Minnesota born author Ken Ungerecht spent thirty years as an engineer in the field of electronic communications in Baltimore, Maryland and discovered his true passion was an effort to combine his love for science with a passion for better understanding the true nature of the human spirit.
This is a profoundly moving book, written with sensitivity and skill about he intersection of science and the spiritual. In his Introduction he states, ‘The
Sunday morning preachers, Saturday Rabbis, Friday Imams, clairvoyants, mediums, psychics, and a whole lot of other people will all boldly tell us there is a God that loves us more than we could ever know. I believe all of them are right. If they are, then it would have to be the most fundamental of all spiritual truths. Most of these people would, with equal boldness, proclaim what they believe are truths that extend beyond that most basic one. These can be heard repeatedly in the churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, and many other places around the world. Many of them are shared by virtually every spiritual organization. Strive to live a good and moral life. Treat all people with dignity and respect. Many of these shared beliefs have a very positive influence in our world. But all of the proclamations heard in our places of worship cannot possibly be true. Many of them eliminate each other through the process of mutual exclusion. The problem we are facing is trying to determine which ones are genuine ideas of Truth. The second most fundamental spiritual truth would have to be the answer to who else might contain at least some of the attributes of God. For example, are the Hindus and most metaphysicians correct when they assert that there is a spark of the Divine in every human being? Or, is the Islam faith right when it contends that characteristic is retained for God alone? Is the Christian belief that maintains Jesus is the only divine son of God, the one of Truth? Are those who would contend there is no God, that nothing is divine, and that there is no spiritual aspect to the universe, the ones on the path to truth? These beliefs are mutually exclusive. At most only one of those listed above can be right. That means at least 70% of the world’s population are wrong with regard to this basic belief. And, not only are they wrong, they are very often passionately wrong. And that is something that has not been conducive to the planet’s good health. It won’t be an easy thing to do, but I believe it is imperative for us to make a greater effort to determine the answer to this question. One of the efforts of this book is to try and gain a sense of direction that might lead us towards that answer. Anecdotal evidence has been the most common type we have used to try and determine truth in spiritually related ideas. This type of evidence is not good enough for science. However, if enough people have similar experiences, we may begin to accumulate sufficient evidence to at least cause some people to wonder about possibilities of what may be true.’
And these are only some of the moments Ken shares with us. His coupling of science and spirituality is richly rewarding to both read and to ponder.
No matter the reader’s primary stance, prepare for enhancement of the meaning of it all. Highly Recommended. Grady Harp, September 18
