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Summary: Oops
Review: I wrote a rather negative review of this book earlier. I still stand by the "us" and "them" way Dr. Dyer used his example for "spiritual" vs the "non-spiritual", but once I start a book a find it impossible to set it aside. I sniffed around it for days then picked it back up, THANK GOD!!! This book is marvelous...so marvelous, in fact, that I bought nearly all his other books. I wanted to fully absorb his words so I started reading aloud. I got so excited reading that I found myself shouting, banging my chair, laughing and near tears. At the end of one section, I stood up and literally cheered until the look on my dog's face made me realize what I was doing. I had the most delicious laugh I've had in ages. If you want to break away from the conventions of daily life and turn your life into the miracle it was meant to be...buy this book!
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Summary: A little overrated
Review: I'm a Brit' and I think we tend to find an overinflated ego like Dr. Dyer's a little more grating than our American cousins ( it's our character flaw but it is there ). For me, this tendency of Dr. Dyer's detracted from the message in the book. Others of my ilk might be similarly distracted.There is good stuff in this book but I think Dyer would reach his audience more effectively if he drew his examples from other people's lives rather than almost exclusively from his own. For example, it's very nice to know that Dr. Dyer has overcome fears about public speaking and has actually won a prestigious award in the field. However, I would rather hear him tell me that Mr. X, after applying Dr Dyer's pointers was able to effect a similar transformation. I think the idea is that Dr Dyer has not only been able to effect such transformations in his own life but that he has been able to articulate how he achieved this to others in a way that has enabled them to make similar progress. I also find it hard to believe that a person with such a conspicuous ego can make a claim to be enlightened which I understood implied the disappearance of the ego illusion. Again this detracts from the message because it raises the suspicion that Dr Dyer is to some degree a fraud. In the end it doesn't matter whether he has an ego or not, but it would be better to give the impression that it was under better control since he is presenting himself as the model of perfection which can be achieved by following the advice given in the book. I find that Dr Dyer attempts to be a polished stylish writer yet somehow falls irritatingly short. I think he needs to work a little harder on his style. I think this may be a UK-US thing. There seems to be a lot more leeway over the pond as to what constitutes a grammatically correct or aesthetically acceptable sentence. I would have liked to have seen a little more discussion of meditation. While he constantly returns to meditation as the cornerstone of his strategy to getting to purpose, he leaves it to other authors to provide exact guidance, and alas does not make any specific recommendations ( there's no bibliography ). I also find that he freely mixes up what I might call meditation ( emptying the mind - seems like a misnomer really ) and contemplation / visualization. These are very different activities. I might very well contemplate or visualize after meditation, having used the meditation to cleanse or energize the mind, but I think there's a muddle here. I also think his attempts at metaphysical philosophizing needed a little more editing before getting to print. I am sure he knows what he means, but if he wants to broach such subjects he needs to be very careful to communicate his ideas in a clear and methodical manner. Finally, I think there's a better 120 page book just bursting to get out of this 320 page one. I really think that it would be a better book if Mr Dyer distilled it down to the pure essence which is basically repeated over and over in various contexts. In summary, I would give five stars for the intentions of the book but don't feel it deserves such high praise once those intentions are put to one side.
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Summary: read it 13 times and you'll catch on right away
Review: I've always liked Dr. dyers writing and this particular book is one of his best notwithstanding his occasional self infatuation. Few humans have the ability to be so precise in their visualisation ability as to manifest exactly what they think they want. All of us have hidden agendas which tend to contaminate the purity of the outcome. That's why being attached to the outcome is a limiting factor. Far better to make your request as "this or something greater". For instance Florence Shin writes of a woman who desperately wanted a specific house to be hers. Her ability to manifest was so great that the owner of the house died and it came available for purchase. Now I'm not saying that she caused the owner to die but it seems to me that it's unreasonable to ask for that which belongs to someone else. The second reason to remain unattached to the outcome is that doing so may very well rob you of a far more wonderful manifestation. Another example would be insisting that a specific person should love you rather than asking for yourself to be loveable enough for the most amazing person to be attracted to you. I hope that clarifys things somewhat since Dr Dyer is apparently busy and HIS visualisation of the desired result has led me to try and answer your questions ;-)
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Summary: Great book!!
