{"product_id":"the-final-choice","title":"The Final Choice","description":"\u003cp\u003eNote: This revised edition was first published under the title \u003cem\u003eThe Final Choice: Playing the Survival Game.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are dangerous times and history seems to be accelerating--toward what? It's starting to look like a big crash. No, not a \u003cem\u003eclash\u003c\/em\u003e of civilizations but civilization itself \u003cem\u003ecrashing\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are world trends propelling us towards doomsday: the lunacy of nuclear brinkmanship, the inexorable march toward climate catastrophe, the savage economic inequality that reigns over a suffering Earth--none of these bode well for the future. The more pronounced these trends, the greater the need to take stock of our options.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book looks at consciousness facing the threat of annihilation. Beyond politics, it examines some forgotten forces at our disposal in the quest for transcendence. It attempts to sketch a mythology of transcendence, based on the raw materials of human experience, ordinary and extraordinary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003emeaning\u003c\/em\u003e of death changes from culture to culture, and is evolving as we speak. The modern near-death experience \u003cem\u003etransforms \u003c\/em\u003ethe meaning of death into something quite different from the mainline view of death as the extinction of consciousness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNear-death phenomena imply new dimensions of meaning--and as well, a new dimension of existence. It opens the door into an expanded world of consciousness, upending scientific physicalism. The NDE is a discovery as revolutionary in psychology as quantum mechanics was in physics. In both cases we have an enigma, a window to alternate realities, and metaphysical shock therapy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Final Choice\u003c\/em\u003e goes behind the surface-meaning of death. The search leads to the re-discovery of the ancient philosopher, Heraclitus, who said that no matter how far you search, you will never find the boundaries of Mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFacing the looming collapse of world civilization, the question of a possible global near-death experience arises. Major world-trends today force us to reflect on these awesome possibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"White Crow Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50021887181050,"sku":"9781786770295","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0840\/1253\/1962\/files\/imageloader_0a248204-e9ba-4064-9fc2-04a6b877d700.jpg?v=1786139405","url":"https:\/\/mindsourcebooks.com\/products\/the-final-choice","provider":"Mind Source Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}