5 comments about Joy: The Happiness That Comes from Within (Osho, Insights for a New Way of Living.).

1. This is an outstanding guidance for people who want to liberate themselves from the complication of their daily living and make a change towards obtaining a real joy and happiness in life. This book opens new insight about life. It uncovers the illusions of the world that have been created by the society. Under the influence of the society, we consider materials as the value for reaching our joy or happiness goal. Because we used to look outside, we always feel that others create our misery - or the misery is from outside. Osho, in contrast, shows the fact that the misery, the joy and the happiness is not come from the materials or from others - but from within oneself. To eridicate misery and to gain joy and happiness, one needs to build one's conciousnesss, which can be obtained through the practice of meditation.



2. He gives wisdom (not advice) to questions like "is this all there is? life seems meaningless" and "why do i feel so much pain in letting go of the things that are causing me misery?"
   
   well! osho is the first to give me a peace of mind on these matters. if you just don't see the point to anything, maybe this book is for you.



3. I know nothing of Osho other than he is dead. I have read several of his books and I will continue to read many more. The books come across as if I am hearing his talk - straight forward and to the point. His humor has me laughing loudly at times. His books carry the logo "Insights for a New Way of Living." I think of this often and perhaps this is why I reading my messages in his book. Perhaps the way of living that I have been doing is not showing me what it is that is before me. My old world has cracked wide open from reading his books. I dare anyone to read just one book and say they got nothing from it. It is not possible.



4. Osho is a goofball - and I say that with love! You can't read this book without smiling, even when he's kicking you around for acting the fool. Osho talks a lot about why people choose to be miserable. That's a good place to begin if you're looking for joy. Of course every minute you're looking for joy, Osho is yelling at you to STOP LOOKING!
   
   Osho has no trouble taking on the Constitution on one page and Jesus on the next - ie there are no keep-off-the-grass issues here! The writing challenges us to drop our stuff - to get out of the box - to claim the joy that is our birthright. And he does it in a playful way!
   
   Do not give this book to that person in your life who you think needs a little joy. Save it for someone who will really appreciate it - someone who doesn't take themself too seriously!



5. Like most other (numerous) books written by OSHO, you'll be swept over by the lucidity & simplicity of the prose. I am continuously amazed by how simply he writes and delivers the message. Most other authors who have written books on this topic tend to give an abstract overview of Joy and are not able to describe the subtle differences between Joy, Happiness and Pleasure. This book (almost objectively) defines and differentiates these terms and then presents simple ways of getting to experience Joy (thankfully ... there are no baby-step, 10 point programs or boring workbook exercises).
   The prose is interspersed with witty jokes and interesting anecdotes, which offers both pleasure & joy to the reader. On a serious note, the book will antagonize your existing beliefs & prejudices, it'll stir your thoughts constructively, and it'll clear the dust & cobwebs of proud ignorance and (most importantly) jolt your ego.
   Remarkably, OSHO does all this without making the reader feel miserable or pathetic and this point is the consistent hallmark of all the books that he has written.

5 comments about Calming Your Anxious Mind: How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Free You from Anxiety, Fear, and Panic.

1. it deffinatley helped me out however I found that alot of the information and phrases are used over and over again through out the boook which made it boring to read . I baught this book because its foreworded by Jon Kinn but it did not have his style. I also did not like the cheap white paper its printed on , it feels like a cheap copy that somone made at home with a photocopy mahcine.



2. This is the Second Edition of this book; one I've been waiting for for a while. I saw the first edition of this book when it was loaned to me by a staffer at a "facility" I found myself in a while back and to say it helped me save my life would be a severe understatement. The simple concept of Mindfulness struck me like a ton of bricks. This is not a book to borrow from your friendly local library, this is a book to get and hold. A book to change your life. Very readable, almost a fun read, were it not doing so much change to my anxious mind in the process. Buy this book, read it, live it and get rid of that pesky anxious mind you've been living with all these stress laden years. It really does help make life fun again!



