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The Power of Premonitions

Choice Acting on Chance

Contributors: Larry Dossey and Ken Wilber

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A dream prompts a mother to remove her baby from his crib an hour before a chandelier falls and smashes it. More than a dozen people are no shows for choir practice for the first time ever at the moment their church explodes. Before his patients ever call to say they're coming to the hospital, an OBGYN gets a pain in his chest signaling they're ready to deliver. Visions of planes crashing into buildings causes a mother to cancel her family's Disney World trip scheduled for 9/11. Are these coincidences, or is something happening that we need to pay attention to?

More than an examination of case studies, The Power of Premonitions reveals the world of science and research that proves the human capacity for knowing the future. Experiments consistently show that human beings are as wired to know what's coming next as we are to see, feel, hear and think. Dossey uses cutting-edge science to prove the value of what had long been considered the provenance of mystic charlatans and to show readers how to cultivate their natural abilities. This is a book for the skeptical mind, but it's also for the believer's heart—because its author possesses the rare gift of having both.

"I'm not asking you to take anything in this book on blind faith, but to open yourself up to the possibility of premonitions and the evidence supporting them. Listen to the stories people tell. Explore the research that demonstrates our capacity to sense the future. Ponder the implications of mind outside of time. Invite premonitions into your life and see what happens. If you do so humbly and reverently, your life will likely become more premonition-prone, and you may touch that exquisite, infinite realm to which premonitions, now as always, are a door." — Larry Dossey, MD

Larry Dossey

This tall and distinguished Texas physician, deeply rooted in the scientific world, has become an internationally influential advocate of the role of the mind in health and the role of spirituality in healthcare. Bringing the experience of a practicing internist and the soul of a poet to the discourse, Dr. Larry Dossey offers panoramic insight into the nature and the future of medicine.

Take a Moment

Practice deep listening! Assuming that precognition, clairvoyance, and other forms of psi phenomena actually do exist, they appear to be closely related to a peculiar capacity of consciousness known as "intuition". One way to refine our intuition is to cultivate the ability to listen deeply and to remain attentive to the world around us. Take five minutes out of your day to sit quietly. Without exerting any effort, simply listen to all the sounds that surround you—the wind outside your window, the hum of your computer, your own breath and heartbeat. Do not try to quiet your mind or push away distraction—just sit and listen to everything that arises, moment to moment, becoming absorbed in the sounds of your environment. Breathe these sounds deep into your belly, and release them as you exhale. Allow the beauty of your surroundings to fill your heart and put a smile on your face, before opening your eyes and going about your day.

Take the Integral Life PSI survey! According to Larry Dossey, about 67% of people have had some sort of experience with PSI. Have you? Take the PSI poll below and find out how the Integral community measures against the general population.

Participate in an online telepathy study! Both Ken and Larry agree that the hard evidence behind PSI phenomena has already been pretty well established, and what is needed now more than anything is a good marketing plan to bring the evidence into the mainstream. But rigorous studies are still being conducted, now more than ever. One of the greatest proponents of these studies is Rupert Sheldrake, a scientist who has developed an entire website to help perform quick and easy studies on telepathy, precognition, and clairvoyance, many of which only take 5-10 minutes. Interested? Visit www.sheldrake.org to learn more.

Critical Praise for The Power of Premonitions: How Knowing the Future Can Shape our Lives

"The long-awaited seminal book on this topic. A crowning achievement."
-Marc Ian Barasch, author of Healing Dreams

"Larry Dossey, one of our greatest medical sages and admitted informavore, takes us on a wonderful journey from non-local mind and consciousness to the power of understanding our abilities to have not only intuitive thoughts, but premonitions. Read it to feel fully awakened to a deeper understanding of your mind and a greater connection to the universal consciousness."
-Woodson Merrell, MD, Chairman Department of Integrative Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, NYC, and author with Kathleen Merrell of The Source: Unleash Your Natural Energy, Power Up Your Health, and Feel Ten Years Younger

"Dr. Larry Dossey is the world's leading expert in space-time mystery. In this compulsively readable, thoroughly researched work, you will be left with tantalizing questions. Can there be free will and premonitions both? What is the nature of time? Rarely does a book come along that keeps you on the edge of your seat and stimulates thought like this one. Don't miss it!"
-Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., Your Soul's Compass and Saying Yes to Change

"For anyone who is interested in knowing about the deeper meaning of our existence, this book is a must read. Once again, Larry, being the pioneer that he is, has written a classic."
-Deepak Chopra, MD, Jesus: A Story of Enlightenment

"In his crystal clear style, he explains why the paradoxical idea of knowing the future is no longer based on mere conjecture or fantastic stories, and why cultivating this startling ability is perhaps your most important birthright."
-Dean Radin, PhD, Senior Scientist, Institute of Noetic Sciences

"I think Larry Dossey is one of America's most important thinkers. When he talks, I listen; when he writes, I read. He presents compelling evidence that the power of the mind is so much greater than we had previously realized."
-Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love

"This wonderful book brings reason and wisdom to bear on experiences that no one understands, yet which really happen. Thank goodness that Dr. Larry Dossey is not afraid to wrestle with a subject that most scientists prefer to ignore, but which tells us that there is more to life and mind than our philosophies have dreamed of."
-Rupert Sheldrake, biologist and author

"This book will help to open minds and lead to an acceptance of what we experience while overcoming our being limited by what we believe. I know from personal experience, in my life and work, that the future is unconsciously prepared and known and, therefore, can be revealed through dreams and drawings and I have the evidence from my practice to prove it."
-Bernie Siegel, MD, Love, Medicine & Miracles and 365 Prescriptions For Living