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adriensm 's review for:
The Law of Divine Compensation: On Work, Money, and Miracles
by Marianne Williamson
A relatively well-kept secret among my half-atheist family is that I pray (or meditate or whatever you want to call it) all the time. I have experienced the profound transformation that comes from opening up my heart to whatever gifts the universe wants to send my way—after all, the only thing any of us can really “control” is our perspective/attitude and how we organize our behavior accordingly. That being said, I have internalized a lot of self-defeating money beliefs over the years and am in a process of trying to relinquish them. This book highlighted the spiritual hurt that’s tied up in believing we don’t “deserve” money or other compensation for our work in the world, and I appreciated it for that.
I recognize that this book is written from a Christian perspective, but I don’t think I’ll ever not bristle at reading male-centric language when applied to God. The notion of God being a dude doesn’t jive with my personal beliefs, though I was able to read through that. The only other qualm I have with the book is that the author doesn’t reckon with the deeply entrenched power structures that keep the wheel of exploitation turning. Certainly there is much value in opening one’s heart to the possibility of abundance and applying effort accordingly, but as a hobby sociologist I can’t help but wonder what the author would make of the massive structural inequalities that keep resources concentrated in the hands of the few? I’m not so sanguine that that problem can be solved merely by all of us “letting go and letting God,” as it were.
On a final note, I chuckle at the thought of my staunchly atheist Mom reading this book and immediately throwing it in the garbage, then looking askance at me for having read it at all 😂
I recognize that this book is written from a Christian perspective, but I don’t think I’ll ever not bristle at reading male-centric language when applied to God. The notion of God being a dude doesn’t jive with my personal beliefs, though I was able to read through that. The only other qualm I have with the book is that the author doesn’t reckon with the deeply entrenched power structures that keep the wheel of exploitation turning. Certainly there is much value in opening one’s heart to the possibility of abundance and applying effort accordingly, but as a hobby sociologist I can’t help but wonder what the author would make of the massive structural inequalities that keep resources concentrated in the hands of the few? I’m not so sanguine that that problem can be solved merely by all of us “letting go and letting God,” as it were.
On a final note, I chuckle at the thought of my staunchly atheist Mom reading this book and immediately throwing it in the garbage, then looking askance at me for having read it at all 😂