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Ascending spiral : humanity's last chance

Auteur :	Bob Rich
Éditeur:	Ann Arbor, MI : Marvelous Spirit Press, [2013] ©2013
Édition/format:	Livre imprimé : Fiction : AnglaisVoir toutes les éditions et tous les formats
Évaluation:	moyenne basée sur 22 évaluation(s) 17 avec des critiques
Sujets	Metaphysics -- Fiction. Humanity -- Fiction. Theological anthropology -- Fiction. Voir tous les sujets
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Genre/forme:	Science fiction Fiction Romans, nouvelles, etc
Type d’ouvrage:	Fiction
Type de document:	Livre
Tous les auteurs / collaborateurs:	Bob Rich Trouver plus d’informations sur:
ISBN:	9781615991945 1615991948 9781615991860 1615991867
Numéro OCLC:	828190150
Description:	vi, 235 pages ; 24 cm
Contenu:	Book 1: Dermot -- Book 2: Amelia -- Book 3: Plant Kingdom -- Book 4: Pip.
Responsabilité:	Bob Rich, PhD.

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Enjoyable Read

de tasinator (Utilisateur de WorldCat. Publication 2018-04-13) Bon

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"Ascending Spiral” by Bob Rich is the book “Cloud Atlas” aspired to be but, unfortunately, never was.

“Ascending Spiral” takes you on a journey through the past and present of Dr. Pip Lipkin, a psychologist and counselor. In so doing, it gives you a view of the...
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Life after Life Adventures

de TLC22 (Utilisateur de WorldCat. Publication 2015-02-07) Excellent

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First off, it’s a romance. Not just any romance. What if you had to chase the woman you love through several incarnations to woo her, win her, marry her, and at long last spend a lifetime with her? We recognize this woman through her eyes, through the gestures the hero uses to stroke her face, her response to that touch. But most of all we recognize her through that deep warm glow he feels when he sees her.

What keeps them apart? The flow of history. Human mistakes. First, he is killed defending her from Vikings, then she is raped and murdered by marauding English troops in Ireland. But I won’t tell you the rest. You’ll enjoy the romance in Dr. Bob Rich’s novel Ascending Spiral.

That’s not all, because we follow our hero into the spiritual realm after his (sometimes her) lifetimes. We are invited to think about the lessons we learn on earth. What is the purpose of each life? Why do we experience some of the things we do? Dr. Rich suggests we are learning from past mistakes or making up for wrongs we’ve committed. The character becomes a man, a woman, even a plant. (And he thought that would be peaceful!) As he progresses, he is able to help others in their journeys. At times, I wished the voices of the different incarnations were a bit more different, that they had very distinct ways of talking, but the similarities drives home the spiritual lesson that this is one soul.

Ever wonder how you ended up here on this earth at this precise moment, when the earth is up against the challenge of a toddler culture, as Dr. Rich calls it, and trying to grow into an adult culture? I enjoyed the focus on the ecology in this novel, the final call to action. This theme is tied into the original life of our hero, one that catches us by surprise. It’s a good surprise.

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Lessons Through Past Lives

de KurtSprings (Utilisateur de WorldCat. Publication 2014-12-24) Très bon

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Novel Blends Reincarnation with Call for Change

de TylerTichelaar (Utilisateur de WorldCat. Publication 2014-08-15) Excellent

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Novel Blends Reincarnation with Call for Change

I have long been interested in reincarnation and have referred to it in some of my own novels, so I was really excited to read Australian author Bob Rich’s novel Ascending Spiral . While most novels only focus on a main character remembering one past life, Rich’s main character, Dr. Pip Lipkin, experiences multiple lives and multiple life forms, which make for fascinating reading, keep the storyline moving forward, and result in some interesting connections between Pip’s various incarnations over his 12,000 years of existence.

The impetus behind Pip’s multiple lives is the concept of karma. Early in his existence, Pip makes a grievous error that requires him to work out his karmic debt—a debt, however, that is not so much a punishment as an opportunity to learn, grow, and use his experiences as a means to teach others how to heal their own pain and suffering.

I won’t give away the plot or discuss all the lives Pip experiences, but some of the more significant ones include being an Irishman in the late eighteenth century who fights against the British; being the wife of an Australian landowner in the nineteenth century, and being an intelligent walking plant on another planet. Each time Pip dies, he has a guide who assists him in reviewing his life and discussing what he has learned, both in that life and in relation to other past lives. Pip then chooses what he wants in the next life, not specifically saying he wants to be a female or a plant, but rather making statements such as that he wants to live a life where there is no hate, gender, or causes of division such as religion or race. Each time, his choices result in new and often unexpected learning experiences that make for entertaining and meaningful reading.

Being an American reader who has never been to Australia, I also enjoyed Ascending Spiral ’s depiction of Australia and its history. Pip’s life as Amelia in the nineteenth century on a farm with Aborigine workers reminded me a lot of slavery on plantations in the American South during the same period. I also thoroughly enjoyed Rich’s depiction of Pip’s life as a walking plant on another planet, which offered a very imaginative new perspective few of us can conceive of experiencing.

Finally, I have to mention the reason for Ascending Spiral ’s subtitle, “Humanity’s Last Chance.” Reincarnation has a purpose, and for Pip, it is so he can eventually reach a point of warning people to change before it is too late for them and the earth. I won’t go into details about the book’s message, but a couple of statements that really struck me were “Economic growth is a cancer. We need to cure our addiction to it” and the need for us to change our mindset of “I want happiness now” to “I want a decent life for me, you and everyone else in harmony.”

