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Summary: Dyer Is Confused
Review: As I have indicated before, I have read and enjoyed numerous Dr. Dyer titles. However, I do feel that in this book and the previous There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem, Dr. Dyer has become increasingly vague and unsure of what he wants to say. When he attempts to talk about "higher energy", he never really comes to the point, or how it might be applied to our lives. I really think he is confused. And the sources he cites, such as Hawkins and Hunt, are spurious at best.My advice is to stick with Your Sacred Self and You'll See It When You Believe It.
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Summary: A RECOMMENDATION WITH RESERVATIONS
Review: I'm going to end up recommending this book with one major and two minor reservations. If you can get past the reservations (which I will explain), I believe there is something here that might make a difference in your life and mine. You'll notice that the majority of reviews give the book 5 stars, but a significant minority give it 1 star. I'm guessing that the wide disparity of reactions is based on how surmountable or insurmountable the reservations were to each reviewer. My purpose is to help you decide whether for you it would be worthwhile shelling out the $18-$25 price of the book
Here's the major reservation: in Calvinism, you could tell who was saved and going to heaven by how successful and prosperous they were. In Social Darwinism, successful people were evidence of survival of the fittest. In the Power of Intention, people create the lives they want based on being "aligned with Intention". The implication is that if they are poor, diseased, homeless, or victimized, they are not aligned with Intention. They may not be sinners (Calvinism) or unfit (Social Darwinism), but they are unenlightened and somehow responsible for their unhappy fate. I wonder what advice Dyer would have had for the victims of the recent tsunami.
If Dyer's theories are correct and universal, should we be translating his book and dropping it into distressed areas like Darfur in the Sudan or perhaps in the Sunni triangle? Personal responsibility is a powerful and often overlooked factor in the human condition, but Dyer seems oblivious to the possibility that there might be other factors at work, as well. His five words "I want to feel good" would be a tough sell for the sole survivor of a family that has just been murdered.
The first minor reservation is, pardon the big word, epistomological: how does Dyer know what he says he knows? For example, how does he know that there are precisely seven "Faces of Intention"? Why not six or eight or ten? Is he the Chosen Receiver of Spiritual Truth with his own private Mount Sinai, or more likely, is he simply inventing a systematic break-down of Intention or figuring out what Intention should include? The system and the seven faces are plausible and useful, but where and how did he get them?
The second minor reservation is that Dyer does not really share with us how alignment with Intention has made a difference in his life. For example, how did it help him overcome addiction to cocaine or alcohol? How did it help make his second marriage better than his first? These stories would help him connect his theories with his life and help the reader do the same.
All that said, I still think Dyer is onto something. I have a vague awareness of the power of Intention in my own life, and after reading the book, I now intend to pursue it in a conscious way and see what turns up. The possible benefits of this experiment far exceed any conceivable costs. And this is why I end up recommending the book to you, IF you can get past the reservations.
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Summary: Gratitude
Review: My husband and I went to see Dr. Dyer speak in San Diego. We sat down and saw that there was a line of people waiting to speak to him personally. My husband asked me if I wanted to stand in line. I said no, mostly because I didn't want to idolize him. But now I regret it. I just want to thank him for all the tapes and books that he has created. I haven't listened to all of them. But the ones that I have listened to have inspired me to be the best person that I can be. And for that I am grateful. The Power of Intention can be a wonderful book to those that need to listen and are ready to listen.
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Summary: Rise above the Ego
Review: I read each and every one of the reviews on this book, and detect an underlying defense mechanism being sprung by those who gave this book a bad review. From misspelling the author's name, to endless Biblical quotes from those too fearful (or myopic) to envision any other kind of spirituality than their own, the ego is speaking in these people. You are the ones who need to reread this book!
