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2016/04/20
Jesus, Muhammad and the Goddess eBook: Trista Hendren, Noor-un-nisa Gretasdottir, Carol P. Christ, Glenys Livingstone, Amina Wadud, Helen Hye-Sook Hwang, Dominique Christina, Monette Chilson, Karen Tate, Pat Daly: Amazon.com.au: Kindle Store
The Diamond Cutter: The Buddha on Managing Your Business and Your Life eBook: Geshe Michael Roach, Lama Christie Mcnally: Amazon.com.au: Kindle Store
The Diamond Cutter: The Buddha on Managing Your Business and Your Life eBook: Geshe Michael Roach, Lama Christie Mcnally
The Diamond Cutter: The Buddha on Managing Your Business and Your Life Kindle Edition
by Geshe Michael Roach (Author), Lama Christie Mcnally (Author)
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Product Description
With a unique combination of ancient and contemporary wisdom from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, The Diamond Cutter presents readers with empowering strategies for success in their work and personal lives.
Geshe Michael Roach, one of the great teachers today of Tibetan Buddhism, has richly woven The Diamond Cutter in three layers. The first is a translation of selections from the Diamond Sutra itself, an ancient text comprised of conversations between the Buddha and his close disciple Subhuti. Considered a central work by Buddhists throughout the world, the Diamond Sutra has been the focus of much interpretation over the centuries. In the second layer, Geshe Michael quotes from some of the best commentaries of the Tibetan tradition. In the main text, the third layer, he uses both sutra and commentary as a jumping-off point for presenting his own teaching.
Geshe Michael gives fresh insight into ancient wisdom by using examples from his own experience as one of the founders of the Andin International Diamond Corporation, which was started with capital of fifty thousand dollars and which today has annual sales in excess of one hundred million dollars. Much of the success of Andin has come from applying the business strategies presented in The Diamond Cutter. Geshe Michael's easy style and spiritual understanding make this work of timeless wisdom an invaluable source for those already familiar with, and those unfamiliar with, Tibetan Buddhism.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A Splendid Read for Buddhists and Non-Buddhists.
BySusanna Hutcheson
TOP 1000 REVIEWERon April 27, 2000
I had never heard of Michael Roach until I searched out Shoutcast (Internet Radio) and found the Tibetan Buddhist station. Being of that tradition, I was delighted to find the station.
The program that was on at that time was Dharma talks by Michael on The Heart Sutra, a most important Buddhist teaching.
I was so taken with his messages and the way he could get these deep ideas across so easily that I wanted to learn more about him. That's when I discovered that he had a new book out, The Diamond Cutter. So I bought a copy at Amazon.
Michael spent many years in the New York Diamond industry. He explains that he was attracted to diamonds because they are the hardest form in the universe.
This book is about business. It is about the problems that we all encounter in business daily. And it tells us how to handle the problem and why every problem has a cause, perhaps not in this lifetime but in some lifetime.
Michael clearly explains why some people who are greedy and unkind are successful. No, it's nothing they've done in this life but rather they did something of merit in another life that brought the wealth in this lifetime. But in another lifetime they will reap the Karma they're now sowing.
He tells us that if we wish to be wealthy, we need to be generous with our money and our time.
Michael uses his vast knowledge of the diamond industry to teach business ethics from a Buddhist perspective based on the all-important teaching of Lord Buddha in His Diamond Cutter (Vajrachchedika sutra).
I highly recommend this wonderful book to anyone who cares about their business, their relationships, their finances and their life in general.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Don't know what to say.. (79 stars!!!:))
ByJ. Malnaron February 22, 2006
and I don't end up speechless often.
Since I started reading this book 4 days ago I retold the basics of its lessons to half a dozen friends, and they have been adding their names to the waiting list to borrow it.
This book came into my life at the time when I already reached the level of spiritual understanding needed to put it into practice.
The bottom line of the book (and the buddhist teaching) is that every thing we DO, SAY and THINK, leaves an imprint onto our minds. Good or bad.
The more positive imprints we "stamp" onto our consciousness, the more positive our life's circumstances will be, resulting in more positive experiences.
Most desirable imprints we can plant in our minds, summarized in an 1800 years old poem by an indian master (quoted from the book):
I'll tell you briefly the fine qualities
of those on path of compassion
Giving, and ethics, patience and effort,
concentrating, wisdom, compassion and such.
Giving is giving away what you have,
And ethics is doing good to others.
Patience is giving up feelings of anger,
And effort is joy that increases all good.
Concentration 's one pointed, free of bad thoughts,
And wisdom decides what truth really is.
Compassion's a kind of high intelligence
Mixed deep with love for all living kind.
