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The Isaiah EffectBy Gregg BradenIn Jerusalem, within the Shrine of the Book Museum, resides the Great Isaiah Scroll – the most precious artifact of the famed Dead Sea Scrolls. Why is this single document, lost to humanity for more than 2,000 years, so crucial to modern scholars and mystics today? On The Isaiah Effect, the bestselling author of Awakening to Zero Point (Radio Bookstore Press, 1997) takes us on an investigation into this ancient Essene scripture – to reveal a set of inner tools capable of altering the destiny of human civilization. “Prayer and prophecy have the power to heal our bodies and spirits … shift the course of nations … and even influence the ebbs and flows of weather and geology,” teaches Braden. Yet today, few of us know how to harness the awesome potential of these two spiritual technologies. Now, drawing on new insights into the physics of time and prophecy, Gregg Braden shows us how to decode the true meaning of the Great Isaiah Scroll and other prophetic scriptures – how prayer can change the outcome of those predictions – and how these two spiritual practices, together, create The Isaiah Effect.The Isaiah Effect: Decoding the Lost Science of Prayer and Prophesy draws on new discoveries in quantum physics, as well as a variety of spiritual traditions and religious documents–including Tibetan, Mayan, and Hopi prophecies; Nostradamus; and the Dead Sea Scrolls. From these sources, author Gregg Braden believes that he has recovered “a lost science with the power to bring a lasting end to all war, disease, and suffering; initiate an unprecedented era of peace and cooperation between governments and nations; render destructive patterns of weather harmless; bring lasting healing to our bodies; and redefine ancient prophecies of devastation and catastrophic loss of life.” Mass prayer is the technique that will allow all of these goals to be achieved, Braden says: “the choice of many people, focused in a specific manner, has a direct and measurable effect on our quality of life.” The book includes careful readings of ancient texts, prophetic pronouncements, and mini-travelogues (Braden leads groups to visit sacred sites around the world), and its arguments may strike some readers as far-fetched. But Braden’s basic idea–that hope can change the world in concrete ways–is a very good one.Braden’s research and erudition offers a unique blend of practical advice, hope, and insight to ancient texts, prayer, and the ultimate direction humanity may take with regards the pressing problems now facing us as a species. According to Braden, ancient prophecy often points toward life scenarios of chaos, disruption, death, suffering, and a world spiraling out of control. But these ultimate paths can be averted by choosing other possible outcomes. The trick, of course, is the transformation of human consciousness of an order of magnitude introducing new choices, and (more importantly) new ways-of-being-in-the-world.Braden speaks eloquently on behalf of the new science and demonstrates keen insight on the evolving concepts of time, change, and transformation. Time or fate is not predestined according to Braden, but instead can be manipulated to specific outcomes. Within this rubric, numerous altered outcomse are possible simply by changing one’s beliefs; adopting positive affirmations, or asserting alternative claims. Within this matrix, new contexts of value are reordered taking us to new future possibilities.The stories in the book are uplifting and in confluence with the thesis of the book. This covers the widest possible spectrum of consciousness from health and healing, to establishing new collective relationships both with the human and non-human world.I found this book to be an enjoyable read, and see it as another piece in the puzzle of discovering the meaning of life. Because of Braden’s foundation in the technology field the book has a very scientific “feel” to it, and should appeal to anyone with an orientation toward the technical. I really liked the idea of non-denominational religion that emerges out of his analysis of Isaiah’s approach to prayer.This is one of the best books written about the law of atraction, Gregg Braden explains in simple words what he understood is written in the Isaiah Scroll! He has traveled to many countries, in search for Sacred Writtings that shed some light into a special way of praying, and taping to paralel realities! He’s gone to Tibetan monasteries, Egipt, and other places, looking for answers!! He has knowledge in Shamanism, and to his opinion he sees a lynk between Shamanic knowledge, what the Isaiah Scroll says and documents of the Essenes, I do share his opinion, and found his book very helpful in my studies about paralel universes. The book also talk about healing, global peace and unity!!!