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The Seat of the Soul
by
Gary Zukav
A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: This hardcover edition of "The Seat of the Soul" celebrates its tenth anniversary. "The Seat of the Soul" became a national bestseller when it was first published, but more people are buying it now than ever before. Why is this?It is because a new species is being born. "The Seat of the Soul" is about this birth. This new species longs for harmony,...more
Hardcover, 256 pages
Published
March 17th 1999
by Simon & Schuster
(first published January 1st 1989)
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The sole purpose of this book seems to be to set him up as a guru to sell his workshops. He constantly makes broad unsupported universal statements and asserts things without evidence. I felt quite manipulated and just wanted him to stop including me in his royal "we". [return]He got off on the wrong foot with me on the first chapter "Evolution". Everything he says about scientific evolution is wrong. His point is that "our" beliefs about evolution are wrong. Well, *his* beliefs about evolution...more
This book is new-agey and written for an Oprah audience with no background in philosophy, religion (east or west), or science. The parts of the book that are good are the parts stolen (without citation or even a nod) from either Plato's Republic or Buddhism. Zukav makes many grandiose metaphysical claims but doesn't feel the need to once offer an argument as to how he has come about this knowledge he has about; for instance, Angels, Teachers, how dolphin souls become human souls, or why souls ne...more
This book, along with Emotional Alchemy, is worth every moment I have spent reading it, studying and pondering it. It really stretches one past the Judeo-Christian ethic of good and evil, light and dark, reward and punishment.
It helps to solidify the niggling wonders you have about where we come from and where we will return. More importantly, it helps you to consider why you are here, why you wished to be here now, and what your mission could be.
While it's gotten a bad wrap as one of the myria...more
It helps to solidify the niggling wonders you have about where we come from and where we will return. More importantly, it helps you to consider why you are here, why you wished to be here now, and what your mission could be.
While it's gotten a bad wrap as one of the myria...more
Feb 06, 2008
Lora
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommended to Lora by:
Oprah. Yeah-I know.
To review the titles of the chapters-there is Evolution, Karma, Reverence, Heart, Intuition, Light, Intention, Choice, Addiction, Relationships, Souls, Psychology, Illusion, Power, and Trust. I found Reverence and Intention to be the most enlightening. Most self-help/self-awareness books do not approach the subject of respect, honor, and reverence within the karmic framework of actions and reactions. I think a great deal of this book could be supported with biblical scripture and I would love fo...more
Living a conscious life is the main thrust of this book -- be "awake" as you live your life to live a more meaningful life. As you become conscious of your actions you begin to become whole. One aspect of becoming whole is letting go of the mental baggage that keeps you chained to old bad habits, to fears and doubts that keep you from growing and realizing your own great potential.
I found this book to be very thought provoking. Several times throughout the book I found myself saying "YES" to the...more
I found this book to be very thought provoking. Several times throughout the book I found myself saying "YES" to the...more
Let me explain my rating of 3 stars first. I am required to put a rating on, but do not want to do so on this book. So the 3 stars are my attempt not to rate the book, rather than a rating so disregard it totally. Since the book argues that judging is harmful to the soul and I agree with that, I will try to avoid being judgmental as much as I am able, in order to be fair to the spirit of this book.
Let me share with you my reactions to the book. The author has written a series of 16 interrelated...more
Let me share with you my reactions to the book. The author has written a series of 16 interrelated...more
This book has been really helpful. I had some trouble getting into it because some of the writing is a bit cyclical and hard to read. But I think this is mostly because the subject being dealt with doesn't really have a good language to express the ideas. Therefore reading it from this perspective it is a really well written book that deals with concepts that don't fit into the English language so well.
