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Summary: A flower of consciousness appears among us
Review: As heralded by such masters as Eckhart Tolle and Don Miguel Ruiz the earth at this time is graced by a number of awakened divine flowers of consciousness which grace us with their tremendous healing power and gentility. Marshall Ball is no doubt one such light in our world. His healing gift is through the power of his words. In these important documents of our time [Kiss of God & A Good Kiss] Marshall Ball uses his gentle and seemingly simple use of the English language to incite a healing effect that evokes deep emotions and directly effects the heart. Short of a miracle, both of Marshall Ball's books are a collection of communications poetically expressed and clearly echo teachings from A Course in Miracles, Eckhart Tolle's Power of Now and Stillness Speaks, and the Conversations with God books, none of which have been a source of study for this young man of 17. It seems Truth is spoken again by another source of pure love, but here, with heavenly gentleness and a poetic voice that can lift and heal the coldest of hearts. I highly recommend reading and studying both "Kiss of God" and "A Good Kiss" as material for spiritual study and personal growth. May this gentle heavenly force continue to grace us with his divine wisdom and healing voice.
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Summary: Miracles are gifts from God!
Review: Last night in Austin, Texas, I once again got to see Marshall Ball. The Kiss of God remains upon his lovely cheeks. My 13 year old said she saw a glow about Marshall's face and she felt the presence of God. She had never seen Marshall before. God gives us miracles as His priceless gifts. In order to see a miracle, one must believe in miracles. Marshall is a miracle! His thoughts are pure, sweet, and without condemnation. Marshall sees only good in our world and that my friend is a miracle. The Battery, on page 79, is only one example of Marshall's gift of heavenly insight. Let the light and luster of God's gift to the world shine through this small child. Marshall Ball wishes to bring peace and harmony into the next century by teaching others to give, care, and love all God's people! Prepare your heart for the miracle of Marshall. God never makes mistakes and He uses the simple things in life that so often confound the wise. A miracle is anytime that God reaches down from heaven and touches a life in a profound and unexplainable way. Thank God for miracles!
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Summary: Listen To The Children
Review: Marshall Ball is exquisite. With the simplicity of a child and the wisdom of the ages, he speaks with a profound understanding that could only be Divine. Marshall cannot speak, so he uses an alphabet board to point to each letter. This is a painstakingly long process. He was born with a disease that keeps him confined to a wheelchair. At age nine, he was evaluated at school with a twelfth-grade reading level. I was pleasantly inspired by Marshall and eagerly await more writings from him. My favorite quote from Marshall is: "Can we free the world to think perfectly about the listening and marvelous children?" I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Listen To The Children
Review: Marshall Ball is exquisite. With the simplicity of a child and the wisdom of the ages, he speaks with a profound understanding that could only be Divine. Marshall cannot speak, so he uses an alphabet board to point to each letter. This is a painstakingly long process. He was born with a disease that keeps him confined to a wheelchair. At age nine, he was evaluated at school with a twelfth-grade reading level. I was pleasantly inspired by Marshall and eagerly await more writings from him. My favorite quote from Marshall is: "Can we free the world to think perfectly about the listening and marvelous children?" I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: A great book for a spiritual journey!!
