Intentionalism

The Power of Intention

5 stars (really meaningful book) - I absolutely loved this book. It was meaningful and really tied together for me many of the disparate ideas of religion and metaphysics. Accessible and a keeper. 3 stars (Read God Without Religion Instead) - I don't know, folks. Dyer certainly had a lot of good intentions in writing this book, and his love of people shines through. I can't even say I disagree with anything he says implicitely. The problem is first that nothing he says is new. He creates new words to describe old things, but no new concepts or new thoughts or ideas in the mind of the reader. And creating a new lexicon is not what the world needs today. Also, his methods, on both a practical and theoretical level, of affirmation are not as scientific as other methods presented by other authors. This leads me to why I suggest reading God Without Religion instead. All of the Power of Intention, vastly improved, can fit in one section of one chapter of God Without Religion. It is the greatest book not only on spirituality, but human existence that I, and many others I am meeting, have ever read. It has what so many books, including Dyer's, lacks: new knowledge. Read it and find out for yourself. It will take you places you've never been. And on the subject of affirmation, which God Without Religion presents in the broader context of world religions, miracles and politics, and the human mind and the way the cosmos works, while Dyer advises us to "intend" things for our future, God Without Religion undermines the idea of division of time, pointing out that affirmations work best when they are admitted to be about the present. Instead of simply promoting positive thinking, you are shown how to affirm here and now whatever you think you are only going to get in the future, regardless of any sensory evidence to the contrary that your affirmation is not actualized. In other words, you will never "get better" or "be successful." You are successful and well now, or never....
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