The Master Key teaching has been previously published in the form of a correspondence course of 24 lessons, delivered to students one per week for 24 weeks. The listener, who receives the whole 24 parts at one time in this audiobook, is warned not to attempt to listen to it all at once, but to treat it as a course of study and conscientiously to imbibe the meaning of each part - listening and re-listening to only one part per week before proceeding to the next. Otherwise, the later parts will tend to be misunderstood, and the listener's time will be wasted.
Used as thus instructed, The Master Key will make of the listener a greater, better personality, equipped with a new power to achieve any worthy personal purpose and a new ability to enjoy life's beauty and wonder.
© and (P) Big Happy Family, LLC
"The Original"
This is the original to the runaway hit "The Secret" But this is much better although the narrator reads too fast and I found his voice quite irritating. I had to listen to it a few times and each listen revealed more. I highly recommend this audio. I would read the book too. If you can listen to only one chapter a week as is instructed, you will probably get more useful information. As for me, I couldn't wait to go to the next chapter.
"The narrator is not authentic of easy to listen to"
I find that the practical tools offered in the program are helpful, but the narrator's reading does not correspond at all with the message being presented. His reading of the material actually makes it more difficult to pay attention to the message being taught.
"Terrible Reader"
The lack of precision on the part of the reader was so distracting that I was unable to enjoy the material. Within the first 10 minutes, he mispronounces "hitherto" twice, uses the wrong tense of "read", and says "for" instead of "of". His delivery is also lacking in dynamic range.
On the other hand, this download was very inexpensive.
"Forget the rest...this the best"
Charles H. Knows the power of positive thinking and how to train the mind to always be in positive mode....I listen to this audio book over and over....
"Oh, please, the messenger counts, too"
How can someone be a narrator and not be able to pronounce the word omniscient? And besides, he reads like someone is running after him. Please reread this book with someone like Don Leslie and maybe it will raise my interest.
Cordell Klier
"Content = Breathtaking / Narrator = Car Salesman.."
5 Stars for the Content. Minus two stars for the Narrator.
This book changed my life years ago. In all the ways many other books should or could but never actually do. So look no further...THIS IS THE KEY... hands down. So, ... when I learned that Audible had this as an affordable audiobook i was beside myself with excitement. And while ...The content this book is life altering... ...the car-salesmen/narrator who does this audiobook speaks too fast, he misreads words consistently, and garbles up some of the most poetic insights within this writing.
Normally I could careless about a narrator. But this reader leaves a lot to be desired. Almost as if his producer was forcing him to read as fast as possible to reduce the size of the content. ..but regardless.
No matter how you get this book - even if you think my criticisms of the narrator are more exactly what you want to hear - please, buy this book in whatever form you can get it. ..This truly is one of the most important books the world has ever known.
"Yes, worth the credit."
This as another correlated with the new thought, type thinking is a good methodology for changing your life for the better. Good ole common sense stuff is still timeless and you need to absorb this book as one of your basics. Just like those that feel you need the classics under your belt, this classic from its time frame is also a must listen. I recommend you read this and be open minded and see if it changes your thinking. That is worth a million, isn't it.
"Where do they get these narrators?"
I got this audio book because I thought the material would include some valuable life lessons in self improvement. What I got was a narration that was so bad that I, like another reviewer, also found his pronunciation to be inaccurate, careless, annoying, and non-grammatical. For example the word "read" pronounced "reed" when in context it should have been "red". Add to that the run-on reading with no logical emphasis and the inexplicable re-reading of sections as if the narrator walked away in the middle of a section and started again back at the beginning when he returned and you get one confusing read! (Pronounced "reed"). The fast, run-on reading also leaves one wondering if entire words or sections were skipped since in some instances it seems as though periods were disregarded. I want to get the printed version and compare it to the audio version to see if I missed anything! As for content, I got nothing out of the first chapter. One reviewer listens over and over again - I am willing to try this for the simple fact that I believe from other reviews I've read, (red), that the contents seem to be at least worth the try. Good luck with this. Other reviewers love it. I'm not giving up, but you should be warned.
"Master content, but not master format"
FYI when you buy this, it is not separated into the 24 lessons, which can make it a challenge. 1mp3 that is 5.5 hours long so you have to search for lesson 1, 2, 3, etc... if you want to go back and review. If you pay a little more you can find a version that is in separate mp3's.
But you could look at it from the perspective that $3.95 gives you access to content that was so good the catholic church banned it.
"Good book but bad tone of narration"
About the same. I was looking for the message of the book and listening while driving was the only time I had to
The narration did not fit the tone of the book . The tone of voice of the reader made me anxious and was distracting. It was almost as if the narrator was annoyed to be doing the book and it was irritating to hear that tone. I am sure the narrator would do other books well- just not a fit for this content.