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A great book for traveling on a journey with a special child. If you have a special child, get this book, because you may learn more about your child, and their own journey and thoughts. If you don't have an special child, then get this book and learn about the blessings that come with the pain and challenges of the journeys that parents of special children travel.Book Review
Marshall writes, with physical assistance, of things we cannot see, or imagine in our busy and cluttered lives. Yet, these are the important, and permanent things that life is determined on, not the urgent and unimportant. His poems are very good (fantastic considering his age and issues) and offer a mature, yet spiritually innocent viewpoint that remains objective and not caught up with our worldly challenges. Marshall is here and suffers in order to fulfill God's purpose of helping us, and those who need spiritual assistance. How Marshall Helped Us Learn of Our Daughter's Thoughts, and Experiences:
We have a daughter with severe cerebral palsy who cannot speak or walk an had just finished two weeks of therapy in Chicago and were catching a plane for the ride home. This was two years ago, so she was four at the time. By accident, I packed her reading books, so we stopped in the book store to find a book to read. We accidently came across Marshall's book and I explained to my daughter that Marshall was like her, and could not speak or walk, and was just a few years older. Then, I asked her if she wanted to get Marshall's book, she got very excited (happy). On the plane we read the first few pages and came across this part of Marshall's poem... Even though my individuality finds
sweet knowing perfection, I listen
for the answers to wishes from above. So, I asked my daughter if God spoke to her about her wishes and prayers. She just about jumped out of her skin!!! It was like finally!!!! Someone knows my secrets!!!! Yes, I speak to God and He speaks to me!!!! I was startled, and asked her some poorly developed questions. After a couple of months, I thought about the questions I asked and also her answers, and I realized that I really did not learn what I thought I had learned. (We have to ask her questions, with two or three answers for her to choose from, then ask additional questions to further determine her correct and precise answers). Because I only want the truth, regardless of the issues, I spent some time to relaly think about the questions, and alternative answers that could be gleaned from my technique, then began to ask her more precise questions to nail down her responses. What I found is that she did speak to and hear from God every night. That she did remember her personal journey (died at birth for 35 minutes), and remembered seeing God when she died. She did not remember being in the hospital, being taken off life support, or anything else. But, when she died, she went to heaven, and was not given a choice, but was told to return to her Mommy and Daddy (which she wanted); and she was told that her purpose was to help a lot of children who were in need. (...) She came back to us - obviously - and now is a bright 6 year old who goes to full inclusion school, has many friends and lots of fun. Yet, she cannot speak, or walk, yet. (But is making great progress!) Without reading Marshall's book, I would never have thought to ask these questions, and would have never have learned my daughter's secrets.
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Summary: Marshall is love- Book Review from The Northwoods Journal
Review: Some may call him a boy genius. Others may call him a prophet. One thing is certain about poet Marshall Ball: Anyone who has ever used the phrase, "simple but profound," does not know the meaning of that phrase until he or she reads Marshall's Kiss of God. Marshall began writing at the age of 5 but not in the way other children write. While his elbow is supported, he points to individual letters on an alphabet board. Someone jots down Marshall's message letter by letter, and Marshall alone provides the editing and title. Marshall does not compose his writings orally, because he cannot speak. Through a veil of silence, Marshall Ball speaks by the Kiss of God to any heart yearning for inspiration. Marshall's style of writing is wholly original, and the most learned reader will marvel at Marshall's syntax. When Marshall was collecting the writings he wished to place in Kiss of God, by the way, he composed before his 12th birthday, his mother asked him how his book should be arranged. He responded, "Attempting good fine force badly spilts Kiss of God apart." When she asked him what he meant by "force," he answered, "Forcing is giving good book great organization. Can you give love by force?" Kiss of God builds on the premise that God is good and that "Good God," as Marshall calls Him, is his "good candid teacher." Marshall sees only good in himself, and he imparts good effortlessly. The sheer innocence of this volume prevents it from being didactic. Marshall simply sets forth insights or what he calls "kisses" from God. "Great kisses are loving, grand, great little thoughts, " he writes. Some kisses from God come to Marshall as poems. Some come as letters. And others arrive as aphorisms. In a single-sentence letter to his "Great Good Grandpa," Marshall writes, "My feeling is our thoughts ran together for love." This tone of love and yielding to love prevails throughout Marshall's work. "In pure great Love real intelligence is manifested," he says. And he says, "Good finds the sweet giver." After setting the tone of love in Kiss of God, Marshall offers to the reader a note in which he sets forth the purpose of his book. In alluding to the eternal questions about happiness, Marshall says, "Questions want good answers. With the help of my family and dear friends, I have been able to answer thoughts concerning old beliefs about questions regarding why people are not happy." In the following pages of Kiss of God, Marshall proves his point. Recognition of Kiss of God is surging. Already in a second printing since an intial self-publication two years ago, the book is being republished by Health Communications, Inc., the publisher of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul Series." Marshall's publicist, Phenix & Phenix, states in an exclusive interview with this editor that negotiations are underway for Marshall to appear on the Oprah Winfrey Show. While many poets align with suffering and consume their creativity in crafting images of pain, Marshall Ball, seemingly fulfilling the biblical prophecy that "a little child shall lead them," writes from the perspective that there is no pain. It is not enough to say poet Marshall aligns to good, to love. Marshall IS love.
