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Summary: split world
Review: It's amazing to me the contrasting view-points on this book. Personally, I was led to believe that this book was some ground breaking work by a serious writer. It read more like a children's adventure book then ground breaking work. As a member of the general, reading public, my advice to Redfield is to take some college writing courses. His lack of writing skills severely inhibits the effectiveness of his point of view. He is also extremely self-centered in his assuming that everyone believes in one god, his. Unfortunantly, his dream of a single unified global culture is comming true as indigenous cultures around the world are destroyed to make room for Coke products and McDonald's.
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Summary: Similar Experiences
Review: Its too bad there are no icons of help for the writings by the Author who is sharing her experiences to the readers. I'm not a writer, but I too have experienced and see some similarities in her review. Celestine Prophecy will open doors' in your spiritual journey. Trust it.
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Summary: Life can now change
Review: If you want to change your life, and start facing its problems with another perspective, read this book immediatelly. Yet, this only applies for the open-minded. All those out there who are simply not prepared to a new reality, although being able to read and comprehend its messages, can't fully reach the true objective of this book. Apart from giving a sympathetic and optimistic view of the world, it introduces new notions, new dimensions that most of us didn't fully give credit to. So, this one is to be read with an open-mind, with a spirit ready to hear and receive different perspectives, and not to be taken as some sort of Bible or dogmatic book. Nevertheless, those who aren't inserted in this faction should read it, just for the enriching experience.
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Summary: Redfield Unbound
Review: I had to write a long synopsis of this book years ago for Roger Corman (why he was interested, I have no idea), and if you think just reading the book was bad, imagine having to write a page-long summary for each excruciating chapter! Bland writing, flat characters, tedious pacing -- some might forgive all this, if the insights were, well, insightful in some way. Alas, they begin with the obvious, and then lurch off into nonsense about plants having energy fields, etc. Come on, folks -- do you really think you're more likely to find spiritual growth by loafing on some mountain peak in Peru, surrounded by coca fields, than by volunteering at a battered women's shelter on the edge of town, or a soup kitchen on skid row? A run-down warehouse district may not be pretty, but the truth -- even with a capital T -- rarely is.
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Summary: The Spiritual Journey
Review: Hello, I could be of help to those who hesitate in reading this book. In the end of 1993 someone told me to read this book. She felt a connection to me with CP. Because of her being a total stranger and how she approached me with this book, I thought she was weird. I knew someone who had this book and I borrowed it. It caught my interest and I bought one of my own, which I read twice. The energy is what caught my attention in this book. In time I began to practise the energy seen in plants and trees. I caught myself more involved in information about Aura's. At that time this book also lead me toward meditation. Eventually I found myself destine to seek deeper. I held a pen in my hand and asked what my destiny was? Why do these things happen and who is behind all this? Though this method did reveal answers, I thought Satan was behind it. Little do we know about the unknown...until we understand the love and understanding of our creator. God's techniques work mysterious in way's that are not commonly understood. Therefore, you need to understand the barricade that separates you from many hidden truths which is available for you to direct your destiny. If you are not rooted in what you believe to be true, critics can turn you toward doubt and fear. God is no fear nor is he punishing. The physical being connected to the external world, live's and applies the rules and theories, which deal with fear beyond the means of God. The soul is connected to the internal world where it knows peace and wisdom with God. The true characteristics of humankind develop these truths from within this realm. It is only known to that individual in spirit with spirit, whereas, beyond the means of God is Ego against spirit. Celestine Prophecy is a book that enhanced my hidden abilities to get me where I am today. I am the Author of "The Third Time Is Now" and neither does my book meet the writing Technques of today. Nevertheless, the importance lie in God's technique. This is something you will better understand on your spiritual journey. Book's such as Celestine Prophecy provokes the awakening within to begin the search in means of the soul. I hope you find my experience with Celestine Prophecy enlightening toward your own spiritual needs.
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Summary: A Treasure of Inanities
Review: I selected one star because I didn't have the option of '0'. If you appreciate the kind of writing that has reduced The Great Books to tasteless, masticated pap in Ten Easy Lessons, this book is for you.
