Let's face it. No one knows what happens after death, that includes David Zukav. We all have theories or ideas but no one can say for certain what will happen once we are gone. But still, I enjoyed this book very much. It was uplifting and I found myself being more patient and more forgiving with others after reading it.
I got this book from the library but will have to get my own copy. This is a book to read again and again, to take notes and ponder the information from each chapter.

Maybe we like to say things come at an apt time because the message strikes a cord but I found this book helpful for where I currently am in my life. It was a reminder to step back into my present self and continue to follow the path of my heart. Parts of this book definitely would not suit you if you aren’t spiritually oriented, it would feel way too hard to digest and comprehend. I know I had a hard time at parts but I want to keep myself open to the greater theme of the novel to continue to align myself with my heart and soul. To take continued action with love.

Rather than a soul in a body, become a body in a soul.

I think if I had read this book in my 30's I would have been more impressed. It's a kind of 101 introduction to esoteric spirituality. If you have never really delved into it this is a good place to start and if you are ready familiar it is a good refresher. I particularly liked his handling of a sacred union or spiritual partnership.

“Spiritual Partnership
... The new female and the new male
are partners on a journey of spiritual growth.
They want to make the journey.
Their love and trust keep them together.
Their intuition guides them. They consult with each other.
They are friends. They laugh a lot. They are equals.

That is what a spiritual partnership is:
a partnership between equals
for the purpose of spiritual growth.”

Regardless of one's position on the substance of this book, its rambling prose, condescending tone, and vague (and at times redundant) examples made it nearly impossible to plow through.

It must be...neat? I guess?...to make stuff up out of whole cloth and then actually believe what you just made up.

A friend of mine recommended Dancing Wu Li Masters as a great layperson explanation of quantum physics. I haven't read that yet, but when I saw the library had this book by the same guy, and I'm fascinated by the concept of consciousness, I thought maybe there'd be good stuff here. I was expecting something along the lines of a Stephen Pinker or Daniel Dennett exploration of what consciousness means, you know?

Woo, boy. Woo.

An entire book of un-testable magic stuff that is even kind of dangerous - for instance, he posits that because we all have multiple lives (duh), and because karma is obvy real! that when we see a homeless person suffering not to think it's unfair, because it is impossible for there to be unfairness in the universe. So screw you, Zukav, for furthering that smug and dangerous perception in the world that everybody must have done something to deserve their misery.

And beyond that, he pretends it's science by conflating it with evolution and mis-defining what evolution is (evolution does not have a goal and you can't say one species is more evolved than another).

And beyond that, this book has made me hate the world just a little more than anybody takes this mumbo-jumbo and believes it, when it can only possibly be based on making stuff up.

I only finished because I'm stubborn as hell and to be able to say I hated it without someone asking, 'but did you even read the whole thing?'

Some interesting thoughts on (human) energy. A plethora of unsupported claims.