Secret of Shambala - James Redfield

Spin me a tale of Kathmandu or Tibet, throw in an ancient monastery and mix this with a secret valley, where the great truths of life can be found, and I'll be hanging on to your every word. Okay so I'm gullible, but that's alright because I know I am. I just have this urge, a restlessness, to try and discover what this life of ours is really all about. This means I look in some very peculiar places! At times I read some duff books, visit areas that turn out to be disappointing and I have attended many dry, dreary lectures, meetings and interviews. Just occasionally though, every once in a while, I get glimpses of things that appear to me to be ...  Read the complete review

Marion Williamson's book 'Enchanted Love' makes compulsive reading if you are looking to bring clarity and understanding to your relationships. It examines the mystical power of intimate relationships - how the 'mortal mind' can destroy relationships by focusing on analysing, setting limits, planning, looking for blame and error whilst the 'divine mind' knows no limits, focuses on the spiritual, belives in forgiveness and innocence, asks 'What can I give here?' rather than 'What am I getting here?'. She believes that to demystify love is to lose it, the mystery provides vital power to enchant us, to touch us and to heal. She ...  Read the complete review

The journey that started with The Celestine Prophecy continues in The Secret of Shambhala. This book carries on where the other stopped and takes the reader in search of the Eleventh Insight. (You can read this book and follow it without having read the previous one as the author tends to explain references to it.) In the highest mountains of Tibet there lies a community called Shambhala (or Shangri-la). Here, there is hidden, secret knowledge, that could have a major impact on the reader's life (according to the author). The search for Shambhala starts with the words of a child and the desperate favour asked by a friend. The quest begins ...  Read the complete review