3. Jeffrey seems earnest in his desire to help others which makes for an inviting read. His book touches a bit on some modern trends in psychology then ties those learnings to the Buddhist concept of mindfulness gained through meditation. If you want to get the benefits of mindfulness without having to learn or agree with some of the other principles of Buddhism this is a fine book. Unlike Eckhart Tolle, who has recently put out a best seller covering much of the same ground, Jeffrey's book is for people that want less wo wo and more substance in addition to instruction on how to get on the right path. I believe the best book I have read on this subject is still, "Mindfulness in Plain English" by Gunaratana. If you could only buy and read one I suggest Gunaratana. If you have time to read both then read both. In fact read many, along with your practice of course.



4. this is a great book for the layman and it has helped me understand things about depression and already feeling better



5. This book is great. I love Brantley's style. He makes the information easy to digest and interesting to read. Best of all he shares personal stories along the way wherein HE USES HIS OWN MEDICINE: I especially liked the hot air balloon ride!
   thank you Brantley-

4 comments about Start Now!: A Book of Soul and Spiritual Exercises: Meditation Instructions, Meditations, Exercises, Verses for Living a Spiritual Year, Prayers for the Dead & Ot.

1. With its wide selection of Rudolf Steiner's instructions, verses, soul exercises and meditative material for different levels of inner work, Start Now fulfills its purpose of conveying to the reading public that Steiner, known chiefly for the practical initiatives that arose from his insights, was "first and foremost a spiritual practitioner and teacher." Anthroposophists may appreciate finding so much good material, along with the fine Introduction by Christopher Bamford, between the covers of one relatively inexpensive book. Newcomers to Steiner and Anthroposophy, however, would do better to go directly to Steiner's basic books. Start Now is full of lamentable inconsistencies and ambiguities in its references and citations, with too little context for most selections and too many unexplained terms and concepts.



2. I was delighted with this book. I enjoyed both its format and content. Too wide in scope to be a full treatise on any one topic, it provides a solid, well-presented cross-section of many of Steiner's spiritual insights concerning personal growth. Readers who wish to delve deeper into Steiner will find references to many of his works.



3. The book itself is very good, but the 45 page introduction by Chris Bamford is truly excellent, and worth the price of the book alone! It is an overview of Steiner's own spiritual path in the context of the western esoteric tradition.



4. I recommend this book, even though I hated the title. Due to the transformative meditations in the book, it is one I use almost every day.
   
   I particularly liked the verses that help to connect with the subtle unfolding of the seasons on a weekly basis. By meditating on mantras that connect us to cosmic events related to the seasons, it gives new meaning to the gradual spiritual changes throughout the year in a way much like gardening.
   
   I also liked the Rosycross meditative visualisations which have helped me to connect,I feel, with Christianity on a deeper level.
   
   It is refreshing to see a collection that reconciles spiritual impulses and streams such as love of nature and Christianity.

2 comments about On the Frontline: A Personal Guidebook for the Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Challenges of Military Life.

1. On the Frontline: A Personal Guidebook for the Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Challenges of Military Life
   By Tom Neven, Waterbrook Press, 2006, $13.95,
   ISBN 1-4000-7335-9
   
   An old adage says "There are no atheists in foxholes." Yet after the exhilaration of surviving combat fades, how does the Sailor, Soldier, Airman, or Marine raised in a post-neo-modern, post-Christian culture deal with military life?
   Tom Neven offers advice--advice based on his experiences as a former Marine and the experiences of other veterans, some who survived combat but not the peacetime that followed.
   Neven's heart beats a steady rhythm for God and his fellow warriors. His counsel equips and feels like a dry, warm blanket thrown over the shoulders of a wet, cold friend. He covers the Big Five--Loneliness, Debt, Relationships, Sex, and Fear--with honesty and an understanding of human behavior.
   Neven offers solutions that go beyond a person's present physical, mental, and spiritual condition into a future state of personal integrity strengthened by an understanding of God's will and purpose.
   On the Frontline reads as a personal guidebook for military members and their families. The book fits in a battle-dress uniform pants pocket and deserves to fill as many as possible.



