Akiko and the Alpha Centauri 5000 (Akiko)

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Akiko and her crew–Spuckler Boach, Mr. Beeba, Poog, and Gax–are competing in an intergalactic race from one side of the universe to the other. Along the way they have to make it through the narrow passages of the Labyrinth of Lulla-ma-Waygo, the notorious Almost Black Hole of Luzbert-7, and the deadly Jaws of McVluddapuck. All Akiko wants to do is make it back to Earth in one piece!
But when Spuckler discovers that his old rival Bluggamin Streed is also in the race, winning becomes the most important thing. And Akiko quickly finds herself caught up in the competition. Who will go home with the celebrated Centauri Cup?

From the Hardcover edition.

Customer Reviews:

Buy them all.......2007-01-10

Another addition to a wonderful series to share with your children ages 7-12.

A race with the Alpha Centauri 500.......2005-05-10

If you know anything about Akiko and her friends, or you don't, Akiko and her fiends are a little different... or alot. In the book, wait, I shouldn't give all the deails. Read it for your self. I think it's the best one yet!!!!!! :-)

A race in the Alpha Centauri 500.......2005-05-10

If you know anything about Akiko and her friends, or you don't, Akiko and her fiends are a little different... or alot. In the book, wait, I shouldn't give all the deails. The main part is that it takes place in The Alpha Centauri 5000 in space. They might get smooshed in one part. You should read it for your self to find out. I think it's the best one yet!!!!!! :-)

Eleven spaceships, four aliens, and a fifth grader compete.......2003-04-20

Eleven spaceships, four aliens, and a fifth grader compete in an intergalactic race from one side of the universe to the other but must face some formidable challenges during the race. When Spuckler finds his old rival is also in the running, Akiko finds herself in the competition for a trophy in Aiko & the Alpha Centauri 5000, a fun science fiction tale for young readers.

akiko and the alpha centauri 5000.......2003-04-04

Akiko and the Alpha Centauri 5000 is a wonderful addition to the Akiko series. When her friends from Smoo trans-moovulate her on board the Boach's Bullet to help them win the Alpha Centauri 5000, Akiko is a little upset. But soon enough she's pitching in to help Spuckler win against the sneaky Streed. If you like light adventure stories, you're going to love this new Akiko.

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Dull, boring, and nearly made me blind

A new perspective on God

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How to Know God: The Soul's Journey Into the Mystery of Mysteries
Deepak Chopra
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God is not a person or a thing but rather a process, according to world-renowned author and spiritual leader Deepak Chopra. The purpose of this ambitious book is to assure readers that anyone can engage in this process--"it isn't a matter of faith, religious teaching, innate goodness, luck or some other mysterious factor," Chopra explains. "Our brains are hardwired to find God." This hardwiring is deftly explored as Chopra lists the seven ways humans know God and how they correspond to the anatomy of our human brains. He devotes a chapter to each of the seven visions of God: "Protector," "Almighty," "God of Peace," "Redeemer," "Creator," "God of Miracles," and "Pure Being--I am." In every chapter he asks and answers the same questions for the readers: "Who am I?" "How do I fit in?" "How do I find God?" The format works well, helping to tame this broad discussion while also illuminating the different personality types that are attracted to these seven different visions.

Fortunately, Chopra is a gifted narrator, able to make human anatomy and quantum physics understandable while also keeping spiritual and metaphysical discussions grounded. As he drifts through the cloudy realms of ESP, telepathy, clairvoyance, miracles, obedience, loyalty, evil, ego, addictions, and mentors, readers can trust that there is a competent pilot at the helm, deftly guiding this excellent book. Plan to take some time with this one. It is perhaps his best yet and as such deserves a slow and steady commitment. --Gail Hudson

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You don't have to believe in God in order to experience God.
--- Deepak Chopra

The celebrated author of Ageless Body, Timeless Mind and The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success has written his most ambitious and important work yet, a runaway international bestseller that has inspired hundreds of thousands of readers to rethink their concept of God.