Giving brings wealth, a good world comes from ethics;
Patience brings beauty, eminence comes from effort.
Concentration brings peace, and from wisdom comes freedom;
Compassion achieves everything we all wish for.
On how to use the knowledge given in Buddha's teaching in everyday life, do read the book. Its going to change your life. Or rather, it will give you tools to start changing your life.
I already started changing mine.
-----
5.0 out of 5 stars
Got through my thick skull what nothing else hasn't!
ByStewart Wilkinson March 23, 2000
I'm not Buddhist, but after reading Michael Roach's book, "The Diamond Cutter", I'm devouring everything about Tibetan Buddhism I can get my hot little hands on!
I've searched 52 years for the meaning of this insanity we call life in hundreds of books, tapes, seminars, Martial Arts, a Trappist Monastery, and one on one studying with people who meant well; but Michael Roach explained it all--at least to me--logically and better than anyone ever has! Screw the writing style! That's only someone's opinion anyway. Geshe Roach tells it like it is, and does so in a humble way. Hell, check out any of the organizations the author has created or is involved in. These people spread their message of compassion for free! That's certainly a new one on me! It's my humble opinion that Michael Roach indeed "walks the walk". Sincere people like that are hard to find here in the good old Y2K USA!
Like Roach (and the Buddha himself) said: "Try it and see if it works for you." It's sure working so far for me--very well! Well, I very much hope that it works even weller, er, sorry, I mean better, for you!
By the way, I sought out the book for my personal and spiritual growth more than the business angle. Interestingly enough, I'm more comfortable about my business dealings now which, oddly enough, have taken a decided turn for the better.
Stew Wilkins
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A Gem
ByTrong Nguyenon September 30, 2000
This book presents many insights on parts of the Diamond Sutra. (The "Diamond Cutter" name is interestingly new to me, as I have been only familiar with the shorter "Diamond" and the longer "Diamond That Cuts Through Delusions".) The author's interpretations are refreshing, even without the context of business challenges, of which his diamond venture serves as a unique background. It is rare to have aspects of the Dharma presented by a young, life-engaging monk, and an American to boost. In particular, the notion of "mental imprints" is deeply important with respect to how one perceives and constructs the world. As a bonus, I learn a few things about diamond, diamond cutting, and the diamond trade.
Unlike another reviewer, I am supportive of Geshe Roach in his presenting the Diamond Sutra through the particular form of this book -- a manifestation of what Buddhist tradition calls "skillful means".
About the 4 stars: I wish the writing could be tightened up in various places. (But then again, this subjective observation of mine may be the effects of imprints left by my earlier writing courses.)
-----
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ancient Wisdom with Modern Enterprise
ByKimberley Laffertyon October 23, 2003
Geshe Michael Roach combines 15 years as an international business executive, with the wisdom accrued by living a life dedicated to spiritual evolution. In fact, his phenomenal success as a business man was directly caused by following the principles outlined in The Diamond Cutter.
This book is an incredible guideline for not only how to be an sucessful, ethical businessperson, but how the world actually works. The point is not the dogmatic notion of virtue, but the logic behind it. Why does generosity lead to wealth? Why does kindness lead to happiness? The key lies in two concepts clearly articulated by Geshe Roach in The Diamond Cutter: Hidden Potential and Mental Imprints.
Read this book if you want to know why you experience your world the way you do, and the speciic causes for creating the business, and the life, that you desire. Learn how to get to the end of your career, and look back and know that it was worth it. This book is highly recommended.
-----
5.0 out of 5 stars
Heartedly recommended
ByKrasen Tomovon November 10, 2014
Format: Paperback|Verified Purchase
The Diamond Cutter book is very practical and a very special book. I read it a month ago and I can't say now that all of the principals do really work but my gut tells me that it is all true. One of the main ideas in the book is to take 2 or more weeks in solitude and to tackle the biggest challenges in your work and life, away from all the noise in the city and people - just to spend some time alone and listen to your mind. I usually do the most difficult things to feel the main idea, so I took 2 weeks away from work and went it in the mountains all by myself.
Believe it or not, I found answers to all of my challenges in work and in life. It was a very very scary thing and a really painful one; to see the bare naked truth of why I am the way I am and why I can't achieve what I like and desire. The truth was one and simple though. Nevertheless, it was really difficult to listen to my mind becoming louder and louder every day.
