Divine Principles
Ken Ungerecht’s Divine Principles finds evidence for the premise that we are not here by chance.
Ken Ungerecht’s Divine Principles is an urgent call to bridge the gap between science and spirituality in order to find solutions to the issues that threaten the planet, and our own survival.
Despite problems on multiple fronts—climate change, international terrorism, dwindling resources, overpopulation, and the threat of nuclear Armageddon—the fact that most of the world’s religions hold passionately to beliefs that are mutually exclusive makes cooperating to find solutions unlikely, says Ungerecht, adding that science can also be resistant to change.
In Divine Principles, he posits that solutions to global problems may lie in a new way of thinking that bridges the gap between science and spirituality, offering a more reasoned search for spiritual truth and a deeper understanding of the world and our place in it.
“Science is the most reliable tool we have for both determining and validating truth,” writes Ungerecht. A passionate explorer of spirituality for forty years, he also brings a background as an educator and as an engineer in the field of electronic communication to his argument that science and spirituality must come together.
The book is timely, and gives evidence that the foundations underpinning both religion and science are being shaken. The author refers to research that shows a dramatic increase in the number of reports of near-death experiences, including reports made by respected medical professionals.
Such reports, Ungerecht affirms, challenge the contention of many in the scientific community that consciousness is solely the result of brain function. He also cites the conflicts raging between creationists and those who hold to the theory of evolution as new discoveries in the field are upending comfortable, long-accepted beliefs.
“Dogma is the antithesis of a willingness to be wrong,” declares Ungerecht, who applies stringent mathematical calculations to his effort to determine answers to spiritual questions, like whether or not the existence of who we really are is dependent on the existence of our current physical bodies, and whether or not conscious planning from beyond the physical realm is involved in our human existence.
Ungerecht states that based on the math, the probability of anybody having been brought into being by chance is “absurd in the extreme,” and that, accordingly, the answer to the first question is no, and the answer to the second question must be yes. The numbers he uses in his calculations are mind-boggling, and provide strong support for the truth of his conclusions.
Ungerecht makes complex topics clear and accessible to the layman without oversimplifying them, but the references included are limited, being mostly from the Seth Material channeled by Jane Roberts. Overall, the book’s grammar, syntax, and punctuation are in good order, although occasional errors do appear.
The book’s interior layout and design are attractive and easy on the eye, and several colorful charts and designs enliven the text while clearly illustrating complex concepts such as the structure of the physical world at its atomic and subatomic levels, string theory, M-theory, and more.
Calling the understanding of the spiritual aspect of who we are “the ultimate mystery,” Ungerecht refers to Jesus having said that those who sought the truth would find it. In exploring the mysteries that lie somewhere beyond both science and faith, Ken Ungerecht’s Divine Principles finds evidence for his premise that we are not here by chance, and that we are loved by God more than we could ever know.
Reviewed by
Kristine Morris
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