Life & teaching of the Masters of the Far EastNovember 4, 2006 4 out of 7 found this review helpful
Very interesting reading; good quality books.
thought provokingOctober 31, 2006 6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I was referred to read not only this selection of books, but also "The autobiography of a yogi" in the writings of Bruno Groening who was a healer in Germany in the 1950's. I strongly suggest that anyone wanting to read this selection by Baird T Spalding should first read Autobiography of a Yogi. I found the information contained in the Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East not only thought provoking, brain hurting, but also NOT reccomended for the closed minded or faint hearted.
WOW!!August 1, 2006 6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This series of books really changed my Life!! I've actually applied what The Masters talk about and it really works!!
Not a weight loss or self help book...July 27, 2006 11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I can see how western civilization readers may have a very difficult time accepting Life and Teachings as nothing more than black magic. It goes very deep. This is not a series of books that you sit down and read like the DaVinci code. Have you ever, as an example, opened up the King James version of the New Testament at your hotel room and tried to actually read it and take any of it in? Its tough. Not a page turner. Kind of boooorrring. No wonder we have sunday church to get us through it all. Life and Teachings has to be read in small bites people. Really. Yes, there is a message of sorts that comes out of it: Your religion is right. So is your neighbors and so is there neighbors. Yet it doesnt focus so much on "religion" as it does on the human potential. Thats where its at. And, thats where this read keeps going. This is not an easy book series to get through. Dont pick it up and expect "an answer" right away. You have to work a bit. Like a textbook rather than a Dan Brown Novel. It's laughable that people who read about "men that move mountains or part waters etc" can't comprehend it in anything other than magic. Life and Teachings is a thinker series. You read a bit. You stop. You think. Pick it up later and read some more. Not entertaining nor was it meant to be, but it strikes a lightning bolt at a few nerve endings you didnt know you had. And, no, you won't have to send any money to a special group or PO Box at the end. They dont have a Web site either. Baird Spalding is quite dead as are all the other scientists that went into those mountains in the late 1800's that resulted in this book series. Read it. Don't worry. You won't grow hair on your palms and it won't corrupt your 21st century thinking on modern christianity. The message of Life and Teachings is; Put down your swords. Everyone's right about why we "are". Buddah, Jesus, Allah, Mohammmed, everyone of you....YOu all came down the same road from the same hilltop and this is an excellent tutorial on how that could be and examples of the human potential. Its nothing new. No revelations. Millions of years have gone by and its all still the same except on-going arguments.
jesus throwing thunderbolts?!June 18, 2006 3 out of 24 found this review helpful
The first volume was interesting fiction. Hide a city in a mountain?! In later volumes jesus is throwing thunderbolts and killing the 'enemy' is not the jesus of the new testament. Instead buy Aquarian Gospel, Impersonal Life, Door of Everything and on recincarnation/heaven read testimony of light, but skip the introduction and notice the constant unfolding as in the movie ground hog day
