Customer Reviews
Excellent Introduction & Inspiring - By: Mr. Paul Stanley, 12 Jan 2008 
This book gives a very clear introduction to Deeksha or the Oneness Blessing. Based on interviews with Bhagavan & Amma the co-founders of the Oneness movement & interviews with people arround the world who have benefited from Deeksha.
There are many inspiring stories. We could not help beleiving here is something very special happening that gives rise to great hope for the future of mankind. We have only received Deeksha for a short time but already we are inspired to want give this blessing to our friends & family.
Arjuna Ardagh is obviously a convert to the power of Deeksha but through out he retains a healthy objectivity. The book does not shy away from addressing crititisms of the movement.
We have given book to family & friends who have never shown interest in spiritual field & they too have found the book hard to put down.
There is a companion DVD we would also recommend available from the Oneness University.
The latest spiritual fad? - By: Bodhi Heeren, 25 Sep 2007 
According to this book the OneConsciousness-blessing or Deeksha can save the planet & turn it into a paradise. Avoid a catastrophe in 2012 & bring us alll up to a higher level of consciousness. Which of course sounds absolutely wonderful, just what is needed!
But when I look at the author a certain scepticism starts to creep in. For in the 70s & 80s the sama Arjuna was an enthusiastic & ardent follower (sannyasin) of Osho, & - after the allleged 'scandal' in Oregon - in the early 90s he was an enthusiastic & ardent follower of Papaji (H. W. L. Poonja) & his Satsang-movement, even travelling the Satsang-circuit himself.
As for the book itself a large portion is dedicated to some rather dubious 'scientific' argument for the effectiveness of Deeksha, much in the same way as in older books on Transcendental Meditation. There are also some interviews with the originators of the movement, the Indian couple with the somehow un-inventive names Sri Bhagavan & Sri Amma, where Sri Bhagavan states that it has been his aim since childhood to save the world.
The movement seems in perfect harmony with the generel tenedency amnong 'new agers' insofar at it works with corporations & politicians. And here I find the red lamp blinking even more alarming, when Ardagh mentions the widespread use of Deeksha in Mexico, even up to presidential level, because has it changed anything, eased up the social oppression, made better living conditions for the native indian population in the country?
Connected with Deeksha is also the Moola Mantra, known from Deva Premal's latest album, & also recorded by several other artists. And I have to say so far listening to it have not changed my life.
I'm in no position to judge the genuiness of this new 'fad', in fact it would be wonderful if it's claims were true, & I don't know if Sri Bhagavan & Sri Amma can save the world. But one thing I'm 99.99 % sure of is, that in a year or two Arjuna Ardagh has found himself a new fad!
