My Big TOE: Awakening

Book One of a Trilogy Unifying Philosophy, Physics, and Metaphysics

De: Thomas Campbell

Narrado por: Thomas Campbell

My Big TOE: Awakening, written by a nuclear physicist in the language of contemporary culture, unifies science and philosophy, physics and metaphysics, mind and matter, purpose and meaning, the normal and the paranormal. The entirety of human experience (mind, body, and spirit) including both our objective and subjective worlds is brought together under one seamless scientific understanding.

Section 1 provides a partial biography of the author that is pertinent to the subsequent creation of this trilogy. This brief look at the author's unique experience and credentials sheds some light upon the origins of this highly unusual work.

Section 2 lays out and defines the basic conceptual building blocks needed to construct My Big TOE's conceptual foundation. It discusses the cultural beliefs that trap our thinking into a narrow and limited conceptualization of reality, defines the basics of Big Picture epistemology and ontology; logically infers the nature of time, space, and consciousness as well as describes the basic properties, purpose, and mechanics of our reality. Many of the concepts initiated in Section 2 are more fully explained in Book 2.

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Listening tips for the earnest or begining learner

A similar review was left on Amazon’s site for the 3 in 1 volume of My Big Toe, the volume Tom reads from in this Audiobook series.

I’ll skip the praise, there’s enough of those reviews, and the criticism as I have none, and leave a tip for anyone taking this work on with an earnest mindset who may be intimidated or easily discouraged.

If you want to get the most out of this Audiobook, then do yourself a favor and purchase the 3 in 1 volume Tom reads from and read along with him as he reads from this volume only – not the individual part 1, 2 and 3 volumes. In listening to him as you read along there is no way you can mistake the point he’s making or misinterpret his humor. His inflections are unmistakable. Another tip is to get a High-Lighter and some Post-It-Notes, then High-Light and flag the text you want or need to. Make the 3 in 1 volume your personal reference and study guide.

In the Audiobook introduction the presenter informs the listener that he or she may find the material a challenging digest and suggests the listener uses the pause button to think about a given concept in a particular sentence and use the rewind button to hear the concept again before proceeding in order to understand the succeeding concept. That is a consumer specific tip as some who are familiar with Tom Campbell’s work on YouTube, or have digested a fair amount of like information from the hard material no “woo” physicists like Lawrence Krauss and Max Tegmark et al (he does not mention by name anyone who may have dismissed him as “woo” – these two are just an example of the main-stream academic material physicists who’ve put the “hard problem” (Which is: How does something as immaterial as consciousness arise from the material?) - into another dimension with no conclusive solution, - and have familiarity with those degreed professionals with open minds who’ve been dismissed from by the mainstream physicists as woo, such as: Bruce Lipton, Rupert Sheldrake, Nassim Haramein et al – then you may not need to pause or rewind – but with High-Lighter and page flags on hand you may be able to breeze along.

The only omission from the Audiobook, an obvious editorial oversight, starts in Book 2, Section 4, Chapter 56 on page 525 from the end of the “Aside” (see photo where marked) and all pages up to and including page 530. The Audiobook picks the text back up at the beginning of Book 2, Section 4, Chapter 57 on page 531 and is complete to the end to the end on page 820. It’s a magnificent performance on top of a masterpiece.

Enthralling

Great exploration of reality and consciousness. Was thought provoking, written and read very accessibly and entertainingly.

challenging

It's hard for a layman such as myself to fairly critique the work of it physicist, so I will be brief. I found this book difficult to get through. If not for Campbell's humour & pleasant voice (and thank. Ah-Om for the audio format) I might not have. That said, I am eager for book 2, and I hope it has a payoff in terms of actually examining Tom's Big Toe. An entire book just validating our readiness to perceive it seems indulgent.

Written for a mentally stunted audience

It’s essentially 24 straight chapters of noise, intended for an audience who’s never sat alone with their own thoughts for a single second, before getting to any interesting ideas.

I don’t know why this book is so highly regarded.

When you are ready, this book is mind-blowing.

This was the book that gave me the final push beyond the obvious objective reality we all live in. There is so much more to life and existence, and ironically that knowledge and the awakening that arises from that knowledge makes objective reality a lot more fun and productive.

Tom Campbell is giving us insights into the game - the big picture. How you play is up to you. This book is for everyone, but not just anytime. You have to be prepared to expand your horizons - suspend your prejudices and beliefs.

There is a ton of material on the web from Tom Campbell. He isn't selling anything. He is very generous with his teaching on the web.Explore there to see if this book makes sense for you right now.

Personally I love Tom Campbell's narration and humor, but watching his videos online will give you an idea if it works for you. As one reviewer said, this book is not sufficient to understand Tom Campbell's Big Toe - his theory of everything. That is not a valid criticism in my mind. Tom Campbell just wants to get started on giving people the background so that each of us can develop our own, personal big toe.

Whether we recognize it or not, we all carry in our heads a theory of everything, which guides our thoughts, actions and intents. Tom Campbell simply wants to help each of us expand that theory. For me, he has blown up my previous theory of everything and I intend to spend the rest of my life expanding and developing my own, personal Big Toe.

Thank you Tom - I look forward to your narration of the next two books. And BTW - Tom Campbell is not relation, as far as I know. I have never met the man, although I certainly would like to.

Inspirational and Enlightening!

This is the science I have been waiting for. My Big Toe will definitely help those who are ready to take there own understanding and explore further. Open your mind and soar!

loved it!

I absolutely enjoyed this being read by Thomas Campbell himself. what a wonderful journey...I can't wait to listen to the rest of the trilogy.

Enigmatic adventure

Great story. Great narrator and writer. Tom is the man, bringing science to the edge and beyond and back again.

Mixed feelings

Hated to review a trilogy by first book. However, it would be nice to have a different voice read the book with more enunciation.
The story is good but targeted to “the west” and not to conscious entities capable of hearing :)

excellent if you are curious about nature of reali

This author is the real deal. I watched some YouTube videos and then was inspired to buy the books. I read all three and this is the kind of book that you can read over and over and still glean more insight.
for that commenter who said it wasn't enough science, he can simply go to Tom's website that explains and talks about the science experiments he's doing and the science behind it. but this book was not written for scientific journal. It was written for all of us. So I'm thankful and I have a bit of a science background and I'm thankful there's not more " science" in it. This is a book that is about concepts-- Not scientific discovery.