Good Book or Bad Book?
hello. i just wish to *share* my views on this book and i don't represent anybody or beliefs. i read a lot (in fact i have hundreds of books), from books on self-development or motivational by carnegie, hill, stone, ziglar, etc to the silva mind control by silva, to eastern philosophies, to metaphysics, to new age, to religions ....etc as far as i am concerned, there is no good or bad book and there is no good or bad writer......a book serves the purpose of sharing someone's idea or discoveries, or to convey a message or to prove something of a scientific nature or discoveries.... but what is most important is what a reader gets out of a book.......yes, there are many many established writers with great works published ..... but unfortunatley they might be *too deep* for a lot of people....... it does not really matter whether CP is a real account or whether Redfield is a new age advocate.....what is most important is that he has put in very simple, easy to comprehend ways and terms, many subjects of interest that are prevalent today. many of the things he has mentioned, i have studied and researched comprehensively into.......and i have noticed that Redfield succeeded to inspire one to look at them in more detail from other books and references. on top of it all, he has put across the points in very *human* terms .... that we can *feel* as we read along ...... people can be aroused to love our life, nature and the world more.....and yes, God too. a cup that is full can no longer fill any water .... so it is the same with our mind ..... we should read a book with a humble mind and a desire to seek *new* knowledge&insights ..... not as a challenge or an effort to tear others down. well, that's all i have to say ..... i have read many books and i will continue to read till the day i die .... as i have been enriched by all the books i have read and i have become one with the writers .... they are my master, teacher&me. love, bhk

I believe the scroll to be fiction, however the insights are true. How do I know? Well I've experienced them and this happened before I read the book.

If you too want to experience them, it really is very easy. Just follow the simple principles listed in the books Fit for Life and Fit for Life II by Harvey and Marilyn Diamond. This process of detoxifying the mind and body will take several months and then everything will become clear.

Other books worth considering following detoxification are The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo, The Story of My Experiments with Truth by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and The Kingdom of God is Within You by Leo Tolstoy.

Good luck and God bless.

I'm thankful I didn't spend more, because the book was a huge letdown from all the hype. As many have already noted, the prose is extremely simplistic, as is the story. There is nothing interesting about the characters, and each dangerous moment in the story is neatly wrapped up in a hokey, "oh please" ending.

The concepts discussed are worth consideration towards a more peaceful society, but the degree of serious thought that has gone into the presentation of the various "insights" is sorely lacking. Ooh....I can see your aura...like wow.

I haven't read any of the followups to this book, because if they are as hokey and simplistic as the first, I don't want to waste my time. You could sum up the message of this book in a few sentences; basically, be open to coincidental encounters and what you might learn from them. Appreciate the natural beauty of the earth. Be a vegetarian (not specifically advocated, but every meal discussed in the book is fruits and veggies). Treat children like real individuals. Don't be so egotistical. There is more to life than what you see on the surface. Oh, and the best one, that the Mayans mysterious disappearance millenia ago is attributed to their becoming invisible.

Let's just say, I'm really glad I only paid a dollar for this thing, and I do like most books, but this one's pretty lame.

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