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Summary: Great wisdom
Review: I bought both the little volume and this new volume of Open your mind, Open your life. I think the world would be a better place if everyone would read these books and take their messages to heart. The ideas in these books have ringing truths that cause you to pause and think. I've given copies to many friends and everyone has felt encouraged by what they read.
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Summary: I take it along
Review: I bring this book with me wherever I go, in my car or in my purse. I have an extra copy in my desk at work. I love it so so much -- makes me feel a lot better just to read one thought from it or one page from it now and then in the day. My husband keeps a copy by the bed to read us a thought before we get up each morning which often makes for great conversations.
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Summary: Remember why you're here
Review: I had a dream a few months ago in which I discovered that I had wings. Big ones, too, with feathers and everything. There was no question that I could fly. The only problem was learning to _use_ them; I kept forgetting where the appropriate muscles were.Well, okay, you don't have to be Sigmund Freud to figure that one out. I mention it here because it's vaguely relevant to one of my favorite lines from this little book. It's a Mongolian saying: "Eagles don't chase flies." (Pause for a moment and roll that one around in your mind. "Eagles don't chase flies." Grows on you, doesn't it? Now see if you can remember how to flex those wings . . . ) This little book is full of stuff like that -- some original to Taro Gold, some collected from many centuries of (mostly) Confucian, Taoist, and Buddhist wisdom, all of it designed to give you a stimulating poke right in your atman-which-is-also-Brahman. Some of the sayings will hook you right away. Others will look, at first reading, like outtakes from a motivational seminar. But read it twice: even the ones that didn't look so interesting on the first pass will _change_ a little the next time through. At any rate, you can skip the ones that don't grab you; there are plenty that will. (Do you like Thich Nhat Hanh? Then you'll probably like the flavor of this collection, which partakes very much of the same gentle spirit.) It's a nice collection. And it makes a nice gift: I gave a copy each to my two daughters for Valentine's Day this year.
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Summary: I love it!
Review: I love this book of wisdom. Each page is filled with quotes that are inspiring and thought-provoking. I turn to a page randomly each day and read from it for my "daily guidance." This is my favorite book to give away to friends and family.
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Summary: Best of the best
Review: I love this little book!!! I keep buying copies and giving them away... It makes me feel good when I give this book to someone as I think, in some way, that I'm helping them to live a better life. It's refreshingly light and easy to read, yet suprisingly profound.
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Summary: a blessing of wisdom
Review: I picked up this book kind of by accident as I was shopping in a natural food store. I have never read anything by Gold before but have heard about him. I read this book in an afternoon recently and have re-read bits of it each day since. I carry it with me in my purse to read when I have a moment during the day. The principles are universal and can be applied to every area of life. My life was different the very first day I tried applying these principles. They are simple; sometimes not easy, but simple. If you wish to gain peace in your life and be more comfortable with yourself, others, and the universe, read this little book and learn to apply its suggestions in your everyday living. This book is on my all-time great list -- I'm going to make sure I'm never without a copy. May it be a blessing to others the way it is to me.
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Summary: Great gift
Review: I received this book as a gift and have been giving away many copies of it to my friends and family ever since. It is the highest quality collection of wisdom I've ever seen, and reading through it always helps me feel better. It's incredible that such a large treasure chest of insight could fit into such a physically small book! Unlike many books of thought that have just a few words on blank backgrounds, this book is beautifully illustrated in full color and holds three or four thoughts per page. Each message is uplifting and profound. It's a great gift, small in size and huge in content.
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Summary: cheers me up
Review: I was having the worst day at work and went to see a friend who also works in my office and he took this book out of his desk and gave it to me to read. it was the best thing he could have done to cheer me up and give me hope and confidence that I can live happier. whenever I feel down I always open this book up and read a page or two and I feel better right away.
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Summary: a book to read from every day
Review: I'm a peace officer in NYC and everyone in my precinct loves this book. we keep copies of this book in our station and even in our cars. reading thoughts from it now and then throughout the day always lift my spirits and help me focus on positive ideas. it is a priceless book to me.
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Summary: Ugh
Review: I've been reading many books like these lately. I found a few good ones, but this one isn't it. This book seemed to be a bad copy of like minded books. It is unoriginal and phoney in it's attempt at appearing in some way holy. It looks like the author threw this together in like one night by throwing together other peoples works and slapping her name on it. That wouldn't be so bad if it was written well, or if the other works were chosen well, but unfortunately this book falls short. It is a disappointment.
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