According to Chopra, the brain is hardwired to know God. The human nervous system has seven biological responses that correspond to seven levels of divine experience. These are shaped not by any one religion (they are shared by all faiths), but by the brain's need to take an infinite, chaotic universe and find meaning in it. How to Know God describes the quest each of us is on, whether we realize it or not. For, as Chopra puts it, "God is our highest instinct to know ourselves." This book makes a dramatic and enduring contribution to that knowledge.

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Dull, boring, and nearly made me blind.......2007-09-30

If I had to depend on this book to help me know God, I would be in big trouble. It started out as a good read, and had some interesting points, but by the time I got to chapter 4, I was so confused and bored. I have never read any of this guys books, but was impressed with him on tv. I think this author is a must to avoid for me. Also, the fine print was so little, I felt like I needed to call my eye doctor.

A new perspective on God.......2007-09-27

This is a great book that will open new doors to the way you perceive the world around you.

Does God exist? If so, who is He, and more importantly, how can we get to know Him?

We evolved to find God. God for us is not a choice but a necessity. Almost a hundred years ago the great psychologist and philosopher William James declared that human nature contains a "will to believe" in some higher power. Personally James didn't know if God existed or whether there was a world beyond this one. He was almost certain that no proof of God could be found, but he felt it would deprive human beings of something profound if belief was stripped away from us. We need the hunt. God, it turns out, isn't a person; God is a process. Your brain is hard-wired to find God. Until you do, you will not know who you are (p. 14).

Is God Love? Dame Julian, who lived in England in the fourteenth century, asked God directly why he had created the world. The answer came back to her in ecstatic whispers: You want to know your lord's meaning in what I have done? Know it well, love was his meaning. Who reveals it to you? Love. What did he reveal to you? Love. Why does he reveal it to you? For love (p. 5).

If God is Love, either God is causing these diseases and violence we see every day or else he can't do anything to stop them. Which one is the God you want to accept? This is actually a hard question to answer. Whether you see God as an almighty judge who punishes and causes suffering on Earth or as a benign source of inner peace, he isn't exclusively that. When someone asks, "Is there really a God," the most legitimate answer is, "Who's asking?" The perceiver is intimately linked to his perceptions. The ancient Vedic seers put it quite bluntly: "The world is as we are. If you accept that the world is as we are, it is only logical to accept that God is as we are." Indeed, the whole universe is as we are, because without the human mind, there would be only `quantum soup', billions of random sensory impressions.

Therefore God is in the evil as much as in the good. God created both because both are needed. The saint sees the sinner inside himself just as the saint accepts evil as calmly as any other occurrence. If Hinduism is right, then trying to resist evil is ultimately pointless. The demons never give up. They can't, in fact, since they are built into the structure of nature, where death and decay are inevitable. As the Indian sages see it, the universe depends as much on death as it does on life. "People fear dying without thinking," one master remarked. "If you got your fantasy of living forever, you would be condemning yourself to eternal senility." Death is the escape route life has devised. It is the force that opposes evolution.

"If you spent every moment turning every thought and action to good," an Indian master told his disciples, "you would be just as far from enlightenment as someone who used every moment for evil." Surprising as this sounds, for we all equate goodness and God, the force of goodness is still karmic. Good deeds have their own rewards, just as bad deeds do. What if you don't want any reward at all but just to be free? This is the state Buddhists call nirvana, much misunderstood when it is translated as "oblivion." Nirvana is the release from karmic influences, the end of the dance of opposites. For example, wanting A or B is always going to lead to its opposite. If I am born wealthy, I may be delighted at first. I can fulfill any desire and follow any whim. But eventually boredom sets in; I will grow restless, and in many cases my life will be burdened by the heavy responsibility of managing my wealth. So as I toss in bed, worried about all these irksome things, I will begin to think how nice it is to be poor. The poor have little to lose. To illustrate, in 1918, long before anyone in England could foresee the importance of Gandhi, the noted scholar Gilbert Murray made a prophetic statement: "Persons in power should be very careful of how they deal with a man who cares nothing for sensual pleasure, nothing for riches, nothing for comfort or praise or promotion, but is simply determined to do what he believes to be right. He is a dangerous and uncomfortable enemy, because his body, which you can always conquer, gives you so little purchase upon his soul."

