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Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
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Richard is a pilot of a two-person aircraft — a loner drifting the planes and skies of the American Midwest. When Richard meets a mysterious stranger on the run from his destiny, he learns the life he wanted may actually be possible.
After solving the initial mystery of “is Don actually a messiah?”, the book becomes a series of unmotivated, disconnected scenes, where Richard asks questions and halfway or “almost” understands things. A dozen almost-epiphanies later, we understand the philosophy and are waiting for Richard to be allowed to understand so the plot can move forward.
If you are unfamiliar with Alan Watts’s branch of spiritualism, you might be entertained by the chapters of teaching. However, as the author blends the self-help, spiritualism, and a fictional world substituting for reality, they create a dangerous blend which seems to take the ideas of Alan Watts a step further - that this world reacts to the beliefs of an individual — that we could swim in the earth if we has but a dose of imaginative audacity.
If you are looking for the spiritual teaching, try:
The Prophet by Khalil Gibram, or
The Book by Alan Watts.
If you are looking for a story, try any other book.
After solving the initial mystery of “is Don actually a messiah?”, the book becomes a series of unmotivated, disconnected scenes, where Richard asks questions and halfway or “almost” understands things. A dozen almost-epiphanies later, we understand the philosophy and are waiting for Richard to be allowed to understand so the plot can move forward.
If you are unfamiliar with Alan Watts’s branch of spiritualism, you might be entertained by the chapters of teaching. However, as the author blends the self-help, spiritualism, and a fictional world substituting for reality, they create a dangerous blend which seems to take the ideas of Alan Watts a step further - that this world reacts to the beliefs of an individual — that we could swim in the earth if we has but a dose of imaginative audacity.
If you are looking for the spiritual teaching, try:
The Prophet by Khalil Gibram, or
The Book by Alan Watts.
If you are looking for a story, try any other book.