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Summary: Couldn't find a connection
Review: I bought this book for a friend whose child was killed--and bought one for myself at the same time. In the intervening months, I have had serious family problems and hoped that the book might help me with a healing process. But then, I am just a regular person--no sexual or emotional abuse; just hurt. There's a condesending attitude in the spiritual part. It's sort of like, "let me tell you about the how the African tribes handle things...and the beliefs of the Native Americans...and let me name-drop some celebrities while I'm at it...."
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Summary: this book is a song for the mind, body and spirit....
Review: i read this book at a time of my life when i had lost a dear friend.....it is truly inspiring with a purpose of legacy......and celebration of spirit that is within all of us.....grace and gratitude.
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Summary: Beautiful, Poetic, Wise
Review: Wayne Muller has a deeply caring soul and in this book evidences a lyrical pen. While no book can conclusively answer the question "How, Then, Shall We Live?" this book is a wonderfully readable and gentle, compassionate and evocative, exploration of some of life's ultimate issues. Much of the book gains its power from stories of people facing death in heartbreaking yet courageous and liberating ways. This book is good for your soul (however "soul" may be defined or experienced). In addition to the author's own thoughts, he includes helpful exercises, and cites many inspiring and thoughtful passages from others. This is not an analytic work that delves into complicated philosophical concepts. Instead, it touches on the simple, yet most profound, questions of life and death in the deceptive plainness of the most wise. It is food for the heart, and it rings deeply true. And, while the author seems to be a deeply spiritual man, there is nothing of a dogmatic sense about any of the writing. Read this book; your best self will thank you!
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Summary: Couldn't find a connection
Review: Wayne Muller has a deeply caring soul and in this book evidences a lyrical pen. While no book can conclusively answer the question "How, Then, Shall We Live?" this book is a wonderfully readable and gentle, compassionate and evocative, exploration of some of life's ultimate issues. Much of the book gains its power from stories of people facing death in heartbreaking yet courageous and liberating ways. This book is good for your soul (however "soul" may be defined or experienced). In addition to the author's own thoughts, he includes helpful exercises, and cites many inspiring and thoughtful passages from others. This is not an analytic work that delves into complicated philosophical concepts. Instead, it touches on the simple, yet most profound, questions of life and death in the deceptive plainness of the most wise. It is food for the heart, and it rings deeply true. And, while the author seems to be a deeply spiritual man, there is nothing of a dogmatic sense about any of the writing. Read this book; your best self will thank you!
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