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Summary: What a near total waste..
Review: Gary makes some sense on Oprah's show, but I got very little from this weird book. If I can't sell it, it will make some expensive material for bbq or backwoods. I'll share what I think is of priceless value: learn to "pray-read" bible passages, so simple anybody can do it. Find a nice quiet spot as you would for meditation, then repeat the words; for example, "I am.. I AM the Bread.. THE Bread.. Bread of Life.. OF Life.. LIFE" Bread gives us transforming spiritual nourishment. And the LIFE is the LIGHT.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: I don't know how Gary Zukav does it, but this book speaks to me like very few books ever have. I just read this book for the third time and I am reminded why so many people love this author so much. Every time I read it I find new meanings, new inspiration and new ways of looking at myself and my circumstances that help me grow as a person and be happier. I also highly recommend "Open Your Mind, Open Your Life" by Taro Gold which makes a great companion book to all of Zukav's writing. Excellent!
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Summary: A spiritual option on how to look at the world, nothing more
Review: Ok this is one of the many tries to give you the best information about the book, because every time I discover something new, although it has been some time since I've read it. It's a very spiritual (not religious) book and if you're not up for it in any way than don't buy it. I consider it more a book on how you can see the world we live in, but not to get to know your authentic self, for me that's McGraw or Wayne Dyer (the 2nd one is more gentle than the first, but has the same ideas). The things Zukav talks about, have been mentioned many times before, so it's not really original and last but not least because the story is build up from various little parts it can be hard to follow, so instead just get the same info from Oprah's website!
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Summary: The Seat of the Soul
Review: This book is very difficult reading for a beginner to "New Age/Metaphysics." Why? Because the scope of the book is too broad. The author seems to be knowledgeable in reincarnation but what are the sources of his findings? It seems to be a book based on his opinions which is not something worth paying for! I kept thinking the next chapter would clarify things but instead I found myself going deeper and deeper to nowhere. I understand that many aspects of reincarnation are based on beliefs but some facts need to be presented to offer validity to ones theories. If I were a skeptic regarding reincarnation, this book would not assist me in obtaining information to convince me that reincarnation is possible. Instead, it would deter me and encourage me to believe the whole idea is ludicrous! Luckily, I'm not easily swayed!
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Summary: The captain of your soul...
Review: A well-meaning friend gave me this book several months ago. I didn't care for it at all. Actually I never would have bought it in the first place after having watched Zukov briefly on Oprah. Furthermore, I don't even care for Oprah's show. The borrowed assertions that Zukov makes, both on Oprah and in his book, are nothing revolutionary or even evolutionary. Some of the other contemporary authors of these timeless principles at least provide fascinating new perspectives from which to view the old truths and thus justify their books. Zukov is not among them. If anything Zukov muddles these principes even more. Zukov's glaringly unoriginal, pedantic, repetitive and absolutist "new agey" book could have distilled down to a four-page pamphlet at most. Rather than cite references or at least qualify his assertions with phrases like, "it is my belief that..." "in my opinion" or " it has been my experience that...", Zukov simply asserts his views as absolute truth throughout without any clarifications whatsoever. As for Zukov's ecclectic new age style, one cannot help but wonder if too much "new age" mixing of clear yet diverse philosophies and spiritualities only serves to confuse and subsequently discourage the very readers it purports to help enlighten. Despite Zukov, there are still some excellent contemporary authors of alternative spirituality such as Florence Shinn (Game of Life), Chopra (Seven Spiritual Laws of Success), Arnold M. Patent (Game of Life), Ruiz (Four Agreements) and others. In conclusion, a purely superficial knowledge of the spiritual assertions like those reiterated in Zukov's book, without any work on the readers' part or background knowledge, are simply not sufficient to achieve anything real, profound or permanent in the seeker. As Jesus, Ramakrishna, Vikekananda, Yoganada, Cayce, Chopra, Shinn, Patent, and AMORC Rosicrucians and similar others would most certainly agree: You should NEVER just blindly accept what a supposed spiritual "expert" says.If s/he can provide a method and a set of experiences that you can empirically verify--insofar when dealing with metaphysics--then to that degree you know how good your teacher is. Such a teacher doesn't just make a plethora of absolute assertions in their book or on Oprah and/or at some kooky multi-day forum that's 12 to 14 hours per day for $750.00 where you are supposed to mindlessly accept until you "GET IT" and then cannot even articulate what you got or why or how. Simply stated: You have to prove truth for yourself. If your would-be teacher/forum leader/"coach" is offended by that...you need to look elsewhere. You have to be the "Captain of your soul."
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Summary: touched the soul on the beaches in tulum mexico...
Review: this is my third time going back to reading gary's seat of the soul. everytime i go back i find the meanings more distilled.it gave me clarity in seeing my own intentions and how that affects everyone and everything around me. i found a great deal of who i will become only by ready a few chapters.
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Summary: Off target
Review: Unfortunately, Gary Zukav's pedantic personal style comes through in this writing as well as in his live interviews. When I actually sat down to read this book, I found that it was not at all what it claimed to be. It contained much more about religion and God than it did about personal discovery and development. In fact, I found most of the book filled with unfounded generalizations, none of which resonated with me in any way. The few useful ideas that this book contains are very deeply buried in rhetoric. Unless you want some pop theology, look elsewhere for enlightenment.
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Summary: Wonderful
Review: This is not a book you want to read if you are distracted. You need to find a time to read it when you can really dedicate yourself to the information. Its not "easy" to think about all the abstract information Zukav relays. However, I guarantee that if you get the opportunity to really read this book, it will change your outlook on life. I highly recommend this to all of my friends and family members (many of whom got this book as a gift for the holidays). It leaves you with a positive outlook on your life.
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Summary: Why do husband's mistresses give them this book?
Review: My ex-husband was given this book by his mistress. And interestingly, several of my friends ex-husband were also given this book by their girlfriends. Could this book be a new-age justification for adultery? I don't know about you, but I think the 10 Commandments have been around longer than new-age hoopla. I did read the book and the only benefit I saw to it was that it was a quick read and put me to sleep.
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Summary: Skip this book!
Review: This book is a terrible bastardization of metaphysical principals and is couched in terms that are senseless. (5 senses vs. multi-sensory. Isn't five multi?) Not only are the labels Zukav attaches to profound phenomena bizarre, single paragraphs display unfollowable leaps of logic. Most of his ideas have realistic foundations in metaphysical thought shared by many religions, but here they are twisted into strange new age hooha. Skip this book. There are other far better things to read. Read buddhist texts. Read yogic texts. Read something else.
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