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mylafaith's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
usersavvy's review against another edition
5.0
A blend between "The Alchemist" and Eckhart Tolle's "The Power of Now"
sunzreads's review against another edition
4.0
The Mastery of Love is interesting but sometimes confronting. It’s take on love and relationship challenges what I know and believe about love and relationship. I thought we are like empty vessels looking for people or things to fill us up with their love. In this book, we are likened to an overflowing fountain that is abundant with love, moving in a perpetual motion from our heart to the others, nurturing our relationship with them. We are not scared to love others or not to receive love from others because in us love is already present and abundant. This way of thinking is transformative.
The Toltec teachings are presented in a way that is general and abstract. The stories are theoretical but they were able to make me retrieve my own concrete experiences to make them sensible to me. The book is repetitive at times to fully emphasize its message. However, I felt it was too much to take in all the big statements, generalizations, and examples. That's why I needed to take time to understand them fully and absorb their core message.
I appreciate Don Miguel Ruiz’s advice; “Don’t believe me.” He asked the readers to not believe him but to “think and make choices." As I’ve said, reading this book is an invitation and it’s up to the readers to allow the book to transform their notion of love and relationship. It did change mine.
The Toltec teachings are presented in a way that is general and abstract. The stories are theoretical but they were able to make me retrieve my own concrete experiences to make them sensible to me. The book is repetitive at times to fully emphasize its message. However, I felt it was too much to take in all the big statements, generalizations, and examples. That's why I needed to take time to understand them fully and absorb their core message.
I appreciate Don Miguel Ruiz’s advice; “Don’t believe me.” He asked the readers to not believe him but to “think and make choices." As I’ve said, reading this book is an invitation and it’s up to the readers to allow the book to transform their notion of love and relationship. It did change mine.
audgpodg's review against another edition
3.0
3.5.i really enjoyed the message but the writing style was a bit harder to read. I really enjoyed the four agreements though, but cannot remember what I thought of his writing back then.
nmupp1324's review against another edition
4.0
I really think everyone should read this once in their life. I, for one, am going to come back and reread this in the near future. The premise is simple, you can't love others without loving yourself. We all need a reminder sometimes. I got a little bored in the beginning because it can be wordy, but it got better as it went on.
wkbryant2021's review against another edition
5.0
Very heart-centered, despite being somewhat hard to translate into everyday practical speak.
foxygalaxy's review against another edition
3.0
I'm not a big fan of self-help books...however, if you are as emotionally retarded (as most of the people that I have ever met are) you might find this helpful.
v_j0n3s's review against another edition
5.0
As soon as I finished the second chapter I knew this was going to be a book I would want to reread over and over again. It took me one day to start practicing some of the awareness technics on myself and help me create a deeper love for myself. If you feel like you are in a little “life rut” I would suggest this book, fantastic as an audio book, easy read, quick and witty, loved it.
megan_s's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.5