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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
Nah, this book is dangerous for people with no critical thinking, cause they’ll accept it as truth and ruin their life
challenging
informative
slow-paced
Not my cup of tea. Too spiritual for me
This is a very conflicted review. At some parts of this book I was physically cringing at how hokey and snake oil salesman it sounded. Basically a "you have ONE problem, and this book is the solution!!" Which i find bollocks. And at other parts I was pausing it because I was blown away and had to take a minute to absorb it. I can see myself revisiting this book for this reason.
It really did make me feel zen when I pracriced being "The Seer" and let go of the incessant chatter in my head, as it wasn't "me" but more my minds way of grappling with a reality that didn't really need me to grapple with it. I do believe this book changed how I think and cope with my rumination.
However that being said I am unsure who his audience was. At times he talked to the reader as if they had never had a conscious moment in their life. As if their mind was a horrible dark place that existed only to bring them down. I worked my ass off to have an inner voice I loved so I found his adamence that my inner voice was always wrong or bad to be at best ignorant, at worst gaslighting (which I hate how common that word has become, but to make a reader question what their mind says or to question if there is really mean/dark stuff.. idk). And then at the same time, the intended audience had to be someone who could hear "just let go" and be conscious enough for that to mean something. It has the same effect of "just dont overeat." "Just stop thinking of your ex." "Just dont buy cigarettes." Like... okay, these are vastly different people he is talking to.
And then the last chapter took everything that was good and flushed it straight down the crapper when he forced an evil, murderous, narcissistic western christian god down your throat complete with like ten bible verses. How dare you. How dare you take a symbol that has been responsible for so much death, oppression, and fearmongering and try to center in within eastern philosophies that have done no such thing. How dare you quote a book that has been rewritten by kings and men with agendas more times than people who read it today as if it is some beacon of love and light. Whoever greenlit the last chapter of this book... i have no words. If it had just used Christianity as maybe a reference or made some parallels, I would have been fine with it. I am not against hearing about Christian ideas, much like I am not against hearing about religion. But in a book that talks about freedom- an oppressive regime is not what I would call upon. Soured me on the book completely and will probably be why I don't reccomend it to anyone.
It really did make me feel zen when I pracriced being "The Seer" and let go of the incessant chatter in my head, as it wasn't "me" but more my minds way of grappling with a reality that didn't really need me to grapple with it. I do believe this book changed how I think and cope with my rumination.
However that being said I am unsure who his audience was. At times he talked to the reader as if they had never had a conscious moment in their life. As if their mind was a horrible dark place that existed only to bring them down. I worked my ass off to have an inner voice I loved so I found his adamence that my inner voice was always wrong or bad to be at best ignorant, at worst gaslighting (which I hate how common that word has become, but to make a reader question what their mind says or to question if there is really mean/dark stuff.. idk). And then at the same time, the intended audience had to be someone who could hear "just let go" and be conscious enough for that to mean something. It has the same effect of "just dont overeat." "Just stop thinking of your ex." "Just dont buy cigarettes." Like... okay, these are vastly different people he is talking to.
And then the last chapter took everything that was good and flushed it straight down the crapper when he forced an evil, murderous, narcissistic western christian god down your throat complete with like ten bible verses. How dare you. How dare you take a symbol that has been responsible for so much death, oppression, and fearmongering and try to center in within eastern philosophies that have done no such thing. How dare you quote a book that has been rewritten by kings and men with agendas more times than people who read it today as if it is some beacon of love and light. Whoever greenlit the last chapter of this book... i have no words. If it had just used Christianity as maybe a reference or made some parallels, I would have been fine with it. I am not against hearing about Christian ideas, much like I am not against hearing about religion. But in a book that talks about freedom- an oppressive regime is not what I would call upon. Soured me on the book completely and will probably be why I don't reccomend it to anyone.
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
Got me to think, which is ironic if you have read the book
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Deducted 0.5 stars for sudden swing toward religiosity near the end. That said, I learned a lot and will likely be coming back to this again and again.
hopeful
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
“Life itself is your career, and your interaction with life is your most meaningful relationship.”
This book should be required reading for every human on the planet. I said what I said.
This book should be required reading for every human on the planet. I said what I said.
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inspiring
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fast-paced