fake deep trying to discuss law of attraction but ultimately not rlly doing it

There was a messiah from the great state of Indiana…. Okay maybe the quote isn’t that exactly but I have read this book before and I was glad to re read it. It’s short, simple to read, and it makes you think about freedom and direction. Highly individualistic but sometimes you need that when you feel trapped and it’s very much an un-trap yourself Novel. Think of your limitations and sure enough they’re yours (again not an exact quote).

I own this book and it’s small, old, smells heavenly, and I like to keep it around to read snippets.

This is one of my favorite books that I go back to every few years to remind myself of who I am and who I want to be.

Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you’re alive, it isn’t.

How have I not added this book to my profile before?! It's one of my absolute favorites, I've read it at least five times. In fact, it's about time to read it again!

This didn't land as well as Jonathan Livingston Seagull, which I love.

In fact, reading a similar story from the perspective of people instead of seagulls weakened the whole idea for me. It seems a lot more fuzzy and ridiculous when, instead of flying in a mystical bird way, we are making literal airplanes fly without fuel. I don't know, I just didn't buy it.

much to think about

This book was just OK. Basically, this messiah teams up with a barnstormer (a person who flies around the country in a airplane giving people plane rides) and then gives the barnstormer lectures about the workings of life, the universe and everything.
The story itself was too thin a veil to disguise the messiah's lectures, and it soon became clear to me that this is an idea book that was not intended to actually entertain the reader.
The storyline only served to present messages that Bach obviously got out of some "Science of the Mind" texts he read back in the 70s.
I mean, on page 113 of the book, Bach even has his "messiah" list books such as "Creative Visualization," and "Think and Grow Rich," (and some others that I don't even recognize) as a portion of his lecture.
I mean, how blatant can you be when you list your sources right in the middle of some shoddy bit of dialogue?
This book might have been cutting edge 35 years ago, but today it comes across as contrived. It would have been better if Bach had had a real story to tell--as this story was far too transparent to be of any lasting interest.