Joe Griffin

This book is a very deep essay that combines religion, theories, science, psychology, reality, and the universe. The author goes through very detailed experiments and thought process to figure out how our dreams are connected to the universe, each other, life, and everything else.
Dreams are a projection of our unfulfilled expectations from waking state; its almost as if its a "what if" scenario without the emotional charge. The author then goes on to explain about the universe, our roles in it, what we should do with each other, free will and predetermined fate. He also interjects a few studies from other religious leaders and some psychology terms. Everything is all very connected with each other. This book really needs a glossary in the back for some of the ideas and terms the books talks about; there were many times where I struggle to follow along because the author only describes a specific term once and it's just written out as acronyms for the rest of the book.… (mais)

Clearly, Joe Griffin, shares his passionate thoughts about philosophy. “Where is the essence of all things? … It’s something philosophers have been arguing about for the millennia.”

He shares his personal history of his family and employment and talks about dreams he’s had in relations to what he feels it’s all about. There are his words on karma, reincarnation, past lives free will and more. He refers to the knowledge of well-known philosophers throughout the book.

He talks about the need to detach. “There is such a strong sense of empowerment in feeling angry and having fantasies about ways to get revenge that when we feel we have been wronged, we are exceedingly unwilling to contemplate forgiveness.” He says we must detach from anger and resentment to evolve spiritually. It’s a huge challenge when we are extremely bothered by a situation.

I didn’t know what to expect with this book but I thought the concept sounded interesting. This is written for people with more experience and knowledge of philosophy that I have.… (mais)

A peculiar and frequently unfathomable melange of autobiography, dream analysis, self-help manual and mysticism. Paul McKenna meets Meister Eckhart.

In his introduction the author appears to confide that he has solved the mystery of the meaning of life. He modestly acknowledges that various others have also been selflessly chipping away at this irritating little conundrum on our behalf over the last few millennia but is pleased to announce that his method is minus the imperfections of earlier efforts in this direction. This self-congratulatory tone pervades the entire book.

If you prefer your mysticism served in a self-aggrandising sauce of Madison Avenue style hyperbole then this is for you - your dream book, in fact.… (mais)

This is an electronic book from the Early Reviewers.There were sections of the book that showed some insight and creativity like interpretation of dreams being focused on personal recent experience and unresolved emotional expression. I found the author to be naïve regarding his beliefs in encounters with dead people and his poorly used analogies of scientific principles with metaphysics and religion. I seriously tried to make sense of some of his theories but find them to be merely opinion without basis. I found the book unacceptably obtuse and irrational.… (mais)