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So I was given this book by a secret Santa. It made my gift of chocolates look very generic and unthoughtful. My general take on it is that he keeps things so heart centered that his some times confusing attempts at fusing Buddhist and Taoist traditions does not get in the way of some really wonderful practices. I of course have been spoiled by Michaels wonderful talks on cosmology. The simple fact that he is adding the Shen back into the trinity of Shen Chi Jing is a great service. Although I am not sure what he is taking about at times. He could be taking about ling xin Body when he says soul mind body power or it is possible he is talking about Jing Chi Shen again the cosmology is not quite clear. He also brings a more Buddhist/Christian sense of sin or Karma, human like courts with judges and lawyers a distortion I feel of the term as above so below and a old limiting box to view nature and its processes. But then comes the taoist perspectives and seems to enlighten and bring these concepts to a more wiser perspective. Even his divine nature speaks to him and tells him that karma is just about lessons, or the tuff love of the universe. So you can see it can get confusing but he focuses so much on forgiveness and love it real does not matter in that much. His say hello to the organs approach is a nice simple loving practice that goes well with the inner smile practice. His approach is certainly more western as in Buddhist such as concepts of mind or soul over matter and terms like Akashic Record, starting with third eye opening practices or mind power as he calls it, using full lotus sitting postures, it is a top down approach for the most part but he then throws in the lower tan tien to ground the practices he does to open the third eye and increase mind power, ohh also there are allot of sound practices aka mantras. This is all kept really heart centered with a focus on love and forgiveness which is really the gem of his work I feel. He has nice simple prayers and he uses interesting taoist practices as well most famously the microcosmic orbit. I like his energy and his practices are very effective, I would recommend his book to anyone how would love to get maybe more heart centered in there personal practice I have found Sufi practices that also have similar flavor.
peace and Blessingsp.s. he introduce this term Xui lian which sounds allot like my name Julian it means “spiritual journey” I thought that was cool.
When looking at the perspective of first opening up the third eye I can see where the confusion might arise and one might start putting human faces and attributes on natural processes and forces.
I saw sha when he first started oncthe circuit and came to an NQA conference. He shouted so loud tht I had to leave the room to protect my ears. So I never got his message. Maybe easier to sort thru in the quiet of a book. or maybe he finally got that the soul and love can be transmitted quietly.
michaelNo I am just reading the book. I recommend browsing through it, see if you like anything, it is mainly fundamental stuff, that certainly can flower into deeper levels.
pictures worth a thousand so
http://www.drsha.com/index.php?id=251
Skip to about 4 min in.
Dr. Sha has released his latest Book: The Power of Soul .this was accompanied by a Book Campaign on Jan 5/6 I wrote the following review on Amazon but within hours the Dr. Sha professionals convinced Amazon to remove the review
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It is with mixed feelings that I write this- The world DOES need a soul movement and Dr. Shas teachings are based on some basic truths and provide empowering tools that can provide benefit
But, Im just not sure it needs the ultra-organized commercialized dogma of the Dr.Sha Mission:
First of all, similar to his previous books, dont be duped by the best seller status or 5 star ratings:
1) members of the Mission contribute thousands of dollars in lieu of blessings from Master Sha as a part of a book campaign these funds are used directly by Master Shas institute to internally buy books from retailers 2 or 3 at a time to falsely and unethically stage the books popularity (Google Dr Sha book campaign if you dont believe me)
2) members of the Mission are urged to write positive reviews about Master Shas books, and get discounts for it thus all the prosaic 5 star reviews.Its not really that they want to sell lots of books they want to attract more members to the Mission- i.e. to join the Sunday Blessings and the Retreats .which is where the real money is made. Its not that unlike this story: google Did dirty tricks create a best-seller
Sure, the members deeply believe that they are promoting truth (indeed, other religions have done much worse in the name of God) but personally, I dont find these methods to be all that saintly(it might even be karmic) if there are real truths in the book and the Mission it would sell itself on its own merit like most best sellers do.
