Complex Spaces in Finsler, Lagrange and Hamilton Geometries (Fundamental Theories of Physics)

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This book presents the most recent advances in complex Finsler geometry and related geometries: the geometry of complex Lagrange, Hamilton and Cartan Spaces. The last three spaces were initially introduced to and have been investigated by the author of the present volume over the past several years.
This book will acquaint the reader with:

- a survey of some basic results from complex manifolds and the complex vector bundles theory,

- the geometry of holomorphic tangent bundles,

- an analysis of the main results in complex Finsler geometry,

- a study of the geometry of complex Lagrange and generalized Lagrange Spaces. Of special interest are their holomorphic subspaces,

- the construction of the complex Hamilton geometry,

- the complex Finsler vector bundles.

Audience: Geometers, complex analysts, and physicists in quantum field theory and in theoretical mechanics will find this book of interest. The volume can be also used as a supplementary graduate text.

The Geometry of Hamilton and Lagrange Spaces (Fundamental Theories of Physics)

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The Geometry of Hamilton and Lagrange Spaces (Fundamental Theories of Physics)
R. Miron , Dragos Hrimiuc , Hideo Shimada , and Sorin V. Sabau
Manufacturer: Springer
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This monograph presents for the first time the foundations of Hamilton Geometry. The concept of Hamilton Space, introduced by the first author and investigated by the authors, opens a new domain in differential geometry with large applications in mechanics, physics, optimal control, etc.
The book consists of thirteen chapters. The first three chapters present the topics of the tangent bundle geometry, Finsler and Lagrange spaces.
Chapters 4-7 are devoted to the construction of geometry of Hamilton spaces and the duality between these spaces and Lagrange spaces. The dual of a Finsler space is a Cartan space. Even this notion is completely new, its geometry has the same symmetry and beauty as that of Finsler spaces.
Chapter 8 deals with symplectic transformations of cotangent bundle. The last five chapters present, for the first time, the geometrical theory and applications of Higher-Order Hamilton spaces. In particular, the case of order two is presented in detail.
Audience: mathematicians, geometers, physicists, and mechanicians. This volume can also be recommended as a supplementary graduate text.

Complex Spaces In Finsler, Lagrange And Hamilton Geometries

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Complex Spaces In Finsler, Lagrange And Hamilton Geometries
Gheorghe Munteanu
Manufacturer: NY
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Embraced by the Light is an inspirational map of the afterlife framed in the moment of Eadie's death, and presents a possible answer to the big question, "Why are we here?" An easy read, its subtitle could have been "The Average Person's Guide to Near-Death Experiences." Although heavily filtered through Eadie's Christian worldview, her vision of the afterlife does not include a wrathful deity, but a figure of love and compassion. Some readers may find Eadie's repeated Christian references bothersome, and Embraced by the Light will undoubtedly raise a lot of questions along the lines of "What about reincarnation?" and "What happens to people who are not Christians?" --Brian Patterson

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On the night of November 19, 1973, following surgery, thirty-one-year-old wife and mother Betty J. Eadie died.... This is her extraordinary story of the events that followed, her astonishing proof of life after physical death. She saw more, perhaps than any other person has seen before and shares her almost photographic recollections of the remarkable details. Compelling, inspiring, and infinitely reassuring, her vivid account gives us a glimpse of the peace and unconditional love that awaits us all. More important, Betty's journey offers a simple message that can transform our lives today, showing us our purpose and guiding us to live the way we were meant to -- joyously, abundantly, and with love.

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embraced by the light.......2007-09-01

A gread book for someone grieving the loss of a loved one. Good primer for the study of the spirit world. Believable, not sensational.

feel good book.......2007-08-23

This book leaves you warm and fuzzy. It is an easy read that you will not want to put down. If you believe in God, you don't want to miss reading this book. The details and enlightenment are fantastic.

