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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The book that started it all!, January 20, 1999
This is the fourth edition of a book that put the idea of ascension on the map of world consciousness. The information it contains has reached hundreds of thousands of people worldwide and this new edition brings it up to date with the latest channelings on this subject. If you are new to the idea of ascension, this is the place to begin shifting your awareness of what is possible. You might also want to read Eric's fourth book, "Sacred Journey" to put this all in the larger perspective of the spiritual path.I have read and re-read this book many times since I first came in contact with the material. It is easy to dismiss it because it is so pure and so understated, but in my experience it has stood the test of time. I have found that I understand it best in hindsight, AFTER I have had certain experiences. I can then say, "Oh, yes. I remember that was spoken about in The Crystal Stair." In my opinion, Eric is one of the highest and purest channels alive today, and although this book subsequently inspired many others to write about the subject of ascension, it still remains the truest account of the ascension path and experience available to us at this time.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Missing the true message..., December 1, 2002
By A Customer
I must agree with the two most recent review writers, David Haven, and the writer from USA who titled his review "Goofy and scary".I consider myself to be a very spiritual person, so I am not deriding new age or "new spiritualism" material per se. But there is so much material out in print now, claiming to be channeled messages, claiming to bear the Truth, and so on. It is quite difficult to be discerning, and to know what is real versus what is just commercialized [stuff], written by authors who would cash in on the movement, or worse, who are completely deluded and actually believe their own nonsense. Some of these people just make up terms as they go along, mixing and matching whatever sounds exotic; e.g., "crystal-angel", "clair-sentient", and many more such examples. The abovementioned reviewer correctly states that there is no command structure in the Higher Realm. There are deeper/higher states of enlightenment and, perhaps a good word would be, sponsorship, but referring to a spiritual being as a "Commander" only betrays the author's complete lack of knowledge as well as attributing all-too-human qualities to that which cannot be defined by our limited physically based habituations involving control, command hierarchies, domination, etc. Our spirit guides, helpers, angels, however one wishes to refer to them, are among us to assist and inspire, to gently lead through private revelation. One cannot become enlightened, cannot attain the higher states of being, by submitting to anyone claiming to be a higher authority or by becoming a sycophant to a channeler. This is particularly true (and a sad spectacle) with expensive weekend seminars given by the self-proclaimed voices of higher energy beings. True spirituality, and Truth itself, is not for sale, nor should one ever be induced to pay dearly for it through false claims of wisdom. Choose wisely, Travelers. Your path is your own, and only you can find it. Do not be beguiled by words that purport to be more than you are. We are all One, vessels of God's essense, moving continually towards reintegration with Him. It is the divine inner journey that matters.
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28 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Goofy and Scary!, July 27, 2000
By A Customer
Let me first say that I appreciate *GOOD* Ashtar material, of which there is VERY little in print. This book is not good Ashtar, and not very good channeled material at all, to be honest. Each of the entities in this book sounds like the others. In short, this book is more Eric Klein than Ashtar, Sananda, etc.Many years ago, Eric Klein's "The Crystal Stair" was THE channeled book to buy, and lots of people did buy it, including me. Personally, I could never get through it, as I found the contents kinda pointless. Now, with a new edition, I thought I'd take a look again and see if it came off any better, nearly a decade later. Frankly, I was horrified! It talks of disasters and cataclysms and all kinds of alarmist fear junk, pretty much missing the point of any meaningful spiritual, metaphysical or channeled text, which is to help people grow more peaceful! Channeled books which rattle on and on about earth changes and mass ascensions and liftoffs into space miss the mark and do more harm than good, crippling people and breeding dependency. What's more, most of these books believe there's a hidden agenda behind society and government and events in the news and create a kind of paranoid bunker mentality. Do we need this nonsense? Friends, the earth changes and ascension are spiritual states; inner experiences. Get over the outer and seek the inner! That is what is important, and is where the Truth of your being dwells, not out in the ethers!
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