{"product_id":"mindstar-9781522965084","title":"MindStar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eINTRODUCING THE SECOND EDITION OF \u003ci\u003eMINDSTAR\u003c\/i\u003e 2018.\u003c\/b\u003e This revision includes a new chapter which directly addresses the transitional experience of physical \"death\" itself. The primise of the entire book continues to be that this is a consciousness-evolutionary, not a terminal event. Yet because of popular ignorance and fear surrounding it, I felt that \u003ci\u003eMindStar\u003c\/i\u003e should discuss it more directly. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMindStar\u003c\/i\u003e explores the mystery of the human soul: what it is, how it can be detected, and how it can be creatively and productively activated. Included is a historical survey of misapprehensions, misuses, and outright rejections of this central, crucial metaphysical core of human existence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe soul, or \"MindStar\" as redefined herein, is the key to individual conscious immortality, which is addressed and prescribed clearly and coherently.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMy companion books \u003ci\u003eMindWar\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFindFar\u003c\/i\u003e detail the \"thought architecture\" which is subject to natural and artificial manipulation: subconscious\/pattern and conscious\/algorithmic thinking. Specifically excluded was conceptual thought, which, being metaphysical, is not subject to such manipulation. This thought comprises the emanations of the MindStar, which this book now examines.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe result of an incarnated lifetime of experience, research, and exploration by the author, \u003ci\u003eMindStar\u003c\/i\u003e speaks directly and candidly to the questions which have previously been evaded, misarticulated, or condemned as \"sacrilegious\" or \"unscientific\" by those fearful of what they might find within themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn short, \u003ci\u003eMindStar\u003c\/i\u003e is, finally, an \"owner's manual\" for the ultimate, omnipotent, and immortal \u003cb\u003eyou\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNon-fictional books by Dr. Aquino generally fall into three categories: historical, practical, and initiatory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistorical works include \u003ci\u003eThe Neutron Bomb\u003c\/i\u003e (a study of the domestic and foreign politics surrounding the proposed NATO introduction of that weapon in 1977-8) and \u003ci\u003eExtreme Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e (a documentary expos? of the 1986-7 \"Satanic ritual abuse\" scam at the Presidio of San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo other [2-volume] books - \u003ci\u003eThe Church of Satan\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Temple of Set\u003c\/i\u003e - are not only histories but initiatory analyses as well, examining the philosophical and metaphysical concepts which define and energize those religious institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs one of the U.S. Army's extremely rare Political-Military Affairs Officers [with credentials in Strategic \u0026amp; Space Intelligence, Psychological Operations, Special Forces, Civil Affairs, Defense Attach?, and Foreign Area Officer], Dr. Aquino has also introduced the practical application of \"MindWar\" as a methodology for reducing, if not eliminating contemporary humanity's obsession with and reliance upon murderous, destructive conventional war (PhysWar\"). His 2013 book \u003ci\u003eMindWar\u003c\/i\u003e introduces this solution and outlines its successive stages of implementation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinally a purely-initiatory work, \u003ci\u003eMindStar\u003c\/i\u003e, addresses the purely-metaphysical \"soul\" of human thought which \u003ci\u003eMindWar\u003c\/i\u003e [as a practical curriculum] omits, confronting the elusive questions of human divinity and immortality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnsurprisingly Dr. Aquino's fictional ventures - \u003ci\u003eWe Break the Sword\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFireForce\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMorlindal?\u003c\/i\u003e (\"authored\" by The One Ring) - all draw upon extensive political and philosophical principles in their telling. Both \u003ci\u003eFireForce\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMorlindal?\u003c\/i\u003e utilize the literary technique of parody in a serious, rather than humorous exploration and extrapolation of the original source.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdditionally Dr. Aquino has recovered and Edited a collection of childhood poems by his mother, Betty Ford: \u003ci\u003ePegasus in Pinfeathers\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAll of these books are available on Amazon in both printed paperback and Kindle ebook editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50515633799442,"sku":"9781522965084","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_14a59d61-7cef-4c75-9363-4c8196993898.jpg?v=1737224452","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mindstar-9781522965084","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}