Ever since I'm back, I feel my life has been changed even though I am still the same. One small change in me that I can give as an example is that I don't write reviews on Amazon or anywhere else because it takes a lot of time and effort, and why would I bother to do it? Nothing I could gain - that's how I was thinking before. I just read what others have written and then I decide to purchase something here on Amazon or not. After reading The Diamond Cutter and Karmic Management, as you can see, I write reviews because there is something in me that believes now that what goes around comes around. Get the book and do something with it; reading is just reading - nice but take some action, then the change will come inevitably.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The Real Thing
ByAmazon Customeron March 13, 2000
I first have to say that I did not buy this so much for the business angle--I'm more just on the lookout for any new Buddhist material I can find. This is probably the freshest book in the realm of "American Buddhism" that I've read in the last year. I hadn't heard of Roach before, but I now feel that he truly is one of the most important Buddhist teachers in the U.S. today. (If you haven't already seen it you should look at the interview Amazon did with him.) The writing in Diamond Cutter isn't always so great, but Roach has a superior talent for explaining elements of Tibetan Buddhism in a way that is light years ahead of many other books out there in terms of accessibility. Perhaps that's because he is American born, so he really knows how to communicate with his contemporaries, but even beyond that he appears to have a great mind. This isn't great as a Buddhist primer, but if you are at all familiar with Buddhism you'll probably get some real insights out of this one.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
a bit scary
Bykaioateyon March 27, 2007
This is a guidebook to achieving 'success" in the business world through application of perception practices developed by Tibetans. The book is based on sound Buddhist methodology, written by a highly competent and experienced person (geshe, no less).
One potential concern is that some of the suggestions and ideas Roach writes about are about becoming a clever manipulator. Becoming skilled in these practices gives one an edge over fellow humans. Roach himself is controversial, has broken his monk vows, was excommunicated from his order, renounced by his teacher Geshe Thubten Rinchen, and is no loner welcome in Dharamsala. One view of his current situation might be that Roach is pioneering a new, revolutionary Vajrayana path; other views are not so charitable.
This work opens the question of compatibility of vajrayana and business practices. I can understand that Roach is selling the idea that business canbe a 'chop wood-carry water' activity, no different from practice as, say, meditation. Yet, i know of no zen monks or Tibetan masters who actually subscribe to or embody this idea. Modern business is based on profit and ego. Perhaps tantrikas rightfully scorn the traditionalists. Yet the guy who comes to mind is no other than the ultimate scam master, Rajneesh himself. Dangerous territory.
----
1.0 out of 5 stars
Worthless
ByTomas A. Malyon August 23, 2010
This book, as great as the reviews are, turned out to be 99% fluff. Most of the book is pointless side talk about his days in the diamond cutting industry and most of it has nothing to do with anything useful. The actual meat of the book is one chapter (chapter 7) which essentially is one big sermon for karma and the law of attraction. It's so absurd that it's laughable. Acts of God (natural disasters, etc) are caused from not keeping your promises. Toxicity and poor health in the workplace and industries are caused from sexual harassment. Your boss treating you negatively is because you feel negative thoughts (like it has nothing to do with THEIR job, THEIR life, THEIR childhoods, THEIR problems, etc). Real estate markets will suddenly open up once you help other people with giving them business space. You'll get whatever you want if you put your heart/mind in the right place.
Right. Generosity, passion, goodwill, compassion, gratitude, etc are important and fundamental to success, yes. That works because it changes our perception of ourselves and how others perceive us as well. But it's nonsense to believe that everything that goes wrong is because you caused it or let it happen, that everything is under your control, or that success magically happens because you will it so and have a good heart.
2500 years ago this system of believing in karma worked because the world was very simple back then. These days, it's more complicated, chaotic, destructive and stressful than ever. Karma can't explain or help us through all of that.
This wasn't a book on Buddhism at all, besides the idea of karma. His interpretation of the 'sutra' (which is no more than 4 paragraphs) is far fetched.
If you paid attention at all, you'd notice early on that he admits it's all about karma, but refuses to use that specific word so you think he's got something unique/new. Sadly, the actual useful parts of the book could have been summarized on two pages.
There are many other better books on Buddhism and business. Search on Amazon for "Zen Business", "Spiritual Business", "Spiritual Money", etc..
I refuse to sell this book to someone else because I can't in right conscience condone the purchase or reading of this book.
----
The Diamond Cutter: The Buddha on Managing Your Business and Your Life Kindle Edition
by Geshe Michael Roach (Author), Lama Christie Mcnally (Author)
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Product Description
With a unique combination of ancient and contemporary wisdom from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, The Diamond Cutter presents readers with empowering strategies for success in their work and personal lives.
Geshe Michael Roach, one of the great teachers today of Tibetan Buddhism, has richly woven The Diamond Cutter in three layers. The first is a translation of selections from the Diamond Sutra itself, an ancient text comprised of conversations between the Buddha and his close disciple Subhuti. Considered a central work by Buddhists throughout the world, the Diamond Sutra has been the focus of much interpretation over the centuries. In the second layer, Geshe Michael quotes from some of the best commentaries of the Tibetan tradition. In the main text, the third layer, he uses both sutra and commentary as a jumping-off point for presenting his own teaching.
