of modern biblical criticism such as 'Who on Earth was Jesus'. ~ Leslie Cram, RENEW
This is a courageous and far-reaching synthesis of modern science and liberal theology with a wide scope of vision. It is in turn challenging, informative and provocative – a valuable addition to the literature on science and religion. ~ Dr Chris Clarke, Visiting Professor, School of Mathematics, University of Southampton, UK
This book is a ‘must’ for those who are trying to express their Faith beliefs in the light of today’s understanding of the Universe, God and the Christ. Smith, with his clear thinking, has given us a beautiful concept of God, the Christ and Jesus as a manifestation of the Christ. He clarifies so many scientific terms, bringing science and religion together and thus revealing the spiritual dimension of everything. ~ Mercy Buckley, B.Sc., Founder and Director of Fresh Horizons
This book takes its place among other works of our time which seek to escape from the inherited concepts and definitions that keep us anchored in the past. We can be grateful to the author for presenting not just another definition of the indefinable but a new viewpoint from which a deeper understanding of the divine is made possible. It is not just “a God image that is more real in our times that the Sky Godâ€, for its theme prompts us to think about a divine energy and consciousness that is transformed into the common reality we experience – and into the consciousness of each one of us. That does more than rattle a few old theological cages which imprison us – it offers a key to make our escape. ~ Dr Frank Parkinson, Author of Jehovah and Hyperspace