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Mind, Body, & Spirit by William Pillow iUniverse
book review by Millie Hinkle
"I have peered into the abyss of insanity and grabbed at any toehold or handhold to keep from tumbling in."
This is a comprehensive attempt to reconcile the many aspects that attempt to answer the eternal question: What is the meaning of life? As a self-proclaimed skeptic, whose career in the medical field seemed to bind him to classical, rational thinking, Pillow clung to his belief system until it left him with too many questions about his own existence. After his retirement as a pharmacist, he moved into a deeper understanding of the essence of life. With a courage many people lack, he examined and reconsidered his own long-held knowledge and beliefs. He studied not only what is traditionally accepted knowledge, but he studied fields such as, metaphysics, reincarnation, near-death experiences (NDE), and brain-computer interface (BCI), to name just a very few. He went to experts in each field of study to gain the latest findings and discoveries.
The majority of the book examines the different aspects of mind, body and spirit, and how they interact and affect each other. But in Part Six, the soul is bravely discussed. Intuition and conscience are cited as aspects revealing the essence of soul that we can recognize. Rather than attempting to convince and persuade, the personal search for truth is simply laid out for the reader's consideration. He seems confident that his cafeteria of selections will stir the curiosity into at least the action of looking deeper into long held beliefs. In fact, Pillow includes an extensive bibliography for the reader to pursue their peaked interests, as well as, to cite his sources.