The fist step is always a commitment to practice direct spiritual experience in life. Then ask for help. Knock on the door. Concentrate on not missing any Synchronistic opportunities that come your way. Your life will never be the same.
Questions for Discussion
• If our narrator was expecting to meet Wil at the airport, how did he find him at the sports bar by the side of the road at the beginning of chapter 1? Why did our narrator stop there? How would you explain this first occurrence?
• We learn that “the universe is filled with all sorts of fortuitous encounters, intuitions, and mysterious coincidences, all pointing to a higher purpose behind our lives, and in fact, behind all of human history,” What fortuitous encounters, intuitions, or mysterious coincidences have you experienced in your own life? Do you feel you are able to engage with those coincidences? What do you think you could do to be more engaged with them?
• Will explains that our narrator should have been true to himself when faced with the skeptic needling him at the sports bar, and then he would have remained in the synchronistic flow. Our narrator says he usually just stays away from people in order to avoid having them knock him out of his flow. Why do you suppose our narrator does this? Why do you suppose Wil would believe it is not the ideal choice to simply “stay away” form people? In your own words, can you explain what out narrator should be doing when he’s around skeptics—or anyone who might knock him out of his flow?
• Our narrator’s Template Group considers at length the similarities and differences among many of the world’s religions. If you were part of that Template Group, what thoughts would you contribute about your own religious background and its relationship to the other world religions? Do you see other differences or similarities that aren’t named in the story?
• Our narrator experiences “agape” with Rachel. Agape is defined as a love state that transcends sexual complexity. Why do you think it is important that this sort of love is platonic or nonsexual? How might you experience this for yourself? Do you think it can happen with anyone? Or only with certain people? Why or why not?
• What lessons in The Twelfth Insight felt most powerful to you? Were there any insight that seemed frightening or difficult for you to master? And, conversely, were there any insights that made you feel uplifted or excited to read about?
Also by James Redfield
The Celestine Prophecy
The Celestine Prophecy: An Experiential Guide (with Carol Adrienne)
The Tenth Insight: Holding the Vision
The Tenth Insight: An Experiential Guide (with Carol Adrienne)
The Celestine Vision: Living the New Spiritual Awareness
The Secret of Shambhala: In Search of the Eleventh Insight
God and the Evolving Universe: The Next Step in Personal Evolution (with Sylvia Timbers and Michael Murphy)
It began with The Celestine Prophecy…
And, now, in THE TWELFTH INSIGHT,
the journey continues…
PRAISE FOR THE WORKS OF JAMES REDFIELD
THE TWELFTH INSIGHT
“Celestine-heads and others looking for miraculous fables will embrace this hopeful spiritual action fantasy.”
—Booklist
“Redfield’s books combine exciting adventures with inspiration. Like any good teacher, he makes what he is teaching interesting. I recommend his books to anyone who wants to explore, learn, and grow spiritually.”
—BookBargainsandPreviews.com
“This miraculous fable is an action-packed adventure.”
—Waterloo Region Record (Ontario, Canada)
“Redfield explores the similarities and differences that exist among the world religions, revealing the essential messages contained within them that can energize our experience of spirituality—and produce a new wave of integrity and reform that can transform our lives and our world.”
—NCReview.com
THE CELESTINE PROPHECY
“A spiritual classic… a book to read and reread, to cherish, and to give to friends.”
—Joan Borysenko, PhD, author of It’s Not the End of the World
THE TENTH INSIGHT
“In another spellbinding adventure tale, a worthy sequel to his Celestine masterpiece, James Redfield packs thrills, suspense, and spiritual wisdom into a book you cannot put down.”
—Brian Weiss, MD, author of Only Love Is Real and Many Lives, Many Masters
THE CELESTINE VISION
“For everyone who read The Celestine Prophecy and The Tenth Insight and hungered for more… Every reader will come away from this work with something of value.”
—Tulsa World
THE SECRET OF SHAMBHALA
“In his inimitable style of great storytelling, Redfield opens us up to a world of insight, inspiration, synchronicity, and power… Get in touch with the mysteries of great masters.”
—Deepak Chopra
Contents
FRONT COVER IMAGE
WELCOME
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
EPIGRAPH
SUSTAINING SYNCHRONICITY
CONSCIOUS CONVERSATION
MOVING INTO ALIGNMENT
RECOGNIZING IDEOLOGY
THE GOD CONNECTION
THE GREAT COMMISSIONING
THE ART OF TUNING IN
THE ONENESS INTENTION
OPENING TO PERCEPTION
WHAT HEAVEN KNOWS
THE RISE TO INFLUENCE
THE RETURN
EPILOGUE
READING GROUP GUIDE
A CONVERSATION WITH JAMES REDFIELD
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
ALSO BY JAMES REDFIELD
PRAISE FOR THE WORKS OF JAMES REDFIELD
COPYRIGHT
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Reading Group Guide Copyright © 2012 by James Redfield
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