How do we each individually perceive God? In Buddhism, for example, God is experienced as eternal silence and pure being. Some masters experience God as Nothing; a void with no activity. If God has a home, it has to be in the void, otherwise he would be limited. In Christianity, God is viewed as compassionate and as Love, and hence all Christians will be forgiven and go to Heaven (Christ died on the Cross for their sins). Judaism views God as revengeful, and sinners will burn in hell with no one (such as Christ) to help them. God is symbolized in some religions as a monkey. Why would anyone worship a monkey, even a mythic flying one? Their face could be as devout as anyone praying to the Christian or Hebrew God. Are their prayers going astray because of who they pray to? Is it going anywhere at all? Some religions teach to worship the self. The anecdote is told of an English anthropologist researching into the beliefs of Hinduism. One day he goes creeping through the forest and spies an old man dancing in a grove of trees. In ecstasy the old man embraces their trunks, and says, "Lord, how I love you." Then he falls to the ground and chants, "Blessed are you, my Lord." Jumping to his feet, he raises his arms to the sky and cries, "I am overjoyed to hear your voice and see your face." Unable to stand the spectacle any longer, the anthropologist jumps out of the bushes. "I must tell you, my good man, that you are quite crazy," he says. "Why is that?" the old man asks in confusion. "Because here you are all alone in the woods, and you think that you are talking to God," says the anthropologist. "What do you mean, alone?" the old man replies. To anyone who worships God as the self it is obvious that none of us are alone. In the third century of the Christian era, an unknown heretic wrote, "If you can't make yourself equal to God, you can't perceive God."

So which God of which religion is the true God? The God of any religion is only a fragment of God. This has to be true, because a being who is unbounded has no image, no role to play, no location either inside or outside the cosmos, whereas religions offer many images--father, mother, lawgiver, judge, ruler of the universe etc... There are many versions of God. Each one is a fragment, but so complete as to create a unique world (p. 42). "You believe that you were created to serve God," an Indian guru once pointed out, "but in the end you may discover that God was created to serve you."

To illustrate how God only reveals a portion of himself at any one time, consider the following: Each blind man grabs a different part of an elephant. The blind man who grabs the leg says, "An elephant is very like a tree." The one who grabs the trunk says, "An elephant is very like a snake." The one who grabs the tail says, "An elephant is very like a rope," and so forth. The mind is unable to grasp the nature of God, the moral being that divine reality is too vast to be understood by thought, sight, sound, touch, or taste (p. 284).

Consider the following: There is a Zen story about two disciples who are looking at a flag fluttering in the breeze. One says. "No one can doubt that the flag is moving." The other disagrees, "No, it is the wind moving. The flag has no motion of its own." They continue this debate until the master comes along, and he says, "You are both wrong. Only consciousness is moving." (p. 187).

To know God personally, you must penetrate a boundary that physicists call "the event horizon," a line that divides reality sharply in half. What we do know is that God can't be on this side of the event horizon. Since the Big Bang, light has been traveling for about ten to fifteen billion years. If a telescope is pointed in any direction, it cannot receive light older than that; therefore an entity farther away must remain invisible. This doesn't mean there is no existence beyond fifteen billion years. Strangely enough, certain faraway objects appear to be emitting radiation that is older than the universe, a fact cosmologists are unable to comprehend. If the human brain contains its own event horizon (the limit of photons to organize themselves as thought), we must cross over to find the home of spirit.

One of the most famous of modern Indian saints, Sri Aurobindo, speculated that all human beings are on the road to enlightenment via a process of mental evolution. (The late Jonas Salk devoted many years to a similar theory that human beings were about to make the transition from biological evolution, which perfected our physical structure, to "metabiological" evolution, which would perfect our spirit.)

To close, consider the following:

When I was born and saw the light
I was no stranger in this world--
Something inscrutable, shapeless, and without words
Appeared in the form of my mother.
So when I die, the same unknown will appear again
As ever known to me. GATANJALI

I highly recommend this book!

look at small details before purchasing!! .......2007-08-30

Bought this book new think it was a great price until I received it. It is pocket sized and abridged. Not worth a penny! It was my mistake for not reading the full details. It would cost more for me to return the book than it is worth!

