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Summary: I don't think so...
Review: I read this book years ago, and I wasn't terribly impressed with it. The story used to deliver the message could have been more entertaining, and the message itself is more than a little "out there". However, I'll give it three stars for two reasons:
1) There's a part in this book about noticing and paying attention to coincidences, something I strongly believe in.
2) There is also a part about the differences between people who create their own energy, as opposed to those who have to steal it from others. I'm not so sure this has anything to do with energy, but it works well as a metaphor. I think everyone can think of people who are difficult to be around, because they take so much of your positive "energy", in an effort to give themselves a boost.I wouldn't advice against buying this book, but I can't recommend it either. It does have its good points, but there aren't enough of them.
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Summary: Excellent message!
Review: The story is not magnificent (but still very entertaining) but the message is just fantastic! Through his story, the author sends us various important messages about relationships, spirituality, evolution, and human development. I thought many of the messages were very insightful and inspiring although some of the energy vibration stuff was a bit too "out there" for me. Overall, I would recommend this book quite highly. You can also read a much more grounded and comprehensive version of these types of messages in a book called "The Ever-Transcending Spirit" by Toru Sato. This book explains many of these things discussed in the Redfield's book using many well-known theories in psychology. It is a real pleasure to read as well!
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Summary: Great book
Review: It's an easy to read version of philosophy and religion bound together. It is written in a light language, but ideas it has are marvellous.
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Summary: Read More and Be Inspired By these Great Books!!!
Review: Can't get enough of visionary fiction? Neither can I! These are just a few titles that will inspire you: The Celestine Prophecy (James Redfield) ; The Butterfly (Jay Singh); The Monk who sold his Ferrari (Robin Sharma) ; The Alchemist (Paulo Coehlo); Chasing Rumi (Roger Housden). My favorite is by far and away THE ALCHEMIST! Go ahead...be inspired. Happy reading. Donald S. Buckland.
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Summary: thoughtful
Review: i agree with what many have already said. the celestine prophecy is terribly written, yet the ideas expressed inside are remarkable. i thank james redfield for a job well done.
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Summary: Helpful book
Review: I thought the Celestine Prophecy was a great book. I also thought it was helpful interms of my situation of intuition. I use to think that having a strong intuition was not a natural thing and that when i had insightful thoughts that it was just somethink that happened occasinally. I had many questions and by reading this book most if not all of them were answered. I now have a different view on nature and people. Though it was by coincidence that i found this book in my house i am glad to have read and experience the wonder of this book. jess
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Summary: Awkward...Painful
Review: I thought for sure on a good recommendation that Redfield was setting forth some new and enlightening ideas! Ideas that we need in these modern times to evolve. NOT. I knew that a nearly 10 year old book would have gotten plenty of exposure to the vast general public by now, and if it was worth something; or worth reading; it would be worth more money!! I chose not to purchase it. Instead I read my daughters copy. I've strived long and hard to be a clear and guiding force to her. So when she told me in the car one night that this book had changed her life, I wanted to see what pushed her buttons, were it not, I, her guiding light. I am upset that such inaccurate, simplistic drivel sandwiched in a really [weak] literary wrapper has made such an impact on so many people including my daughter. I can't waste my time with such hype and it disturbs me that my daughter gets so easily sucked in. It was discouraging that there isn't anything more meaningful left today to read and write about that has any impact on the individual. Thank goodness for cookbooks.
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Summary: Gives you something to think about.
Review: I just have one question for Jame Redfield -- How much of this book is just fiction that you made up, and how much of it do you really beleive?? In the Celestine Prophecy, Redfield takes you through an adventure that seems very realistic except for the extraordinary spiritual revelations and experiences of the main character. The book basically brings the reader through a series of spiritual insights (nine of them in nine chapters) that are meant to cause a spiritual evolutionary leap for humankind. While many of these insights ring true (such as the preoccupation people have with work, and the fight over energy between people), some of them are really long shots (such as the final insight, in which people become invisible except to others who have also achieved complete connection witht he universe). I would like to think that Redfield was inspired to write this book by some kind of higher power, and there might actually be some kind of divine future for the human race on this world (a world in which we would all live alongside nature, in huge forests, with all of our needs met by automated machines, and no need to work), but I really have a hard time in believing that such is the case. I do think that people would benefit by becoming more connected with nature, and with the energy of others. And I do think that the future that we are headed for right now will produce something far worse that what Redfield predicts in this book. I strongly reccomend this book for everyone to read. It is not some kind of weird new age book with a bunch of complex and hard to understand ideals of a cult leader. It is an entertaining adventure novel that rings true in many ways and might give everyone something to think about in their day to day lives. However, I do caution people who might take it a bit too seriously (I personally know some of these people). It is a unique story, but it is only a story. Ahh.. go read it for yourself!
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Summary: Tripe!
Review: Very poorly written and pretty hokey in general. New age muck mixed up with some self help, postive thinking glop and you get this.
I agree with the other reviewer that I wanted to go to sleep listening to the reader.
I can't believe the author felt it necessary to write a "Concise Guide", unless to make a few more bucks off this mush.
Goofy and unbelievable as a novel, even less as a philosophy.
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Summary: It is hard to describe
Review: We all feel an energy around us or we wouldn't be searching and this book wouldn't be a best seller. It is quite simply the most amazing and insightful book I've ever read. Recently, I started meditating and this book is spot on in terms of the co-incidences of life, the way our emotions and being are reflected in those people around us and the explanation of the differing emotional styles (due to childhood) are a revelation in themselves. The author is also spot on in terms of when the main character stops himself to read his own thoughts, little daydreams he is having and how they might actually relate to the world around him. Read it a few times. Theres no wasted words here and I find the charm is also in the simplistic story - all the best fables and legends are simple. It is these seemingly simple things that take a lifetime to learn. This book will take you very close to the pathway. It truly amazed me.
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