Best Book I've Ever Read!!.......2007-07-24

I re-read this book after 8 - 10 years. It was wonderful then, and even better this time. I believe that God gives us information, but only when we are ready. Like Algebra: You have to learn one concept before moving on to the next. God gives us information as we are ready. With all of the similarities between all of the near death experiences that have been documented, I find in impossible not to believe Ms. Eadie. There were a few ideas that were so new to my way of thinking that I found myself doubting. But, God gave Ms. Eadie a very extensive look at life after death. It took her many years and encouragement from others to write this book, so there is bound to be some loss of memory. So, I am willing to cut her some slack on this. This book renewed my hope and reminded me of what is most important in life. A great, quick read that will really stick with you!!

Lovely - but LOADS of Contradictions and Untruths.......2007-07-21

I just finished this lovely loving book today and I love Betty. This book oozes love.

But there are moments of non love which are also non truths.

Repetitious prayer with sincerity and love is certainly heard by God - that sounded more like a Protestant gripe than the truth.

Then there is the appearance of... the Law of Attraction, again. You attract what you think. If the Law of Attraction were true it would have been talked about by Jesus and would have shown up in the thousands of revelations that came before Eadie - but it was never mentioned until the 20th century.

She got the love part right... we're supposed to love each other but telling people that they attracted their illness, the rape or theft perpetrated against them, tell them they attracted their depression... is not loving.

Suicidal thoughts are usually caused by physical conditions such as a failing thyroid gland (see Dr. Thierry Hertoghe, psychiatrist) so how sinful could they actually be? WE need to love those people more, not hurt them by telling them that on top of their severe illness they are pushing God away.

Nevertheless, I imagine that despite the years wearing on the memory, a lot of it is true. But not all of it. There were plenty of contradictions within the book itself.

A book about an enlightening Near-Death experience.......2007-07-13

I liked this book! It's well-written and easy to read. The author writes about her enlightening Near-Death experience, which I think suits the gnostic ways of thinking. The veil of forgetfullness, Jesus' light as knowledge, power of thinking, spirit to communicate with God, only love matters eventually etc... The Earth is seen as a place of spiritual education. -Though, I don't really appreciate the attitudes towards adapting to earthly churches and defective governing myself.

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Open mind
Putting Betty J. Eadie in a different light.
The Truth our physical bodies have forgotten
Embraced by the light was, and still is a life altering book

Embraced by the Light and the Bible
Richard Abanes
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Open mind.......2007-10-03

I sincerely have pity for anyone who can use religious doctrine to condemn Betty Jean Edie's life/death experience. We need to have an open mind. I, like most others who have read her book, experienced a profound awakening and new hope. I was raised in the Christian religion, which BJE has not forsaken, but I never "connected" with what I was being taught. It took a diagnosis of a major tumor (sarcoma) and the prognosis of 2-4 months to live that made me start seeking the answers I had never gotten. My brother just passed away. Where did I turn? Back to BJE's book so I could again remember and know what he experienced. To those who so blindly follow those of The Cloth, I would say, "Open your mind. Trust your heart." BJE's "Embraced By The Light" is prophetic. Christians, do you not believe there are new prophets today, as in days of old? How narrowminded you must be if you do not. I, too, found comfort and logical explanations from BJE's books and have embraced a peaceful co-existence with my religious upbringing. I do not trust anyone who believes he/she can put-down something someone else experienced based upon what they were *taught* by gawd-only-knows-who-in-some-church-somewhere. BJE's book is based upon Scripture, and that's all there is to that.

Putting Betty J. Eadie in a different light........2004-09-24

Hello, did either of the people who posted a review here even read the title of the book they were posting for? This book is one of several books written arguing that Ms Eadie could not have experienced something that agreed with traditional Judeo/Christian beliefs. Betty J. Eadie's book, Embraced by the Light, is quite a popular book with Mormon's (my mother, who is LDS gave it to me). As an ex-mormon I found it rather distasteful... I could almost hear one of my childhood Sunday school teacher's voice telling the story while I read. I was horrified by how it presented her religious views (she is LDS and joined the church several years before her account was published although the event was said to have taken place prior to her joining the church). This book, Embraced by the Light and the Bible by Richard Abanes compares Ms Eadie's book with the truth as found in the Bible. I recommend it.

