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Unforgettable, 2004-06-15
This book resonated with something deep within. I recall spending a day reading it & being fascinated. Especially gripping was the author's experience of being in India with little cash and no place to stay, and, also, the story of his childhood dream experience.
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The matrix from which God reaches out to us, 2003-05-02
I'm at a loss as to why this book is not better known. Whenever someone asks me where to start in order to break out of their habitual sleep walking into an expanded view of reality, this volume is what I suggest. Personally, I've read it three times over the years- and I am perfectly willing to do so once again.This is a book as much about the unconscious as it is about religious experience (as opposed to religious dogma.) This is because the author sees the unconscious as the matrix from which God reaches out to us. He isn't saying that God is merely another name for the unconscious- he is saying that the unconscious is the interface whereby we interact with God. The perspective is Jungian, but it goes far beyond Jung's published views. Indeed, the unconscious is seen as far vaster than even Jung imagined. The real purpose of this work is to ready us for contact with this vast unconscious, and by doing so, with God.
This book is also an excellent starting point for the study of the phenomenon of synchronicity, or meaningful "coincidence." In case you aren't familiar with this concept, a perfect example would be the fact that I searched for others who shared my birthdate before writing this review. Then, when I pulled this book up to write my review, I found that the only other one written was done on that date, my birthday. It is pointed out that the increasing frequency of such "coincidences" indicates that you are on the path to making meaningful connection with this higher realm or reality. You have broken through the veil and are on your way.
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A thoughtful, nondismissive review of psychic experiences, 1999-10-30
The author makes a clear and convincing case for another reality that intersects our sense-reality. This world is not subject to the experimental model of verification, but it is verified by the regularity of its manifestations. Does everyone have these experiences? Unlike Gellert, do they lack the confidence to share them? Do some people dismiss them out of hand? Do some people have them and others don't? The more people I talk to on this topic, the more unusual experiences I am finding out that they have had.