A Big New Free Happy Unusual Life : Self Expression and Spiritual Practice for Those Who Have Time for Neither
Author: Nina Wise
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ISBN: 0767910079
Publisher: Broadway (14 May, 2002)
Sales Rank: 79,240
Average Customer Rating: 4.86 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
Flawed but VERY meaningful
I was very skeptical of this book (how can you not be with a name like that), but it ended up proving to be a meaningful read. It's not profound in it's concept: the author simply gives you inner "permission" to act on your impulses and emotions. These suggestions are constuctive and sneak into your thinking throughout your day. It's the kind of book that is not jaw dropping when your done, it's meaning trickles slowly and frees you a little.
The author did make you feel great but my only concern is that it made her feel greater. Some passages bordered on bragging but still made you feel as though you also had something to contribute. This book proved me wrong, all in all, and is worth giving a shot.
Rating: 4 out of 5
highly recommended but seems superficial at times
The book contains several exercises of extreme importance for everyone's life in our present civilization, as well as valuable reflections on life and the world around us. The only problem for me was that it has ocassional "Californian" New Age flavour seen especially in the ease with which the author jumps from one spiritual tradition to another. For some readers, as it was for me, it might become a slight indication of lack of depth. The end of the book, which summarizes everything in the word "fun" was especially disappointing. It seems to me that there is a lot of sweat in every serious spiritual endeavour and "joy" (not "fun"!) is at the end of the tunnel...
Rating: 5 out of 5
WOW!!!!
This book is great to read however one pleases: first page to last; here and there; last page to first; etc. There are many helpful tips to creating moments of peace in life. Wise is neither pedantic nor obtuse. She offers a great deal of tools for those who would like more out of life, more joy, more excitement. Similar Products
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