2. These are turbulent times for military service members and their families. Tom Neven knows this, appreciates the need of the hour, and has given timely advice in his book, On the Frontline. He begins with the chapter "The Power of Discipline---The Best Training comes through Hardship" and closes with the chapter "Finding God on the Frontline---There is an Answer to the Question of Eternal Meaning." This is relevant material! Particularly helpful are his summaries at the end of each chapter. We have used his suggestions in a hand-out for military couples at Christian marriage seminars. This is a must-read for all military service members who want to live a victorious Christian life.

5 comments about The Way of the Superior Man: The Teaching Sessions.

1. Break past the Ego. Learn the fundumentals to make you an attractive person. Happy filled with abbundance and alowing those that you want most to come to you, rather than chasing them.



2. Ugh, what a load of bull. How do people keep making money off the tired old "men are *active*, women *receptive* stereotypes? People are people, and Deida is a jerk who sees women as subhuman.



3. I think many of a man would benefit tremendously from such a book, because it would help us figure out what's a better way to deal with a woman as a woman and not trying to deal with a woman as a man. Of course, it is hard to really distinguish males from females in terms of thinking. I think from what I read the extremely feminine woman that he describes who changes too much with the wind would not be my cup of tea. I've been with one like that, and things are too predictable. I prefer my woman to be more of a straight shooter. She can have her moods, be typical in many ways, but I think I prefer males or females I am dealing with to show consistency rather than simply changing based on feelings. I am a planner, and it is hard to plan if someone changes like the North Texas weather. Many women are not like that, but this is definitely a useful book for us males to respect women for how they and how they are different and to honor those differences while keeping our respect and sanity as males.



4. This book and seminar lays out material on how to be the best man you can be. If this was required reading half of the failed relationships out there would either work themselves out or be cut off too early to be a problem. If men took the responsibility to understand themselves and how women view their actions we would all be much happier. Instead we can't understand our women and flounder until finally nobody is happy and we break up or divorce. David Deida lays out, in simple terms, how men can understand and even revel in the emotional storm that women are. This manual can not be recommended highly enough.



5. I didn't care for this at all. It's the same old addage that men are still cavemen and have the same instincts. This is the 21st century and men have to get over the fact that they no longer are hunters. I did like that he said men should be more supportive of their significant other and that men are not to fix women but just be there for them to supplement a womens' natural inner stenght. I am going to read his other book, Dear Lover to see if I like what he has to say from the women's perspective. My first impression is this guy is a little nuts. Maybe I'm the one that's nuts because I'm sure he's getting rich off his opinions.

5 comments about How to Solve Our Human Problems: The Four Noble Truths.

1. I liked this book. I found it informative and educational. I was a little sceptical at first. Not being what I call a religious person I was concerned that this might be an attempt to get me to subscribe to a particular religious cult. Howevever, the book goes beyond religion and tries to help you understand what your mind is doing (and doing to you).
   
   I have "allowed" other peoples actions to cause great internal stress to me, which has played havoc with my mental and physical health and had a detrimental affect on my family. This book has allowed me to take a truly different perspective on what MY MIND is doing to me, and allows me to recognize a truth that other peoples actions only hurt me when I let them. As stupid as that sounds, I never looked at it that way before as I was too caught up in the hateful internal thoughts that would arise in my mind because of how I saw other peoples actions.
   
   I wholeheartedly recommend this book to those people who are angry and stressed-out about "other people", be it a lousy boss, partner, co-worker, friend or family member etc. If you sit and stew, and seeth and make yourself (and others) miserable because of what others say/do then this book can help you make much much better choices.
   
   Make no mistake, it's not an aspirin: it does not fix "other people". But what it does is allow you to look at your response to ALL stressful events and shows you why it happens and what you can do to stop it.
   
