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The Celestine Prophecy

A few months ago, I met this really cool guy who had spent a few years travelling all over the world. I asked him how did he plan all this, especially since hadn't that much money. His advice was just to let go and open up your heart... He suggested reading the book the Celestine Prophesy.

A few weeks ago the book was mentioned by a few Groupies so my curiosity about the book was reignited.

Last night I came across the movie so couldn't wait to watch it. Unfortunately it was one of the worst films I have seen in a while and I couldn't even finish watching it. I thought that it started off interesting; a guy was laid off his job so I was like "Oh cool this is going to be a great inspiring story about how everything happens for a reason!". However I was deeply disappointed when about 10 mins he was in Peru and for some reason he was fleeing some dodgy guys because some how he got linked with these sacred scrolls. Most of the film is about him dodging the bad guys trying to blow him up and there is the odd self-help quote added in by 2 of the other main characters...

I will definitely still check out the book though as I don't think the film has done it any justice!!! If this book has given you some great tips for your life, I'd love if you could post them below.

What I got from the film is about our energy field... Unknowingly we may be sending out smothering or controlling signals to other people so that's why they may back away, for example. We may be thinking "What did I say wrong?", but it's more about your energy field than what you say in words. Likewise, we can get controlled by the controlling energy that other people send out.

I resonate with this as in my house at the moment, there's a bit of a strange atmosphere. It's not good or bad, but we just quietly live our own lives and more or less avoid eachother. This part of the film made sense to me as it is very awkward being around my housemates at the moment, even though nobody necessary did anything "wrong". We just feel it.

Lots of love,

Sassy Freedom Fighter Princess C

Comments

Great quote!

Submitted on April 9th, 2010

Thanks C,

And do you know what else???

"If you think you've missed the boat, another one will come along. And another one and another one and another one. There are no shortage of boats"

Great quote C! Very apt for this kind of thing and inspiring!!!

Martha F x x

The Celestine Prophecy

Submitted on April 7th, 2010

Hi C,

I read this book at the beginning of my recovery journey so it was a little while ago - a bit hasey in my memory too.

As far as I remember though it thought me about looking for 'oppertunities' in life. The author talks about the fact that sometimes 'coincidences' come our way. He says that we need to be aware of these 'coincidences' to follow the path of our destiny/the most beneficial path for us. He mentions that sometimes we can be so blinded by what we think we 'should do' when making choices in our life that we pass these fantastic oppertunities by. I dunno if this makes sense, but I guess it thought me to be more connected, to live in the present moment more and to keep my mind open for these 'coincidences' or oppertunities/ to be more resourceful. An example of one of these was deciding not to go on a J1 in college, primarily because I was in recovery and it wouldn't have made logical sense. I was disappointed but instead I decided to look for a summer job. I ended up landing a dream summer job which i loved all because I opened myself up to the possibility of it and was open to new experiences. The 'dream summer job' helped me land my current job in the height of the dreaded R so it ended up being a good road to take!!! It also showed me what I could acheive and it helped me find a career path that I was genuinely interested in. I certainly wouldn't have got the job or realised these things if I had gone on a J1.

You are right about the energy too. The book thought me about 'power struggles' and about getting 'energy' or positivity from the beauty around us in nature and everyday life as opposed to dependence/co-dependency on others which I found was a useful realisation at the time. It also talks about 'energy suckers'- useful people to avoid!

I think the book shouldn't be taken literally but it is more beneficial to take parts of it with a pinch of salt and then to take the meanings which are right for you from it. I would probably say the same for all self-help books really - they are guides which we can draw realisations from but they are also just the authors opinions so it is important to filter as well and to make your own judgements.

Hope this helps!

Martha F x x

Going with the flow!

Submitted on April 9th, 2010

Hi Martha, thank you so much for the fantastic reply!

When I lived in the east coast of America, a friend of mine asked me if I wanted to go to California for a few weeks with a group of people. Gosh I'd love to go to California, but at the time I was stressing alot about trying to squeeze as much work experience into my CV as possible before leaving the States. I did 2 internships at the same time :-)

Now that I've calmed down a bit, I had been regretting for a while; "Why did I not just go to California and have a great few weeks of FUN in the sun???!!!!?". But now I realise that I was worried about being with a group of people 24/7 (no need to elaborate on that one!). But even more importantly, with the big R, my work experience is REALLY working to my advantage now as a new college graduate.

The subconscious mind ALWAYS knows what's best!!!

Oh and congrats on your career :-)
Take care,

C

It's long time ago that I

Submitted on March 26th, 2010

It's long time ago that I read the book, but to be honest, I can't believe that it was made into a film...I don't think any kind of film could ever do the message in the book justice, it would rather end up some cheesy, tacky want-to-be new-age western or something, I, in fact, can't imagine the film...
The book, on the other hand, I really loved...it was a bit simplistic in some areas, but that only meant that the over-all message was understandable, graspable, not only for academics or people who are totally into aura and energy-fields, but also for Joe Soap...
Now, I probably read it some 15 years ago and don't remember particular things, so I guess I'll have a re-read first, before I say more...
Love,
xxx Robin xxx

~~ "Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over...it became a butterfly..." ~~