Geshe Michael gives fresh insight into ancient wisdom by using examples from his own experience as one of the founders of the Andin International Diamond Corporation, which was started with capital of fifty thousand dollars and which today has annual sales in excess of one hundred million dollars. Much of the success of Andin has come from applying the business strategies presented in The Diamond Cutter. Geshe Michael's easy style and spiritual understanding make this work of timeless wisdom an invaluable source for those already familiar with, and those unfamiliar with, Tibetan Buddhism.
----
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Splendid Read for Buddhists and Non-Buddhists.
BySusanna Hutcheson
TOP 1000 REVIEWERon April 27, 2000
I had never heard of Michael Roach until I searched out Shoutcast (Internet Radio) and found the Tibetan Buddhist station. Being of that tradition, I was delighted to find the station.
The program that was on at that time was Dharma talks by Michael on The Heart Sutra, a most important Buddhist teaching.
I was so taken with his messages and the way he could get these deep ideas across so easily that I wanted to learn more about him. That's when I discovered that he had a new book out, The Diamond Cutter. So I bought a copy at Amazon.
Michael spent many years in the New York Diamond industry. He explains that he was attracted to diamonds because they are the hardest form in the universe.
This book is about business. It is about the problems that we all encounter in business daily. And it tells us how to handle the problem and why every problem has a cause, perhaps not in this lifetime but in some lifetime.
Michael clearly explains why some people who are greedy and unkind are successful. No, it's nothing they've done in this life but rather they did something of merit in another life that brought the wealth in this lifetime. But in another lifetime they will reap the Karma they're now sowing.
He tells us that if we wish to be wealthy, we need to be generous with our money and our time.
Michael uses his vast knowledge of the diamond industry to teach business ethics from a Buddhist perspective based on the all-important teaching of Lord Buddha in His Diamond Cutter (Vajrachchedika sutra).
I highly recommend this wonderful book to anyone who cares about their business, their relationships, their finances and their life in general.
-----
5.0 out of 5 stars
Don't know what to say.. (79 stars!!!:))
ByJ. Malnaron February 22, 2006
and I don't end up speechless often.
Since I started reading this book 4 days ago I retold the basics of its lessons to half a dozen friends, and they have been adding their names to the waiting list to borrow it.
This book came into my life at the time when I already reached the level of spiritual understanding needed to put it into practice.
The bottom line of the book (and the buddhist teaching) is that every thing we DO, SAY and THINK, leaves an imprint onto our minds. Good or bad.
The more positive imprints we "stamp" onto our consciousness, the more positive our life's circumstances will be, resulting in more positive experiences.
Most desirable imprints we can plant in our minds, summarized in an 1800 years old poem by an indian master (quoted from the book):
I'll tell you briefly the fine qualities
of those on path of compassion
Giving, and ethics, patience and effort,
concentrating, wisdom, compassion and such.
Giving is giving away what you have,
And ethics is doing good to others.
Patience is giving up feelings of anger,
And effort is joy that increases all good.
Concentration 's one pointed, free of bad thoughts,
And wisdom decides what truth really is.
Compassion's a kind of high intelligence
Mixed deep with love for all living kind.
Giving brings wealth, a good world comes from ethics;
Patience brings beauty, eminence comes from effort.
Concentration brings peace, and from wisdom comes freedom;
Compassion achieves everything we all wish for.
On how to use the knowledge given in Buddha's teaching in everyday life, do read the book. Its going to change your life. Or rather, it will give you tools to start changing your life.
I already started changing mine.
-----
5.0 out of 5 stars
Got through my thick skull what nothing else hasn't!
ByStewart Wilkinson March 23, 2000
I'm not Buddhist, but after reading Michael Roach's book, "The Diamond Cutter", I'm devouring everything about Tibetan Buddhism I can get my hot little hands on!
I've searched 52 years for the meaning of this insanity we call life in hundreds of books, tapes, seminars, Martial Arts, a Trappist Monastery, and one on one studying with people who meant well; but Michael Roach explained it all--at least to me--logically and better than anyone ever has! Screw the writing style! That's only someone's opinion anyway. Geshe Roach tells it like it is, and does so in a humble way. Hell, check out any of the organizations the author has created or is involved in. These people spread their message of compassion for free! That's certainly a new one on me! It's my humble opinion that Michael Roach indeed "walks the walk". Sincere people like that are hard to find here in the good old Y2K USA!
Like Roach (and the Buddha himself) said: "Try it and see if it works for you." It's sure working so far for me--very well! Well, I very much hope that it works even weller, er, sorry, I mean better, for you!
