The Holographic Universe Author: Michael Talbot

I did not read this book after I came on travel, but I have talked about it constantly since I read it five years ago. The funny thing is that without my intention the ideas of this book always come across in my conversations, in special situations when I am talking about our existence as human (maybe because the theories showed in this book are actually about the universe as a whole and everything in it, so in theory I can fit the same ideas to explain everything) and somehow they make me happy and the others that I am talking to hopeful.
I did not get as much I wanted to from the book, I mean as much as I think that it would be enough to make me comfortable to write about it. Although the book is written in a very easy way to understand (it is not necessary an advanced knowledge in physics or any kind of science), I have not got the the English or the writing skills nor even a science vision to try make a opinion about.
But the point is that this book was the first one I read or noticed that started with the idea that the interior experience can manifest in outside world (the book was published in 1991). This idea became popular through books like 'The Secret' and the 'The Power of now' and several others and documentaries like 'What the bleep do I know' produced by William Arntz (http://www.whatthebleep.com).
The holographic universe exposes a theoretical model of reality that suggests the physical universe is akin to a giant hologram. The book explains first what is a hologram and gets on a trip with the studies of the quantum physicist David Bohn (US born British) and the neurophysiologist Karl Pibran (Austrian) to explain the holographic theory. The book can be separated into two parts where the first part is the explanation of the theory and the second is the applicability of it. The author believes that this vision can provide basis for a mystical experience.
Maybe because the author's background, much what we can see in the book has to do with paranormal and anomalous phenomena, but alike others Michael Talbot brings us a scientific theory and supports it with a very good material. These two links below (both with the same contents) explain the theory in a short-read article.
http://www.crystalinks.com/holographic.html
http://twm.co.nz/hologram.html
In a Holographic Universe we are not what we think we are, we are not separated nor even we have got a individuality nor ego, we are manifestations of the holographic universe viewing itself from inside.