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57 of 59 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Question is: What brought you here to read this?, November 12, 2002
The answer to the above question should tell you whether this book is for you or not.If you're here, reading this, because you were drawn by a feeling of lack in your life and a deep desire to bring meaning, order, and happiness into it, then I strongly urge you to seriously consider getting this book. I don't guarantee that this book will give you all the answers you want. No book will or can do that because the answers are in you, not in any outside source. This is a powerfully written book that can stimulate your mind so that it's receptive to your inward awareness, that is if you will let it. However, there are many who say they are seeking happiness, but aren't willing to open themselves up for it. Others are on a path which is already enriching them. And of course there are those who block their minds against any possibility of spiritual awakening. If you fall in any of those three categories, you're less likely to gain much value. However, those on a path, even one which is fulfilling them, may well find good supplemental material here. I, for instance, was especially impressed by a discussion in the second session. Many of us have experienced a barrage of challenges shortly after we fitst start growing spiritually. I've read several explanations of why this occurs, but the discussion in this book gave me a better understanding than I previously had. And so I give it four stars, realizing that there are many who just plain will not be receptive to the ideas here. But for those who are receptive, this is indeed a five star book. If you do decide to read this book, be fair and give it a full chance to benefit you. The chapters are so arranged so that you can read and study one each week for a total of seven weeks. Included with each chapter or session are suggested exercises and space where you can journal your thoughts and responses to each chapter. Within these seven weeks, you will undoubtedly find that you have much more control over your life than you did at the beginning. And so, even if you eventually decide that this is not the path you wish to pursue, you will have gained through studying the book. While this book is meant to stand on its own, there will be four subsequent volumes. Those who fully resonate with the teachings presented here have the opportunity for further study through audiotapes, seminars, and forming their own study groups.
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