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Going Deeper: How to Make Sense of Your Life When Your Life Makes No Sense

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Jean-Claude Koven's delightful book, GOING DEEPER takes the reader on a spiritual journey with a Los Angeles lawyer (Larry) and his dog (Zeus) to Joshua Tree National Park. Larry's journey truly begins when he is startled to hear his dog talking to him... helping him awaken to a much deeper understanding of his life, the universe, and everything. The main premise of GOING DEEPER is that there are millions of "Wanderers," advanced souls from distant dimensions, who feel like they are not quite of this world, but need help remembering what they are doing here on Earth at this time.

Through discussions with Zeus and several other wise yet irreverent teachers (such as a raccoon, a juniper tree, and stones) Larry explores such diverse topics as consciousness, chakras, finding one's life purpose, and communicating with one's High Self and the Akashic records. GOING DEEPER balances its serious subject matter with zany humor, as it does an outstanding job of combining spiritual concepts from a variety of esoteric teachings into a cohesive whole.

My favorite part of GOING DEEPER was the description of the secret to fully awakening through increasing awareness via focused questioning. Many such tools and meditations are provided through GOING DEEPER, which reads like a spiritual self-help book disguised as a novel. I was pleased to find fascinating ideas liberally sprinkled throughout the story, so I'd find myself feeling the happy glow of these shining ideas for days afterward.

Spiritual seekers will find pearls of wisdom and belly laughs galore in this playful yet profound exploration of all that is.

Going Deeper: How ToMake Sense Of Your Life When Your Life Makes No Sense by entrepreneur and metaphysical free spirit Jean-Claude Koven is a transcendent work of promise and encouragement, written especially for those the author terms "Wanderers" - advanced souls who came to Earth from a distant dimension, currently incarnated on planet Earth to aid in its dimensional shift. Redefining reality with the positive message that now is the time to make a choice, whether to continue the status quo of one's existence or strive to make a bigger difference for the better in the life of oneself and others, Going Deeper is a profound metaphysical work with a transcendent message about waking up and taking control of one's positive influence, whether one truly believes oneself to be a Wanderer or simply an ordinary human soul beset with the same multitude of complex problems, challenges, and opportunities as anyone else.

Title: Going Deeper
Author: Jean-Claude Koven
Publisher: Prism House Press
Genre: Self-Help/Spirituality/New Age/Metaphysical
Publication date: 2004
ISBN: 0-9723954-5-8
Pages: 430
Edition: Hardcover

Going Deeper: How to make sense of your life, when your life makes no sense ~Jean-Claude Koven.

Expand your mind, escape your confines and discover your true kind! Poetic, but prophetic!

Going Deeper will unlock the shocking secrets of a hidden human race called the Wanderers. Some of who are yet to realise that their human awareness has been distorted as they passed through the Veil of Forgetting and entered the illusion of Earth. Are you one of these beings? This book will help you expand your mind and decide.

This book is based around a successful Los Angeles attorney, Larry Randers, who having been through a painful divorce and witnessed the atrocious events of 9/11 2001, starts to question his own existence. Needing space to think, Larry decides to travel to Joshua Tree land with his faithful dog, Zeus, where, through a series of Shamanic style teachings Larry is opened up to a world much bigger than he ever imagined, a matrix beyond the normal realm of reality as he knew it.

Are you a loner rather than a joiner? Do you rebel against religion or gravitate toward Eastern philosophies, like Buddhism and Taosim or the less orthodox beliefs or religions into which you were born? Do you wonder what your purpose in life is, or if there is more to life than what can be seen? If so, perhaps you are a `Wanderer'. Described by Jean-Claude Koven as beings that have returned to earth on a mission to assist with the impending shift in planetary consciousness. How can we break free from the illusion human beings call `reality' and remember whom we are? What exactly have we been forced to forget? These are typical questions our star pupil, Larry, ponders throughout the course of this book.

Our solar system has moved into a "different area" of space; the size of the sun's heliosphere has increased and so has its plasmic energy field. If that wasn't worrying enough, the atmospheres of five planets (including Earth) have recently undergone shifts in their magnetic pole positions so significantly that the aeronautical maps used by pilots have been revised.

The evidence of the shift is unmistakable and, quite frankly, disturbing. But what about the mystic plane you don't see? The part your distorted human awareness blocks out.

Jean-Claude Koven is an incredible writer whose parables are full of cleverly designed analogies and metaphors that make perfect, thought provoking sense. Going Deeper is a fascinating, humorous account of one enlightened man's experience and knowledge, which kept my interest throughout. In short it's a self-help book with a difference - an Interplanetary Manual. His teachings are fun, exciting and written from the heart.

On the surface this book reads like a cross between a sci-fi fantasy, history and science lesson. There's a talking dog, Zeus, a rapping racoon and numerous other of Larry's sub personalities and strange, but wonderful characters such as Junie the talking tree. However, Going Deeper these characters are key players acting out author Jean-Claudes's profound metaphysical teachings as told with such spiritual enthusiasm I could feel his passion burst from the pages as I read. This spiritual journey should be seen as a parable of the author's real life self-discovery and your personal guide to making sense of our mixed-up world. An insightful book for Wanderers who feel the need to find out more about their purpose in life and escape the boundaries of today's realism we are encased within.