And what services does Master Sha offer at his blessings and retreats? Well, Master Sha believes that he is a Channel of the Divine, and he (and only he) has been given special powers. So he (and only he) can offer you- via the Dr Sha dot com channel (check it out for yourself):
– Divine Protection against every imaginable hazard
– clear your Karma for $2000. just like that no followup or practice or nothing even Dr, Sha calls it a short cut
– Transplants for diseased organs
– Body Soul Transplant for $5000 (not explicitly listed in the web site, but it is a prerequisite, among others, to be come a Master Teacher Healer)
– Etc.
(actually, you can usually get the blessings for less because there is always a last minute special to appeal to the shoppers)What is a Body Soul Transplant? You current soul leaves you and a new soul (a saint) chooses you. Its sad that some people are so down they feel they need a brand new soul .and I guess all the poor folks have little chance at becoming a saint how exclusive.
By the way, for the higher services, you arent told the cost of these until you apply first, in which Dr. Sha receives Divine guidance in whether he should accept you. Imagine trying to say no after the Divine supposedly accepted you (but of course, these are priceless treasures).
But thats just the tip of the iceberg the later chapters of his books speak of the higher Soul Transformations etc. The highest downloads for the chosen ones are offered only at the invitation only retreats (i.e. for those who have passed the previous courses)…
Dr Shas Sunday blessings are as follows:
He offers a free blessing (download). Then his top assistants (the professionals on dr sha dot com who have gone through the full Soul transformation and have received all the highest downloads so that their souls reside in their highest chakra and they can see with their third eye- paid for either with $ or Universal Service to the Mission) describe what they saw. Then all the people who have registered get their downloads. Thats it.Yes, the downloads might feel empowering, but inevitably you are left wanting more if the top assistants can really see with their third eye, wouldnt you want that too? Well you can get there by getting the downloads, becoming indoctrinated through the courses and practice practice practice (the practice e.g. chanting, empowering statements etc can make you feel good) till you believe it (or some would say become deluded?)
So inevitably, most are drawn to take the courses and to become a Universal Servant (requires you to volunteer time to the non-profit Institute that does all the work whereas payments go to Dr Zhi Gang Sha LLC.). The courses all link together and coax you higher and higher, with the light at the end of the tunnel that eventually you might be able to charge for your services, like the Professionals on the web site – its the classic pyramid marketing scheme.
But here is the hard part for me: people DO feel better faith in the empowerments can help heal. But any one will feel better if they spend time getting out of their thinking brain and doing some chanting, setting good intentions, and having faith that they are empowered to make choices to make their lives better. And the collective energy at (any) group retreats is very powerful and healing. Why not rejoice in that – it might be the piece some people really need…
But when that collective energy at the retreat is highest, and people are feeling their best, that is when Dr. Sha suggests that his downloads can make you even better .which is made so easily done by sticking your personal barcode on a form (& voila, your credit card is charged). Its so effective that retreat registrants have to sign a legal disclaimer saying that all though the downloads are priceless, they must spend within their means. From my experience, few of the faithful do, unless you call credit card bills and liquidation of savings as within your means. (many retreat attendees spend 10s of thousands)
Seems like Dr. Sha is selling water to people standing in a river. Its a shame that our consumerist society thinks we can buy everything. Its part of the reason we need a true soul movement.
Members of the Mission have made a huge leap of faith to jump on these tracks. But the light at the end of the tunnel might just be an oncoming train. After investing so much, it might take an even bigger leap of faith to get off
another anonymous wrote on the wired blog:
http://blog.wired.com/articlecomment/2007/04/dr_sha_a_healer.html” I am a former student of Master Sha’s. Master Sha threatened us by telling us that bad things would happen to us if we ever talked against him. I was at Stacys the day that Master Sha did a soul transplant on Kevin Iams. Kevin received additional higher level soul transplants from Master Sha after that , got his karma cleansed and he still died. I worked with Kevins mother until Kevin died, so I have personal knowledge about all of this.. Whenever a cure didn’t manifest, the retort was that the person didn’t chant enough, had more karma to clear, anything to take the onus off Master Sha.
