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Summary: Joel Kramer in '68
Review: I remember meeting Joel KRamer, author of The Passionate Mind, back in 1968 at a yoga group just north of San Francisco. I was a young searcher of truth who had experienced many of the teachers of the 60's ... and I found Joel to be a true gem, someone speaking from a depth of personal knowledge and experience, teaching a direct path to awakening the passion within each of us.I still have an early copy of his book, and am just now ordering a new one for a friend, thirty-some years later (his later book was a bit too cerebral for me). His basic message, stated in short, clear prose, is that passion is to be found only in the present moment, and mainly through becomeing aware of the thoughts flowing through our minds ... and through the primal process of just watching (observing)our thoughts, they begin to self-correct. I've based much of my deeper (spiritual) work as a therapist on Joel's early teachings, along with great insights learned from listening to Krishnamurti over the years ... and this book of Joel's (Passionate Living) is definitely invaluable to anyone on the spiritual path. I've quoted from the book in numerous of my own, and continue to practice his basic mind exercises for awakening true passion. The Passionate Mind is one of those texts that stays in your hands for years, being digested step by step ... and with great pleassssure!
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Summary: Most serious book
Review: If read with deep seriousness this book becomes alive and imparts great insight! It imparts to the left brain what Krishnamurti's Notebook does to the right.
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Summary: An Amazing look at Oneself
Review: Joel Kramer has done it again. First, his book with Diane Alstad ("The Guru Papers") is a marvelous treasure. This book, which, to me, owes a lot to the thinking of Krishnamurti, is a wonderful journey for anyone seeking to discover how to look at oneself. Actually, it's not about "how" to look, but about JUST LOOKING! Be prepared to become a whole person!
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Summary: An Amazing look at Oneself
Review: Joel Kramer has done it again. First, his book with Diane Alstad ("The Guru Papers") is a marvelous treasure. This book, which, to me, owes a lot to the thinking of Krishnamurti, is a wonderful journey for anyone seeking to discover how to look at oneself. Actually, it's not about "how" to look, but about JUST LOOKING! Be prepared to become a whole person!
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