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Summary: The pure joy of flying
Review: Although this book seems to be an easy read at first, you will discover much more when you read it twice. Every sentence has a special and important meaning. There is no word useless in this book. Analysing the Story about "Jonathan" makes you think a lot. You would never imagine that this book was written by a pilot, as there are so few technical expressions. The book is much more about how to behave in group that doesn't allow any change. Jonathan is different than the other Seagulls. He wants to achieve something, he wants to reach the limits and break them. He doesn't care about the normal life (eating, flying in the flock). Jonathan wants to convice the other gulls that there is more to live for. The book is very symbolic. You can profit a lot when you compare the achievements of Jonathan with our human goals in life.
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Summary: Unforgettable
Review: Beneath the deceptively simple surface of this philosophical masterpiece lie deep themes of mind over matter that will forever impact your thinking once you have read it.
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Summary: So much sadness,yet, I feel happy
Review: All through my childhood, teenage and early adult life have I heard reference to this story. At the age of 22 I read it. I read this book after reading a large numeber of new age and transcendal lit., such as the celestine prophecy, Dr. Dyer's books, Castaneda, etc. And I cried and I was filled with joy. I was elated to have read such an allegory, when the time was right for me to read it. I believe that we, as friends, parents or siblings, should not "force" this reading onto anyone, but maybe just mention it, and allow for every person to choose the right time to read it, be they a child, adolescent or an adult. I live in a city on the Adriatic coast, and there are many seagulls, I often watch an meditate on their flight, and wonder if Jonathan is watching over me. Bach inspires a Jonathan in me!
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Summary: THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOOK EVER WRITTEN!
Review: Of all the countless, thousands of books I have read, "Johathan Livingston Seagull" is my number one favourite book. It is so much more than a simple story about a seagull who learns to spread his wings and fly. The book can have many individual interpretations, depending on how you relate to it, and to me that is the magical wonder of this beautiful, inspirational book. For each one of us, the book has its own personal meaning. To me, it is about personal freedom and having the courage to be the person you want to be; the freedom to become all that you were meant to be, not what someone else expects you to be. It is about spiritual freedom and how our fate on this Earth, and in whatever worlds may follow, is determined by the choices we make. As a parent, it is about learning to let go, for giving your children "wings," is the greatest gift they will ever receive. By setting them free when they are no longer yours to hold, you are giving them the freedom to grow, and the dauntless courage, strength and independence to fly on their own in an uncertain world, wherever the journey may take them. I have read this book so many times throughout the years that the pages are dog-eared and worn. The book is short, but the powerful lesson and message contained in these few pages is one many people never learn in an entire lifetime, no matter how many lifetimes they may live.
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Summary: Sick of "kitten poster" philosophy?
Review: Chicken soup for this, chicken soup for that, chicken soup for the idiot-who-doesn't-want-to-think-for-themselves- soul. If you're as sick of this tripe as I am then you'd probaly enjoy this one. So much wisdom in a very quick easy package without the "christian" slant so many supposedly uplifting story lean on. If you don't like it, oh well its only five bucks. Its a classic, buy two copies and give one as a gift.
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Summary: Jonathan Livingston Seagull - No One Has Limits!
Review: The book Jonathan Livingston seagull was about a seagull that wanted to be better than the rest of the flock.The main character in the book was Jonathan. The story started when he thought he was a limited seagull but he kept trying to fly fast and finally he went 140 mph (miles per hour ) at 2,000 feet and it was under control! Then he thought how fast he would go at 5,000 feet. At 5,000 feet he went 214 mph (miles per hour ) the second time he went up to 5,000 feet he went 250 mph. When he went up to 8,000 feet and he learned to role, twist and curve and by that night he was so dizzy! The next morning the flock had a meeting and they called Jonathan to the center of the circle, and only honored gulls got to go in the center of the circle but when they called Jonathan to come to the center of the circle they said "Jonathan come to the center of shame" and they all laughed. Jonathan was always trying new things for a example, he was always trying to fly the fastest. He would fly up to a height of 2,000 feet fold back his wing and fly on his wing tips and then drops straight down reaching speeds up to 230 mph (miles per hour ). He taught eight other seagulls about the beauty of flying he also taught them how to fly really fast. Jonathan was special because he thought no one had limits.I liked Jonathan Livingston seagull because he thought no one had limits and I think that is true!
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Summary: Great Book
Review: Jonathan I loved this book. Jonathan when he came back to help the birds on a lower level of spiritual development, is like, Michael in the book An Encounter With A Prophet, coming back to help Nathaniel. Their statements of truth seem rather hard to accept at first, even by those high flyers who want more than the "herd" or "the flock" are willing to blindly accept as truth.
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Summary: Beautiful tale of a compulsive learner
Review: I first read this thin book with lots of black and white photos of flying seagulls at age 18, while taking a break from my intensive preparations for my "A' level exams in the school library. It turned out to give me much more than a break: It set my spirits soaring as I read and identified with Jonathan for being so enthralled in doing what he loves doing that he "forgets" everything else. The other seagulls "flew to eat" while he "ate to fly". In a way, Jonathan is symbolic of people who "live to learn" while many others merely "learn to live". Since then, I've re-read this book two or three times at different ages - in my twenties and more recently, in my thirties. Its meaning to me and the feeling of kindred spirits turned out to be stronger than ever. This is now one of my prized possessions.
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Summary: From the author of The Spirit of Joy
Review: It was over a decade ago that I began my spiritual journey of transformation. For all those years, in all the self-help bookstores I dropped in on, I found a copy of Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Not once did I even pick it up. Then, one fateful day, I held it in my hands, opened it up, and began to read. And read. And read. Wow! What a beautiful book about the awakening of the soul, about soaring with spirit! This is a book about the courage to fly free, about the courage to throw out the shackles of society that keep us down, about realizing that this life is not about what you are given, but about what you do with those gifts. And, my friends, this book reminds us that we can all soar,.
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Summary: Way too didactic
Review: I just read this because it was so famous. I think that's really the only reason to read it, to know what all the fuss is about. Bach thinks he knows what he's talking about here, but comes out sounding really didactic and boring and narcissistic. All you need to do to make this similar to something from the Bible is switch a few words around; I don't enjoy that sort of allegory. (Jonathan, also known as Son of the Great Gull?) And then, a lot of the meanings behind this story are dead cliches; "do what you love and you will be happy." Give me a break here; if you want a little religious didactic story that's fun and expository and by Bach, read "One." Skip this one.
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