October 4, 2005

  • I often don't have very much to talk about here on xanga. And if I do it's often not very interesting. So, I've decided to outline some books that I've read about life and the spiritual journey that goes with it.. The first book that I'm going to discuss in great length is The Celestine Prophecy. This book was first introduced to me by a friend who believed wholeheartedly in its message and even had a framed poster that outlined its main points.  I didn't actually read the book until years later though.


    The whole story is about a guy who ends up on an adventure filled quest for spiritual guidance.  It starts out that he hears about an ancient Peruvian manuscript from an old friend who happens to be in town for a few hours. Charlene tells how this manuscript is being suppressed by the government.


    Well, I was never that goo at book reports. LOL. So here's the basics. The narrator goes on an adventure and at each major conflict or struggle discovers a new insight outlined by this ancient manuscript. This book uncovers 9 insights.


    The first insight :


    A Critical Mass


    A profound sense of restlessness. A glimpse of moments in our lives that feel more intense and inspiring. These instances lead up to the first insight, which occurs when we become aware of the coincidences in our lives. This is something that we have heard about before. Thedifference is in the numbers. People all over the world will become aware of their individual coincidences at the same time as thousands of others. When a certain number of people have become aware of the coincidences within their lives we will have reached A Critical Mass. When we reach this critical mass we'll take these coincidences seriously. Then as one we will question the meaning of life. This is how the next insights will be revealed.


    I've certainly become aware of the coincidences in my life since reading this book. It also gave me hope that while others don't experience the same coincidences they do experience them and have similar questions about their role on earth. Jeez! Can we say run on sentence? LOL. We already know I'm no writer. Anywayz, what are your thoughts? Have any of you ever read this book? Did I give a clear picture of the message?

Comments (5)

  • I've never read that one!

    I tend to stick to fiction...

    Take care!

    Kimberly

  • That sounds like an interesting read.

    RYC: I've written just about every genre known to man, but I think my niche is more contemporary/modern type stuff - comedy, mostly.

  • Seems like some good books to add to the reading list.

  • Yeah, traffic is pretty bad in Los Angeles. I live 40 miles from work and it takes me 35 minutes to go home at night, but in the daytime, it averages between 1.5 - 2.0 hrs. Some people that live in the "Valley" have to take 1 hour to drive 8 miles.  It's because Los Angeles doesn't like to take public transportation. There's a stigma of poverty about having to take public transportation. Plus, the MTA lines are aweful. They take you only to where you don't need to go. Everytime there's a terrorist/bomb threat, the light rail trains start scaring people because the city puts swat teams on visable guard. And then everybody drives SUV's, which takes 1.5 more space than regular cars. There's a housing problem in LA so most USC and UCLA students commute -- which then causes a parking and traffic problem. Nobody car pools...I can probably get to work in 1 hour or less if I carpooled with someone, but nooooo.

  • Hi.  You asked me to recap really quickly where I have been:

    I started out in Venice and remained in Italy, visiting my friend in Bologna as well as seeing San Marino, Rimini, Ravenna, Rome, the Vatican, Ancona, Palermo, Trapani (the last two being on Sicily).  Then I went down to see Tunisia.  I was there a week.  By the time I made it back up to visit my friend in Bologna and bring her, as well as two other friends from the University in Bologna, to Croatia, the first month was done. 

    In the second month, I went back to Italy to visit Florence and pick up some film I had developed in Venice.  I spent the rest of the month in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia.

    The third month, I decided to go further east, visiting Belgrade and Bucharest before an unforseen emergency forced me back to Croatia for another week and a half. 

    Eventually, I decided to make my way back east, taking in Sofia, Bulgaria.  Then, at the beginning of month four, I reach Istanbul before heading over to Cappadocia in the middle of Turkey to go on an air balloon ride over the region.  Afterwards, I visited an underground city and some fairy chimneys.  Halfway through that month, I made my way up to Moldova, the poorest country in Europe for about 11 days.  Great times there!  I ended up spending the next to last days of June in Sighisoara, Romania before heading over to Bratislava to catch plane to Amsterdam, where I did spend the last few days of the month.

    I spent the first few days of July in Den Haag, which is about an hour from Amsterdam.  After that, I flew back to Croatia, to Split, to meet up with a friend of a friend.  Then, afterwards, I spent some time with my friend who had finished up her time at Bologna.  A few days in the capital and then it was over to Pula, where I spent the rest of the month.  Totally unexpected.  A film festival, the beach, great times.  Met up with a guy from Canada there, whose parents are Croatian, and chilled out in a village for a few days. 

    We tried to make it down to Albania but that wasn't possible.  That was the first week of the sixth month.  I spent the first few weeks back in Pula and just hanging out once more.  Left Croatia after a few days back in Zagreb and then over to Belgrade and finally once more in Istanbul.

    On Sept 1st, I flew out of Istanbul to Singapore where I was until a few days ago.

    At the beginning of month eight, I am in Malaysia and journeying northward. 

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