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228 of 230 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
This book will help you., 11 May 2008
The most valuable thing about this book is the inspiring passion with which it is written. But if you want a more structured and hence more helpful advice on positive changes in your life, I'd recommend a book by Dr. Robert Anthony "The Ultimate Secrets of Total Self-Confidence". There are many authors writing about basically same thing - the ways of making your wishes come true. The amazing fact of life is - it is all possible. However, I think there are many people out there, who'd be put off by the mere mention of "magic", "cosmic", etc. If you are one of them, bear this in mind: YOU will have to do all the work, not a fairy, not a pixy, not an angel. The magic these authors are reffering to is simply a common sence. Only in which case do you think you'll make a better job out of your life - when you are nugged into doing well under the threat of not getting a prize in the afterlife, being at the same time constantly reminded that you are so bad, you haven't got a chance to get it anyway; or will you do better being inspired to do the best you can because it is great fun.
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246 of 248 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Magnificent and addictive reading!!!, 10 April 2007
Stephen, a masterpiece!!! This man simply oozes kindness and understanding throughout the book and has written it in a way that is both captivating but simple to understand. Your orders will soon be on their way...
I asked for some things for my daughter, and she has been very lucky since I started (so, may I add, have I!!!!".
I highly recommend this book. and the CD. It takes all the mystery out of Cosmic ordering... Thank you Stephen for a wonderful book!!!!
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218 of 220 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A strange but valuable book, 8 April 2008
No-one picks up a book on cosmic ordering with an unbiased mind. Many people believe implictly in the principles of cosmic ordering; others are profoundly sceptical, though those in the latter category are unlikely to read a book like this in the first place, and would probably dismiss it out of hand. I've read other books on cosmic ordering, and have to say that some of them were pretty unimpressive. This one is different; here's why.
Stephen Richards has a rather unusual style of writing. Initially, this struck me as being simply an extremely conversational tone. The book reads as though it had been dictated to tape and then transcribed. Initially, it seems like one half of a conversation, in which the speaker ranges off into some seemingly-unconnected areas ranging from pyramid theory to the pineal gland to Mayan seers, not forgetting von Daniken. At first, I could not really grasp the point of this eclectic (indeed, at times, seemingly eccentric) approach.
But then the penny dropped. The languid, conversational tone is AN EXTREMELY SUBTLE AND EFFECTIVE FORM OF MILD HYPNOSIS. As you read this book, you are being mildly hypnotised, and thereby prepared. This makes you ready for the acceptance of the action plan set out here. The action ideas are dropped like pebbles into the relaxed mind of the reader, sending out positive thoughts like ripples in a pond. When Richards 'cuts to the chase', the style changes from the languid and conversational to the precise. It's a remarkable piece of writing.
The excellent CD by the same author - even better than the book, in many ways - confirmed to me that the aim is the acceptance of positive thinking through mild hypnosis, following the premise that positive thoughts, however created, will give positive results.
Does it work? My tentative view is 'yes', though cosmic ordering is not capable of scientific proof or disproof. I'm witholding one star here, simply because I don't think 'cosmic ordering' really connects quite as effectively as the more spiritual school epitomised by Troward, Curtis and Fox. Fox's "Golden Key" is the true miracle tool, utterly brilliant and effective.
This said, Richards' book is a very long way ahead of others in the cosmic ordering field. I'm sure it can change lives for the better. It is to be hoped that it will also lead readers to enquire more deeply and to read Troward et al.
All in all, then, it's a remarkable piece of work. If you buy just one book on 'cosmic ordering', it should be this one.
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