Review: I've read a lot of books which speak of miracles, spiritual feelings, intuition, etc. This book is all about making it happen. The difference lies in that this book not only tells you the theory on why things like the author describes can and do happen, but almost half the book is devoted entirely to giving you guidelines on which you can also start to bring those things into your life. As a personal example I started to read this book just when I ended a 4-real relationship..I was really depressed. This book changed my life in less than a week! Even before I finished this book, I had already recovered brom that break-up, and people are still amazed at how fast I got over it. A week later miracles were already happening all around me. I begun to feel I was flowing with the Universe, I met new people who were there to help me in this journey, I had a real sharp sense of intuition, and my understanding of things jumped to a new level. I was able to help people, and many of then started to call me their "guardian angel", which I know I'm not, but I was still amazed at how I always had the right answer for a problem. I was able to manifest things I thought they were impossible before, things that go from "I want a parking space near the entrance" and I found the one which was right next to it, to healing myself from the flu in less than a day, or thinking about how much I needed a car, and two weeks later my dad bought a new one and gave me the one he was using before. In short, this is one of the best books I've ever read in my life. If you'd like to bring real magic & spirituality into your life, don't think twice and order this book.
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Summary: This book will change your life, truly.
Review: If you haven't been introduced to Dr. Dyer yet, this is a great starting place. By the time he had written this, he had honed his expeirences
and perspective down to be a presice, yet simple introduction to alter the way you live now. The information he provided seems to simple, yet no
one has presented it in the same way, or so succinctly. You will truly be changed. The way you look at your life and the people in it will be dramatically different and
ultimately, rewarding. I have purchase this book for everyone one of my friends and family and have heard nothing but good things in return. This will fall under the horrid
"new age" heading, but it is much more than a pop-culture trend book. This is stuff you can do right away. If possible, get the audio tapes and listen to them several times.
Each time I listen to mine I hear something different, or something is pointed out to me more strongly. They are beneficial to anyone who is willing to listen and apply some of the
ideas presented. I can't say enough about this man and this book. But it right away!!!!
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Summary: Philosophical and Inspiring
Review: Real Magic is a book about how to create miracles in your every day life. Wayne Dyer is a genius at using words to guide people to spirit. He inspires us - not tells us how to encounter what is sacred in our humanity. Thanks, Wayne Dyer, for a book that reveals our souls longing to encounter our Creator. In essence, this book creates a philosophical blueprint toward finding our bliss and living out the purpose for which we were created.--Samuel Oliver, author of, WHAT THE DYING TEACH US: LESSONS ON LIVING.
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Summary: Dyer does it again!!
Review: REAL MAGIC is another work by Dr. Dyer that literally had me absorbed and excited and reading along with highlighter in hand (Which is my highest accolade I suppose). This book contains all sorts of strategies for bringing magic, coincidence, and miracles into everyday life...so that these things become everyday occurances. REAL MAGIC is a real source of bound inspiration - the kind of book I read and think "Oh yeah, this is what I need to do to get my life back on course." It reminds me of who I truly am. It's very applicable and very readable and is about miracles yet very much grounded in the real world...which is something I look for in books of this nature. Dyer covers every aspect of life from finances and health to addictions to relationships and of course the basic "goals" of happiness and fulfillment/discovery of life purpose. Dyer is an expert not so much at giving ideas but awakening ideas...and yet it seems fresh and not simply a rehash of thousands of other books out there. That combo is priceless and it sure works for me.
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Summary: real magic has brought mircles in my life
Review: real magic is too good book for one's life transformation.I too do not understand how you shoulkd have desire but no attchment to the result for the thing you manifest.
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Summary: Real Magic is white magic at its beautiful best
Review: Real Magic is white magic at its beautiful best as this wonderfully written book gets at the heart of growing into a more fully created person. It has surprised me that it has been a hard book to find in the marketplace. I have recommended it most highly to hundreds of students in classes on self development
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Summary: Welcome Awe Into Your World
Review: Someone very dear recommended this book, and though I am not into self-help books, I tried it. Didn't get very far, though, until I found the audio. Which I have now listened to 3 times. First time through I thought: this guy is kinda goofy. But there was enough there, that I decided to listen again and really started getting the picture. The author carefully blends a focus on spirituality and thought provoking methods of handling the curves we find in our lives. I will go back to the book itself next, then look for other works by this author. And will be practicing the art of Real Magic!
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