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A Book Whose Time Has Come!

New Thought and Metaphysical teacher and Minister Adeeb Shabazz is celebrating the 2nd
printing of his first book, What If God Were One Of Us? For those who thirst for more than the
typical religious interpretations of our origin and nature as human beings, Shabazz offers an
introspective look into ourselves from Biblical, Qur'anic and various other angles.

A merger of metaphysical thought with common scriptural references so that no matter what
your background you can grasp the content. Whether you are new to Metaphysics and New
Thought or well-read in the subject, you'll enjoy this book.

An excerpt from What If God Were One Of Us?

   Who are you? Who are you really? Religious leaders tell us we are merely lowly creatures,
created by an omnipotent God that lives in a realm we can never truly reach until we die, if we
are of the fortunate ones. Scientists tell us we are merely the product of evolution and that our
thought and intelligence is completely biologically based: developed in a random evolutionary
process that has us where we are today. Many simply choose to accept these basic viewpoints,
or variations within those frameworks to explain our existence. However for some, those
explanations are seriously lacking, and in our case we seek a more complete definition and
meaning for our lives.

    The Bible-which includes the Jewish Torah or Old Testament, and the Qur’an are the holy
books of the Judeo-Christian and Muslim worlds, which have in total over 4 Billion adherents in
some form, or more than two-thirds of the population of the world. The Baghavad Gita, the Vedic
scripture of India, is a major staple of the Hindu religion, which claims nearly one Billion
adherents and is the oldest organized religion in recorded history. The aforementioned
collection of scripture covering the three largest religions is the basis for the beliefs of nearly 5
Billion people, or over 80% of the world’s population. Granted there is very powerful content in
these scriptures, yet much of it has been “interpreted down” by religious leaders who either
lacked understanding of the texts or desired to suppress the true meaning of these texts to
utilize their power to make subjects of the adherents for political gain and power.

    Have we ever examined the scripture of our particular faith, or the faith of our ancestors, to
really see what they say? Are there key elements that point to God being a human being, or at
least directly accessible and knowable by a living human being? What was the essential
message of Jesus, called the Christ, and was he also trying to get us to see the divinity within
ourselves and exercise it to its fullness? Are we missing the point due to misinterpretation after
misinterpretation that what we should be striving for is recognizing the god within?