He gave a really good explanation of how humanity is evolving and goes in depth into what is g...more
He gave a really good explanation of how humanity is evolving and goes in depth into what is g...more
I couldn't put this book down. I even read some chapters over and over, again, before moving on to the next. I'm a Christain who loves being a Christain; who loves God, the Light; and who loves Jesus, my Savior. Reading this book not only enlightened me, but gave me clarity to things that I could not quite understand. This book gave me a more in-depth understanding to the Word. During my reading I laughed, cried and rejoiced. I can related so much to Mr. Zukav's concepts. Passages and scriptures...more
Gary Zukov's easy to understand book goes right to the essence of who we are under the surface of our exterior selves. In simple terms, he explores the nonphysical aspects of our beings and shows how we can perceive existence using more than just our usual bodily sense mechanisms.
Our soul is there to be understood and explored, Zukov maintains. The more we recognize it and how it functions, he says, the better able we will be to make effective course corrections in our lives. The following quote...more
Our soul is there to be understood and explored, Zukov maintains. The more we recognize it and how it functions, he says, the better able we will be to make effective course corrections in our lives. The following quote...more
The author begins his writing based on a faulty definition of truth. He twists historical events to suit his theories. Still the author has brought to light some very interesting ideas of human psychology. This writing brings to the reader the basic ideals of Buddhism but lacks practical solution to the more difficult matters of relationships. I got the feeling that he is talking himself into a spiritual belief but has not examined in depth the relationship between intention, forgiveness and tru...more
I was flipping through the TV channels, and paused for a few seconds on OWN. Oprah Winfrey was talking to Gary Zukav about The Seat of the Soul. I thought it sounded interesting. The next day for some reason I lost audio on OWN and Oprah never spoke to me again. I got the audiobook and it sounded familiar. It was written in 1984. In the 1980's I read a lot of New Age stuff, and I figured I had it all memorized. Then in the second-to-the-last disc he said something about dolphins, and I knew I ha...more
The Seat of the Soul by Gary Zukav
In “The Seat of the Soul” Zukav unleashes his simply elegant poetic style in a thought-provoking journey of discovery – a spiritual transformation. As a reader, I found this book to be profound in its diction and language – it seems a bit over-poetic, black-and-white stances and an occasional unbelievability. I found Zukav’s work to have achieved coherent and compelling accounts of the next phase in human evolution. As a writer, I admire the bravery and interest...more
In “The Seat of the Soul” Zukav unleashes his simply elegant poetic style in a thought-provoking journey of discovery – a spiritual transformation. As a reader, I found this book to be profound in its diction and language – it seems a bit over-poetic, black-and-white stances and an occasional unbelievability. I found Zukav’s work to have achieved coherent and compelling accounts of the next phase in human evolution. As a writer, I admire the bravery and interest...more
I heard his "Dancing Wu Li Masters" was an interesting read so I picked up this one as the title seemed interesting to me. I thought I might get into something deep in the way of the relation of matter to energy and information. Nope. This guy has gone off the deep end (as a sufi friend of mine so generously put it). This gem of a book contains not only (really stupid) unsupported speculation without so much as a reference or footnote, but to add to the reader's frustration, the book does not ev...more
The first "spirituality" book I read. "New age physics", was what i knew it to be. I could go so far as to say it changed my life, introducing me to concepts and ideas and drawing my attention to experience in a fresh and belief-changing way.
