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The Power of Living in the Now, October 15, 2004
This review is from: Crossing The River (Fireside Series, Vol. 2, No. 1) (Paperback)
Each book in the Ramtha's Fireside Collection revolves around one central topic. The topic of this book deals with the importance of living in the now and the fact that one won't be going spiritually anywhere fast without willingness to let go of the past and be fully present in the moment.
The book deals with some truths that are presented at much greater length in A Course in Miracles - as the entire training manual from A Course in Miracles guides the person through the process of realizing that his mind is preoccupied with past thoughts, helping the person to let go of them and live fully in the present.
Holding onto the past, emotionally, keeps the individual's energy locked in the past and prevents the individual from accomplishing effortlessly many wonderful things which the individual could accomplish in the present moment.
A simple act of forgiveness and just letting go of whatever has happened in the past has helped numerous individuals experience instant healings.
Any conflict that anyone can ever experience is based upon dragging something from the past into the present moment - upon
comparing and judging, instead of just being fully present in the moment.
By living in the present one moves into a timeless zone - his entire energy available to flow freely to create desired reality now, without any obstructions - affording the individual to experience in the outer world even instant manifestations. One moment you think a thought, the next moment it is manifested in your outer experience.
That's why some people, like Jung, would say that you know you are moving forward along your spiritual path when you are experiencing increased number of synchronicities. Synchronicities are simply instant manifestation of one's thoughts which are possible because the individual has become a "clear" channel and is free of any obstructions and encumbrances from the past.
There is yet another wonderful side-effect of being fully present in the moment - as anyone who has wholeheartedly worked with A Course in Miracles can attest to - you begin to feel more vibrantly alive than you ever felt before, you also begin to experience boundless joy, happiness and power.
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Interesting, but the author omits most of the "how to" aspects, July 25, 2008
This review is from: Crossing The River (Fireside Series, Vol. 2, No. 1) (Paperback)
First, the Amazon website description does not inform you what is contained in the "Forward" of the book. And that is, the author and publisher have assumed that you have attended a retreat or workshop at the Ramtha/Knight school or that you are at least familiar with the book Ramtha: A Beginner's Guide to Creating Reality (3rd Edition).
I bought 9 of these little Ramtha "fireside" books and will try to post a review of all of them as I read them, so you can click on the link for my other reviews. I'm reviewing the 2006 Revised edition of Crossing the River, which is about three pages shorter than the original version.
Ramtha states that a person who finds lessons in nature becomes a lover of nature and they become in union with nature. They are a master in the making and can cross the river and can walk on water because they are the water and can command the water to be still and become a bridge.
Ramtha states on page 34, "I taught you how to do the miraculous" and also, if you had heard everything that I have taught and applied yourself, then you will have a crossing. However, when Ramtha says "I taught you how to do the miraculous," he does not mean that he taught it in this book--or any of his other books. He also refers to the "Great Work" (the application of knowledge by which the person becomes enlightened and is transmuted into an immortal, divine being) and the "analogical mind" (the alignment of the primary and secondary consciousnesses, the "observer" and the personality along with the opening of the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th seals). None of these concepts are taught in this book. There is no chapter on how to actually "cross the river."
The book does have a few suggestions on things to work on, like purity of spirit, being honest, maintaining focus, and cleaning the soul and the mind. There is much said of how not to cross the river. Keeping your mind in the past, thinking about the things that went wrong or right, the resentment, expectations, victimization, and the games you play etc. are all ways to keep one foot on the shore so that you will never cross the river and you will continue to manifest the same life you've had before.
After reading this book and Ramtha's Beginner's Guide to Creating Reality, I learned that the actual techniques for how to be create your own reality are only taught in the Ramtha/Knight workshops. So one could say that buying this book is similar to attending a free lecture given prior to workshop in which the concepts are introduced, but you have to pay for the workshop if you actually want learn the techniques.
Other thoughts: Ramtha states (on page 36) that reality begins in the mind, not in the physical, and also references instantaneous manifestation (page 46). There are other books that share this type of quantum physics outlook, such as the Matrix Energetics book by Richard Bartlett. Ramtha talks about being totally present in the moment, and there are other books on this topic such as the books by Eckhart Tolle (e.g The Power of Now and The New Earth).
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