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Summary: Practical spirituality and a sense of humor!
Review: Wayne Dyer continues to amaze me with his ability to mesh the real world with spiritual practices. This book builds on his previous works but focuses on partnering with Spirit to get more out of life. His humorous, irreverantly reverant style flows throught the text, making it fun as well as practical. This book is great for someone who is looking for simple, understandable guidelines for enjoying a fuller life. I have read it several times and have enjoyed it at each sitting.
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Summary: Excellent -- A must read!
Review: Dr. Wayne Dyer has done it again with this phenomenal book on how you can attain ANYTHING. This is, by far, the best book on manifesting that I've read. Unfortunately, many modern folks lack the true meaning of Dr. Dyer's work and think it's either muddled New Age misconceptions or a contradiction of true spirituality. However, Dr. Dyer teaches that abundance is true to spirituality and God...And he shows you how to get anything and everything you have ever wanted. Excellent and one of his best!
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Summary: Good Stuff but the presentation is disappointing.
Review: I am comparing my review with some other books I have read on manifesting. The books I like best are by the authors- Fengler/Varnum. Who wrote: Manifesting Your Heart's Desire and Opening to your Higher Self: Manifestations of the Third Kind. They talk about the same principles but I can relate so much better to what they are saying. All of their work comes from a group of people, they put together, who are working with these spiritual principles in their everyday lives. It's one thing to be in "trust" and another to be in "trust" when you are trying to heal cancer! I learn so much when I see how other people who have to deal with the everyday world, thy to integrate these principles. They also have a Web site. I don't remember the address but I found them by searching "manifesting".
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Summary: This Book Delivers What It's Title Suggests!
Review: Having read other books by Dr. Dyer, I wasn't
sure what to expect here. I was surprised to
find he has incorporated some of his key
teachings and thoughts from past books on
issues like trust and the past, and added new
information on how the reader can connect with
their Higher Self though practicing the Nine
Spiritual Principles outlined and explained
in easy to understand and apply ways in each
chapter. The book's subject matter and title may sound
lofty, etherial or real "metafizzie" but it's
written in language anyone interested in self
growth and/or spirituality issues can easily
understand and put to use. The title is very
direct and to the point. If one follows these
principles and lives their life as Dr. Dyer
is encouraging and teaching, I am sure they
will find as I have, that their life is more
peaceful, that they understand more of their
"purpose" for being here, and that they have
a greater sense of control over their destiny
just as the title suggests. Bravo, Wayne.
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Summary: Practical Spirituality Through Time Honored Principles
Review: I know Wayne would want a ten, but sorry, buddy, no can do. The subject matter is current, the advice is practical, the anectdotes are sometimes believable and sometimes not...the author impliedly asks the reader to suspend belief. I have seen Dr. Dyer in person on over twenty occasions in seminars and public speaking when I lived in the Detroit area, so I am, naturally, a big fan. My concern with this book (as someone with a journalism undergrad degree) is that he does not provide attribution when quoting someone or "borrowing" a story or fable (another reviewer has said as much). An example: Henry Ford II, grandson of the Ford Motor Co. founder and a fine citizen of the Detroit area, used to get into a little trouble from time to time and when quizzed by the press about his latest moral infraction he would say "Never complain, never explain" as a rebuff to the curious press. Dr. Dyer is, as I am, a Detroit native and surely heard this from the "Deuce" as I did. The problem is he uses the quote in the book without citation, attribution, or anything else. If the book editors and publishers were aware prior to publication of violating this fundamentally sacred standard, they would doubtlessly have fixed the problem (and it IS a problem). The effect is to make the author appear a little more sagacious than might otherwise be possible. I imagine there are more examples, but my reading of this pleasant and practical book was rapid and I am not a professional editor. This one boo-boo (with others perhaps lurking awaiting discovery) bothered me becaause such an omission slights a late, great man who believed in an imploding city enough to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in its core. But then, by the premises establashed by this tome, if Wayne THINKS the quote is his...then it IS!
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Summary: Another great book by Dyer!
