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Like many earlier review writers, I gave up on this book when I came to the Dolphin chapter: dolphins are dying because they are exhausted and have decided collectively through their group consciousness to abandon the Earth... This is relayed as fact. Wow. I am open minded, but am particularly troubled when I come across writers who, rather than state things as "as i see it", or "in my view", or "what I believe is...", instead tell us *exactly* how things are. This certainty is disturbing, particularly when claiming to know what dolphins think, or the various planes of angel existence, etc. I wanted to like this because Oprah supports this guy so highly. But at the end of the day, for me, this is troubling material. I consider myself to be "on the path", and gained very little from this writer. There are lots of other writers out there who relay their own sense of spirituality from a more nuanced and less controlling perspective. I especially like Lama Surya Das, Thicht Nhat Hanh, Marianne Williamson (although another person who knows exactly how it is... still, the message is a very positive one), Michael Singer, Tosha Silver, Peace Pilgrim, Eckhart Tolle. I find that the most important thing to ask oneself if whether a writer is asking you to take what they say and judge it on its merits, and then to incorporate it, or not, into your view of spirituality. If they are insistent and say "this is the way it is", then most likely they are simply asking you to buy into their version of reality, which is unlikely to be reality at all. Respect those who seek the Truth, doubt those who find it.