If one is familiar with this type of thinking and area of writing, this book may be nothing special. Although there is something in Zukav's personal and simple writing style is calming and engaging to me (in this book at least - think again if your looking...more
If one is familiar with this type of thinking and area of writing, this book may be nothing special. Although there is something in Zukav's personal and simple writing style is calming and engaging to me (in this book at least - think again if your looking...more
While Zukav's work, in my opinion starts off a little slow and heavy in the 1st couple chapters, he's laying the nessesary ground work for the remainder of the book's content. Not everyone will "get it" as the author dscribes some of life's most complex issues. And that's OK. Those who are ready for the journey will begin. Gary Zukuv seems to capture the essence of our reason for being here, our relationship to ourselves, to our partner, our fellow humans, the Earth and ultimatatly, to the Unive...more
This book was recommended to me for reading in regards to its spirituality content. It cemented, for me, my feelings in regards to my own spirituality. It is important to note that I do not follow Mr. Zukav's views concerning reincarnation. My spirituality is based fully and completely in God. With that said, he does weave a wonderful, spiritual journey in which each of us has the capacity to walk. How important the choices (responsible choices) we make in life, our intentions behind those choic...more
Pg 94 anger/forgiveness
Pg 244
Each time you feel negative, stop, acknowledge that you are, and discharge it consciously. Ask what you are feeling and what is at the root of it. Go for the root of it in that instant and as you work to pull the root, simultaneously look at the positive side and remind yourself of the greater truth that there is something spiritually profound at work, that your life is no accident, that you are under contract. (What a long convoluted overly wording description.) Cur...more
Pg 244
Each time you feel negative, stop, acknowledge that you are, and discharge it consciously. Ask what you are feeling and what is at the root of it. Go for the root of it in that instant and as you work to pull the root, simultaneously look at the positive side and remind yourself of the greater truth that there is something spiritually profound at work, that your life is no accident, that you are under contract. (What a long convoluted overly wording description.) Cur...more
I remembered having read this book when rereading Alan Watts'
The Wisdom of Insecurity
, not that the two are comparable. Watts is carefully reasoning his way through the most profound questions of life, and Zukav simply makes bold claims without any indication of how he arrived at them. I got about two-thirds of the way through The Seat of the Soul before the accumulating weight of these claims (e.g., animals can be reincarnated as humans, but only in primitive settings where the transition isn...more
Maybe if the author's writing style was different I could have finished it, but I couldn't make it through a whole page without my mind starting to wander to other things.
On top of that, the author doesn't give any rhyme or reason why he thinks these things. I could get past that, if the majority of what he suggested resonated with me, but some of it just seemed so arbitrary. Teachers, Guides, Souls, Personalities, something imbetween Personalities and souls. I agree with the general idea he is...more
On top of that, the author doesn't give any rhyme or reason why he thinks these things. I could get past that, if the majority of what he suggested resonated with me, but some of it just seemed so arbitrary. Teachers, Guides, Souls, Personalities, something imbetween Personalities and souls. I agree with the general idea he is...more
Untuk membaca buku yang tidak terlalu tebal (dibawah 200 halaman) ini bukan persoalan yang mudah.
Kenapa?
Butuh waktu untuk sungguh-sungguh memahami maknanya, apalagi karena buku ini tentang hakikat kehidupan maka sembari membaca saya memahaminya dengan mengkaitkannya dengan perjalanan hidup saya sendiri
Dan hasilnya?
AMAZING!
Mencerahkan
Bahkan pertanyaan-pertanyaan saya tentang reinkarnasi, keterikatan dengan kesan panca indera, love vs fear,relationship dll terjawab di buku ini
Sangat menarik
Wajib...more
Kenapa?
Butuh waktu untuk sungguh-sungguh memahami maknanya, apalagi karena buku ini tentang hakikat kehidupan maka sembari membaca saya memahaminya dengan mengkaitkannya dengan perjalanan hidup saya sendiri
Dan hasilnya?
AMAZING!
Mencerahkan
Bahkan pertanyaan-pertanyaan saya tentang reinkarnasi, keterikatan dengan kesan panca indera, love vs fear,relationship dll terjawab di buku ini
Sangat menarik
Wajib...more
Mar 07, 2009
Pat
marked it as to-read
Heard Gary Zukav interviewed on Oprah a couple of years ago. The premises of his thinking were very new to me then. I was intrigued, bought the book, read the first chapter... slowly... letting it sink in. I set the book aside, but never forgot the challenges he posed to me in those first pages.
Since that time I've paid close attention to others whose thinking parallels his: Louise Hay, Cheryl Richardson, Greg Braden, and others. They have had a profound influence on my life in recent months. I...more
Since that time I've paid close attention to others whose thinking parallels his: Louise Hay, Cheryl Richardson, Greg Braden, and others. They have had a profound influence on my life in recent months. I...more
I gave this book 5 stars not for what I found in the book, but for what I found within myself when reading it. I found the book to be a spark which ignited a realization within me of who I really was and the experience of being who I really was, within my body and within this reality. For those who already experience life as Neo did within the Matrix or as the programers did within the video game(as in the movie Tron), you'll appreciate his eye opening analogies and affirm your own self navigati...more
I read this nook when I began to search for some greater meaning in my life than the treadmill of work which was taking over. That was over 10 years ago & combined with many self help books I have refound the peace & contentment in my life.. Was it because of this book or because I merely came through my mid life crisis & rediscovered that family is the most important thing that we have?
