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Summary: Seeking the truth?
Review: This book describes a number of insights that can be experienced in a set order. The book is written as a work of fiction under the premise that the insights are listed on a scroll found in South America.I believe the scroll to be fiction, however the insights are true. How do I know? Well I've experienced them and this happened before I read the book. If you too want to experience them, it really is very easy. Just follow the simple principles listed in the books Fit for Life and Fit for Life II by Harvey and Marilyn Diamond. This process of detoxifying the mind and body will take several months and then everything will become clear. Other books worth considering following detoxification are The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo, The Story of My Experiments with Truth by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and The Kingdom of God is Within You by Leo Tolstoy. Good luck and God bless.
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Summary: WOW
Review: THIS BOOK FROM THE VERY FIRST PAGE KEEPS YOU ON EDGE. IT MAKES YOU THINK ABOUT LIFE WITHIN ITSELF AND YOU START MAKING CHANGES.
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Summary: Read between the lines, make up your own mind.
Review: This book hasn't changed my life. Wait, no... That's a lie. Everything I read changes my life. What I really meant to say is that reading this book did not provide me with shocking revelations. What it did, however, was to describe certain feelings, notions, and ideas that have been swirling around in my head for most of my life. I can't see auras, or energy fields around people. I know that my eyes are designed only to capture the visible spectrum of light. Spiritual energy, however concentrated it might be, simply could not provide viewable light. If this were so, one would be able to simply operate in complete darkness, guided only by their own spiritual "inner light". To all those who are negative about this book, it is absolutely sad to see the overwhelmingly toxic condition of being closed minded has diminished even less than I had feared over the last 20 years. Most of you already knew what your opinion of the book was before you read it, and reading it just affirmed your opinion of it. Any ideas that negate your own are "absurd" or "ridiculous" and should be cast aside with the rest of today's garbage. You know, they said the same thing about Copernicus, Galileo, Edison, Jesus, Buddha...I could name for hours. The point I'm making is what is the point of reading something, if you are not open to the ideas that are expressed within? The whole point of reading is to absorb knowledge. Hopefully it will entertain you, but if it entertains you without advancing your personal paradigm of the universe, then what's the point? You've already trodden down those "old" paths several times. And if you don't know what I'm talking about you should probably stop reading, as it doesn't get much plainer than this. So what is this book about? That's hard to say. You can read the back of the book to find out if you like. But I don't think a lot of people really understand what it's trying to say, so I'll give it a shot. The book is about spiritual growth and awareness. It's about becoming aware of your feelings, of the world and environment around you, and it's about taking the things you learn and using it to evolve the intelligence of your mind. Whether you should take the manuscript's ideas literally or not is completely up to you; make up your own damn mind. And as for those who believe that ideas like this did not exist in the ancient world, please open your mind a bit and do a little research. Buddhism is founded on the idea that the entirety of the universe is nothing but an illusion. A false sense of reality. The true plane is only spiritual, and can be attained by following the eight-fold path. Sounds...familiar? To think that a similar doctrine could have been developed is not far fetched. The intelligent man has been alive on this planet for thousands of years. And ever since that dawn of humanity (which I say is hardly over...) man has been trying to explain his existence. The easiest way to do this is through deity. Just say that a god made it happen and there you go, no need to think on your part. But then again, we've always had the free thinkers (as a minority...even today...) who have ALWAYS questioned the need for a theological explanation for everything. Who cares that Redfield didn't get his facts straight, or his geology right, or his history lessons... His wife and the way that she believes the world works inspired most of what is in that book. After reading this book a few times (I daresay I find it very entertaining) I've definitely found truth in a lot of the material that is covered. To the skeptics, Live a little. Take a chance, open your mind up to possibilities that can not be explained by systematic deduction and try to let your creative side out. Try to see if these ideas work for you. Think of it as trying on a new suit. See if it fits, if it looks good on you. If you don't like it then you haven't bought it yet and you can surely put it back on the rack. But if you do find yourself affected by the ideas that these kinds of books spur, then what's it going to hurt anyway? After all, the overall theme is enlightenment and evolution. What's so wrong with that?
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Summary: Silly
Review: Well, this book was interesting to say the least. But it just didn't really get me too inspired. The plot was rather simplistic, the dialogue was laughable, and the characters were quite hollow. It didn't do anything for me, but it is easy to see why some people can find meaning in these words.
I could recommend a list of books I would rather have read instead, though.
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