CITE:Â Mendizza, M. (Ed.). The Life and Insights of Joseph Chilton Pearce: Astonishing Discoveries About How Babies Become Brilliant. North Atlantic Books. 2016.
SUMMARY
“The Life and Insights of Joseph Chilton Pearce” is a collection of interviews, essays, and articles written by Joseph Chilton Pearce and edited by Michael Mendizza. The book delves into Pearce’s life and work, exploring his views on human development, spirituality, and consciousness. The book includes a foreword by Gregg Braden and contributions from several leading experts in the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and education.
HIGHLIGHTS
- The book provides a comprehensive overview of Joseph Chilton Pearce’s life and work, exploring his theories on human development, spirituality, and consciousness.
- Pearce’s ideas challenge traditional models of education, suggesting that children are capable of far more than we give them credit for.
- The book includes contributions from several leading experts in the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and education, offering a broad range of perspectives on Pearce’s work.
SELECTED QUOTES
- “The highest function of the brain is to make meaning of experience, and that’s the essential process of all learning” (p. 46).
- “The tragedy of our culture is that we have been using methods that simply don’t work. We’ve been teaching children to read with the left hemisphere of the brain, when it’s the right hemisphere that does the processing. We need to teach reading in a whole new way” (p. 73).
- “We are not merely products of the environment. We are co-creators of our own reality” (p. 103).
- “It’s time to take our place as conscious beings, aware of the miracle of life and our part in it, and accept the responsibility that goes with that” (p. 148).
- “The heart is the primary generator of electromagnetic energy in the body, and the brain responds to that energy. In other words, the heart is the boss” (p. 185).
- “The task of parenting is not just to raise healthy and happy children. It’s to help them become fully realized human beings, to help them become everything they were meant to be” (p. 214).
- “It’s time to let go of old beliefs and assumptions and embrace the new understanding that is emerging. We are not just physical beings, but spiritual beings as well, and it’s time to start living that reality” (p. 241).
