A State of Mind, My Story Ramtha: The Adventure Begins [Paperback]

J. Z. Knight (Author)

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Knight has gained notoriety as the medium (or "channel") claiming to be in contact with Ramtha, the spirit of a warrior who supposedly lived in ancient Atlantis. Her pedestrian, self-indulgent autobiography skims the occult, focusing instead on her formative experiencesa brutal uncle who raped her when she was four; a girlhood spent in poverty in New Mexico; her blossoming sexuality during adolescence; her three marriages, the third for love. Yet the paranormal keeps intruding. During a slumber party, she saw a UFO. Fighting a near-fatal illness through meditation, she sent an electrical shock through her body that, she claims, cured her. And then there is Ramtha who keeps materializing in her kitchen in flowing purple robes, mouthing wisdom in stilted diction ("God be that which is termed your birthright"). This soggy psychic saga is only for the already converted.
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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Warner Books Inc (Mm) (November 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446351644
• ISBN-13: 978-0446351645
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #981,038 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A State of Mind, My Story Ramtha: The Adventure Begins, January 28, 2009

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This review is from: A State of Mind, My Story Ramtha: The Adventure Begins (Paperback)

"A State of Mind, My Story" offers a biograpical look into JZ Knight, before, after, and during Ramtha channeling. This text may be, as a reviewer suggested, easier understood by those already on a spiritual path.

However, this book is recommended for RSE students, curious entities, and those whom wish to further understand the beginning adventures of our enlightened one.

Namaste

5.0 out of 5 stars AN "EARLY" AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY THE CHANNEL OF "RAMTHA", July 19, 2011

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Steven H. Propp (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A State of Mind, My Story Ramtha: The Adventure Begins (Paperback)

Judy Zebra Knight (born in 1946 as Judith Darlene Hampton) is the reputed channel of a spiritual entity named "Ramtha," who claims to be a 35,000-year old Lemurian warrior. Ramtha is the "master teacher" of Knight's "Ramtha's School of Enlightenment" in Yelm, Washington.

She writes in the Prologue to this 1987 book, "I've had the honor of meeting some of the most famous people in the world and a few have become dear friends. But the most important of all to me will always be Ramtha, the Enlightened One. For no one else in my life has remained so steadfast. He has taught me the meaning of the words 'unconditional love,' which has freed me to look back on my life and be able to say 'I have no regrets.' There may always be unseeing entities who war for reeminence and glory. And yet, while the petty battles continue, Ramtha's love prevails and his knowledge has been embraced and shared by many. This is my life."

Here are some additional quotations from the book:

"I became caught up in the imagery of Ramtha and all that had happened in recent weeks. Why had it happened to me? In the days and the years that followed, many people would ask me that same question. Why me?" (Pg. 32)
"Sister Effy Bell, faith has need of the whole truth to be believable. I yearn to believe in God... But all I have to go on, to know that God exist, is His written Word... You keep talkin' faith, have faith, but Sister Effy, this book is an illogical belief of things that happened that don't add up. It is hard to have faith in contradictions." (Pg. 88)
"To deny your personal happiness for the sake of someone else---in my case I did it for the boys---diminishes your chance for self-realization and fulfillment. You can't live for someone else and expect to be happy. This is what my marriage of compromise had taught me." (Pg. 204)
"This may sound bold, but maybe I created that lightning bolt. If I can create disease, then I can heal it. I think what we call a miracle is another way of saying we can do anything if we know we are worth it." (Pg. 277)
"The truth is, Ramtha, I can't accept you. If I do, all this supposed happiness around me, this middle-American life-style, will be threatened by your existence... I mean, don't you see, that GOD has to fit in with the decor? He's gotta blend, complement the surroundings but not dominate it. That's scary." (Pg. 333)
"Money be God. Everything be God. What isn't? Money is energy. Energy creates energy ... it's your economic system. Everything be God." (Pg. 380)

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Is Ramtha fact or fiction?, February 22, 2009

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Gil Sharkey (Cupertino, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A State of Mind, My Story Ramtha: The Adventure Begins (Paperback)

An interesting adventure of a woman's life which is to me sad in it's total.

I'll believe in Ramtha when he sends me some cash.