Unnecessarily Complex and Dull.......2007-08-30

I found the levels a bit contrived. This work didn't take me anywhere new. Deepak just cranking out another source of revenue rather than a real compelling new read with great insights.

My mistake.......2007-08-07

Did not read the fine print, this book is so small that I will be unable to read it without getting a headache. Total disappointment.

Conocer A Dios / How to Know God: El Viaje del Alma Hacia el Misterio de los Misterios/ The Soul's Journey into the mystery of Mysteries

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Una maravillosa obra para intelectuales de la fe
Quieres conocer al DIOS Verdadero? Lee la Biblia.
Conocer a Dios
conocer a Dios. . .el camino se hace al andarlo
Excelente obra para conocer la concepcion de dios

Conocer A Dios / How to Know God: El Viaje del Alma Hacia el Misterio de los Misterios/ The Soul's Journey into the mystery of Mysteries
Deepak Chopra
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El autor de libros tan vendidos como Las siete leyes espirituales del xito, y Curación cuántica ha escrito su obra más ambiciosa e importante hasta la fecha: una exploración de la idea de que todos podemos tener una experiencia directa de la divinidad. Según Chopra, el cerebro está equipado para concer a Dios. El sistema nervioso humano incluye siete respuestas biológicas que se corresponden con siete niveles de la experiencia divina. Dichas respuestas no se hallan configuradas por ninguna religión en particular (son compartidas por todas), sino por la necesidad del cerebro de asimilar un universo infinito y caótico y averiguar su significado. Cuando descubrimos el sentido de la voraginosa "sopa cuántica," inevitablemente encontramos el rostro de Dios.

En este singular libro, Chopra nos enseña a hacerlo. Y en el camino ahondamos en misterios tales como el despertar religioso, el éxtasis, el genio, la telepatía, la personalidad múltiple y la clarividencia, aspectos todos ellos del "campo mental" que descubrió la física cuántica hace casi cien años. Ese lugar invisible, aunque parece vacío, es un realidad la matriz de la creación. Ahí, Dios es nuestro cocreador en el continuo proceso de autocreación que es la propia vida. A medida que conocemos mejor a Dios, ganamos acceso directo a la curación, el amor y los milagros.

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Una maravillosa obra para intelectuales de la fe.......2006-08-03

Quienes leemos este tipo de contenidos, obviamente, estamos buscando a Dios, anhelamos respuestas a tantos interrogantes que nuestra mente (no sólo nuestra necesidad de fe) nos plantea. Yo personalmente leo mucho a Chopra y a otros tantos autores que permiten profundizar en el conocimiento teológico más allá de la perspectiva de X ó Y religión. Al leer otros comentarios aquí expuestos, una vez más me parece curioso como todo fanatismo siempre se hace tan obvio, como todo fundamentalismo niega la verdad del otro sin más ni más. Muchos de esos que se dicen seguidores de la Biblia, son tan estrechos de mente y de conciencia religiosa, que ven en todo aquel que cuestione su fe, un enemigo; su paranoia no les deja más que pensar sino que todos los que no comparten su culto están errados y que los que hablan en términos espirituales sin ser Jesucristo, son falsos profetas y enviados de Satanás. Me pregunto, y les pregunto: es que acaso los que tienen la Biblia como su libro sagrado pueden demostrar que su Dios es EL DIOS? Nadie lo puede hacer. Hay muchas interpretaciones de Dios, y todas válidas en cuanto pertenecientes a la tradición cultural de los diferentes pueblos. Cada etnia y civilización en el mundo y a través de los tiempos ha demostrado que no existe una única verdad y que la mente humana no asume una única verdad, y menos, la religiosa. Entonces por qué el fundamentalismo? Tanto el que cree en Jesús, como el que cree en Buda, o en Alá... tienen una conciencia de Dios, de un Ser Supremo, de la moralidad y la espiritualidad. Y al final, pueden todos hasta estar alabando al mismo Dios, ¿quién lo sabe?
Volviendo al libro, considero que es una obra maravillosa y apta sobre todo para intelectuales en busca de horizontes de fe. Hay conmigo muchos que se cuestionan las supuestas "verdades" que nos han vendido a través de libros y ritos sagrados. Para aquellos librepensadores ávidos de otras miradas sobre esa esencia vital que llamamos Dios, para ellos es este libro. Que la intolerancia, la resignada aceptación y la rigidez mental siga pasando las páginas de la Biblia. Los demás, continuemos nuestra búsqueda, que por aquí empieza, con plumas sabias, que no tienen que ser de origen "divino" para captar nuestra inteligencia.

