The Gaia Project by Jang Hwee-yong (2007, Paperback)

This is a great book that delves into different areas of opinions and facts about our world as we live in it.

The author gives interesting ideas and opinions and gives light into dark areas about life as we know!

A good read for many that are interested in the topic.

Still reading, different point of view on our current and future
earth changes, and how it can help in inner reflection for self
change..

I bought this because I promised a friend I'd read it. If I hadn't promised her, I'd have NEVER finished it. It would be laughable if it weren't for the fact that this guy, Jang Hwee-yong, expects us to take it seriously and is making money off of it. I'm liberal-thinking, open-minded, spiritual, a yogini, and believe everyone should be free to believe whatever they want. But in my opinion, this guy is nuts.

I borrowed this book from the Library, renewed it 2 times, and realized I had to have my own copy so I could read it when ever I wanted to.
Every time I read it, I find another gem of knowledge to explore,
The book is about the great change that might happen in 2012. This could be true or false, but it really does not matter, the book opens many ideas to be explored.
I hope more people read this book.

I've been reading through this guy's essays and have found nothing of substance - everything he says is so vague that it is really hard to figure out what he's REALLY saying. Apart from mentioning the coming Earth changes in terms of disasters and wars, and the mention of higher dimensional beings that run the whole show here on the BBM, it seems like this guy's message is cookie-cutter New Age (dis)info.

One of his messages go as follows:

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Being Reborn through Waiting

It is a great pain for those who are attracted to the Gaia Project to wait for a clear realization about their future and themselves. Without knowing how long they should wait and how they will gain assurances, simply waiting induces great anxiousness and uneasiness. Although such waiting may be felt very painful, it purifies them and especially plays a role in preparing the Guides.…

The Guides who wear human bodies are the instruments of divine providence for the Gaia Project and thus must be prepared as such. For long, they have identified their bodies or personalities with themselves, but everything they have regarded as themselves or theirs must be emptied to be prepared as the instruments of divine providence.
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Ahhh, the beauty of WAITING for a "clear" REALIZATION! Don't worry - even though you may feel uneasy about INaction, waiting actually PURIFIES you and prepares you for the Guides (???). I think we have finally found what this guy's message REALLY is - to wait and do nothing.

Some more note-worthy excerpts:


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The work of writing and publishing The Gaia Project was done to shed light on the truth for humankind wandering in deep darkness, and its purpose will be accomplished as many earthlings actually read it. To this end, it is necessary for the readers who read this book early to promote this book voluntarily to the masses, which can be done naturally through various ways.

It is so because whether or not people can take advantage of the opportunity for spiritual leap will depend on the publicity of the book.

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If the contents of this book are SO crucial to the "awakening" of the general public, why not make them publicly available? Why do readers have to promote the BOOK instead of its MESSAGE? The above is nothing more than a marketing strategy designed to make readers feel responsible for increasing the publicity of the book. Clearly, if the author felt his message is so important and actually cared about helping people "wake up" and get through the "Earth Changes," he would make this information publicly available with no strings attached, like SoTT and Cassiopaea.


Based on the above, here's what I think: Jang's "research" in economics and accounting led him to the "enlightened" discovery of the New Age Industry market, where he can borrow ideas from other sources and put them into increasingly ambiguous sentences, claiming secret knowledge that will lead to Oneness and Wholeness, all the while making a good buck from the sale of his books.

Thinking about it a bit more, it may be more probable that Jang is just another "useful idiot" - that is, if he IS serious. Though, "as a scholar emphasizing rationality and objectivity," it's kind of strange that Jang would fall so easily for subjective "gi energy" experiences without analyzing/researching them objectively. Instead, he dives right into them and starts writing books...