Child in the Wilderness: The True Story of God-Realization-Before, During and After [Paperback]

Harold Klemp (Author), Fraser MacDonald (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Paperback: 280 pages
• Publisher: Eckankar (July 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570430209
• ISBN-13: 978-1570430206
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,315,731 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Unique Autobiography, May 21, 1999

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M. Alexander (Woodside, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Child in the Wilderness: The True Story of God-Realization-Before, During and After (Paperback)

Harold Klemp's story of reaching mastership is one of the most revealing and uncomfortably honest autobiographies yet detailing the journey to God-Realization. If you enjoy true stories told by people who experience higher realizations, put this one on your list.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book that dispels the misconceptions about meeting God., September 21, 1998

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John Marikos (Salem, OR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Child in the Wilderness: The True Story of God-Realization-Before, During and After (Paperback)

In Child in the Wilderness, Klemp's simple writing style and open-hearted descriptions about his life's journey to God gave me a much more practical idea of what it must be like to experience God. At one time I thought God should be accessible to all who want him and not just a few prophets in the long history of mankind. After reading Klemp's book I've come to realize that's an even more ridiculous notion than expecting all three-year-old children to be able to operate a nuclear aircraft carrier. Klemp gives us a sense of the training and preparation it takes to make that first contact with God. He showed me the life-altering impact this meeting had on him. And he showed me the struggle he made to regain and maintain his balance after this experience so he could be a useful and effective vehicle for God's love in this world. Where some writers might end their books with an experience with God, Klemp's experience lies smack in the middle of his book. He dedicates the rest of his book to showing how he learned to live as this vehicle of God. He's painfully frank about his failings as well as his achievements. Its as if he lived his life to show people what they might expect along the way to their experiences with God and what lies beyond these experiences. For this I will be forever grateful. I look forward to reading more of your books, Mr. Klemp.

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Candid, illusion-shattering, provocative, October 21, 1998

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David Hutt - See all my reviews

This review is from: Child in the Wilderness: The True Story of God-Realization-Before, During and After (Paperback)

Klemp candidly shares the sometimes-overwhelming difficulties that face anyone who seriously wants to find the God beyond religion, beyond words, beyond ideas. I urge anyone who is secure in his/her religion to have the courage to read it- for me, it shattered illusions I had- that there was some definite, programmatic way to find God that would not result in any great pain after one made real contact! The hugeness and intensity of the God beyond bromides and Sunday sermons is hinted at, as we follow Klemp's journey to God-Realization and the unexpected difficulties in living in this world with that changed consciousness.