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Created to be read as an overview of the spiritual path, this book explores the world's great religions, Great Masters, spiritual psychology and the Ascended Masters' teachings with specific steps to accelerate our process of ascension.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #118973 in Books
• Published on: 1994-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 297 pages

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• ISBN13: 9780929385556
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Customer Reviews

This is definitely a how-to book of the Spiritual paths
This is a great book. There is a ton of information exploring the great religions of the world and the Great Masters that have walked this Earth. It gives vital information to those on their own spiritual paths and gives easy to understand steps and daily exercises to dramatically accelerate progress.

an introduction to the spiritual path like you've never read before!
This is a very excellent book to start with if you feel any resonance with the work of Dr. Stone. Being I believe his first book, it is not quite as focused and elegant as his later books, but it does set the framework for the rest of his massive collection of "the easy to read encyclopedia of the spiritual path." I made the mistake of starting with his book COSMIC ASCENSION first, and I found it very difficult to understand, since I had not laid the framework for, say, what is meant by 'level of initiation' and 'light quotient'--- so, I do recommend people start with The Complete Ascension Manual, Soul Psychology, and Beyond Ascension first!

Some of the material in this book has become outdated, simply because there have been changes in the planetary hierarchy, and changes in how ascension works, especially in the last 5 to 10 years. For instance, Sanat Kumara is no longer our planetary logos, but Lord Buddha is (this is borne out in future books by Dr. Stone), and there is a much greater emphasis on "integrated ascension" than there ever was before.

The idea and practice of "Integrated Ascension" is one of Dr. Stone's greatest contributions to our world, as there are a great many spiritual paths that have one or the other emphasis, but do not lay such a broad-based framework for total mastery. For instance, I am a reiki master, and there are many in my community who believe that by "taking attunements" they are doing their spiritual work. However, as Dr. Stone points out, spiritual initiations are more about increasing your light quotient (the amount of light you hold) than anything else. A person (a psychic, healer, reiki master, yogi, etc.) may be very highly developed in their light body, but may still be totally run by their negative egos, lower self desires, physical appetites, etc.

In regard to the earlier reviewer who said that Dr. Stone could be more discerning--I think that is a misunderstanding of what Dr. Stone is trying to do. He is not trying to come up with a new "system" where you work with this particular angel, or this particular ascended master, or where you just take spiritual initiations in order to raise your vibration. His mission is much more comprehensive than that, and hence that is why he calls upon so many masters and angels in his meditations. I have had the most incredible, positive experiences from doing the ascension meditation as found in this book, and I assure you, whether you initially "feel" it or not, the work is being done simply by your intention. Over time you will see incredible changes in your life---just keep up the good work!

I recommend that anyone who has either read this book, or is thinking about it, to visit Dr. Stone's website www.iamuniversity.org to get a sense of excitement about what this work is all about!!! :-)

Could use a little more discernment.
Stone certainly achieved what he set out to do- he synthesized and distilled he contents of a small new age library into a single, easy to read book. However, he could have used a bit more critical thinking. His pages are populated by an extraordinarily varied "zoo" of spiritual entities and higher agencies, all of whom can perform miraculous feats for us if we just ask. The "ascension mediation" at the end of the book, for example, appeals to about 60 spiritual agencies in its opening.

Where does all this information come from? The answer, in most cases, is: channeled information. It seems like Stone worked every entity ever mentioned by some channel into his tapestry, and still, he makes no mention of what many people consider the most reliable material in this field- Jane Roberts' Seth works.

Using cranio-sacral testing, I have investigated just how much of Stone's material is accurate. The answer I received was: about 30%. That's in line with my experience with many of Stone's suggestions to ask particular agencies for help: they don't work. Or at least, they didn't work for me. Maybe I'm just too spiritually unevolved to this kind of stuff.

That's not to say that this book is bad. On the contrary, much of Stone's advice for spiritual growth (as contained in the "147 golden keys for ascension") seems solid. But the reader would be well advised to not take any particular piece of information at face value.