i just received an email about this: http://integrallife.com/video/grace-and-grit-tale-love-loss-and-liberation
hong yeong soo On 12/5/12, mike brown <[email protected]> wrote: > I read the book a few years ago when I was backpacking in Thailand. It`s ok > as an introductory read for someone who is just discovering the path, but it > also has some pop psychology add-ons that turned me off (the `pain-body` > that enjoys the negative emotions and seeks them out). Doing a stint on > Oprah didn`t really enhance his credibility either. > In the same second-hand book store, I also found a great book by Ken Wilbur > "Grace and Grit". Now that`s a book I`d recommend. > Mike > > --- On Thu, 6/12/12, Joe <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Joe <[email protected]> > Subject: [Zen] Re: 'The Power of Now' > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, 6 December, 2012, 3:34 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Suresh, > > > > Thank you for a very nice report! > > > > The book has received a lot of acclaim, as have his other books. I believe > he is a Dutch citizen. I do not know if he writes directly in English or if > his books are translated. > > > > I don't know if I will "get around" to any of his books, and so I am > especially grateful to have your review and evaluation of the recent book. > In the time when I was seeking -- before I found the trail to the Zen > practice tradition and adopted a Zen teacher to work with -- I might have > read interesting books like that, but now, after being involved in practice > daily for 35 years, or so I hardly even read books from within the Zen > tradition. When I do, I feel I am reading about my family. > > > > But I will make a special effort to pursue and peruse this book at least in > the bookstore, and read bits of it surreptitiously between the aisles. If > it really speaks to me, who knows, I may take it home and read more. Then > I'll have a clear idea afterwards which of my friends to give the book to, > next, to read it. Many of my friends are also Zen practitioners who have > practiced in the same formal circle (Sangha) as I did, for years. Although > I resigned my leadership positions and membership in that sangha a few years > ago, we are still friends. Or it's possible that the book may already be in > the lending library of the Sangha, I don't know. ;-) > > > > Once again, thank you very kindly for your report on the book. Maybe it > will also stimulate some more discussion here about the book, or Tolle's > other books. > > > > Best, > > > > --Joe > > > >> SURESH JAGADEESAN <varamtha@...> wrote: > >> > >> Joe > >> > >> This book is mind capturing. > >> > >> Two years back I went to one of my company vessel for audit. There one > >> 2nd Officer Mr.Francis, a Christian. I normally like to be associated > >> by people who talk on philosophy and religion, because this is what my > >> conscious and unconscious interest. That 2nd officer was so quiet and > >> calm. But other superintendent and captain of the vessel did not like > >> him, because his reaction is slow in any situation that is what their > >> complaint. But I find him an Interesting person. > >> > >> He told me about a girl `Suhani Shah', she was a gifted girl, a > >> magician and hypnotherapist. He said he had attended her class and > >> felt great energy and also admitted that he changed a lot after that. > >> > >> Then both of us left the vessel ( as he had completed his contract > >> time, he signed off from the vessel) and while in car to airport, we > >> talked a long on general philosophy. I was explaining the state of > >> mind during understanding any subject. Then he told me, he will give > >> me a book and to read and said few of my thoughts seems reflecting in > >> it. That book was `The Power of Now' by Eckhart Tolle. > >> > > [snip] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
