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The fifth volume in one of the most extraordinary personal odysseys of the twentieth century. Don't Fall Off the Mountain, You Can Get There From Here, Out on a Limb, Dancing in the Light and now the most intimate and compelling book of all, It's All in the Playing. Oscar-winning actress, social activist, singular entertainer, best-selling author Shirley MacLaine has the courage to be both candid and controversial. In this book, she casts herself in her most challenging role yet--as seeker of personal and metaphysical truth. It began in Peru ten years ago and ended in Peru ten years later. But the steps along the way were the real story. In filming the miniseries Out on a Limb, Shirley MacLaine was forced to recreate herself ten years earlier. to journey back from Malibu to London, from Sweden to the mysterious landscape of Peru... to the places, the perceptions and profound emotions she experienced then. And to journey beyond, exploring new personal and cosmic dimensions, the choices of her lifetimes, who she was and who she would become. As the heart of Shirley MacLaine's testament is a compelling challenge: we choose our own destinies, create our own illusions. We have the power to design the world in which we live, and the strength to remake ourselves in the image of our dreams.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was born into a family whose spirituality and psychic awareness was part of my upbring so I found this book not only confirmation of these beliefs, but enlightning as well. The book is about the writing and sudsequent making of a tv series on the book, "Out on a Limb" in which Shirley Maclaine plays herself. The book looks at all aspects of physic phenomenon and the problems she had in making a mini series of this phenomenon. She also address most of the queries and puts it in every day language so it all makes sense. Well done Shirley Maclaine it is brilliant! I only wish I could get a copy of the mini series which the book is about but it is not available here or the states.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I can understand that some people might believe that this type of thinking is scary...however why should it be wrong!
It is a book that allows you to open your mind to other possibilities of what might exist, and the reasons why things happen the way they do. The book is written in such a wonderful way to allow the reader to travel through the journey of Shirely Maclaine to reach her beliefs...it absolutely wonderful and I would recomend those people that are open to new ideas...to read it.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Provokes thought...OUT ON A LIMB is better though.
1 Sep 2004
Format:Paperback
Shirley MacLaine writes about cohesion in our world. What do you believe and how did you truly come to believe in that? She
doesn't target religions but does inject insight into a notion
some find upsetting: God is everywhere, God is in you, a power of change for your life is also in you. I enjoy her books and hope
to see more. But my favorite is OUT ON A LIMB when Shirley shares her unsettling discoveries, discusses Jesus Christ and the missing 18-years from when he was 12-30---a time period deliberately remove from the original bible text. She challenges others to think and test what you believe in a real perspective.
Terrific!
doesn't target religions but does inject insight into a notion
some find upsetting: God is everywhere, God is in you, a power of change for your life is also in you. I enjoy her books and hope
to see more. But my favorite is OUT ON A LIMB when Shirley shares her unsettling discoveries, discusses Jesus Christ and the missing 18-years from when he was 12-30---a time period deliberately remove from the original bible text. She challenges others to think and test what you believe in a real perspective.
Terrific!
10 of 14 people found the following review helpful
exploring metaphysics
28 Mar 2000
Format:Paperback
Shirley Maclaine has proved herself not only to be a very good actress, but writer as well. She is very insightful and obviously intelligent. For those exploring the metaphysical realm, I would highly recommend her books.
5 of 15 people found the following review helpful
A Perturbing View of Life
23 Mar 1999
Format:Paperback
This kind of modern day thinking is mighty scary and I am sad that Shirley MacLaine promotes such foolishness. Ms. MacLaine likens life to a play and believes we ALL pick our parts and others are just characters in our play and besides, they PICKED their part too! Why is it people who have money, fame and relatively good luck fall for this? Why never starving victims of war or horribly abused women in Saudi Arabia? This line of thinking also apparently justifies whatever you choose to do in your life as it is merely for the experience and quite eliminates the need for much of a conscience. After all, if you decide to hurt someone, it was chosen in THEIR life script as well. Psychic types often promote this viewpoint. They claim a person who has been murdered was really a willing participant, as they actually wanted to leave this world. Scary concepts that psychopaths buy right into for their justifications. Does Ms. MacLaine really understand what she is encouraging? Pat Brown/Director/Investigative Criminal Profiler/The Sexual Homicide Exchange, Inc.
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