In 2008, A friend suggested that I read the Many Lives, Many Masters by Dr. Brian Weiss, MD. and as the days roll on I forgot about the book until last December 2012 when I was browsing books at Book Sale, I saw a book entitled Many Lives, Many Masters in one of the shelf and remembered my friend's words so, I bought it.
The book is really interesting to read, below is an excerpt and what I like most in this book in verbatim...(I recommend this book to anyone ... it is really interesting ... it will give you insights about who we really are and what are those we need to do in order to live our lives meaningfully and finish our journey on earth in loving ways)
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..." ...Wisdom is achieved very slowly. This is because intellectual knowledge, easily acquired, must be transformed into 'emotional,' or subconscious knowledge. Once transformed, the imprint is permanent. Behavioral practice is the necessary catalyst of this reaction. Without action, the concept will wither and fade. Theoretical knowledge without practical application is not enough.
"Balance and harmony are neglected today, yet they are the foundations of wisdom. Everything is done to excess. People are overweight because they eat excessively. Joggers neglect aspects of themselves and others because they run excessively. People seem excessively mean. They drink too much, smoke too much, carouse too much (or too little), talk too much without content, worry too much. There is too much black-or-white thinking. All or non. This is not the way of nature.
"In nature there is balance. Beasts destroy in small amounts. Ecological systems are not eliminated en masse. Plants are consumed and then grown. The sources of sustenance are dipped into and then replenished. The flower is enjoyed, the fruit eaten, the root preserved.
"Humankind has not learned about balance, let alone practiced it. It is guided by greed and ambitions, steered by fear. In this way it will eventually destroy itself. But nature will survive; at least the plants will.
"Happiness is really rooted to simplicity. The tendency to excessiveness in thought and action diminishes happiness. Excess cloud basic values. Religious people tell us that happiness comes from filling one's heart with love, from faith and hope, from practicing charity and dispensing kindness. They actually are right. Given those attitudes, balance and harmony usually follow. These are collectively a state of being. In these days, they are an altered state of consciousness. It is as if humankind were not in its natural state while on earth. It must reach an altered state in order to fill itself with love and charity and simplicity, to feel purity, to rid itself with love and charity and simplicity, to feel purity, to rid itself of its chronic fearfulness.
"How does one reach this altered state, this other value system? And once reached, how can it be sustained? The answer appears to be simple. It is the common denominator of all religions. Humankind is immortal, and what we are doing now is learning from our lessons. We are all in school. It is so simple if you can believe immortality.
"If a part of humankind is eternal, and there is much evidence and history to think so, then why are we doing such bad things ourselves? Why do we step on and over others for our personal 'gain' when actually we're flunking the lesson? We all seem to be going to the same place ultimately, albeit at different speeds. No one is greater than the another.
"Consider the lessons.
