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Joseph Chilton Pearce Quotes

1926–2016 United States

Joseph Chilton Pearce (January 14, 1926 – August 23, 2016) is an American author of a number of books on human development and child development and is best known for his books, The Crack in the Cosmic Egg (1973), Magical Child (1977) and The Bond of Power: Meditation and Wholeness (1981).

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Roof-brain chatter makes up the bulk of one's "mental life." This activity filters out the present moment, drowns the primary perceptions in sheer head noise, and grounds one in a stasis of imaginary chaos.

Exploring the Crack In the Cosmic Egg (1974)

Those responding to Geller's phenomenon by "bending forks" themselves, were following the same pattern. their ego "roof-brain" had nothing to do with it (and they also hadn't yet learned fully enough that the act was impossible).

Exploring the Crack In the Cosmic Egg (1974)

We hunger for a wholeness and express it on every hand. The scientist longs for a "field theory" to unify the fragments of his thought. Ultimate prediction and control are his dream. The theological equivalent expressed long ago as monotheism. The scientific form expresses as an insatiable appetite, an intellectual concupiscence desiring more than the very stars could ever assuage.

Exploring the Crack In the Cosmic Egg (1974)

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