A lot of nonfiction books exist about reincarnation, but Ascending Spiral shows that fiction can create a more poignant experience for the reader than just reading about a topic. The novel takes the theory of reincarnation and applies it so we journey with Pip over the millennia and come to a better understanding of our own souls and purposes. It is an understanding and experience more of us need to have.

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A Book to Heal the Soul

de magiklee (Utilisateur de WorldCat. Publication 2014-05-08) Excellent

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It's not very often that you read a book that can speak directly to your heart but you can find them. And it's a rarity when you find one that can speak straight to your soul, which is what this book does. It's like an old friend coming to speak to you. A friend who makes you feel warm, protected and loved. It's a one in a million story (or in this case stories) that makes you recognise that this life is more than just a life - it's a life made up of many lives and many lessons: there is a reason...a purpose for us being here, today, yesterday and tomorrow. We're here to learn and appreciate what this life has to give for a greater purpose - not just to live, but to experience, feel and be.

The first couple of pages of 'Ascending Spiral' made me feel like crying. THE FIRST PAGES! I couldn't believe it. Never has a book made me want to cry at the very beginning of the book. But it did. Mainly because it spoke about a little girl who felt lost, worthless and unloved. It was part of my teenage life he (Pip/ Bob Rich) spoke of. Although mine didn't make me want to die or feel so badly that I really didn't cope because I had friends, a small group of friends but enough to help me through the "popular crowd's" teasing and constant cruelness. Pip's words to Maria were so beautiful and precious that I couldn't help but feel lighter just thinking about them. He helped her through a tough time in her life, made her feel special and taught her that there are no mistakes in life, but lessons, opportunity's that help us grow into the person we want to be. And if we fail, we fail...but it is also a success because we learned and we survived.

That's what this book is mostly about - learning and surviving the best way we possibly can. Dermot was my favourite character/life experience I liked reading about. He was a survivor. He suffered such terrible tragedy's that you can almost understand why he turned out the way he did - I do say almost because in this life (my life) I would never go down the same path at the end and find it confusing and shocking that he would do something so horrible to someone who least deserved it. But in his mind everyone was at fault. His situation was bad, he lost his whole family, was made into an example on a convict boat that could have destroyed him, became a slave, could've had freedom but was blackmailed into staying and in the end he was trapped. he was helpless and kept suffering throughout his life. He was an injured animal, one who had been beaten too many times. He held in all the resentment, anger and frustration at being in a life that wronged him so much that he finally exploded and the way it came out was a terrible action. He suffered again because of it...his soul suffered. But when you look back on everything that had happened you couldn't say what he did was wrong. Part of his family and his soon to be wife was murdered, other family members imprisoned. He fought back because there was nothing else he could do.

Through this book you learn that every action has a ripple effect. It doesn't just affect you or your family but it effects everyone that it comes in contact with. And when you look back on Dermot's life you realise why everything is happening. The English had been bullied by their own people (as I'm sure many countries and societies have) - their own kings and queens ruled over them year after year, dictating how they should feel, act and think. If they acted any differently to what was expected of them they were punished for it - be it jail, maimed or killed. So they were victims: left powerless by the people that should have protected them. So those people through generations became bitter, resentful and angry. And those that came into a certain power (the army's, etc) followed orders and took all those negative emotions out on whoever they were to hurt. They got their revenge, just on the wrong people. And in turn Dermot got his revenge on those people. You can see how one person's wrong doing creates another ones and it just keeps going and going until people are hurt or worse. If one were to forgive then they would either be trampled over or were forgiven themselves. In Dermot's case, he had no choice. If he forgave the English he would only have become a slave himself (which he ultimately did anyway) or killed. There was no middle ground. There was no forgiveness or compassion from the other side. Once anger is involved, everything goes out the window. So Dermot stood and fought for what he believed in - to free his people from such a grievous act. No one would have been free if he didn't do anything. So in a way he helped those people to find hope, at the cost to himself.

Amelia's story had me on the edge of my seat. Her husband horrified me. I was along for the ride (emotionally) for this story because I was terrified for her children having such an abusive father. Her story was tragic in a different way to Dermot's but it had a beautiful ending in a way because she got to live out her life in the end and see her children grow and have their own children. But in the meantime she had a lot of hardship and loss. But she SURVIVED and she lived.

The two other stories about the space flower and the walking flowers didn't appeal to me as much. They were short and the story's were good, but the hardships and emotional connection wasn't there for me as much.

And finally with Pip's life I had to have a little chuckle to myself when my name "Liana" turned up in the story. It's not every day you read your own name in a book - especially when it's as rare as mine! But I loved Pip's journey - his success at reaching peace within himself and finding that "living" this life and experiencing everything that was to be learned is what life is about, not just the material things as most live for - the house, the car, the other objects we consider to be considered to be important that most people rate above all else. This life is about LIVING it, ENJOYING it but most all experiencing it.

This book just makes you rethink about your own life, the situation your in and everything that you have learned up until now. It (most importantly) also makes you ask yourself "what is your purpose for living?" It has helped me appreciate what had been given to me and not take things for granted anymore. I want to enjoy my life now and not bicker about the silly little things because this life is an important one, for my soul and for my family.

If you are of spiritual mind (as I have been my entire life, growing up with the knowledge of past lives, spiritual beings, compassion, lessons, etc) or have often wondered what is is you're doing here, I suggest to read this book as it is the perfect way of gaining more knowledge of your situation and learning to love the life that you're living.

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