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Summary: Extrodinary
Review: The Kiss of God is an incredibly beautiful book. It is thekind of book that you want to refer to again and again as well as tohand it out to other people. Marshall's writing and poetry conveysensitivity, awareness, comfort, and upliftment and are amazingly profound. I read the book in one sitting and was crying through most of the book! I was so touched at a deep level. The simplistic messages of the beauty of God and of love come across so sweetly. Marshall's insights and caring are remarkable for a young child. He is truly gifted. God has blessed him and in turn Marshall has blessed us with God's messages. It is said that our children are indeed our teachers and this child, so filled with love, teaches purely from the heart. The wisdom contained in his writings, reminds one of an "old soul". I commend his parents and relatives for fostering his talent and thank them for allowing the rest of the world to bask in Marshall's teachings of love. Marshall's "poetry is the magnificent kindness of the heart". In the forward by Dr. Laurence A. Becker, I was so moved by his reflection of Marshall's parents. "I am convinced that it came about primarily through the powerful and unconditional love of his family who refused to see him as incomplete in any way. They acted toward him as the perfect being they see him to be. They acted as though he were already the magnificent being he has come to be." And as Marshall says, "Will we free the world to think perfectly about the listening and marvelous children?" Just imagine the possibilities for future generations if our love were indeed unconditional. I found this book to be a great comfort for me at this point in my life. I learned so much from this angelic teenager and now I am learning how to listen. I cannot recommend this book enough and I know that the reader will be profoundly moved on many levels. Marshall you are a gift to us all and I eagerly anticipate your next book! Just please don't wait too long!
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Summary: A Gift of Beauty
Review: The Kiss of God is an incredibly beautiful book. It is thekind of book that you want to refer to again and again as well as tohand it out to other people. Marshall's writing and poetry conveysensitivity, awareness, comfort, and upliftment and are amazingly profound. I read the book in one sitting and was crying through most of the book! I was so touched at a deep level. The simplistic messages of the beauty of God and of love come across so sweetly. Marshall's insights and caring are remarkable for a young child. He is truly gifted. God has blessed him and in turn Marshall has blessed us with God's messages. It is said that our children are indeed our teachers and this child, so filled with love, teaches purely from the heart. The wisdom contained in his writings, reminds one of an "old soul". I commend his parents and relatives for fostering his talent and thank them for allowing the rest of the world to bask in Marshall's teachings of love. Marshall's "poetry is the magnificent kindness of the heart". In the forward by Dr. Laurence A. Becker, I was so moved by his reflection of Marshall's parents. "I am convinced that it came about primarily through the powerful and unconditional love of his family who refused to see him as incomplete in any way. They acted toward him as the perfect being they see him to be. They acted as though he were already the magnificent being he has come to be." And as Marshall says, "Will we free the world to think perfectly about the listening and marvelous children?" Just imagine the possibilities for future generations if our love were indeed unconditional. I found this book to be a great comfort for me at this point in my life. I learned so much from this angelic teenager and now I am learning how to listen. I cannot recommend this book enough and I know that the reader will be profoundly moved on many levels. Marshall you are a gift to us all and I eagerly anticipate your next book! Just please don't wait too long!
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Summary: Kiss of God
Review: This book has the most original thought. It can't be compared to any other. It makes you go beyond the words to pure ideas. You can't say there is a particular philosophy in his writings, but you are made to realize a truth. That is the beginning of all understanding. He makes the truth so simple that any sincere seeker will be able to see it. Maybe it makes us listen so we can hear the truth. Marshall doesn't give the answers. He gives you just enough to trigger your already known understanding about life. It seems like a charge given to us, but we have to figure it out. Some say his style is elliptical. There are different people that help Marshall with his writing They do this by cradling his elbow in their hand. It would be impossible for three or four different people to all have the same style of writing. Why do some doubt this boy's ability? It is truly his gift.
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Summary: If you will listen real quietly you can hear God talk to you
Review: This book will touch you. There is a simplicity and purity of thought, but there are deeper more profound meanings there for you to discover on your own. Marshall is a special child of God, as we all are in our own way. Love and listening are prevalent themes in Marshall's short poems and prose. I am a grown man with grown children, and I am not prone to tears, but many of Marshall's words brought tears to my eyes. I know God talks through Marshall. Share this book with your friends and family.
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