The Celestine Prophecy
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Has anyone read this? I just finished it and it was hard to put down. I finished it in 2 days. I just ordered the new book "The Tenth Insight."
From Michael Berg:
Every person has a unique connection to the Creator that can never be extinguished, and every person has a great soul that can manifest important things in our world. To make a person feel less than they are because of something inside themselves, be it faith, race, or sexual orientation, is the greatest sin of all."
Every person has a unique connection to the Creator that can never be extinguished, and every person has a great soul that can manifest important things in our world. To make a person feel less than they are because of something inside themselves, be it faith, race, or sexual orientation, is the greatest sin of all."
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-Speckla
But at least the pews never attend yoga!
Every person has a unique connection to the Creator that can never be extinguished, and every person has a great soul that can manifest important things in our world. To make a person feel less than they are because of something inside themselves, be it faith, race, or sexual orientation, is the greatest sin of all."
celestine prophecy is a book with a bad plot and trite "revelations." first, i thought the writing was elementary and overly simplistic. some insights are conveyed most poignently in simple diction. the book indeed is brimming with simple diction but failed to convey any sort of profound message. additionally, and maybe because im a child of the 80's and 90's, the "insights" were trite; there were no "secrets." they weren't even presented in a novel way. they were wrapped up in a forced plot. my main criticism of the book is that good philosophical books, whether they have a plot or are pure philosophy, are good because they lead you to the insight and then let you go with it, let you make the connections. this book goes too far, and in that is its main folly. the author tells you what you are suppose to have an insight on, and he does so very poorly. the last chapter is when the disaster culminates. with the type of personal revelation the author is trying to give you insight on, subtly is key! and Redfield missed that boat.
good books stand the test of time. this is not a book anyone will talk about in 100 years. perhaps would have been a novel book if it was releases 1000 years ago before eastern thought was introduced to and pervaded western culture.
i think the only reason it got so much acclaim is because so many people read it. and so many people read it because it was written on a sixth grade reading level and it told you what to think. tons of people read it and understood it. they followed the simple plot and understood the known "insights." people who would have never picked up a philosophical book read it and erroneously thought it had something novel to say. it did not. the only "prize" it "won" was being a New York Times Bestseller book. that means a lot of people read it. thats all.