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Smile Store - Soul Wisdom: Practical Soul Treasures to Transform Your Life (Soul Power)
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List Price: $16.00
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Manufacturer: Atria
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 204.4
EAN: 9781416588931
ISBN: 1416588930
Label: Atria
Manufacturer: Atria
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: 2008-07-01
Publisher: Atria
Studio: Atria
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In Soul Wisdom, internationally acclaimed Soul Master, healer, and bestselling author Dr. Zhi Gang Sha takes healing and personal transformation to the ultimate level, the soul level. Dr. Sha's teachings empower you to melt all of your life blockages with practical soul treasures: Soul Language, Soul Song, Soul Movement, Soul Tapping, and Soul Dance. This is the first time in history that the Divine has released these soul secrets to transform the consciousness of humanity and create love, peace, and harmony for humanity, Mother Earth, and the Universe. "The Soul Song for Healing and Rejuvenation" included in this book is an MP3 file that only some CD players can play. If your CD player cannot play MP3 files, you can download a music file at http://www.drsha.com and burn it to a CD that will work on virtually all CD players.
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Summary: Oh great Divine I am gouging my eyes out..
Comment: If I've read a worse, more over the top, new age book I don't know what it is. This book was agonizing to get through. Repetitive... repetitive... repetitive. I don't know if the author was trying to use hypnotic suggestion or what but he would repeat the same sentences or phrases over and over again.
The book seems to be about teaching yourself something the author calls "Soul Language". Supposedly, we can all speak it. We can all understand it... well not quite. You see if you can train yourself to speak in soul language and others around you know how to translate soul language then they can understand you- only they may each understand you differently... and you might not really understand what you're saying yourself.
I read a LOT of books on Spirituality and religion so Eastern thought is nothing new to me. In fact, I am very well read on Zen but this "Soul Wisdom" was too far fetched even for me and I am one of the most open minded people you'll ever meet.
That being said the packaging is nice and it comes with a free CD. I have no idea what's on it since I never opened mine. By the time I finished this book I was hoping my soul would never speak to me or anyone else.
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Summary: Another oooOOOOooooOOOO Book
Comment: This book was not at all what I expected it to be. It is long, 300 pages, but it seems even longer as you read it's convoluted twists and turns. The author claims to be Divine. He claims that by reading certain passages, the Divine Wisdom will enter your body. He claims that when you, too, become divine, then YOU can heal others as well. Singing? Chanting? The book even comes with a CD of the author singing. I played it in the background on my computer at work and, frankly, found it annoying.
Dear Divine Golden Light Ball and Golden Liquid Spring of Divine Soul Language, please return to my soul.
Hao. Hao. Hao.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Personally, I do not believe that by chanting certain passages will cure my spleen or cleanse my kidneys. In fact, I think it could almost be considered malpractice. Maybe this works for some people, but buyer be alert.
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Summary: Good Book for the Spiritual Seeker, A Little Too Much Hype
Comment: If you're not completely in-tune with yourself you my find this book boasting or too personal to deal with. It is a little abstract for all but the most devout of spiritual practitioners. I find a lot of information and references to his other books a bit distracting. It sounds more like a sales pitch than a book of wisdom. I am writing this review not having completely finished reading the book. If I find otherwise or discover some special ending I will revise this review. The reading of the first chapter was fairly easy. It slowed down from there on. I think someone who would appreciate this book would be someone who doesn't even need it. I don't know who this book was written for. It is an expression of the author. Like waving your hand. But you don't have to pay to see someone wave their hand. The best things in life are free.
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Summary: Only for true believers
Comment: I was curious about this book because of the brief description I had read. I figured that I am pretty open minded, and have heard about plenty of "way out there" things. This book is quite unusual because of the claims that the author makes. Dr. Sha makes. He seems very sincere, so you do want to believe that he is telling you the truth. The more I read, the weirder it sounded. I felt uncomfortable w/ the examples in the book. Of course I wanted to believe it was all true and good, but I am not easily fooled, and made the choice that this book wasn't for me.
If you are already a true believer of Dr. Sha's, then this book is for you. Anybody who isn't already a believer isn't going to become one by reading this book.
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Summary: Mother Earth or Yin/Yang Philosophy
Comment: "Soul Wisdom" by Dr. Zhi Gang Sha (Atria Books; 305 pages; Bonus Soul Song CD included)
"Dr. Sha's techniques awaken the healing power already present in all of us, empowering us to put our overall well-being in our own hands. His explanation of energy and message, and how they link consciousness, mind, body, and spirit, forms a dynamic information network in language that is easy to understand and, more important, to apply." (Forward, page xxv, Dr. Beckwith). This excerpt taken from the Forward pretty much sums up what this book is about. Christianity and Pentecost is discussed on pages 22-23, however this is not from a Christian perspective even though most of the concepts are similar.
Examples of comparisons: unpleasant service/sin, Divine/Christ, Soul Journey/Christian Journey, Thank You/Amen, Divine, Spiritual mothers, fathers, your own soul, mind, body/Father, Son, Holy Ghost; and Soul Language/Prayer and Speaking in Tongues.
The author presents this book as a "tool of divine presence". He has been trained in tai chi, qi gong, feng shui, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, etc. Page 39 offers a chant of 3396815 in Chinese (Sahn, Sahn, Joe, Lew, Bah, Yow, Woo). You can also visit mastershasoulsong.com to hear soul song (page 167).
Great debate section for book clubs can be found on page 254. This section is called "Heaven Is Most Fair" and tackles the issue of rich and powerful people who are not nice versus a very giving person who is struggling with money and other issues. The author states, "People with great power and wealth did good service before, in their previous lives".
Positive message found on page 255: Spiritual Law - Success and disaster happen at same time. "Progress is always based on conflict." This reminds me of the Christian saying that you can't have a testimony without a test.
The author recognizes many religious and spiritual traditions...especially the life of Jesus. I do not recommend this book to Christians unless you are using it for research and comparisons for some reason or other. I do recommend this book to those who believe in an unidentified higher power. Some information was repeated more than necessary and the same information could have been effectively conveyed in a much shorter book.
For those who have interest in the topic of this book, I recommend the following product link:
The Art of War for Women: Sun Tzu's Ancient Strategies and Wisdom for Winning at Work
Review by Pam Jarmon-Wade
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