A Matter of Time

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Summary: A Matter of Time
Review: A Matter of Time is a delightful story which portrays a complex truth in a simple way. I very much enjoyed reading this beautiful, clear and captivating book, in which Alexander M. Giorgio shows the human soul a way "home" - a yearning which we all have.

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Summary: NO STARS for this BADLY WRITTEN, EMPTY WHITE BREAD story.
Review: A Matter of Time, by Alexander Michael Giorgio is what is called in the industry, 'a vanity piece' commonly written by a pseudo-spiritual guru 'trying' to write a book just to say he has written a book and elevate his status to 'author'. This is the kind of work that vanity presses and self-publishing was created to service. Who wrote those jacket reviews? And why? The book is simply nothing like they describe. It does not "awaken the reader to the truth ... that there is only ... love", nor, "very, very enjoyable", nor does "point up nicely ... salient concepts inherent in A Course in Miracles". It is as "gentle" as empty white bread and has none of the mental or spiritual nutrients that are listed on its label (jacket or reviews). It is certainly not, as its content would hope to persuade you, a lesson on returning to love, it seems much more to be a cry for love (and validation) from the author. Or maybe a cry for attention from someone who is trying to ride to success on the coat-tails of The Course of Miracles (or the teaching fables of the Children's Material from Course in Miracles). Without any authentic experience to contribute of his own, the author leans on stereo photography (which is normal binocular vision), manipulating it in the same way he manipulates the English language -- like a gimmick to inspire us to 'deeper dimensional vision' and 'new realities'. For lack of any realworld, meaningful spiritual experience he poses his message as a fictional children's book, where (I cannot help but speculate), his authority will not be called into question and his audience will be less discerning.

To illustrate this in real terms, this book is 70 pages of over-huge text, sprawling paragraphs, where a basically empty message of abysmally presented quantum concepts of time and space is hybridized with spiritual concepts of love, ego, oneness and forgiveness. The bad writing and poor grammar grate right from the first page of the story (which is actually page 15), "Truck after loaded truck rumbled past, pushing their way through ash-covered streets." And those of us who love English, have respect for quantum physics and the Course of Miracles, are very soon completely alienated as the author unabashedly manipulates the English language beyond recognition simply to accommodate his point(or perhaps in an attempt to demonstrate his imagined cleverness?). I paraphrase here to illustrate -- Time and space and ME and GO needed to create a three letter word to call their business of separation from Oneness because One and God were three letter words, so they decided against calling it MEG and went with EGO since it seemed to have more drive to it.

I finished the book so disturbed, I was moved to write this review. In my opinion as a professional human potential publisher, a student of 'The Course', and a loving human and parent, this book is a waste of time and space... not to mention money. More important, it has no place in spiritual literature or children's literature.

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Summary: A Matter of Time
Review: I very much liked reading "A Matter of Time". It's told as a story, like Gibran's "The Prophet", yet reads like poetry. A friend of mine recommended the book after attending a workshop. I found myself wanting to re-read pages listening to the sound of the written words. Very simply, the book speaks about ego and love, sharing moments of wonder and innocence; it's about connecting and being conscious in a complex world. Reading the book left a warm feeling, like deep-hugging my four-year-old daughter. Hugging her is an act of innocence and profound meaning. The book addresses time passages and conscious experience in this way.

It's the kind of book you can read over-and-over, quick reading with colorful words that leave a sense of peace.

Rating:
Summary: A Matter of Time
Review: I very much liked reading "A Matter of Time". It's told as a story, like Gibran's "The Prophet", yet reads like poetry. A friend of mine recommended the book after attending a workshop. I found myself wanting to re-read pages listening to the sound of the written words. Very simply, the book speaks about ego and love, sharing moments of wonder and innocence; it's about connecting and being conscious in a complex world. Reading the book left a warm feeling, like deep-hugging my four-year-old daughter. Hugging her is an act of innocence and profound meaning. The book addresses time passages and conscious experience in this way.

It's the kind of book you can read over-and-over, quick reading with colorful words that leave a sense of peace.