By the way, I sought out the book for my personal and spiritual growth more than the business angle. Interestingly enough, I'm more comfortable about my business dealings now which, oddly enough, have taken a decided turn for the better.
Stew Wilkins
----
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Gem
ByTrong Nguyenon September 30, 2000
This book presents many insights on parts of the Diamond Sutra. (The "Diamond Cutter" name is interestingly new to me, as I have been only familiar with the shorter "Diamond" and the longer "Diamond That Cuts Through Delusions".) The author's interpretations are refreshing, even without the context of business challenges, of which his diamond venture serves as a unique background. It is rare to have aspects of the Dharma presented by a young, life-engaging monk, and an American to boost. In particular, the notion of "mental imprints" is deeply important with respect to how one perceives and constructs the world. As a bonus, I learn a few things about diamond, diamond cutting, and the diamond trade.
Unlike another reviewer, I am supportive of Geshe Roach in his presenting the Diamond Sutra through the particular form of this book -- a manifestation of what Buddhist tradition calls "skillful means".
About the 4 stars: I wish the writing could be tightened up in various places. (But then again, this subjective observation of mine may be the effects of imprints left by my earlier writing courses.)
-----
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ancient Wisdom with Modern Enterprise
ByKimberley Laffertyon October 23, 2003
Geshe Michael Roach combines 15 years as an international business executive, with the wisdom accrued by living a life dedicated to spiritual evolution. In fact, his phenomenal success as a business man was directly caused by following the principles outlined in The Diamond Cutter.
This book is an incredible guideline for not only how to be an sucessful, ethical businessperson, but how the world actually works. The point is not the dogmatic notion of virtue, but the logic behind it. Why does generosity lead to wealth? Why does kindness lead to happiness? The key lies in two concepts clearly articulated by Geshe Roach in The Diamond Cutter: Hidden Potential and Mental Imprints.
Read this book if you want to know why you experience your world the way you do, and the speciic causes for creating the business, and the life, that you desire. Learn how to get to the end of your career, and look back and know that it was worth it. This book is highly recommended.
-----
5.0 out of 5 stars
Heartedly recommended
ByKrasen Tomovon November 10, 2014
Format: Paperback|Verified Purchase
The Diamond Cutter book is very practical and a very special book. I read it a month ago and I can't say now that all of the principals do really work but my gut tells me that it is all true. One of the main ideas in the book is to take 2 or more weeks in solitude and to tackle the biggest challenges in your work and life, away from all the noise in the city and people - just to spend some time alone and listen to your mind. I usually do the most difficult things to feel the main idea, so I took 2 weeks away from work and went it in the mountains all by myself.
Believe it or not, I found answers to all of my challenges in work and in life. It was a very very scary thing and a really painful one; to see the bare naked truth of why I am the way I am and why I can't achieve what I like and desire. The truth was one and simple though. Nevertheless, it was really difficult to listen to my mind becoming louder and louder every day.
Ever since I'm back, I feel my life has been changed even though I am still the same. One small change in me that I can give as an example is that I don't write reviews on Amazon or anywhere else because it takes a lot of time and effort, and why would I bother to do it? Nothing I could gain - that's how I was thinking before. I just read what others have written and then I decide to purchase something here on Amazon or not. After reading The Diamond Cutter and Karmic Management, as you can see, I write reviews because there is something in me that believes now that what goes around comes around. Get the book and do something with it; reading is just reading - nice but take some action, then the change will come inevitably.
----
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Real Thing
ByAmazon Customeron March 13, 2000
I first have to say that I did not buy this so much for the business angle--I'm more just on the lookout for any new Buddhist material I can find. This is probably the freshest book in the realm of "American Buddhism" that I've read in the last year. I hadn't heard of Roach before, but I now feel that he truly is one of the most important Buddhist teachers in the U.S. today. (If you haven't already seen it you should look at the interview Amazon did with him.) The writing in Diamond Cutter isn't always so great, but Roach has a superior talent for explaining elements of Tibetan Buddhism in a way that is light years ahead of many other books out there in terms of accessibility. Perhaps that's because he is American born, so he really knows how to communicate with his contemporaries, but even beyond that he appears to have a great mind. This isn't great as a Buddhist primer, but if you are at all familiar with Buddhism you'll probably get some real insights out of this one.
----
2.0 out of 5 stars
a bit scary
Bykaioateyon March 27, 2007
This is a guidebook to achieving 'success" in the business world through application of perception practices developed by Tibetans. The book is based on sound Buddhist methodology, written by a highly competent and experienced person (geshe, no less).
