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Immersion Mastery
The secret advantage of using immersion and how it accelerates your performance levels to true mastery.
Whether you're seeking to increase self-esteem, find balance within, create harmony in your relationships or improve your career, this inspiring guide will help you master anything you choose and achive success in all areas of your life.
From his experience as an NLP Master, Shaman, Reiki Master, Professional Skateboarder and his expertise in Youth Leadership, author Zack Jezek shows how the process of immersion helps us delve deeply to attain a higher level of excellence and a satisfying sense of fulfillment in our daily lives.
Whether you're seeking to increase self-esteem, find balance within, create harmony in your relationships or improve your career, this inspiring guide will help you master anything you choose and achive success in all areas of your life.
From his experience as an NLP Master, Shaman, Reiki Master, Professional Skateboarder and his expertise in Youth Leadership, author Zack Jezek shows how the process of immersion helps us delve deeply to attain a higher level of excellence and a satisfying sense of fulfillment in our daily lives.
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156 pages, Paperback
First published December 21, 2011
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February 5, 2015
I received a free copy of this book through Goodreads First Reads. FTC guidelines: check!
Zack Jezek didn't have a typical childhood. His describes his school years as a part of the "unschooled" movement (which I had to look up as I had never heard of it before). This education outside of a rigid, traditional framework gave him the freedom and ability to explore his own interests in a learning style called immersion. Zack touts the benefits of this education but some of its downfalls are quite evident in his book. It is riddled with misspellings and improper grammar.
Writing style aside, there are some great take-aways from Immersion Mastery. Essentially, Zack has created his own magical system- borrowing heavily from shamanistic and other occult traditions. Not only has he couched this system in modern language so that young and, perhaps, uneducated individuals can easily understand it, but also he makes it accessible and explains in each step why the method should be followed and what benefits it confers.
Overall, I found the tone of this book to be uplifting and positive. Zack teaches self empowerment and responsibility for your attitude, actions, and manifestations. But, I was turned off by his seeming disdain for traditional education and folks who may be older than he is. It is one thing to be proud of your background. It is quite another to believe that it is superior to everyone else's and to talk yourself up as much as Zack does. Maybe he needs that attitude to succeed in the world the way that he seems to, but it doesn't necessarily make one endeared to the reader.
I think that there is some spark of genius in Immersion Mastery if one can overlook some language problems and youthful posturing. Certainly, if one is struggling with a young adult and needs a book to give that person some direction- Immersion Mastery could be that book. And, in a couple decades, I could see Zack Jezek as the next Tony Robbins or this generation's Israel Regardie. He's just not there yet. Given time, I believe that he will be.
Zack Jezek didn't have a typical childhood. His describes his school years as a part of the "unschooled" movement (which I had to look up as I had never heard of it before). This education outside of a rigid, traditional framework gave him the freedom and ability to explore his own interests in a learning style called immersion. Zack touts the benefits of this education but some of its downfalls are quite evident in his book. It is riddled with misspellings and improper grammar.
Writing style aside, there are some great take-aways from Immersion Mastery. Essentially, Zack has created his own magical system- borrowing heavily from shamanistic and other occult traditions. Not only has he couched this system in modern language so that young and, perhaps, uneducated individuals can easily understand it, but also he makes it accessible and explains in each step why the method should be followed and what benefits it confers.
Overall, I found the tone of this book to be uplifting and positive. Zack teaches self empowerment and responsibility for your attitude, actions, and manifestations. But, I was turned off by his seeming disdain for traditional education and folks who may be older than he is. It is one thing to be proud of your background. It is quite another to believe that it is superior to everyone else's and to talk yourself up as much as Zack does. Maybe he needs that attitude to succeed in the world the way that he seems to, but it doesn't necessarily make one endeared to the reader.
I think that there is some spark of genius in Immersion Mastery if one can overlook some language problems and youthful posturing. Certainly, if one is struggling with a young adult and needs a book to give that person some direction- Immersion Mastery could be that book. And, in a couple decades, I could see Zack Jezek as the next Tony Robbins or this generation's Israel Regardie. He's just not there yet. Given time, I believe that he will be.
August 26, 2013
Immersion Mastery by Zack Jezek was a hard book for me to finish. I abandoned it several times since starting to read it in November. I only finished it though sheer force of will.
One of my problems with the book is sheer amount of bragging that the author engages in; he is proud of the fact that he became a Reiki master and Mayan shaman at age ten, and that he is also a NLP master and a professional skate boarder. Jezek wrote this book at the ripe old age of nineteen. Yes, this book brought back flashbacks from earlier in my esoteric career, for I acquired a high degree far too young and said some damn stupid things earlier in my life believing that I actually knew what I was talking about. Maybe Jezek will be different, but I personally find my earliest writings as an esoteric leader and teacher to be almost physically painful to read.
While I agree with Jazek's opinion that his generation are the leaders of the future, I do not necessarily agree with him that his generation is any more unique than any previous generation. Sure, they have their own set of brand-new problems which young adults have never seen before, but a lot of generations have been able to say that statement.