   It's helped me. And that was not an easy thing to do. I still have a long way to go, but for the first time in my life I can now see when my own mind is trying to make me suffer. I personally am struggling with this, but that in itself is a real breakthrough. Before, I just used to go down the path of misery without hesitation; becoming angry, hurtful, hateful and full of terrible emotions and thoughts at sometimes tricial things (casual comments from others - sometimes not even directed at me). Now I can see that start and I put the brakes on. Believe me, that alone helps. I hope that with practice I can stop the negative process even starting (it still does as of now), but I'll gladly settle for my new perspective over what I used to do.
   
   Easily the best book I have read, quite possible EVER. Buy it. Read it. Give it to someone you care deeply about.
   
   WiZ



2. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso opens with a few brief chapters on Buddha's first teaching -- the often misunderstood Four Noble Truths. Within this context, he proposes that the only source of our problems is an unpeaceful mind, and that, with a peaceful mind, we can stay content no matter what circumstances life brings our way. The main part of this book loosely follows the chapter on the perfection of patience in the poem "Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life" by the great Indian Buddhist master Shantideva.
   
   The essence of this book's advice is encapsulated for me in the following excerpt:
   
   "Just as there is room in the sky for a thunderstorm, so there is room in the vast space of our mind for a few painful feelings. And just as a storm has no power to destroy the sky, unpleasant feelings have no power to destroy our mind. When painful feelings arise in our mind, there is no need to panic -- we can patiently accept them, experience them, and investigate their nature and where they come from. When we do this, we will discover that painful feelings do not come from outside but arise from within our own mind."
   
   In my mind's eye, I return to this passage whenever I notice my mind starting to "panic" and feel like my unpleasant feelings are going to overwhelm me. This book never fails to help quell the storm.



3. I am reading this book along with a class I am taking at a Dipamkara Meditation Center on Long Island. Both the book and the meditation exercises I am engaging in, have, in a short period of time, changed the way I live and view others. I accept anger and "delusions" as an opportunity to perfect my mind and make it peaceful and happy. I highly recommend this title as well as meditation to perfect your mind, body and soul.



4. This is a really great book. First, it's a quick read at only about 90 pages. It's not too technical or dry like some of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso's books can be. Whether following the path or not, it's full of practical advice on how to deal with anger, frustration and the desire to retaliate against those that do you harm.
   
   This is a book that you can read many times and reap benefits each time through. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is looking to increase the amount of happiness in their life!



5. This little book imparts a whole lot of wisdom. I began reading this feeling completely overwhelmed by issues in my life. As I continued to read it, I actually felt myself really relaxing and my spirits lifting. I just felt better and like weights were being lifted off my shoulders. I don't practice Buddhism and so there were a few parts I read and thought "Whoa! That is really out there." But I love to read thought provoking pieces that challenge me to look at things in a different way. This book does that and is a great read with a lot of wisdom for leading a peaceful life.

5 comments about The Soul of Sex: Cultivating Life as an Act of Love.

1. I really like Thomas Moore's books but this one was definitely not one of his best. I found it very boring and it was kinda one of those books that just made no sense at all. I found it hard to continue to read the whole book even tho I did....



2. If you liked Moore's earlier works (especially 'Soul Mates'), or you are entirely new to his writing..there is something of wisdom and insight for everyone in this magical volume. As is true of Moore's other, related books, they invite you to a smorgasboard of ideas, knowledge and observations. You can pick and choose, take or leave, as you like. Whilst some of his chapters are slightly 'academic', there are many aspects to his interpretations that have perfect relevance to, and resonance with our own, everyday experiences. 'Intimacy within intimacies'-this book is like the candle we hold to the dark window, as we wonder how we might feel less alone in this world. It is a guide only. However, worth the journey and the read. Even if, a little indulgence does certainly go a long way.



3. Ironically I found this book to be soul destroying in some of it's attempts to put the soul back into sex.
   
   First it has a chapter describing the soul of the phallus and vagina where it describes the mysteries of the vaginal canal and womb as the entrance of pleasure for the penis, which to me was a pretty soulless and western patriarchal male description of the spirit behind a woman's sex organs. Sort of annoying in a book with the purpose of putting back the soul of sex and severely alienating too!
   