One potential concern is that some of the suggestions and ideas Roach writes about are about becoming a clever manipulator. Becoming skilled in these practices gives one an edge over fellow humans. Roach himself is controversial, has broken his monk vows, was excommunicated from his order, renounced by his teacher Geshe Thubten Rinchen, and is no loner welcome in Dharamsala. One view of his current situation might be that Roach is pioneering a new, revolutionary Vajrayana path; other views are not so charitable.
This work opens the question of compatibility of vajrayana and business practices. I can understand that Roach is selling the idea that business canbe a 'chop wood-carry water' activity, no different from practice as, say, meditation. Yet, i know of no zen monks or Tibetan masters who actually subscribe to or embody this idea. Modern business is based on profit and ego. Perhaps tantrikas rightfully scorn the traditionalists. Yet the guy who comes to mind is no other than the ultimate scam master, Rajneesh himself. Dangerous territory.
----
1.0 out of 5 stars
Worthless
ByTomas A. Malyon August 23, 2010
This book, as great as the reviews are, turned out to be 99% fluff. Most of the book is pointless side talk about his days in the diamond cutting industry and most of it has nothing to do with anything useful. The actual meat of the book is one chapter (chapter 7) which essentially is one big sermon for karma and the law of attraction. It's so absurd that it's laughable. Acts of God (natural disasters, etc) are caused from not keeping your promises. Toxicity and poor health in the workplace and industries are caused from sexual harassment. Your boss treating you negatively is because you feel negative thoughts (like it has nothing to do with THEIR job, THEIR life, THEIR childhoods, THEIR problems, etc). Real estate markets will suddenly open up once you help other people with giving them business space. You'll get whatever you want if you put your heart/mind in the right place.
Right. Generosity, passion, goodwill, compassion, gratitude, etc are important and fundamental to success, yes. That works because it changes our perception of ourselves and how others perceive us as well. But it's nonsense to believe that everything that goes wrong is because you caused it or let it happen, that everything is under your control, or that success magically happens because you will it so and have a good heart.
2500 years ago this system of believing in karma worked because the world was very simple back then. These days, it's more complicated, chaotic, destructive and stressful than ever. Karma can't explain or help us through all of that.
This wasn't a book on Buddhism at all, besides the idea of karma. His interpretation of the 'sutra' (which is no more than 4 paragraphs) is far fetched.
If you paid attention at all, you'd notice early on that he admits it's all about karma, but refuses to use that specific word so you think he's got something unique/new. Sadly, the actual useful parts of the book could have been summarized on two pages.
There are many other better books on Buddhism and business. Search on Amazon for "Zen Business", "Spiritual Business", "Spiritual Money", etc..
I refuse to sell this book to someone else because I can't in right conscience condone the purchase or reading of this book.
----
2016/04/19
Emissaries of Divine Light - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Emissaries of Divine Light - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Emissaries of Divine Light
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Emissaries of Divine Light is a global spiritual network of people from all walks of life initiated by Lloyd Arthur Meeker in 1932.[1] The foundational premise of the network is that human beings are divine by nature, and that their true qualities can only be known as they are expressed in daily living.[2] The mission of Emissaries of Divine Light, as cited in its articles of incorporation, is to assist in the spiritual regeneration of humanity under the inspiration of the spirit of God.[3]Meeker saw the work of the Emissaries as the Third Sacred School, an approach to spirituality that transcends physical and mental disciplines, and offers human beings the opportunity to experience their true identity by giving spiritual expression that is consonant with their divine nature.[4]
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[hide]History[edit]
Beginnings[edit]
Lloyd Arthur Meeker was born on February 25, 1907.[5] Meeker had begun to experiment with Attunement in 1929.[6] Emissaries of Divine Light dates its origin to Meeker’s spiritual awakening on September 16, 1932. On three successive evenings, Meeker had been compelled to write and, as he did so, he experienced a higher spiritual awareness that flowed through him. He reported that he had been looking for a teacher but realized through his awakening that the teacher he sought was within him.[7]
Meeker lectured, taught, and practiced Attunement in various locations in North America from 1929 to 1945.[8] He wrote under the pen name Uranda, and he was known to his followers by that name. In 1945 Meeker established his headquarters at Sunrise Ranch, which was a dryland farm at the time.[9] From 1952 to 1954 he conducted six-month Servers Training School classes at Sunrise Ranch, teaching Attunement and the spiritual understanding behind the practice, as well as practical spirituality.[10][11] These classes were attended by people from many backgrounds, and included GPC (God-Patient-Chiropractor) chiropractors, led by a former Major League Baseball pitcher, George Shears, and others.[12]