The Truth our physical bodies have forgotten.......2001-04-02

When I was 13 (I am 19) my mother read this book and said that she wasn't afraid to die after reading it. Since then I have read this book 3 times and have found it wonderful after each time I read it. My mother died whe I was 14 and this book has helped me to understand the reasons why we live and die and has helped me to have a relationship with God and our Saviour in my everyday life. I recommend this book to anyone who has ever wondered the big "Why" of life and struggle. Betty speaks of the truth that we have all forgotten.

Embraced by the light was, and still is a life altering book.......1999-08-12

This book has shaped the way I live my life even today 5 years later. It took away my fear of dying and gave me hope,and it continues to guide me and make me aware of how I treat other people. and for anyone who has lost a loved one it will surely bring a since of peace.unforgetable!!

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DON'T READ THIS BOOK!!!!

EMBRACED BY THE LIGHT
Betty J. Eadie
Manufacturer: Gold Leaf Press
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DON'T READ THIS BOOK!!!!.......2007-08-26

I AM AN OUTRAGED FORMER READER OF THIS BOOK. I actually believed in what she wrote during my teenage years and when I found myself pregnant at the age of 18, i remembered her quote of "the baby's soul understands the parents right to abortion". I ALMOST ABORTED THE ONLY THING IN LIFE THAT SAVED ME FROM A LIFE OF DEPRESSION, DRUGS AND ALCOHOL AND A MISERABLE LIFE!!! Thank God that I did not go through with it. My baby is the BEST THING that has ever happened to me. He is a wonderful GORGEOUS obedient little boy that is the center of my joy. READERS OUT THERE: DON'T BELIEVE HER B.S.!!!! SHE'S A FRAUD AND I BURNED THE COPY THAT I HAD WHICH IS ONLY KNOWN TO BE SATANIC! DON'T FALL FOR IT! PRO-LIFE! TO BETTY: YOU SAY ABOUT KARMA?? WELL UR KARMA AND END IS HELL!!!

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Embraced by the Light
Betty J. Eadie; Curtis Taylor
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Betty J. Eadie
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Embraced by the Light: Personal Triumphs over Loss and Grief

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Embraced by the Light: Personal Triumphs over Loss and Grief
Betty J. Eadie
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2 Betty J. Eadie Books - 1) - Embraced by the Light / 2) - The Awakening Heart: My Continuining Journey To Love (Unboxed Set)

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Betty J. Eadie
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Angels, Angels, Angels: Embraced by the Light...or...Embraced by the Darkness?

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Angels, Angels, Angels: Embraced by the Light...or...Embraced by the Darkness?
Phil Phillips
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Discovering the truth about angels, near-death experiences and other spiritual awakenings.

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Bashing NDE theology of the afterlife
Just Another Evangelizing Tool
Jesus Christ is still Lord
Biblical approach to understanding life after death
A critical evalution of near death experiences

Deceived by the Light
Douglas R. Groothuis
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Bashing NDE theology of the afterlife.......2007-01-30

The wild success of books about NDEs (Near Death Experiences) in the last 20 years by medical professional like Raymond Moody and those, like Betty Eadie of "Embraced by the Light" fame, who claim to have experienced them - demands careful scrutiny and contemplation. Are these experiences real? And if so, do they tell us anything about the world that awaits us after we die? Or do these experiences only tell us what it's like inside a dying brain?

"Deceived By The Light" is the response to these books, especially Eadie's, from a conservative Christian perspective. The book is less a first-hand study of the phenomena, but a survey of the popular literature, such as it is, and a comparison of the "lessons" of NDEs to the lessons of the Bible as undertood by author Groothius's particular denomination. As such, the book does a creditable job of laying out a standard Christian rejoinder to Eadie. Groothius may surpise some by demonstrating that though it features "God" and "Jesus," Eadie's afterlife is a mutant thing that contains bits and pieces of many religious systems.