   I think this is some of why we've lost our spirituality in the West, we see anything that is still, silent or dark as something made to be filled by the Freudian "Penis-child" Moore mentions in his book.
   
   If it's quiet we fill it up with noise, if it's dark we light it, if it's still we pour activity into it. If it's empty it must need filling.
   
   A well, a cave are not empty spaces that we need to fill, nor is the darkness of night. They are full all on their own, they are the ultimate reminders of the mystery that is the divine as David Steindle-Rast mentions in his book of hours.
   
   Perhaps in light of this is would be more beneficial and soulful to look at the so called empty space of the vagina and womb in this light. Not as something to be filled, but as something that are complete on their own. Something we can learn to appreciate in the same way we can darkness, stillness, and silence. They aren't a place for you to visit or tuck into anymore than the phallus is a location or place you can visit.
   
   My other problems are the constant reference to psycho analysis, a science born of a man very few would find pro-woman, or woman positive, where people talk endlessly about their problems and yet rarely seem to move beyond them, quite the opposite of the quiet, mysterious healing power of nature and the soul. Last I found the use of Marilyn Monroe as a symbol of Eros and the Goddess of Love as suspect. Using a Movie star, and one that seems to arouse alot of pity in people for her sad life, which ended in suicide doesn't seem to be in line with living soulfully in the spirit of pleasure and joy of Eros. Using your sexuality for Fame, the most soulless of ambitions? Being used by a system, sleeping with men for power not for spiritual or sacrad exchange, that's who we want to look at for an example of eros in life? Not this soul. I think we all know soulful, sensual people or pets in our lives, why do we need to look at an empty and soulless image created by hollywood as inspiration?
   
   Alot of people seem to like the book, so if these things don't bother you then this book might have much to offer you, and certainly I don't begrudge anyone the much needed help of finding the soul of sex in everyday life, from whatever source. I am pleased that at least we're looking for newer, healthier ways of living and living with sex. That's progress!
   
   Some other books to look at... Riane Eislers Sacred Pleasure, John O Donohue's Anam Cara, The Listening Heart by David Steindl-Rast.



4. It reads like a first draft by someone who gathered a lot of facts, quotes, and points of view (sex as ritual, sex as window to the soul, sex as spirit of life, etc) and never really developed anything to say about it, even though it wanders on and on for about 300 pages.
   
   I got a used copy; some poor soul double underlined in pencil the churchy statement: "Body and spirit marry in the chapel of the soul." Ex-priest Moore carries on: "They marry every minute of every day, in all activities, or they marry not at all. If they don't marry, we do not know sexuality with soul and therefore our sexuality remains incomplete and insufficiently human. We do not find the soul of sex by spiritualizing the body but by coming to appreciate its mysteries and daring to enter its sensuousness."
   
   Oh Baby....
   
   This is on page 26 so it took considerable energy to continue. Fortunately I'm a speed reader. Page 163: "Joyful sex requires that our morality be mature and alive." Huh? There is a lot of pronouncements like this... the text of the book that is not quotes and mythical figure references reads like a paper copy of word-streaming from a verbose mind with assumed authority; he doesn't second-guess himself and in that respect he seems profoundly priestly. I mean if you or I wrote that statement we'd argue it and probably throw it out as nonsense and useless but he just takes self-pronouncements as fact.
   
   And he puts an awful lot of stock in goddesses for a former priest. Page 185: "Men and women without a sex partner can be profoundly sexual, taking as their guiding spirit the great goddess Athena, one of the rare virgin goddesss, who is responsible for strong, imaginative, comprehensive culture building - who weaves culture and life into a brilliant tapestry." Really? See what I mean? Where does he get this stuff and if he gets it somewhere, why repeat it? It's kind of silly and profoundly unmodern and, I think, useless.
   
   When I came to the section "Roads and Phallus of Hermes," page 246, where he's talking about the sexiness of a good road (yes, a highway with curves) I quit. Now I know he's messin' with me.
   
