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The spirituality aspect goes a little astray from what I would say I do and can see myself believing in. However, the concepts presented as a whole, while taking it from a symbolic perspective, were beneficial to read and I overall agree with this philosophy presented. If nothing else, this book is a short and simple 'food for thought' book, that many may end up not connecting with, but it does make you think about yourself and how you see the world.

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5.0

this was a therapy homework book for me, and i am thankful to my therapist for assigning it. ruiz pulls together valuable, rare pieces of intuition and puts them plainly into words, and the mysticism from the spiritual tradition that it's all drawn from doesn't obscure or complicate the focus. it's about trusting yourself, telling the truth, ditching reactivity, and finding good shit - the writing never moves away from that. some of it feels like common sense, but for me, a lot of it was challenging and shifting. super quick read (i took three sittings to finish it). five stars for everything that i'll be keeping filed in my brain and the pieces i'm still chewing on.