In 1954 Meeker died in a plane crash in San Francisco Bay with his wife, Kathy Meeker. A close associate of Meeker’s, Albert Ackerley, and two children also died in the crash.[13] Martin Cecil, who had worked closely with Meeker, assumed the responsibility for leading Emissaries of Divine Light from 1954 until his death in 1988.[13]
Development under Martin Cecil's leadership[edit]
Lord Martin Cecil was the second son of William Cecil, 5th Marquess of Exeter and descended from William Cecil, chief advisor to Queen Elizabeth I.[14][15] He led a ranching operation on his family’s property in the Cariboo country of British Columbia.[16] In 1948 Cecil formed a spiritual community at 100 Mile House, BC.[17] On the death of his brother, David Cecil, in 1981, he became the 7th Marquess of Exeterand a member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom but never spoke in the House.[18]
Under Cecil’s leadership, the network grew to about 4,000 adherents.[19] Many young people, disenchanted with the Vietnam War and inspired by the idealism of the 1960s and ’70s, were drawn to his message and the network that was growing around him. Twelve centers developed around the world, and numerous other nonprofit organizations were birthed by participants in Emissaries of Divine Light.[20] These included an outdoor adventure educational organization, Educo; an association of spiritually based business people, Renaissance Business Associates; an association of media professionals, Association for Responsible Communication; an association of educators, Renaissance Educational Associates; and Emissary Foundation International.[21][22][23][24]
Bill Bahan became an important leader and teacher for Emissaries of Divine Light in the ’60s, ’70s and early ’80s, offering classes at Sunrise Ranch; Epping, New Hampshire;[20] and Livingston Manor, New York.[25] He was a nephew of George Shears, D.C., leader of the G-P-C Chiropractic Movement. He and his brother Walter Bahan (also active in the Emissary program), along with three other brothers (all chiropractors), operated the Bahan and Bahan Chiropractic Clinic in Salem and Derry, New Hampshire, using GPC principles.[26] Bill founded the Whole Health Institute, an association of healthcare professionals promoting wholistic health.[27][28] They hosted conferences and lectures around the world, and published the journal Healing Currents. In Bill's words, "Health is the unhindered expression of love through the heart, truth through the mind and life through the body."
Transition after Martin Cecil's death[edit]
When Martin Cecil died in 1988, his son, Michael Cecil, became the leader of Emissaries of Divine Light until he left the organization in 1996.[29] In that eight-year period, much of the leadership left the organization, including most of the children of Lloyd Arthur Meeker and Martin Cecil, who had been prominent in the network. From 1988 to 1996, more than two thirds of the participants in Emissaries of Divine Light left as well.[19][29] Many ex-members became bitter about their experience and launched accusations against the organization.[30][31]
As Michael Cecil resigned from his position in 1996, a group of trustees assumed responsibility for the leadership of the network. They set in place ethical guidelines throughout the network and addressed grievances brought to them by participants. They sought to bring the universal truths taught by Lloyd Arthur Meeker into contemporary language and practice.
Recent history[edit]
In the 1990s, Emissaries of Divine Light developed new programs for spiritual understanding and personal development. Deepening Spiritual Expression and The Opening are week-long residential programs that are still offered by the organization.[32] They also developed Attunement Practitioner certification training, which is available at many Emissary centers.
In August 2004, the trustees of Emissaries of Divine Light named David Karchere as the leader of the global network. In 2008, David Karchere and Jane Anetrini developed and taught a year-long Leadership Program based on the teachings of Emissaries of Divine Light. A second session of the program was conducted in 2009 and 2010.[33] In 2012 they initiated a new series of seminars under the title Practical Spirituality: An Operator’s Guide to Being Human, led by David Karchere.[34]
Sunrise Ranch[edit]
The headquarters of Emissaries of Divine Light was established in 1945 at Sunrise Ranch in Loveland, Colorado, now a conference and retreat center staffed by a community of eighty-five people.[35][36] Sunrise Ranch hosts workshops, seminars and retreats intended to offer the participants fresh thinking and understanding, leading to a direct experience of spiritual renewal.[37] There are seven other major centers around the world for Emissaries of Divine Light, each offering programs with a similar approach.[19]
Sunrise Ranch also offers residential work-study programs in practical spirituality, which it defines as the application of universal spiritual principles to the common issues of human life.[38] These include a program designed for personal spiritual renewal, called Full Self Emergence, and a Permaculture Design Course for people interested in sustainable human systems and sustainable agriculture.[37][39]
Creative Field Project[edit]