   There is, however, an unexpectedly good book on sex and superconsciousness, "Sex Matters," by Osho. Before I read these two books, I expected different viewpoints but similar quality. Could not have been wronger. Osho's book is a winner; this one is a dud.



5. Thomas ponders some pretty interesting stuff here, like a history teacher lamenting how things are just not as sexy as they used to be.. though some good points, it lacks the bite of his now out of pub, Dark Eros, but could i suppose be a fitting companion to it. Moore is a lovely author, but seems to suffer in the shadow of his mentor, who had the punch I wish he could put out there. For a good conservative liberal christian view, this is the best i've found on the subject matter in a compassionate way.. I wish he woudl still get dirty though like in Dark.. maybe he's just not a young man anymore

5 comments about The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey.

1. I was very pleased with my purchase of this book. It arrived early and in great condition



2. "All the world's a stage,
   and all the men and women merely players"
   said who? William shakespear.
   
   I say the world is a boxing ring and we are the fighters, fighting for everything, everyone even ourselves.
   well knitted by Hana yasmeen Ali "The soul of butterfly" reveals the true character of Muhammad Ali, three time world heavy weight champion, who conquered the world with his skills and now conquering it with his wisdom. The book is all about Ali's journey through life, about events that tested him and his virtues, and how everytime he stood by his words like a true fighter.



3. A third of this book is pure junk, purely awful. A third of it is okay, interesting in spots. A third of it gets you inside the soul of a great man, and you come away with a new idea of who he was and what it takes, in the heart, to be like that. Most great athletes are interesting because they're great athletes, though, objectively, reading about them, reading what they have to say, their athletic greatness, you have to say, is coincidental to who they are as men. With Ali, it seems different. You're tempted to believe he was a great fighter because he was a great man. This book helps one understand that.



4. This beautiful summary of Ali's life is not just a gift to his kids but to all of America as well. In his own simple words, Ali shares with us his greatest triumphs and his worse agonies. It is all done with the same Ali, verve, upbeat spirit, and of course with smatterings of his homespun poetry. It is a superb collection of wisdom and witticisms that greatly enriches all who read them. The arc of the amplitude of his life is breathtakingly wide in scope. And I am fortunate in having had the good luck to have met him on three different occasions, and to have been touched by his style, grace and confidence on many others. All have been memorable experiences for me personally.
   
   Some of the things he shares in this short volume come as a surprise even to me, one who kept up with his career almost religiously. For instance, I never knew that the Nation of Islam was against his refusal to go to Vietnam, and that he was expelled from the sect as a result of it? Nor did I know that he was refused a seat in a Louisville restaurant in 1960 while holding both the key to the city and while wearing his Olympic Gold Medal? Nor did I even know that he had actually denounced Malcolm X and "sided" with Elijah Muhammad in the feud between his two spiritual leaders: the feud that ended in Malcolm's death? Nor did I know that he was a Sunni Moslem? Or that he had thrown his Olympic Gold Medal into the Ohio River?
   
   Although the book only reflects it indirectly, Ali is proof, that, whether black or white, we are all still part of the "American racial holocaust": A part of the Big American racial lie. The truths that Ali could not reveal directly in this book is common knowledge to all the world, that:
   
   America hated Ali the same way it hated Dr. Martin Luther King, not for his arrogance, nor for his refusal to go to the war, but for being a proud black warrior in a "white only world." And then he used his pride and his boxing skills to take over the stage of America's drama of heroism, formerly reserved for white males only (or occasionally for others designated American "sanctioned Heroes," of which Ali clearly was not one). America's highly touted religion freedoms ceased to apply when this "proud black warrior" at center stage in the American drama, where he was not supposed to be, chose to exercise that freedom to, first become a Muslim, and then to refuse to go to war to kill others at the U.S. behest.
   
   For exercising his religious freedom in these two ways, many interpreted both of his actions as the supreme insult to the nation's sensibilities. As a result, America tried to take away everything he had: his livelihood, his title, his fame, his money, the best years of his youth, his pride, his confidence: I know, I visited him in his home in Chicago during the Christmas of 1969 when he was in the deepest part of his "in country exile." But even though they took away everything else, they could not take away his pride or his confidence or his belief in his new found God.
   