I dont think this is an earth shattering, life changing spiritual book but Zukov does make you qu...more
I dont think this is an earth shattering, life changing spiritual book but Zukov does make you qu...more
Hmmm, well I was reading an article about JayZ and it mentioned his favorite books, Seat of the Soul was one. Since I had read another on his favorite list, I thought I'd try this one. I guess I was a little surprised that these books were on his list, or maybe that he spent significant time reading at all. Anyway, this book seemed similar to other things I've read. But the reincarnation part was a little unsettling to me, probably due to my upbringing. I do like to read books that challenge my...more
If you know me at all, you'll see that spirituality is extremely important to me. I've never been one for religion or labels, but I have been extremely intrigued by sources of truth and wisdom for as long as I can remember. This book was in my Nook library for years before I got around to reading it. It came at the precise time in my life when I needed it most and offered up its words as a sweet benediction.
Have you ever experienced a dark night of the soul? Have you ever wondered why bad thing...more
Have you ever experienced a dark night of the soul? Have you ever wondered why bad thing...more
This book was very enjoyable for me because it expanded my mind and lead me to answers or ideas that I never really thought about or could put my finger on. I love the concept of how we are multi-sensory beings now instead of just purely five sensed individuals. It makes total sense because of technology we don’t have to physically work as hard so our time has been spent (as a species) thinking more so we are now multi-sensory human beings. We use our intuition, we feel things inside ourselves...more
I don't know how Gary Zukav does it, but this book speaks to me like very few books ever have. I just read this book for the third time and I am reminded why so many people love this author so much. Every time I read it I find new meanings, new inspiration and new ways of looking at myself and my circumstances that help me grow as a person and be happier. I also highly recommend "Open Your Mind, Open Your Life" by Taro Gold which makes a great companion book to all of Zukav's writing. Excellent!
One of the most illuminating reads of my life! Gary Zukav was/is a close personal friend of Oprah Winfrey and while I don't invoke her name too often, she reinforced my opinion of his greatness as an author.
It is hard for me to believe that this book is so old, but it really launched me on a path to 'enlightenment' that was enhanced by Louise Hay, Sonia Choquette, and others, whom I've read since. Gary's writing style is a bit 'esoteric,' yet it is also very warm and loving.
A very good read!
It is hard for me to believe that this book is so old, but it really launched me on a path to 'enlightenment' that was enhanced by Louise Hay, Sonia Choquette, and others, whom I've read since. Gary's writing style is a bit 'esoteric,' yet it is also very warm and loving.
A very good read!
I found this book to be really mind opening. I agree with some of the other reviews in that the author does come across as relaying hard evidence... but without the evidence. However, I feel that his approach is effective for the purpose. He does a fantastic job at allowing the reader to look at life from a much deeper perspective than we are normally used to. The information and theories presented have really resonated with me. I truly enjoyed this book and will definitely read it again.
I read this book a few years ago and vaguely remember being very disappointed by it. Now I am wondering why. I made notes in it and near the beginning of the book I have one note that says BIG LIE. So he did get off to a bad start with me. He does say one thing in the chapter under Intention II that I think may be true: "Each word that you speak carries consciousness - more than that, carries intelligence - and therefore, is an intention that shapes Light."
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Gary Zukav is the author of The Dancing Wu Li Masters, winner of The American Book Award for Science; Soul Stories, a New York Times bestseller; and The Seat of the Soul, a New York Times, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, and Publishers Weekly #1 bestseller. His books have sold millions of copies and are published in sixteen languages. He is a graduate of Harvard and a former U.S. Army Special Forces...more
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