The Seat of the Soul

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Summary: Selling Pantheist Schlock
Review: Zukav reconstitutes bits and pieces of eastern religions and blends their attributes into this book. It sounds mystical and enchanting to the reader;inviting the reader to think in terms, not ground in religious belief or doctrine, but of what one man THINKS and IMAGINES. I swear it sounds like he is making it up as he goes along sometimes.

Those who are devout religious people: You have been warned.

I can only guess that this book's popularity is symptomatic of Americans' lack of personal faith and lack of integrity of private religious beliefs.

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Summary: I keep going back!
Review: Gary Zukav's "Seat of the soul" is a wonderful book to keep on your night table... When life gets tough I dive in that book and it gives me some understanding and makes me at peace with the world. I don't think it's a book that you should read from one cover to the other without taking a "break"... you will get much more out of it if you read one chapter, then stop to allow your soul to grasp the information. The only negative aspect would be the "not so simple language used" I have an higher education and sometimes I would find myself spending few minutes on one sentence wondering what was the essence of it. But overall it's a shot of sunshine when you feel that your whole world is upside down!

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Summary: Mother Theresa meets Shirley MacLaine!
Review: I agree with the reviewers who say that this book took very simplistic concepts and made them complicated and obtuse. This whole book could be summed up in "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you" and we'll all become a big, fat happy world. Write a book about it, and you'll have a big, fat happy wallet.

I actually agree with the author's ideas of Karma, reincarnation, etc., but I've read better books on it. Try Michael Newton's "Journey of Souls"--same ideas, much more interesting, & concrete examples of daily life experiences & how they relate to the soul.

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Summary: The Seat of the Soul
Review: I has seen Gary Zukav on Oprah several times so I thought I would read his book. His style is very wordy and I found myself re-reading passages at times to figure out what he is saying. I found if I remembered his style of speaking, the reading was easier and made more sense.(Mr Rodgers slow and deliberate) The content of the book speaks to the make up of the soul and our earthly bodies. I found his desciptions more complete and I got a better feel for what the soul is like. Gary's thought on the evolution of the soul and reincarnation were very interesting and informative. Even though I have read other books on the subject I think I understand the soul and reincarnation much better now. I will read his other books as well.

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Summary: Questionable
Review: Desiring some new spiritual insight, I picked up this book, Conversations with God and An Encounter With A Prophet. Conversations and Encounter I found inspiring. My mother once told me if you don't have anything good to say about someone do not say anything at all. This review is done.

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Summary: Spiritual Path / Spiritual Truth
Review: Another great find. This is a book you can read over and over again and find a new meaning and a new truth in it each time. As you read the pages your own life and patterns begin to change. The wisdom within these pages is truely a blessing.

I especially loved the chapter on Reverance.

So if you love growth in your life, read this book....

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Summary: Boring and Difficult
Review: I made half way through and through the book away.

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Summary: Book
Review: If Christianity was chocolate, and Hinduism was peanut butter, then Gary Zukav has just invented the peanut butter cup.

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Summary: A meandering road to nowhere!
Review: Provocative? Life-altering? Please! I did not find this book original or thought-provoking in the least. Rather, it was a colossal chore to read. He rambles on with clumsy, run-on sentence after another and then, never gets to the point, anyway -- let alone offers any real data or even pseudo-scientific evidence to support his dramatic claims. I honestly am at a loss to understand the cult following behind this book.

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Summary: Natural Distrust
Review: I have a natural distrust of anyone who claims to have 'the answer.' It is the same question as the one you ask of people selling get-rich-quick schemes. If it works so well, why are you selling a book?