Quieres conocer al DIOS Verdadero? Lee la Biblia........2005-12-24

Deepak Chopra habla de ese Dios al que hay que encontrar dentro de nosotros... uno creado a nuestra imagen y semejanza.
Pero sabemos que Fué Dios el que nos creo a su imagen y semajanza... Si quieres Conocer al Dios Verdadero, Lee La Biblia empezando por el Nuevo Testamento; La Unica Manera de tener un encuentro con Dios, es a traves de Jesucristo.

1 Juan4
1 AMADOS, no creáis á todo espíritu, sino probad los espíritus si son de Dios; porque muchos falsos profetas son salidos en el mundo.
2 En esto conoced el Espíritu de Dios: todo espíritu que confiesa que Jesucristo es venido en carne es de Dios.

Esta liga te puede ayudar para darte cuenta cual es el Dios
en el que Crees.
Un Dios que te conoce desde el vientre de tu madre y te creo para un propósito, o un Dios el cual tu te creas (de acuerdo a las filosofias de moda) para poder Vivir a tu manera.

http://www.karma2grace.org/Articles/lessons.htm

Que Dios (el verdadero) te Bendiga.... Ana Maria Garza

Conocer a Dios.......2005-07-26

Estoy tan feliz de conocer a un Dios que no es egoista y desea que todos seamos como El, si no fuera asi?, cual es entonces nuestro proposito en esta vida?, yo se que conoceremos mejor a Dios y a Jesucristo leyendo la biblia, pero acaso es la falta de tolerancia y respeto a lo que otros piensen lo que la Biblia ensena, yo creo que no, Jesucristo dijo que nos amaramos unos a otros, asi como tambien dijo escudrinarlo todo y retener lo bueno, porque ademas yo tengo una pregunta: ahora que necesitamos mas de Dios, porque ya no tenemos revelacion como en tiempos antiguos? yo creo que Dios se vale de muchas formas para hacernos saber lo que el espera de nosotros y hacernos saber el motivo de porque venimos a la tierra y que al igual que nosotros como padres deseamos que nuestros hijos sean como nosotros el tambien lo desea.
Por favor no se dejen llevar por locos fanaticos que no entienden la religion y mucho menos conocen del amor de Dios hacia sus hijos.
Lean el libro y retengan lo mejor de el.

conocer a Dios. . .el camino se hace al andarlo.......2003-04-14

Para los que se dan cuenta que estan en un proceso de evolucion del espiritu hacia sus origenes, Chopra nos presenta con un mapa de nuestro Ser mas profundo. Esta exploracion de la experiencia de Dios incluye un entendimiento en terminos biologicos y cientificos, exponiendo una secuencia del desarollo espiriual claramente explicado pero dificilmente logrado.

Cada buscador de la Verdad y del Espiritu debe mantener los conceptos expuestos a mano mientras viaja en el camino del alma.

"Si queremos cambiar el mundo tenemos que empezar por cambiar a nostros mismos." Conocer a Dios el la meta, Chopra nos indica el camino pero Nuestro Camino se hace al andarlo.

Excelente obra para conocer la concepcion de dios.......2001-11-22

Con este libro se puede conocer la
filosofia y psicologia que envuelve la concepcion del
hombre de Dios

The Essential How to Know God: The Essence of the Soul's Journey Into the Mystery of Mysteries

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The Essential How to Know God: The Essence of the Soul's Journey Into the Mystery of Mysteries
Deepak Chopra
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How to Know God - The Soul's Journey Into the Mystery of Mysteries

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A new perspective on God

How to Know God - The Soul's Journey Into the Mystery of Mysteries

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A new perspective on God.......2007-09-27

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How to Know God. The Soul's Journey Into the Mystery of Mysteries.

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Deepak Chopra
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