Gregg Braden is the pre-eminent modern metaphysician who is currently welding the wisdom of ancient texts to modern science to bring a genuine spirituality to modern life.
     He has spent decades travelling and researching ancient texts and prophecies as well as talking to sages on every continent. His gifts to us are intelligent and well-reasoned arguments for the return of the sacred in everyday life and the efficacy of prayer.
     This collection is a distillation of his most popular books in a series of lectures recorded from seminars and workshops.
     There are 2 CDs each for Beyond Zero Point, The Isaiah Effect & The Lost Mode of Prayer. Included is a new 79 minute CD on the practice of prayer called The Gift of the Blessing.
     It is always a pleasure to review Mr Braden’s books, but the feeling was even more intense on hearing his voice reinforcing the things of which I had read. He speaks clearly, simply and succinctly. There is a natural overlap with some of the material from CD to CD, but it never hurts to hear the wisdom one more time!
     Beyond Zero Point deals with the Shift of the Ages and what this will mean to us who are living through these times.
     Many ancient prophecies point to this time – usually from about 1994 to about 2012 as the transition time. We do not know exactly what is going to happen, but we can be termed ‘Walkers between Worlds’ as we approach the Zero Point and move beyond.
     Mr Braden explains why compassion and forgiveness are important to us, and introduces the concept of The Gift of the Blessing.
     The Isaiah Effect contains critical information regarding a ‘gap’ in our received wisdom regarding the spiritual history and the ancient technologies of prophecy and prayer.
     These twin technologies are passed to us through multiple translations that have distorted the true message. Mr Braden calls modern translations of the Bible, “The Condensed Versions.”
     The Lost Mode of Prayer develops the themes of all the previous CDs and extends them, foreshadowing some of the information in his latest book The Divine Matrix.
     The nature and purpose of prayer is examined from ancient times to the present. Once again the crucial melding of thought, feeling and emotion is emphasised.
     For those who consider prayer to be ineffective, this recording may completely change the way you pray and what happens after.
     The Gift of the Blessing. This lovely bonus CD reviews the modes of prayer and the need to harness thought, feeling and emotion in order to make prayer effective.
     Mr Braden reads the ancient Essene instructions for the Gift of the Blessing. This is a forgotten mode of prayer that addresses the nature of conflict, hurt, confusion and contradiction that is ever-present today, just as it was in ancient times.
     We look at the world around us and feel helpless at much of what we see and experience. The Gift of the Blessing is what you can do to move through the hurt, helplessness and confusion. It works on a personal as well as on a global scale.
     Mr Braden conducts two guided prayers on this CD. Approached with an open heart and goodwill this technique/technology of prayer will definitely move you.
     I am very pleased to present these CDs in this review. Gregg Braden is a compassionate person, connected to life and the pursuit of peace in every way. Gregg’s words and voice touched places deep inside of me in so many ways.
     Thank you, Gregg.