I have been reading Dr. Dyer's works since my teens, and there have been books I have liked, and those I could do without. It seems like those who dismiss his works as New Age Trash are those who probably need the most work on their inner realms. Yes, the terminology is different than a Jude Devereaux novel, and you won't read much about these things in your local newspaper. But that doesn't mean that Dr Dyer's premise of living a life of love, forgiveness and gentle kindness doesn't deliver the truth. He quotes Jesus as well as other prophets with nothing but reverence and respect. Sages have come in all shapes and sizes, and from various parts of the world. ("And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold" John 10:16).
For those who have read Dr. Dyer's works before, The Power of Intention is one of his most succinct, value-rich and life-changing works yet. He FINALLY got me to meditate on a regular basis (call it prayer for you die-hard can't-see-another's-point-of-view Christians), and I DID manifest those things in my life that I had been desiring for years. Through careful, focused thought, you can change your own world, all the while giving back to it in equal or greater quantities. That, in EVERY religion, is how the world works.
Remember, people, that we are only humans, and not one of us is perfect. To dismiss another's views as garbage is only defining yourself. Remember what those unwilling to listen did to Jesus, to Martin Luther King, to Gandhi, to all those who dared speak out against the common beliefs of their times. And look where their words have taken us now.
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Summary: The power of Intention
Review: This is a book that can make a powerful difference in one's spiritual life. One of the biggest issues Dr Dyer points to is the trap of approaching spiritual and material aspirations from within our will power instead of realizing here and now that we already are connected to our Source and its expression - The Field of Universal Intention. If we can align ourselves with the Field of Intention, its principles work through us and with us. Our job is to get our egos and their mischief out of the way. As a long-time student of yoga, meditation, ayurveda, and self-help I highly recommend this book and its approach. It contains information I have not seen in such accessible form anywhere else.
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Summary: Connecting with Dyer
Review: Wayne Dyer's ability to connect with his audience-whether they are at one of his seminars or sitting at home reading his books-is fascinating. He has always had the ability to make complex concepts seem simple. If you like Wayne Dyer, this book will not disappoint. James Green,, author of "If There's One Thing I've Learned."
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Summary: Dr. Dyer Gives Us all a Handle on Guidance to Being Human
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Dr. Dyer has a way with words that are unique and inspiring. His analogy of grabbing onto the street car rope and being pulled to your desired intentional destination is quite amazing and a great visual tool. This past year has had many ups and downs for me and Dr. Dyer's book has been a lifeline in suggested approaches to deal with today's world. He trully educates by example, not only with his own life, but the lives of many who really put the power of intention to work to help us all. I will read this book again and again- no doubt, for nuggets of wisdom.
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Summary: Don't even bother to glance at this piece of crap!
Review: When I read the title of this book, "The Power of Intention", I assumed a psychological self-help book with some anecdotes and tips.
After reading a few sentences, I was confused because I thought I was reading a book about Christianity.
The author has this vague intention to preach how mighty the god is and he is the one who can make us happy and peaceful.
Author's writing is so contrived, artificially shallow and wannabe-abstract; I couldn't even summarize what the author wrote about.
Give me a break!
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Summary: A must for everyone striving to reach the next level.
Review: I was bored one afternoon and switched on the TV. I saw Wayne's familiar face and heard his wonderful voice. This caught my attention and I watched the entire show for the next 2 hours. Impulsively I ordered the entire set (including the DVD, audio CD and the meditation books and CD).
These promptly arrived a few days later. Both I and my wife thoroughly enjoy watching the DVDs when we are at home together. The book is very powerful as well. I have been a great fan of Wayne this has been one of his best works. "You'll see it when you believe it" being my all-time favorite.
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Summary: New Age Crap
Review: This book is nothing but new age (...). Everyone nowadays is looking for something to fullfill this emptiness they have in their life. Everyone has it, but you just don't know how to fill it. Thus, everyone is searching for something. This is just another new age crock to attempt to fill that void. Why not just embrace the only thing that will fill that void - a saving relationship with Jesus. He is the only way you will fill that void. Everyone wants to fill it, but they are so afraid of filling it with Jesus. Don't buy into this stuff - it's non-sense.
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