My daughter is reading this book. It is a present from a friend of mine. My friend said to me "after reading this book, I stopped smoking". As my daughter started to smoke recently, she gave her the book so that my daughter could maybe quit smoke, too. However, what has happened is that the day my daughter started to read this book, she was freaking out about the end of the world and war and a possible "earth switch". I was scared of how much she was impressed by the book, and then she started to write random things on a paper and she said to me that thoughts were coming to her mind without her control and she was writing because she had a lot in her mind. I read what she wrote and it was a lot of nonsense sentences.
Any thoughts and opinions?
By the way, I believe in spirits and that they can communicate with us and I was wondering if my daughter was in connection with one.
2007-11-13 15:35:40 · 6 answers · asked by Janet Reincarnated 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I have told her over and over that it is fiction, but yet she is very affected by the book. I don't say it is a bad thing, I just see she is changing her way of thinking through the book.
2007-11-14 03:47:01 · update #1
I read it and found several interesting concepts, howeer knowing that The Celestine Prophecy was originally self-published by Redfield, who sold 100,000 copies out of the trunk of his Honda before Warner Books agreed to publish it, may or may not certify the main criticism against this book, namely that Redfield wrote it to present his New Age ideas and opinions.
Whatever the case may be, it is an interesting read, but not one to taker so seriously as to engender a case of jitters and fear.
No, it is not demonic, and describing it so demonstrates ignorance as well as prejudicial opnions.
Before a person critiques a book that person should read it, then based on that reading present a valid critique.
2007-11-13 16:03:50 · answer #1 · answered by Cybele K 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Whether or not you choose to believe in spirits really has no bearing on what's going on.
Your daughter sounds pretty impressionable. The book she's reading is fiction. You need to understand this and she needs to understand this. (Apparently your friend is clueless to this fact.) The book is a collection of New Age ramblings. New Age is a philosophical perspective adopted by religious people who are unable or unwilling to learn about and acknowledge science and who are not comfortable with traditional churches. There's a lot of mysticism and talk of energy and vibrations. It's really just an over-simplified and over-spiritualized self help book.
I would encourage her to read a variety of books that cover the how and why of human existence. If she goes through life thinking the C.P. is a handbook for living she is going to have to create a more and more fantastical belief system to compensate for the inaccuracies and falsehoods presented in this book.
2007-11-14 01:51:14 · answer #2 · answered by Peter D 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've read all of them. I'm not quite sure why she is freaking out like that. Granted it's been awhile since I've read them, but I thought they were peaceful, happy books (and they are fictional, by the way).
You may need to let her know that these are NOT non-fiction books. And perhaps get her the patch to help with smoking.
2007-11-13 15:39:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good grief ... ground yourself !!
It is simply a good, fictional yarn.
Yes, I read it years ago, and then again. It is a great story, but that is all it is. There is a sequel out too, which I have yet to read.
2007-11-13 15:39:37 · answer #4 · answered by Brett2010 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
you need to check this book out for yourself. I haven't read it nor have I heard of this man but it sounds demonic.
2007-11-13 15:44:09 · answer #5 · answered by maozSFCU 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
I thought it was junk personally.
2007-11-13 15:40:04 · answer #6 · answered by Maya 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