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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: Barely worth the time spent reading this
Review: After hearing so many great things about the Celestine Prophecy, I began to wonder what I was missing. Curiously, I ran across a copy at a garage sale (ahh, what a coincidence!) and purchased it for $1. I'm thankful I didn't spend more, because the book was a huge letdown from all the hype. As many have already noted, the prose is extremely simplistic, as is the story. There is nothing interesting about the characters, and each dangerous moment in the story is neatly wrapped up in a hokey, "oh please" ending. The concepts discussed are worth consideration towards a more peaceful society, but the degree of serious thought that has gone into the presentation of the various "insights" is sorely lacking. Ooh....I can see your aura...like wow. I haven't read any of the followups to this book, because if they are as hokey and simplistic as the first, I don't want to waste my time. You could sum up the message of this book in a few sentences; basically, be open to coincidental encounters and what you might learn from them. Appreciate the natural beauty of the earth. Be a vegetarian (not specifically advocated, but every meal discussed in the book is fruits and veggies). Treat children like real individuals. Don't be so egotistical. There is more to life than what you see on the surface. Oh, and the best one, that the Mayans mysterious disappearance millenia ago is attributed to their becoming invisible. Let's just say, I'm really glad I only paid a dollar for this thing, and I do like most books, but this one's pretty lame.
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