John Hancock TV commercial: Text message, “Tell me that won’t happen to us.”
Verizon TV commercial: Focus group – Cable guy, “Why are we listening to customers? Seems dumb.”
Optimum Vs Fios TV commercial: A simple straightforward reasoning for choosing Optimum – value.
How this book even sold based on the flimsy promise of unlocking some powers within mankind is beyond me… There’s no way I was going to read the book – what I was looking for was where does the author attempt to deliver on the promise and then you find reference to a few passages attributed to ancient texts and a few paragraphs of general Eastern spiritual concepts, but as for the delivery of the prophecy itself, the whole thing can be summed up in a few pages near the end of the book. I admit that the part of the book near the end did keep some positive reading momentum based on the characters having to flee the situation they found themselves in and possibly come up with explanations to authorities, but the book never delivers cohesively on details of the Celestine Prophecy. The author seemed to try to keep a mystery about it but when you look closely at the pages near the end of the book which begin to discuss the Celestine Prophecy you find that there isn’t any substance… and that is presumably why it tries to be mysterious.
For a meaningful discussion of our place in existence and any meaning we may take from it read The Selected Lectures of His Holiness the Dali Lama. There is a question and answer session which shows some of the questions the Dali Lama was asked during his talks and his responses. I’ve read through some of the passages multiple times to make sure I could connect with the meaning behind the words. You probably won’t find many good straight-talking books like this one about life and our place within it as we deal with distractions/wants, burdens, and attachments.