Going Deeper: How to Make Sense of Your Lilfe when Your Life Makes No Sense by Jean-claude Gerard Koven
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- Pub. Date: October 2004
- Publisher: Prism House Press
- Format: Hardcover, 438pp
- ISBN-13: 9780972395458
- ISBN: 0972395458
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Going Deeper: How to Make Sense of Your Lilfe when Your Life Makes No Senseby Anonymous
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September 10, 2006: 'Going Deeper' by Jean-Claude Koven is not a novel in the ordinary sense of the word and again it is also not a self-help book in the normal sense of the word. It is a novelised version of a man's spiritual search to understand his true nature and his true mission on this planet earth. The book's cover categorises it better as Self-Help, Spirituality, New Age and Metaphysical. The action takes place in Joshua Tree National Park and the whole 'Story' is about the Spiritual Rebirthing (the Phoenix is an appropriate metaphor) of Larry, the 'hero' through shedding many layers of ego resulting in better awareness and thus better integration of the many egos that go to make up an individual. Through Larry and his dog Zeus, who acts as a teacher, guide and guru, Jean-Claude tries to explain the nature of the 'self' or soul. The book is especially appealing to the 'Wanderers', souls of a higher plane who have volunteered to take birth on the earth allowing the veil of ignorance to cover them, but who, at the same time are not allowed to forget their true mission. This reviewer could well identify with the wanderer's problems, having been tormented by similar conflicts between the insights that keep coming up from the other side and the veil of ignorance that tries to cover up those sights. The book certainly helps clarify many of the puzzles presented by the universe. The book is different from the usual new age books in that it tries to harmonise the relationship between spirituality and science. I found the portion that bridges the spirituality and science excellent reading. Even if you don't have a scientific background, the book talks to you from several points of perception and thus succeeds in reaching its central message across of non-duality, or the unity in diversity. The author has obviously been exposed to several philosophies and religions from across the world. His ideas run close to the ideas of non-duality carried in the Upanishads and Sri Bhagavad Gita (The Song Divine), the teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi and Sai Baba etc. Readers who are steeped in believing a specific religion may find some of the ideas revolutionary and disturbing. In general the book has been edited very well. The few slips don't affect the message. The photograph on the cover is really inviting and the printing quality is good. The book has gripped my attention and interest. I had to pick it up every day and continue. This is the first book that I could read from beginning to end in the space of about a week, after several months of health problems. As the author writes, nothing is really random and I felt that the book came into my hands at the right time. (I read this book sometime ago) I won't urge you to go and buy the book and read it. If you are ready, the book will come to you.
Going Deeper: How to Make Sense of Your Lilfe when Your Life Makes No Senseby Anonymous
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January 24, 2005: Who am I? What is my purpose? What is the meaning of life? If you are the type of person who often ask yourself these age-old questions, then this is a book worth considering. In a simple, straight-forward style accompanied by light, fun dialogue, Jean-Claude Koven explores profound metaphysical subjects and presents it in a manner any intelligent reader can understand. The story begins a week after 9/11, when Larry, a successful LA lawyer, ends up adopting a puppy in the strangest of circumstances. Important to point out is the restless state of Larry?s mind at this point, as it symbolizes how many people think and feel in these times: ?Little by little it was dawning on him [Larry] that reality doesn?t lend itself to containment in tidy packages. Certainty was receding, replaced by a newborn voice in his psyche that demanded answers to a host of unspoken questions. Despite all his education and apparent success, the life he?d constructed for himself didn?t quite make sense to him anymore. Something about it was a complete sham. Whatever he was doing now, whatever he had done in the past, no longer had much relevance. And he had no answers.? One day Larry decides to make a ?nature? trip to Joshua Tree National Park with his beloved, and quite inseparable adopted dog, Zeus. On the way, Larry suddenly hears a voice talking to him. Stunned, he realizes it comes from Zeus. Thus Larry?s spiritual journey begins? A journey that will completely transformed him, heighten his level of awareness and change his old sense of illusion vs. reality. Larry learns that he is, in fact, a Wanderer, an advance soul from a distant dimension come to earth in love and service to assist the transition into the next paradigm. Through the engrossing, sometimes hilarious dialogues between Larry and Zeus, Larry and a racoon, Larry and a juniper tree, and Larry and stones, metaphysical concepts are explored, among these the Higher Self, Akashic records, Levels of Awareness, densities, chakras, indigo children and reincarnation. Timeless subjects such as religion, science, faith, free will and intuition are also discussed. At the end of the book there is also a helpful and informative glossary with all the metaphysical terms. This novel should not only be in the shelf of every metaphysical enthusiast, but also in the hands of anybody who desires to enrich his/her spiritual life. All throughout the novel you?ll find enlightening words and quotes, like Einstein?s ?No problem can be solved from the same level of Consciousness that created it.? Or ?When caught in a fog bank, you can always see more clearly by moving above it.? I specially like Zeus? advice at the beginning, when he tells Larry that human beings shouldn?t focus so much on the imagined destination and instead learn to enjoy the actual journey in getting there. Even for those of you who don?t believe in concepts like Wanderers, Light Workers, Planetary Servers, reincarnation or chakras, any open-minded, intelligent reader will be able to derive wise tips on how to become a better human being and live a better life.
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