Review: If you like Dyer's other books this is very good. This book clarified for me many of the concepts that I had missed by other authors with the same message. I think he repeats much of what Deepak Chopra has said in his books, with just a different slant on the way to meditate. However, it was well worth reading
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Summary: Promising but Disappointing
Review: "Manifest Your Destiny" is much like a retread of Dyer's earlier works with some useful information repeated. I was disappointed to learn that Dyer takes credit for a moral fable that has appeared in other venues for a couple of decades now, and that being the tale of finding a number of fish on the beach and tossing them back into the water. A passerby notices and tells him there's too many and that what he's doing won't make a difference. As he tosses a fish back, he says "It'll make a difference to this one!" I was offended by the fact that he takes credit for this old story and it led me to suspect he wasn't being as honest in other parts of his book because of it. I've no doubt most of what he suggests in order to manifest one's destiny is true, but I don't think telling untruths should play a part in it
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Summary: Finished Reading but Still dont know how to Manifest......
Review: I bought the book because title attracted me & author was Wayne Dyer.I think this was dyers failed attempt.He is running short of ideas & still wanna write a book. No new ideas.Same old Stuff.9 principles,Deatailed explaination But no exact idea of how to apply them together like a plan. If we want something then how can we detach ourself from it.Its very difficult I think.If you are detached that means you relly dont want them. God!I dont know what else to say.I gave three stars because there is something to read even if it is very little. Better read Joe Vitale's Spiritual Marketing than this.
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Summary: Nice Title, But Wayne Can Write Much Greater Books!
Review: Wayne W. Dyer is the first motivational Author whose book I read years ago. I visited a small second hand bookstore in San Francisco and his book "Real Magic" fell down from the shelf, I bought it, and it literally transformed my entire life into a new adventure. With his help, a high school student became a successful young man with a promising future. Ever since I have met miracles and real magic in my life day by day... and with his help I have been able to achieve wonderful results. However, I am deeply disappointed at Wayne's book "9 spiritual principles". This book is the worst title by author who could write ten times better books. This book is first of all written by confusing concept. Second, it does not really give you anything new if you have read his book Real Magic. Third, this book rumbles over number of subjects, and it sounds rather unstable concept -- eventhough I know these principles do work. After all, I lost all my excitement to read this book when I was in page 30, I laid down the book...and didn't read it for months.. Then I found it again, read it through twice, but still didn't like it too much. You will do yourself a favor if you leave this title to those who are not familiar with spiritual laws. IF YOU really want to read a good book, buy Real Magic by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer. In my opinion, Real Magic is Wayne's greatest book and this is the worst. Wayne -- I really love your books...but this time I have to admit that I am not very happy with these 9 spiritual laws. This book might be a wonderful one if it would have 50 pages less, and it would be more like Deepak Chopra's 7 spiritual success laws or something. After my second reading I was pretty sure that this book is nothing new. It is like 3 or 4 of his older books combined in one with not so good result. If you still want to buy this book...go ahead, maybe it will please you more and resonate with you more than it did with me.
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Summary: Misses the Point
Review: After using Dr.Dyer's aaah meditation CD for a month, I decided that I wanted to learn more this meditation. Therefore, I bought the book Manifest Your Destiny. The book reads like a personal journal about nine insights he has gained from his own search for spiritualism. There are many things that disturb me about this book.
Dr. Dyer cites quotes from the bible to substantiate some of his points without citing the book, chapter, or verse. One of the bible quotes he uses is "Is it not written in your law `I have said, You are gods?'" (John 10:34) This is the passage to which Jesus referred when He said this to the Pharisees who were attempting to charge Him with blasphemy: " God standeth in the congregation of God; He judgeth among the gods. How long will ye judge unjustly, And respect the persons of the wicked? ... I said, Ye are gods, And all of you sons of the Most High." (Psalms 82:1,2,6). The unjust judges of Israel (i.e., the Pharisees) were the subject of these verses. They were civil magistrates because of their authority and power; and, they represented divine majesty in the government of the twelve tribes of Israel. Dr. Dyer uses this verse completely out of context. Scripture cannot be broken.
Jesus believed in the bible because it is infallible and immutable as are God's other laws. A true seeker of spiritualism cannot reconfigure God's Word for his own purpose. Neither can the true spiritual seeker be ignorant about God's Word and actually expect to know God's and come into a relationship with Him. Dr. Dyer takes a little bit of truth and expands upon it in a somewhat convincing way to fit our desire for an easy road to spiritualism. The fact of the matter is that according to Jesus the door to God's kingdom is narrow (Luke 13:24). There are no shortcuts.
Lastly, a true spiritual seeker does not strive to become spiritual with the intention of manifesting worldly possessions. This appears to be a main theme of Dr. Dyer's book. Those who seek God first gain all they need to be happy in this world as a "gift" from Him. We do not need to grasp at anything as long as we trust God and put Him first in our lives. Dr. Dyer seems to miss the point.
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