The book's greatest weakness is that in spite of its opposition to Eadie's theology, it takes the phenomenon of NDE much too seriously. This is partly due to the lack of original research into the claims. Nearly all quotes are taken from one of the NDE books, and little seems to have been done to dig deeper - to interview the subjects, or at least read the original transcripts of the interviews rather than the possibly-biased reports of their supporters. Groothius should have at least tried to verify whether those who experience NDE were reported accurately.

Groothius goes out of his way to deny the reality of the sinless, blameless land of love that NDErs supposedly tell of, which frankly is at odds with the moral system of either the Old or New Testaments. But when it comes to negative NDE experiences, in which a person finds himself in a land of torments or horror, the author becomes approving. Yet if the NDE "heaven," redolent of reincarnation and non-judgmental love-love-love, is a fantasy, why not the nasty "hell" as well?

All told, the book is valuable for raising questions about the reality of the phenomenon and the NDE theology that is part gnostic (learn this and be saved!) pantheistic (we are all God!) and monistic (all is One!). If the afterlife is truly a place where judgment is nonexistent, then perhaps we can relax a little down here. If it's not, then we are so screwed! Groothius also correctly points out that while NDErs experience existence after a certain definition of death, it could be argued that they really never died.

Groothius's book is an interesting paradox, for while it shows that Eadie's experience is at odds with much of Christianity, it also shows his version of Christianity as a rather bloodthirsty system that can be seen as excluding all but a certain subset of believers from its paradise. It's easy to see how some would experience a certain revulsion at a system that dooms so many to eternal torture. If you can tolerate Groothius's Christian bias, "Deceived by the Light" will at least get you thinking beyond the happy heaven they dangle before us.

Just Another Evangelizing Tool.......2004-01-31

While I found this book well written and an interesting read, it is basically a waste of time. While I have tremendous respect for Doug's intelligence and appreciate his obvious passion for his subject matter, his inability to perceive a world that does not conform to his fundamentalist Christian world view, in my opinion, voids his entire argument. He neither successfully refutes the NDE experience as a physiological phenomenon of a dying brain, nor deals with the validity of the spiritual claims Mrs. Eadie makes in her "afterlife travels". He simply ascribes everything to either fantasy (the materialist objection) or as demonic deception (the fundamentalist approach) without ever really managing to merge the two contradictory perspectives.

Of course, he is writing from a purely Christian perspective, so such is to be expected. Obviously, his target audience is Christian as well, so it works when one considers the context from which he wrote it. As far as learning anything useful from either a scientific or spiritual perspective, however, it is a disappointment. It is essentially an evangelizing tool (there's an entire section on giving one's life to Christ sandwiched in between the 'science') designed for both the nominal Christian who might yet be scared into Heaven as well as the more mature Christian who feels their faith sliding down the slippery slope of doubt. To those folks, he does provide reassurance (while managing to castigate the helpless Mrs. Eadie in the process) that should sit well with the average church goer and earn him some points within the evangelical community. For the rest of us, however, I'm afraid there's not much of value.

Actually, that's not entirely true. It is, at least, a good example of the Christian mindset and how it manages to interpret reality exclusively through the 66 books of the Bible. In that respect, it is a good case study on how not to examine a subject in a dispassionate, objective manner. I will give it two stars for the writing, however.

Jesus Christ is still Lord.......2003-02-05

I read with great interest Embraced by the Light, it had beed loaned to me by born again believers in Jesus Christ. I considered NDE as new age and occultic and as I had loved and embraced the beliefs of Shirley MacLaine, the book drew me in. However, I was pleasantly surprised how I was drawn toward Jesus Christ and gave my life to Him.

I read Deceived by the Light as I was looking for answers to some of my doubts about Betty's experience. The book appeared to offer some answers although I reckon they were rather extreme. I have not read any where else about Betty being a Mormon yet this book claims she is and that her experience were typically Mormon mythology.

I can't completely dismissed the book as ramblings, but rather an invitation to debate.

