26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Powerful and Life-changing book!, June 4, 1998
By A Customer
I have never had so many problems doing a review before. I don't even *like* the word, "problems", usually seeing them as challenges instead. The process of reviewing this book was challenging to the point of being problematical. While part of me was energetically focused on this very personal dilemma, part of me was asking, "Why?", seeking the meanings beneath the surface of the obstacles occurring and recurring at annoying and increasingly quick intervals.
This reached a crisis point during an interminably long sleepless night. This morning I realized that most of what I've been encountering is because this book is one of the most important I have ever read; that it is both life-changing and life-challenging -- and how in the world can I do it justice in a few bytes of a review?
I still don't know. All I can do is urge you to read this book. At worst, you will be entertained by a wonderful and inspiring story; at best, and more likely, it will change your life.
In the beginning, Thom Hartmann talks about the physical mountainside path in Bavaria that his mentor, Herr Muller, calls his "prophet's way". He then invites us to walk along with him as he shares his own journey along this path that began in his early years and continues to this day. "The Prophet's Way" is the story of one man's personal journey toward self-actualization, yet it also takes on the shape and form of "every-(wo)man's journey" as its message speaks strongly and with beautiful simplicity to the very heart and soul and spirit of who we are and what we are here to accomplish.
Thom Hartmann talks about many things that we have all heard before, yet they are presented in a more in-depth and personal way. There are also many things he shares that are juxta-positioned in a way that we can't help but see and experience them differently.
To isolate just one example of the former, there were two 'basics' that underscore a great deal of the author's personal experiences, and ! that we can all relate to. One is that the underlying need for each being on this planet is for love; the other is that the underlying drive for each being on this planet is to find and fulfill their life's purpose.
This book is a testimonial of Thom Hartmann's personal search for that love, growing toward becoming that love, and thus being directed by that love toward his own life's purpose. It isn't about being perfect or living the life of a saint or being or doing anything that is outside the realm of human possibility. It's about being conscious of the small and large ways divine love manifests in our lives every day; how that loving Presence is constantly and caringly nudging us toward being more of who we really are, and doing more of what we've come to do.
Of the latter, (seeing things differently), the author's sharing in the chapter called "Living on the Edge" and how he presents fractals helped me to not only see my life differently, but also to identify ways for living my life with more positive influence. There are strong generating energies available to us through creating and maintaining an "edge" in our lives, and Thom Hartmann talks about this in relation to his own life as well as offering ways for us to incorporate it into our lives.
Along "The Prophet's Way", we are introduced to the many characters who were leading men and women, (and sometimes the supporting cast) in Thom Hartmann's life's script. The curtain rises and falls on some of the most intriguing, powerful, empowering and inspiring cast of people I've ever encountered in one person's life. As the location changes from the United States to Europe to Jerusalem to Uganda to Bogota to India and Russia, many people's lives entwine with the author's, each with their own gifts.
Sometimes these gifts are insight, spiritual truth, and profound revelation; sometimes these gifts are deeply painful and disturbing. The one thing these many gifts have in common is that they all worked together as ca! talysts for the inner pathways that were manifesting for deeper exploration simultaneously with the author's outer journeys.
As with any experience in our lives that is life-changing, there is a challenge. Insight and inspiration are catalysts for our growth, but they cannot change our lives until we make the conscious choice to follow through. This book is exactly the same. Within it there are many techniques that will enable us to live richer, fuller, more divinely Purposeful lives. There are also true stories about miracles and synchronicities on an ongoing basis, some little ones, some big ones. There are also insights about the driving force behind the miracles and magic, and how they can become a part of our daily lives.
The catch is, the techniques only work when we do them. The divine is always present in our every day lives, but it is up to each of us to actively seek it out in order to *see* it, to activate our own inner relationship with divinity in order to Be it, to find ways every day to express that divinity in our lives in order to live it.
Where this book makes a big difference is that we are not only given techniques, but we are shown these techniques in action. Over and over again, Thom Hartmann shares examples of the alignment of conscious intent with manifestation in the world. We are allowed to see and feel how the life-changing messages in this book can have long-lasting significance in our own lives, in the lives of all those we touch, and rippling outward from there to have positive impact on the world.
One of the main points that I felt very strongly in "The Prophet's Ways" is that we don't *have* to have our lives in perfect order before we can begin to make a difference. In fact, it is probably much more likely that in our desire to make a difference, and allowing that to motivate us in our every day lives, our lives will actually *become* more "perfectly ordered".
Through the pages of Thom Hartmann's book, and the story that unfolds, the inspiratio! n shakes us loose from lethargy, generates that desire to make a difference, offers techniques for following through on our desire, and thus launches us into conscious creation of change.
There is much that is rare and singularly beautiful in this book; there is so much more that is common to all life, to the planet herself, to all the souls on it, and to the Source of everything. Through Thom Hartmann's generous sharing of his journey, we become witness to this connection, we feel part of it, we become active participants in the process of awakening to our collective missions in this life.
If one person can do, feel, know, learn, teach, experience all of this; if it is possible for one person to find the true source of love and activate that in a path of service to life on this planet, so can we all.
We are all writing our own lives' scripts and our characters may be different, the locations may be different, the terrain of our path may be different, yet what it all comes down to is that the divine source of love is equal and present in each of our lives, and each of us has our own purpose to fulfill in the expression of that divine love in our world.
"The Prophet's Way" is not only an inspiration for catalyzing our own desire to fulfill our life's purpose, but it is filled with direction signs that we can't miss .My feeling after reading this book is that fulfilling our purpose in life is no longer an "option"; it is a necessity. The world has need of each one of us Now. Today.
... Jaline
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Do not miss this book, January 17, 1999
Quite simply, the best book I have read in a long time. Were it a fictionalized account, it would still be fascinating to read and learn from (think The Celestine Prophecy). That its story is true and continuing to unfold was, and is, for me, nearly incomprehensible. I have emerged a better person for having read Thom Hartmann's book; my spiritual resolve firmer, with renewed faith, hope, and confidence in the world at large.
You will never regret spending the time, effort and money to read this book. It is life-altering and life-affirming. If you take his message to heart, you cannot emerge as the same person you were before reading his book. He rallies your spirit by leading a life that proves, without moralizing, that the spiritual, genuine life is available, viable, and even financially sustainable.
To paraphrase an idea found in A Course in Miracles, Neale Donald Walsh's books, and the Seth books, just the act of reading this book will affect you, with no voluntary action necessary on your part. You can ignore his message, contest it, trivialize it. But the fact remains: the miraculous, grim, inspirational events all did transpire. They have worked together to create this gem of one man's life story. A life lived so brightly helps illuminate other lives. That's what it did for mine. Read it and see what it does for yours.
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