   America was most gleeful about dragging him off center stage, but even off center stage, his quiet strength grew to even greater proportions than his physical strength: Ali became larger than life outside the ring, not within it. When America saw that his quiet strength was greater than his pugilistic prowess, they knew they could not defeat him, in or out of the ring. Thus, there was no choice but to capitulate: After the Supreme Court Decision, America "ate crow" but they did not apologize for stealing the best four years of his youth, or taking away his title. They just cheered wildly when Joe Frazier beat him. This humbled him enough for white America to embrace him, but still without apologies. It was done as much to continue making money off of him, and so that they could now claim him as their own, and then be able to bask in his larger than life aura, as to redeem America's much embarrassed soul.
   
   Because America's past is so ugly, it is very much the American way to pretend that nothing at all has ever happened in the past. The "bad Ali tape" was simply erased from the collective cultural memory banks: no apologies necessary, the same as it was done for Dr. Martin Luther King: one day King was a villain, the next a martyr, the next day a hero? Such is the nature of true "Black" heroes in America: Muhammad Ali, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charley Parker, Sugar Ray Robinson, Malcolm X, Paul Roberson, WEB Du Bois, Eldridge Cleaver, Stokley Carmichael, Fanny Lou Hammer and on and on.
   
   But the racist American system can never "own" Ali, no matter how many Olympic torches they allow him to carry around the stadium, because he beat the American system in the same way he beat all of his opponents in the ring: fair and square. He looked it in the eye and refused to buckle. And this book proves that Ali won, this, his most important bout, with the strength of his character



5. I grew up with Muhammad Ali and only knew of his character from what the press was showing us. I have a new found respect and gratitude for reading about the true person behind the persona. Muhammad Ali is truly a spiritual being and a role model for all.

1 comments about Practical Spirituality: The Spiritual Basis of Nonviolent Communication (Nonviolent Communication Guides).

1. This short book is a good synopsis of Rosenberg's book Nonviolent Communication; I liked the format, which includes questions to the author regarding how to use NVC in relationships of a more spiritual nature. Also, Rosenberg shares his own spirituality behind this method of communication. A good little book to refer to on a regular basis.

5 comments about HURT PEOPLE HURT PEOPLE.

1. this book is so informative on why hurt people hurt people. I never thought alot about why those people do what they do- with this book you will understand in more depth and clarity what is behind their motives and you will be surprised at the reasons. Sandra Wilson is an awesome author and her books are well worth the read.



2. Sandra Wilson has written a winner here. I read this book in 2004 and have decided to read it again.This book ministers and provides healing at the same time. It helps you to understand yourself and others.



3. If you are looking into human behavior and the "why's", this is an excellent book. Gave one to my best friend who is a counselor working with abused and neglected children and with families whose children are in foster care, and she can't order enough copies for her adult cients. Like me, she feels this is one of the best books available for understanding ourselves and others. I read and re-read it, finding myself, my family members, and my friends (but mostly myself) all through this book. Great insights for the lay person.



4. 
   Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for ReviewYourBook.com, 3/08
   The title of this book says it all, Hurt People Hurt People. People who have been hurt do tend to hurt others, sometimes knowingly and sometimes unknowingly. As I read this book, I kept thinking about people that have been sexually abused and the proven fact that most abusers were abused. "Hurt people commonly use anger to disguise and deflect their guilt and grief." We have all been hurt in some way in our life.
   Hurt People Hurt People deals with the emotional and spiritual hurts that scar people. I could relate to many of the statements in chapter three "Hurt by the Unprepared and Unavailable." Sandra D. Wilson writes in a simple easy-to-understand manner; she uses wit and wisdom to impart her message, offering hope and understanding. The healing that hurt people need may not happen overnight; it takes years for the hurts to heal, and only Jesus Christ can heal them.



5. This is an excellent book. A must read at least once and perhaps many times over.