Beginning with Taking the Quantum Leap by Fred Alan Wolf, there have been a number of books that have created new paradigms for integrating science and spirituality. These books have been long on theory and short on application. This work represents something completely different for this genre. In his previous book, God is Not Dead , Goswami proved that not only are science and religion compatible, but that quantum physics proves the existence of God. In this new book, Goswami moves beyond theory into the realm of action. He asserts that quantum thinking is striking the death blow to scientific materialism; that quantum thinking allows us to break from past bad habits and bring us into of free will and possibilities. Beginning with the question: "God is here, so what are you going to do about it?" Goswami calls for a plan of action that involves applying "quantum thinking" to a variety of societal issues. He issues a call for a spiritual economics that is concerned with our well-being rather than only our material needs; democracy that uses power to serve, instead of dominating others; education that liberates rather than shackles; and new healthy practices that restore wholeness. Amit Goswami is a theoretical nuclear physicist and member of The University of Oregon Institute for Theoretical Physics since 1968. Goswami received his PhD in physics from Calcutta University in 1964. He became best known as one of the interviewed scientists featured in the 2004 film What the Bleep Do We Know!? He is also featured in the upcoming documentary, Dalai Lama Renaissance (narrated by Harrison Ford). Visit him at amitgoswami.org. How Quantum Activism Can Save Civilization A Few People Can Change Human Evolution By Amit Goswami Hampton Roads Publishing Company, Inc. Copyright © 2011 Amit Goswami, Ph.D. All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-1-57174-637-5 Contents Preface, CHAPTER 1 Scientific Evidence for Spirituality Is Here, So What Are You Doing about It?, Part 1 Right Thinking: It's the Worldview, Stupid!, CHAPTER 2 It's the Worldview, Mr. President: An Open Letter to President Obama, CHAPTER 3 A Brief History of the New Paradigm and More Early Quantum Activism, CHAPTER 4 How to Resolve Quantum Paradoxes and Discover a Scientific God, CHAPTER 5 The Importance of Being Subtle, CHAPTER 6 Do-be-do-be-do: Think Quantum, Be Creative, Part 2 Walking Our Talk: The Quantum Journey to Transformation, CHAPTER 7 Kennedy Gave Us the Moon, Can You Give Us God Back, Mr. President?, CHAPTER 8 Right Living for a Quantum Activist Is a Balancing Act, CHAPTER 9 From Information to Intelligence, CHAPTER 10 Exploring the Quantum Tools for Right Living, CHAPTER 11 Can a Few People Make a Difference?, Part 3 Right Livelihood for Everyone: Changing Our Social Systems, CHAPTER 12 You Want Real Change, Mr. President? Here Is the Quantum Manifesto for Social Change, CHAPTER 13 Right Action, Right Livelihood, CHAPTER 14 Toward a Spiritual Economics, CHAPTER 15 How Businesses Are Changing, CHAPTER 16 From Power to Meaning: Can Quantum Thinking Rescue Democracy?, CHAPTER 17 Post-Secularism: Making Religions Work, CHAPTER 18 Quantum Activism: For Better Health and Healing, CHAPTER 19 Our Path Back to Liberal Education, CHAPTER 20 2012 and Beyond, Bibliography, Index, CHAPTER 1 Scientific Evidence for Spirituality Is Here, So What Are You Doing about It? Science has discovered spirituality: there is now a logically consistentscientific theory of God and spirituality based on quantum physics and theprimacy of consciousness (the idea that consciousness, not matter, is the groundof all being). And there is replicated experimental data in support of thetheory. In other words, although still largely unsung in the media, we now havea viable science of spirituality that is threatening a paradigm shift fromtoday's matter-based science that exclusively encourages materiality (Goswami2008a). You can call the new science a science of God, but you don't have to. Inthe new science, there is no God that is an almighty emperor doling outjudgments on us; instead, there is a pervasive intelligence that is also thecreative agent of consciousness that you can call God if you want to. But thisGod is objective; it is scientific. So what should we do about all this? What can we do to bring God, our own highersource of causation (really!), and spirituality back into our lives and oursociety? My answer in this book is quantum activism. So this book is about a new kind of activism. I call it quantum activism becausethe purpose of this activism is threefold. First, we employ activism to bringmedia attention to quantum and primacy-of-consciousness thinking and the newparadigm; this will bring grant support for further research and bring aboutapplications of the new paradigm of such undeniable weight and value that theold paradigm will crash under it. Second, we use the transformative power ofquantum physics to