Review of The Thousand Worlds of The Soul
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[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "The Thousand Worlds of The Soul" by John F. Olmstead Ph.D..]
“The Thousand Worlds of The Soul: How Our Past Lives Shape Our Wounds, Our Minds, and Our Path Back to God” is a self-help book with sci-fi elements that intends to explain that our present traumas, wounds, and emptiness, which often feel unexplained and illogical, may have originated not in this current life but in other worlds.
Seraphtos walks the narrator of the story through many worlds, each meant to teach a lesson about life and spirituality. There are two types of worlds, lesson worlds and holding worlds. Planet Earth is a holding world. On the other hand, one of the lesson worlds, for example, is supposed to teach perfection so that the beings refine their lives in all respects, but when this being is born on Earth, if perfection has not been healed properly, then the result is a perfectionist, causing pain to himself and others. There is another lesson world where the beings have been taken over by overthinking, and when they are born on Earth, they suffer from rumination or paralysis, caused by extreme overthinking. The author presents each of the lesson worlds as opportunities to experience an emotion, which, if not properly managed in a holding world, can cause mental illness and pain. My favorite part of each of these lesson worlds was the healing guidance offered by Seraphtos, because each wound or trauma has a specific form of healing, which in many cases makes plain sense.
The writing is simple, conveying the story in simple and engaging ways. Most chapters follow the same layout, making the read predictable but a little less entertaining at times. I also loved the first part of each chapter that presents a vivid and powerful description of the world, helping the reader grasp the nature of the world and its very specific characteristics.
If you are someone passionate about figuring out the origins of current trauma or any other sort of mental health illness, this entertaining book will certainly draw you in. What I cherished most, as I read through the different worlds and their specific features, was how the ideas about each world teaching a lesson made so much sense; for instance, coming from the world of perfection, a human, in his present life, could heal from the extremity of perfectionism by allowing mistakes as a normal event of life. Having said that, I’m rating this book 4 out of 5 stars. It’s innovative in the way it blends psychology, spirituality, and healing. In addition, the sci-fi elements and the amazing descriptions of each world make it worth reading. Unfortunately, I’m deducting a star because some of the formatting was a little distracting; for example, the hyphens are not arranged as a list; sometimes asterisks are used, but other times, quotation marks are preferred instead, in the same section in a different chapter. Also, the table of contents is missing chapters 11 to 15. This is something that I think should be improved very easily.
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“The Thousand Worlds of The Soul: How Our Past Lives Shape Our Wounds, Our Minds, and Our Path Back to God” is a self-help book with sci-fi elements that intends to explain that our present traumas, wounds, and emptiness, which often feel unexplained and illogical, may have originated not in this current life but in other worlds.
Seraphtos walks the narrator of the story through many worlds, each meant to teach a lesson about life and spirituality. There are two types of worlds, lesson worlds and holding worlds. Planet Earth is a holding world. On the other hand, one of the lesson worlds, for example, is supposed to teach perfection so that the beings refine their lives in all respects, but when this being is born on Earth, if perfection has not been healed properly, then the result is a perfectionist, causing pain to himself and others. There is another lesson world where the beings have been taken over by overthinking, and when they are born on Earth, they suffer from rumination or paralysis, caused by extreme overthinking. The author presents each of the lesson worlds as opportunities to experience an emotion, which, if not properly managed in a holding world, can cause mental illness and pain. My favorite part of each of these lesson worlds was the healing guidance offered by Seraphtos, because each wound or trauma has a specific form of healing, which in many cases makes plain sense.
The writing is simple, conveying the story in simple and engaging ways. Most chapters follow the same layout, making the read predictable but a little less entertaining at times. I also loved the first part of each chapter that presents a vivid and powerful description of the world, helping the reader grasp the nature of the world and its very specific characteristics.
If you are someone passionate about figuring out the origins of current trauma or any other sort of mental health illness, this entertaining book will certainly draw you in. What I cherished most, as I read through the different worlds and their specific features, was how the ideas about each world teaching a lesson made so much sense; for instance, coming from the world of perfection, a human, in his present life, could heal from the extremity of perfectionism by allowing mistakes as a normal event of life. Having said that, I’m rating this book 4 out of 5 stars. It’s innovative in the way it blends psychology, spirituality, and healing. In addition, the sci-fi elements and the amazing descriptions of each world make it worth reading. Unfortunately, I’m deducting a star because some of the formatting was a little distracting; for example, the hyphens are not arranged as a list; sometimes asterisks are used, but other times, quotation marks are preferred instead, in the same section in a different chapter. Also, the table of contents is missing chapters 11 to 15. This is something that I think should be improved very easily.
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The Thousand Worlds of The Soul
View: on Bookshelves |
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