So is there anything worthwhile in this book? And will it appeal to teen and twenty-somethings?
Yes, it will appeal to his own generation who will believe that they are somehow special and that their problems and disadvantages are actually assets and special abilities. And yes, I do believe that attention and compulsive disorders can be assets--history is full of famous people who today would be labeled ADHD/ADD and/or OCD. In fact, I would probably be labeled with an attention disorder if I would have went though high school five years later than I did (ADHD was just being a bad kid when I was in school)--not that I will ever be famous, yet these things are a daily part of my own life to a certain extent. But Jezek lays it on so thick, it is like a commercial to remain immature forever.
And maybe the book does have some worthwhile stuff in it. But it is buried deep in feel good talk aimed at making teen and twenty-somethings believe that they are perfectly ok just the way that they are. I am not sure Jezek is going to feel the same way when he is forty.
As for esoteric techniques talked about in this book (after all, I review esoteric and New Age books), there is a version of the "grounding as a tree" mediation, some game console based mental reprogramming techniques, a watered down version of the immersion method (my regular readers will know this better as magical boot camp or power week), and a hint of the chaos magic technique of interchangeable personalities. But they are all so caked in happy talk that quite honestly, I can't imagine anyone over the age of thirty being able to tolerate this book; or for that matter, any parent that has been exposed to the techniques in a different setting. And there are better sources for each and every one of the exercise and techniques, or at least better written ones (Jezek is far away from being a good writer).
I am giving this a weak two stars out of five.
[Disclosure: I received a free copy of this book though a Goodreads First Reads drawing.]
One of my problems with the book is sheer amount of bragging that the author engages in; he is proud of the fact that he became a Reiki master and Mayan shaman at age ten, and that he is also a NLP master and a professional skate boarder. Jezek wrote this book at the ripe old age of nineteen. Yes, this book brought back flashbacks from earlier in my esoteric career, for I acquired a high degree far too young and said some damn stupid things earlier in my life believing that I actually knew what I was talking about. Maybe Jezek will be different, but I personally find my earliest writings as an esoteric leader and teacher to be almost physically painful to read.
While I agree with Jazek's opinion that his generation are the leaders of the future, I do not necessarily agree with him that his generation is any more unique than any previous generation. Sure, they have their own set of brand-new problems which young adults have never seen before, but a lot of generations have been able to say that statement.
So is there anything worthwhile in this book? And will it appeal to teen and twenty-somethings?
Yes, it will appeal to his own generation who will believe that they are somehow special and that their problems and disadvantages are actually assets and special abilities. And yes, I do believe that attention and compulsive disorders can be assets--history is full of famous people who today would be labeled ADHD/ADD and/or OCD. In fact, I would probably be labeled with an attention disorder if I would have went though high school five years later than I did (ADHD was just being a bad kid when I was in school)--not that I will ever be famous, yet these things are a daily part of my own life to a certain extent. But Jezek lays it on so thick, it is like a commercial to remain immature forever.
And maybe the book does have some worthwhile stuff in it. But it is buried deep in feel good talk aimed at making teen and twenty-somethings believe that they are perfectly ok just the way that they are. I am not sure Jezek is going to feel the same way when he is forty.
As for esoteric techniques talked about in this book (after all, I review esoteric and New Age books), there is a version of the "grounding as a tree" mediation, some game console based mental reprogramming techniques, a watered down version of the immersion method (my regular readers will know this better as magical boot camp or power week), and a hint of the chaos magic technique of interchangeable personalities. But they are all so caked in happy talk that quite honestly, I can't imagine anyone over the age of thirty being able to tolerate this book; or for that matter, any parent that has been exposed to the techniques in a different setting. And there are better sources for each and every one of the exercise and techniques, or at least better written ones (Jezek is far away from being a good writer).
I am giving this a weak two stars out of five.
[Disclosure: I received a free copy of this book though a Goodreads First Reads drawing.]
October 28, 2012
Zack wrote his first book at age 10 while completing an Apprenticeship with a Mayan Shaman in the jungles of Belize. Raised as an unschooler with no traditional education, Zack is a Certified Advanced Master of Neuro-Lingusistic Programming, also known as NLP, and has Certifications in Clinical Hypnotherapy, Psychotherapy, Complete Mind Therapy, Noesitherapy, Hypnotic Pain Control and is a Rapid Results Consultant. In addition, he is also a Reiki Master and a Mayan Shaman with the name Buch Cho.
Zack has attended over 100 personal development seminars and trainings. He speaks 3 languages and is also fluent in teen talk, the language many parents do not understand, making him a wonderful teen leader, mentor and coach. When he's not traveling the globe delivering his uplifting messages, Zack is busy modeling, skateboarding and contributing to the greater good.
Zack has attended over 100 personal development seminars and trainings. He speaks 3 languages and is also fluent in teen talk, the language many parents do not understand, making him a wonderful teen leader, mentor and coach. When he's not traveling the globe delivering his uplifting messages, Zack is busy modeling, skateboarding and contributing to the greater good.
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