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Summary: A must-read for all but the close-minded and over-literal
Review: A while ago, a friend of mine shoved this book at me and told me to read it. It sat on my shelf for a couple months (after all, why should I read another book on some philosophy thought up by some random person?). When I finally was bored enough to give it a try, I finished it in two sittings. Since, I have re-read it several times and read several of Redfield's other books and have been recommending The Celestine Prophecy to every open-minded person I know. This book has sold over 6 million copies and more than two-thirds of the copies are sold to someone who has already read the book.The Celestine Prophecy is a story of one man's search for enlightenment. It is written at a fairly low reading level to make its concepts accessible even to those who don't read well. While for those who don't have this problem may be irritated by the simplicity of the writing, it does make for an incredibly fast read. This is a book that people seem to either love or hate, and those that hate it, for the most part, seem to hate it for one of two reasons. Either (a) they take the messages in the book literally, rather than metaphorically, or (b) they are close-minded, labelling the book "new-age drivel" or some such. All of history's lasting theological, religious, and philosophical writings have heavily used metaphors to explain their concepts in life-like situations. Redfield's TCP is no different in that it is a concept that is embedded in a metaphor, but it is different in that the entire book is the metaphor. So, while the concepts taken literally are somewhat farfetched, when taken metaphorically, they can greatly enhance one's perspective of life and religion. Redfield has looked at a great many religions and philosophies, as well as science (although he is no scientist) and history, and synthesized their ideas into a single philosophy, much as many people dissatisfied with established religions are doing today. This is a book for every person with whom the cut-and-dry established religions and philosophies do not sit quite right. While Redfield does not present many new ideas, he provides a sythesis of all religion, making this book an essential read for anyone interested in modern spirituality or personal betterment. For those more interested in the ideas than the metaphor, The Celestine Vision may be a better choice, but I would urge all to read this book.
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Summary: Are you ready?
Review: This book will change your life. It has for me, I now see things in a completely different light Reading this book is excepting to be awaken, and to notice things more Review who you are, and most importantly love and to feel the most enlightened you have ever felt before. If you are looking for something and not know what it is-- This book is the answer
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Summary: Opening of the soul
Review: This is the first book of many i have read about supposedly self help. This book does not fall under this category but once you have read it you will have no choice but to help yourself. In my considered opinion this is the greatest parable of all time. For anyone looking to find themselves this has the answers. And it is given in such a way to make you find them. It does not give them to you, does not tell you how to do things, or even hint that it has the answers. But once it has been read it grasps you and pulls you inside of yourself. You will think and find yourself because it makes so much sense. It sets aside your personal experiences and presents itself to you as if your not included. It allows you to see what would happen to someone else. The only question left is "Can that happen to me?" This book has provided and exponentially increased my spirituality to its fullest. I recommend this book for everyone. I have leant my copy and asked others opinion. And to see another persons life change from something is a beautiful thing to be apart of. My greatest thanks to the author for providing something that the world needs so badly.
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Summary: Clap if you believe in Tinkerbell!
Review: When returning _Darwin's Dangerous Idea_ to the library yesterday, I happened to glance at a copy of _TCP_ and decided to give it a read, just for laughs. A couple of days ago I had seen the movie "Election," in which a high school kid is shown asleep in the library with a copy of Redfield's opus propped open by his head. Further, I'm an Alabama boy like Redfield, and like him (as I learned recently from a _Salon_ webzine article), I attended Auburn University as an undergraduate. Anyway, since these "coincidences" all came together (pretty meaningful, huh?), I decided to read the thing. It took a couple of hours. I've also just read a good many of the reader's reviews here at Amazon. So I'd like to offer 10 "insights" of my own: 1. Rationality, skepticism, and intellectual rigor are not "negative energy": they are the qualities that have taken mankind out of the caves and put him into a relatively safe, comfortable, culturally rich world. Mr.Redfield might not understand how to fix his car or computer, or understand evolution beyond a junior high level, but he and his lifestyle depend on those who do understand such things by thinking rationally. 2. The world Mr. Redfield describes exists in only in his head. Plants are not affected by whether or not we send positive vibes to them; people cannot levitate themselves through the "power of positive thinking"; coincidences are just that; the cosmos was not designed as a stage for the "drama" of man's little story, etc. 3. Mr. Redfield is mortal. So are we all. Sadly, no ammount of wishful thinking will change that. I wish that it were otherwise. But wishing does not make a thing so. 4. From all the descriptions of meals in the book, I suspect Mr. Redfield has some "issues" with his weight. 5. I have to go teach a class, so the rest of my 10 "insights" will have to wait for the sequel.
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