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13 reviews for:
Pronoia is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World is Conspiring to Shower You With Blessings
Rob Brezsny
4.0 AVERAGE
13 reviews for:
Pronoia is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World is Conspiring to Shower You With Blessings
Rob Brezsny
4.0 AVERAGE
This is not a book to read cover-to-cover nor to put on the shelf to gather dust. Rather, it's like a trip to the beach: some days you just want to get your feet wet to get you through the day and some days you dive in and ride as many waves as you can. Always inspirational, clever, grounding and based on the core concept of love of self and all the creatures, things and ideas around us.
I think I just had a rare "bookgasm." This book inspires me to DO something! I found my mind bending backwards ... Like spiritual yoga moves and surprised myself that yes I can twist that way and it's okay to so. I highly recommend for anyone to devour this book .... Just stay flexible with it.
Too hippy-dippy for me. I'm all for positive thinking, but this was just over the top. I think it was the white male privilege and Burning Man stuff that just set my teeth on edge.
I wouldn't recommend reading this beginning to end, but rather using it to turn to a random page when lacking inspiration or insight into something. Kind of like a divinitory tool, or scripture. Very interesting, uplifting, and out-of-the-box ideas/beliefs in this book.
Still working on this on day at a time its a workbook and instruction manual to"brainwash yourself before someone nasty beats you to it."
Three cheers for the mystic Trickster, Rob Brezsny. The world is a better place with him in it. This is a spiritual text of sorts - for those who need to remember that the world is a magical, beautiful, mystical place and for those who know it already. It's filled with invitations to shake things up, reach out and connect in new ways to your fellow human beings, bring ritual back into your life, and giggle as much as possible. He suggests using the book as a kind of divination tool - when you feel stuck or lost, open a random page and do something inspired by the first sentence you read and I plan to do exactly that. But first, I had to read it from cover to cover because I didn't want to miss a single, delicious, juicy sentence. I love that he also balances all that light and positivity with the darkness of the world. Unlike so many Spiritual Bypassers and "Science of Mind" philosophers, he is not afraid of the dark evil in the world. He understands that we must collaborate and connect and play with that energy, not deny or shame or bury it. I just loved this book and I'm so thankful that it will live in my library and be at the ready whenever I need it.
I can't quite figure out how I feel about this one. Pronoia is the Greek name for the Latin Providentia, "Providence" - a concept in which I deeply believe. But Rob Brezsney's interpretation of pronoia is very different from mine (less Classical and more anarchistic hippie New Age).
Does it sound cheesy? Yes. Is it really truly soul lifting? Absolutely. Dive in.
Gosh, how does one review a book like Pronoia. It is, simultaneously, a self-help book and a parody of self-help books. It's devastatingly funny and deeply insightful. It's an unusual journey into what makes happiness, happiness. It made me think and giggle and swear.
I read this book the first time relatively recently, and I've since bought a number of copies for friends. It's... Deeply mundane and extremely profound all at once. And I loved every moment of it.
Especially, I love that you can pick it up and read a page, then spend a day contemplating on whether it means anything at all - and if it does, it could end up not being relevant, or being a life-changer.
Don't read the reviews. Read the book.
I read this book the first time relatively recently, and I've since bought a number of copies for friends. It's... Deeply mundane and extremely profound all at once. And I loved every moment of it.
Especially, I love that you can pick it up and read a page, then spend a day contemplating on whether it means anything at all - and if it does, it could end up not being relevant, or being a life-changer.
Don't read the reviews. Read the book.
I’d probably give it 3.5 stars if I could do halves. I like the idea of the book and the positive messages. Feels like it drags on a bit but as others have suggested, reading it casually, a page here or there, or treating it like a coffee table book, might be the best course of action. I learned a few things and it did lead me down some other learning paths, so I am grateful for that. There are newer editions of this book, but I found out about that mid-read.