Self Improvement – The Top 101 Experts that Help Us Improve Our Lives

(Expert # 53)

James

JAMES REDFIELD

Redfield Quick Facts

Area: Spiritual Development

es Best-Seller: “The Celestine Prophecy”

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Redfield Biography

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a e. The book is an adventure parable about a spiritual journey to Peru. It
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Redfield has been interested in human spirituality all his life. Born in 1950, he
grew up in a rural area near Birmingham, Alabama and
a need for clarity about spiritual matters. He was brought up in a Methodist
Church that was loving and community-oriented, yet he was frustrated by a lac
answers to his questions about the true nature of spiritual experience.

Redfield studied Eastern philosophies, including Taoism and Zen, while majoring
in sociolog
counseling and spent more than 15 yea
During this time, he was drawn into the
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Riklan’s favorite James Redfield Quotes and Thoughts

Life is really a

• bout a spiritual unfolding that is personal and enchanting—an
  cience or philosophy or religion has yet fully clarified.


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unfolding that no s

Knowing our personal mission further enhances the flow of mysterious

coincidences as we are guided toward our destinies. First we have a

question, then dreams, daydreams, and intuitions lead us toward the answers,