As for the double blind study, the article failed to mention that it was a “spiritual” heart study. The questions the participants were asked to answer did not ask about the physical heart, nor were any medical doctors involved with the study to review physical aspects of the heart. The study consisted of Master Sha downloading a soul transplants to a group of followers who did not know whether they were receiving the download in that session. The participants had to fork over a load of money to be able to participate in the study.
There were two PhDs who designed the questionnaire for this study. Both have left the organization. One died of cancer after two years of purchasing various downloads, and the other because of conflicts with Master Sha. The PhD who died of cancer was told that she didn’t do enough for the organization and that’s why her cancer came back. These are the kinds of messages that come out of this organization. Buyer needs to be better than aware, buyer needs to stay away.
What someone wrote about the frenzy of buying that occurred at retreats is absolutely accurate. The comment that someone made about losing their father to Master Sha is right on. Master Sha would tell us stories of how he sacrificed his family to do this divine work. He told us that we were chosen people who had the mission to heal the world. The only problem was that we never did that. We just attended classes in which we were given the same teachings over and over, and spent our life savings on purchasing downloads and/or soul transplants that didnt heal us.
During the time that I was part of the cult, I did not see any healing that could be documented and I did not heal from the aliments that I suffered from. Master Sha would tell us of his healings, some of his students would attest to the healings, but there was never any documented evidence. RG said hed been healed of his cancer, but no one ever saw the diagnosis. SL said that she got pregnant because of Master Sha, but MS paid for a special download so she could get pregnant, and she never did. I attended a book lecture in the Marina in San Francisco during which a woman, who came in a wheel chair, got up and walked. When I tried to get her to share her healing with others, she was still in pain and not able to walk. Sadly, her healing was only temporary, and her failure to heal more was laid at her feet, not his.
There were downloads given to us for going to the web site and writing our stories of healing; we were also given them for buying books from Amazon and Barnes and Noble and writing favorable reviews.. All those who have talked about the book campaigns and reviews are telling the truth. Master Sha is a best seller because he is the best at getting his followers to spend money they don’t have on books that no one wants, so he can have the stature of a best selling author. And this is all done in the name of the Divine.
All of the downloads were very expensive, and after a while it was clear that what cost $1000 yesterday was now available for $100 today, because, after all, the Divine was now downloading a newer and higher version of it. There were a number of people I knew personally who hid from their spouses the thousands of dollars they spent on downloads.I travelled to China with Master Sha in 2005 for a soul retreat and spent time in Master Guo’s compound. Master Guo lives frugally and his services are available to all those who need them. One night I sprained my ankle fairly badly. Master Sha was there, but it was Master Guo’s doctor’s who attended to me and gave me ointments to heal my ankle. Not Master Sha. I have been unable to watch the DVD Soul Masters. Master Guo doesnt speak English so he gets only what Master Sha gives him in Chinese. I dont speak Chinses so I dont know what Master Sha tells Master Guo.
For a time I volunteered setting up people for healings on his remote healing and radio shows. During the time that I worked with him on that project, none of the people ,whom I followed up with, experienced any healing. What can I say about that time? That I did a lot of service to those who came to his “mission” to be healed, that I did a lot of service for Master Sha’s mission, that I spent a lot of time on the phone in “classes” where the same lectures were given over and over again, that I spent a lot of money on downloads for which I have no result.Before I met Master Sha, I would say that if there is a God, it is the God that I see in you. Since leaving Master Sha, I now say, if there is a God, it is the God I see in you.
Master Sha says You have the Power to Heal Yourself. If that is true, then he misleads those who come to him, because he sells them downloads , then soul transplants telling them that this will heal them. ”
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