Mr Koven concludes this insightful book with a chapter of acknowledgements, followed by suggested explorations, a helpful glossary and finally an index. The result is an extraordinary look into the mind of a man who can help you discover the answers you seek, delivered with a notable style worthy of our attention. This book is definitely a `keeper' I shall refer to and to cap it all, the cover is gorgeous.

The only thing I found quite alarming was the discovery that Zeus the wonderful talking dog is actually real, but stuffed! I shall be asking the author more about this during our future planned interview, alongside some more meaningful questions, of course!

Tracy-Jane
Alternative-Read.Com

"Going Deeper" is truly the novel of the "New Age"---meant for all of us "fish out of water" 70 million Wanderers who have ventured onto this planet, most unfortunately still asleep. This book is conceived as a catalyst to urge the unawakened Wanderers to wake up and BE their destiny---whatever form their specialized service work will take in the upcoming planetary dimensional shifts of this earth.

Even if you don't need to be nudged awake, it is still a great book which presents the deeper concepts of the New Age in an enjoyable 'fictional' read. I absolutely love that the author has recognized the deep wisdom held by other than human beings. Animals, trees, and stones have such wisdom if we have but ears to hear.

This book has the potential to be the next "Celestine Prophecy" in terms of a bestseller crossing over into the mainstream. But, it is a much better written book, and fathoms deeper than the predecessor. In other words, one which is more suited to this current time period. That it is a first book makes it all the more an amazing accomplishment.

Even if the author does no more writing, he will have probably left a complete, eye-opening legacy for the earth Wanderers. If even a small percentage of these souls wake up from reading this, he will have done an incredible service for the Earth. I congratulate and honor you, Mr. Koven, for a masterful work.

Going Deeper offers an excellent synthesis of ancient wisdom, new thought, and the experiences gained from Jean-Claude Koven's own personal wanderings. His ability to fuse seemingly unrelated material into a coherent book was inspired, as was his choice of the protagonist's teacher - a telepathic dog. His playful dialog keeps the mood light, while introducing some profound concepts. All readers, whether new to the spiritual path or highly experienced, will gain some insight from this work, if not a deeper view of who we are and what is our life purpose.
-Edwin Harkness Spina, author of the award-winning, visionary thriller, Mystic Warrior
Mystic Warrior: A Novel Beyond Time and Space

Going Deeper arrived at the precise time in my life when I was learning to reclaim my own power. I have referred to it almost every night while trying to come up with the correct wording for my current project. You should should SEE my copy-full of highlights and underlinings, and words in the margins. It looks like I've had it for years!

If you are interested in learning how to go deep within to meet your true self, if you've always wondered WHY you feel different than most of your friends do, if you haven't stopped in nature lately to truly SEE and FEEL your surroundings, if you think you truly are not of this world, I urge you to get this book and begin studying. Every word is truth.

Although many in the literary field may try to classify it as "New Age", a more appropriate classification would be "Old Age". Nothing in this work is new. We've just forgotten and not realized, that's all.

Mr. Koven has tied many New Age Universal concepts into this work of fiction, making it an interesting, unique, and probing read. Going Deeper provides us with practical advice for better living and understanding. Life is about Compassion, Love, and Power. An amazing story, Going Deeper is a thinking person's guide to higher living. We are taught how to live authentically with the help of our Higher Self.

Going Deeper is the seekers dream, explaining many of the questions internally asked and perhaps not yet revealed. Jean Claude's use of metaphor is brilliant and downright funny! For anyone on the path of Spirit, this is a "must read" for it is all about you and why you are here and how you can sieze your own power and why you will or must. My 22 year old son "stole" it from me the first day and I could hear him chuckling all along the way. I thoroughly enjoyed this insightful and delightful story of the life of a fellow wonderer coming into accepting his own divinity and power. I rate this 5 stars even though it says 4 above.

This is the must read of the new millenium. If you ever thought there might be more to yourself than being a spec in the Universe, then this book is for you. It will show you that you actually ARE the Universe. Space and time 'out there' are both infinate, but here on Earth time is running out for us to make the ultimate changes that need to take place in order for us to walk forward on a path of harmony and oneness. You'll love the delightful characters that come to life in this book and the way they interact. This author presents the current state of affairs regarding our Earth and it's inhabitants in a way that finally makes it all crystal clear. Whether you are a lightworker who has come to serve or a curious faith seeker who believes there must be something more to our existance, one can not help but "wake up" after reading this book!

I just finished reading your book and am completely fascinated with it. The opening paragraph in the introduction struck me so profoundly that I couldn't put the book down. I am already trying to put the principles in the book to use in my personal/professional life ... the book is wonderful, profound and certainly life changing.