Edgar Cayce Handbook for Creating Your Future

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Summary: It's a good self-help book
Review: This book didn't tell me anything I didn't already know. Maybe that's because I've read so many of Mr. Cayce's books already. However, this is a good starting place for those who haven't read Mr. Cayce's material, and wants to start somewhere.

Rating:
Summary: A must have for anyone seeking to improve his life
Review: This book, which was the very first one that introduced me to the works of Edgar Cayce, changed my life dramatically.

WHY IT'S GOOD: It's practical. One of my biggest complaints about the more popular self help books out there is that they tend to be all fluffy, idealistic, super New Age talk without any real, practical advice that you can use. Yeah, it's great to be pummeled to death with the idea that "with your mind," you can do anything you want to do. But in order to change your life, you still need practical solutions you can use. Luckily, this book is one of the rare New Age ones that is a happy balance between New Age ideas and practical wisdom. Even if you think there are some weird concepts in here that you might not cotton to, you will still walk away from it having learned some important practical things you can apply in your own life, like:

1. Setting ideals (instead of goals).

2. Looking at role models for inspiration (instead of "looking deep into yourself" and going, "I think I can, I think I can")

3. And learning to turn negative traits in yourself into something positive (this is a far cry from typical self help books which always tell you that you should only look at the positive in yourself).

This is an excellent book. Don't let its New Age-ness scare you (or the fact that its material was based on the readings of a psychic). ARE Press, the people who published this, produces the most practical, well thought out, and realistic personal growth books on the market today-- better than Chopra, better than Zukav, even better than Weil. You'll find no vague, mumbo-jumbo, pseudo wisdom here, but real down to earth advice. So please buy it! Your life will definitely change for the better.