Tom A.

Not for me

Reviewed: 06-18-24

Not sure why all the good reviews. The story is slow and sappy. I was hoping to learn a lot about sheep, fleece, and textiles, but after the first hour of I gave up. I'm glad I did not pay for it.

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Shallow and Repetitive

Reviewed: 06-12-24

I really tried to like this, but overall it is twice as long as it needs to be. The story is pretty shallow in many places, and the characters need more, well, character. The author tells us in the forward that 'I don't believe in God', like that has anything to do with the story. Anyway, the performance was excellent.

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Maybe 80% Credible, But...

Reviewed: 02-19-24

Okay, I've listened for over 20 hours and really should return this book, but I did get a few new interesting tidbits. I know individuals that have had full K awakenings, and yes, they do retain a small bit of ego, but this guy is way over the top. It's like a full-on narcissist had a powerful K awakening and it didn't affect them on the ego side (not at all believable). His explanations of experiences of those having K awakenings is very much valid based on my experiences, so that seems genuine, but much of this book is a conglomeration of existing ideas and sometimes it is contradictory. In one place he says 'based on MY review of the literature, yogis cannot levitate...' and three pages later says, 'levitation and manipulation of physical matter is possible...', He even incorporates the 'angel numbers 11:11' as something important. In other words, this book is a mish mash to get as many readers as possible to increase the authors finances. Individuals with full awakenings do not push in that direction in my experience...

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9 people found this helpful

Do not waste a credit, please

Reviewed: 09-28-23

I've been an Audible gold member for over 13 years, and have purchased over 400 titles. Audible no longer let's you return books as easily as they did in the past. Most of my recent purchases have been duds, and without recourse. I'm beginning to think the review process is being gamed like on Amazon itself. Many self-help books like this that have very high reviews, but then turn out to be simple books that are very repetitive and quite absent of new ideas. So sad, another wasted credit. The author of this one repeats the word 'self-sabotage' I bet 50 times in the first 20 pages of chapter one. So, so annoying. Really, she can't do a bit of work and mix up some different terms now and then. Such poor writing and content.

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Be careful, and use a credit vs buy with $

Reviewed: 08-19-23

To begin, the author of this book misrepresents himself. They guy has a degree in English yet calls himself a 'clinician' and all sorts of other names to make you think he is a scientist or Dr. He is not. So, with that beginning, I braced myself, and sure enough, it goes off the rails. But, to sum up the book: Man goes to India, learns to meditate. Realizes he has mother/father issues (minor ones, IMO), and then magically cures his eyesight. He then applies his specific experience to all other people and misinterprets the science of epigenetics along the way. What I learned from all this (I've been a member of Audible for 15 years), is that you can no longer return a title unless it was purchased with a credit. Not sure when that changed, but I'm screwed... Don't make the same mistake.

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Superb

Reviewed: 02-05-23

I'm adding my five-start review as I have this in my top 20 books (out of 400) in my audible library. Ignore the comments about narration as it is just fine. This is the best book on medication and it's mechanics, especially if you prefer a more secular approach. If you're interested in long-term success at meditation, this is a must have in your library.

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Tremendous

Reviewed: 12-03-21

Just tremendous. If you have even a bit of interest in science, history, and the struggle required to really change the world, you'll love this book. The author provides a well balanced view of climate change and presents good arguments for both sides. His portrayal of the struggles of both wizard and prophet are very, very good. I did not want this book to end even after 18 hours. Bravo!

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Interesting but not really a great read

Reviewed: 12-03-21

It's an interesting story, but the telling is long and drawn out (and thus I gave up half way through). The book should be about half its size as it would be much better. Art is about removing, not adding. Anyway, the story is about how the government will always let you down in a crisis, and boy do they. It's really a study of the 'fog of war' within a large hospital when everything starts breaking and no one is coming to help. Interesting if told well, but this one let me down. I returned it,

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Very Repetitive and Mostly Advertisement

Reviewed: 04-11-21

Wim was the real deal. However, he is now just a shill to build a wealth empire. This book is very repetitive, makes some questionable assertions, and is really not worth it. I also purchased his phone app two years ago and liked it. However, it now requires $$$ for everything, even the simple breathing monitor. Very, very sad as Wim says MANY times in this book that: "Money is not important", "It is not about the Money", "We are not about the Money, we just want to change the world..." Well, it IS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY.

Anyway, I understand the great reviews from others, but the bottom line to me is the character of the person presenting the material. If you compromise in one area, you will likely compromise in them all, so please take everything said with some suspicion.

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Buddhism for Christians

Reviewed: 04-01-19

It's a pretty good book, but the material isn't necessarily new, just presented from a Christian perspective. It's a book for Christians that explains what Buddhist's have understood for a long time. It also contains many ideas from Ken Wilber concerning the various 'stages' that individuals, groups, and cultures go through as they mature. It's also an apology and justification for the existing religious / church organizations.

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