My friends dismissed the book as extreme, but he had a right to his opinion.

Biblical approach to understanding life after death.......2003-02-05

Although Doug Groothius is skeptical about the near-death experience (NDE) and it's
biblical interpretation, the author manages to keep a good balance on his views, the bible
and the NDE. His main focus is the authenticity of most NDE's and the after affects in
their lives, specifically Betty Eadie's account of her NDE in "Embraced by the Light."

Some pertinent questions are asked by the author.
1) Why did it take Betty Eadie so many years to tell her story?
One must have time to assimilate what has happened and not to react emotionally. This
is a very emotional experience as well as intellectual and spiritual. Knowledge comes at
a very fast speed, since most NDE's only last about 5 minutes. In 1974 I personally
experienced a NDE and after sharing the experience with my family and a few friends I
pretty much kept it to myself. In 2000 I put together my own personal website to share it
with others, I felt the timing was right.

2) What biblical response do the NDE's acquire? Most NDE's experience a great
love, an unconditional love that is God's love. If we respond to this love, isn't this what
Jesus has asked us to do? Most NDE's change their life's course after their experience.
Consider these bible quotations: JN 13:34 I give you a new commandment: love one
another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another. JN 15:10 If you keep
my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's
commandments and remain in his love. JN 15:13 No one has greater love than this, to
lay down one's life for one's friends. JN 17:26 I made known to them your name and I
will make it known, that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in them.

3) What about near-hell experiences? Although Betty Eadie does not go into detail
about her negative experience, she does recount the void and hopelessness that one feels
without the love of God. I personally experienced this void at the end of my NDE before
coming back into consciousness. One account of the near-hell experience comes from
Howard Storm. In his book "My Descent Into Death: A Second Chance at Life and the Message of Love which
Brought me Back". This is the story of a near-death, recovery, and transformation - of
lessons from spiritual beings about the future, the meaning of life, life after death, the
role of angels, and much more. But the Lord of Light sent him back with a message of
love. His life was so immensely changed after his near-death experience that he resigned
as a professor and devoted his time to attending the United Theological Seminary to
become a United Church of Christ Minister. JN 5:24 Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever
hears my word and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life and will not come to
condemnation, but has passed from death to life.

I leave you with one of my other book reviews by Carl Jung. "Memories, Dreams, Reflections". These writings come straight from Jung's own inner experience and it is
his last book before his death in 1961. I have read and re-read this work because at
different times in my life I needed to re-evaluate where I was and where I was going.
Other books by Jung are more intellectual and scientific, whereas, this autobiography has
the wisdom of a person in the later part of life and it was written not so much to teach but
to leave with us his legacy. Having myself had a NDE, I was especially
re-affirmed by Jung's own NDE and his dealings with this phenomenon.
His acceptance of his own humanity and his returning from this state to share with us his
knowledge and vision is a gift to all of us. It is not easy to return to our humanity and
deal with the sufferings we encounter but growth is the only evidence of life. We have to
come down from the mountain top and work in the valley.

This brings to mind two books
written by Hannah Hurnard called "Mountains of Spices" and "Hinds' Feet on High Places". Allegories about living our lives with others and not in solitude. Solitude is a
wonderful place but if we stay too long we become self-centered, afraid to reach out to
others. Another author who gives a good perspective on life is Henri Nouwen and his
books "Out of Solitude: Three Meditations on the Christian Life" and "Reaching Out".

A critical evalution of near death experiences.......2001-12-02

One reviewer below stated, "When Mr. Groothius has a detailed near-death experience of his own that he can use for comparison to Betty Eadie's, then I will take him seriously."

Isn't this like saying, "If you've never experienced heroin, then you can't knock it"? Also, I wonder if that reviewer has had a NDE which he/she can use to determine if Eadie's experience is valid?

Are all subjective/existential experiences beyond evaluation? If so, then anyone could claim anything, and all others would be forced to believe.

Groothuis does a good job of cutting through this type of thinking and shows how truth-claims about NDE's can be tested, and evaluated.

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