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Book SynopsisThis book draws from previously unpublished letters and interviews with physicists, theologians, and Sir John’s close associates and family to present Sir John’s ideas on pure unlimited love. Post, who was in dialogue with Sir John for fifteen years on this topic and who had founded the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love (www.unlimitedloveinstitute.com), addresses how John Templeton arrived at his philosophy as a youth growing up in Tennessee. Post also shares how classical Presbyterian ideas came to synergize in his mind with the more Eastern influences of American transcendentalism and the Unity School of Christianity and ponders if Sir John truly believed that science and spirituality might fully converge on the same view of Ultimate Reality with their very different ways of knowing.
Is Ultimate Reality Unlimited Love? presents Sir John’s hope for spiritual progress with the eventual convergence of ultimate reality and unlimited love.
Table of ContentsForeword
Preface
Part 1: Why This Idea Meant So Much to John Templeton: An Analysis Based on His Writings and Intellectual History since Youth
- Chapter 1: Sir John’s Biggest Question: An Introduction
- Chapter 2: The Spiritual and Intellectual Roots of Sir John’s Biggest Question
- Chapter 3: Sir John’s Humble Approach to Ultimate Reality
- Chapter 4: A Disciplined Rational Mind and the Power of Love Affirmations in Everyday Life
- Chapter 5: The Spiritual Mind That Can Experience an Absorbing Field of Pure Unlimited Love That Far Transcends Ordinary Human Love and the Rational Mind
- Chapter 6: Why Are We Created? Life as an Opportunity to Overcome Hardships, to Win with Love, and to Achieve Joy in God for Eternity
- Chapter 7: The Healing Power of Unlimited Love in Mind and Body, and in Eliminating the Arrogant Conflict between Religions That Gravely Threatens the Human Future
Part 2: Three Primary Evidences of Sir John’s Thesis Consistent with His Core Ideas and Statements Focusing on Their Current Scientific Plausibility
- Introduction to Part 2: Three Evidences for Sir John’s Thesis
- Chapter 8: Unlimited Love as Ultimate Reality in Sir John’s Writings
- Chapter 9: Three Points of Evidence for Unlimited Love as Ultimate Reality
Part 3: Statements from Family Members, Associates, and Scholarly Friends
- Introduction to Part 3
- Chapter 10: What Do You Think Sir John Meant by “Unlimited Love as Ultimate Reality”?
- Chapter 11: How Did You Experience Sir John as a Person Who Tried to Live a Life of Love?
A Brief Epilogue: Some Quotations for Reflection
Appendix: Sir John’s Letters to Stephen G. Post Regarding Unlimited Love Research
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index