The trustees of Emissaries of Divine Light lead the Creative Field Project.[40] The project is an exploration of the power of human intention to influence the field of energy held by a group of people. The Creative Field Project began in 2009 with a network of small groups around the world that meet monthly by telephone. It included the first Creative Field Conference in 2011 at Sunrise Ranch that featured Lynne McTaggart, who wrote The Field; and American priest and theologianMatthew Fox.[41] In 2012, Emissaries of Divine Light joined with the Novalis Ubuntu Institute in Cape Town, South Africa, to host the Creative Field Conference—South Africa: Your Destiny Is Calling.[42]
Teaching and practices[edit]
Emissaries of Divine Light teach that the key to creative living is the individual’s openness to the source of universal power and intelligence within them, and that human emotions either connect a person to that source or cut them off from it.[43] The educational programs of the Emissaries are designed to assist people to find out what has been emotionally triggering them, so that they can withdraw their emotional attention from the trigger and turn it to the life force within them.[44]The Emissaries believe that behind all emotions is the universal power of love and a universal intelligence that bring spiritual enlightenment. They teach that through deliberate conscious thought a person can let their own emotional current purify, so that they open themselves to the flow of the universal power and intelligence within them.[45]
The One Law[edit]
The central teaching of Emissaries of Divine Light is referred to as The One Law. They describe it as a law of cause and effect.[46] They see the causative factor in spiritual regeneration as the universal power and intelligence within all people, and the effect in human experience as dependent on the response to that internal reality.[47] They describe the creative process in human experience as the working of The One Law in a sequence of five stages: radiation, response, attraction, union and unified radiation.[48] Their seminars claim to assist people to withdraw their energetic response from the circumstances around them and direct it to the power and intelligence within them.[49]
Emissaries of Divine Light describe the process of personal spiritual renewal as Full Self Emergence because they believe that a person is renewed when their own divine selfhood expresses through their mind, emotions and their body.[50] They use the story of the Seven Days of Creation in Genesis as a symbolic template for the process of spiritual renewal in the life of the individual, and for humankind as a whole.[51]
Attunement[edit]
Attunement is a central practice of Emissaries of Divine Light. The origin of the word Attunement refers to the attuning of the human capacity with the universal animating spirit within all people.[52] Attunement practitioners believe that positive shifts in consciousness release a healing energy through a person’s body, mind and emotions.[53]
Emissaries of Divine Light practice Attunement as a form of energy medicine.[54] Attunement practitioners believe that universal life energy is conveyed to the client through the hands of the practitioner. The primary contact points for the client receiving the Attunement are the endocrine glands. Attunement practitioners teach that the endocrine glands are portals for universal life energy that operates through the physical body, and through the mental and emotional function of the individual.[55]
Emissaries of Divine Light also teach Attunement as a personal spiritual practice.[56] They believe it is a central factor in the conscious evolution of humanity.[57]
Leadership[edit]
Emissaries of Divine Light is led by David Karchere, who is the spiritual director of the organization, and six other trustees.[58] Karchere lives, writes and teaches at Sunrise Ranch, and travels in North America, Europe, Africa and Australia, offering programs on practical spirituality and Attunement.
The trustees are elected by an International Emissary Congress with representatives from Emissary organizations around the world. Currently, the trustees are Jane Anetrini, Ruth Buckingham, Cliffe Connor, Hugh Duff, David Karchere, Phil Richardson and Maureen Waller.[59]
Major centers[edit]
In addition to their international headquarters at Sunrise Ranch, Emissaries of Divine Light operates Glen Ivy in Corona, California. Glen Ivy is a conference and retreat center and an Attunement teaching center. Glen Ivy is also a natural mineral springs. The Emissaries lease the mineral springs and the spa property, which is adjacent to their center, to Glen Ivy Hot Springs, a popular destination in Southern California.[60]
These are the major centers for Emissaries of Divine Light around the world:[38]
Edenvale, Abbottsford, British Columbia, Canada
Gate House, Constantia, South Africa
Glen Ivy, Corona, California, USA[61]
Joyville, Jeju Island, South Korea[62]
Riverdell, Gawler, South Australia, Australia
Still Meadow, Clackamas, Oregon, USA
Sunrise Ranch, Loveland, Colorado, USA[66]
Publications[edit]
Beginning in the 1930s, Emissaries of Divine Light have continually published their writings and teachings and circulated these to their membership. In 1936, Lloyd A. Meeker published his seven-week meditation guide, Seven Steps to the Temple of Light, as well as his correspondence course, Steps to Mastership.[67][68] In the 1980s, Martin Cecil published eighteen volumes of his own writing and the writings of Lloyd Meeker under the title The Third Sacred School.[69]
For most of its history, weekly talks and writings of Emissary leadership have been distributed by regular mail. Since 2005, the organization has circulated a weekly e-mail message, The Pulse of Spirit, authored by David Karchere and other current leaders of the network.[70] In 2010 they began to publish the Journal of the Creative Field.
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