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Summary: Understanding the parts that make up a soul.
Review: Here¹s a truly original book, a sophisticated self-help manual by a graceful and eloquent writer. If you,re looking for a quick fix, forget this book. (The quick fix is an illusion anyway.) If you,re looking for the Six Steps to something or the Seven Secrets of something, forget this book. If you¹re looking for practical wisdom and a glimpse into the mysteries of being, this is the book for you. Filled with gentle exercises and powerful insights, many of them from the martial art of aikido, it¹s a book to inspire, a book to be read slowly, again and again.
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Summary: Not just for aikido practictioners
Review: I do yoga, not aikido, but this is one of my favorite books. I read it the first time and went back to the beginning to re-read it -- it's that good. Palmer's writing style is very direct and her messages are based upon years of practice and teaching. Only individuals with a very deep understanding of their subject can express themselves in such a concise and understandable manner. If you are interested in any sort of a mind-body discipline, this is a superb book.
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Summary: Not just for aikido practictioners
Review: I do yoga, not aikido, but this is one of my favorite books. I read it the first time and went back to the beginning to re-read it -- it's that good. Palmer's writing style is very direct and her messages are based upon years of practice and teaching. Only individuals with a very deep understanding of their subject can express themselves in such a concise and understandable manner. If you are interested in any sort of a mind-body discipline, this is a superb book.
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Summary: Depth not Dabbling
Review: I read Wendy Palmer's book several years ago after studying with a teacher who shared some of Palmer's Conscious Embodiment practices. My spiritual study circle adopted her book into our study/practice for an entire year. I share many of her principles and recommend this book in all of may trainings.
To put it mildly, it is the best book on spiritual practice I have ever read. There is not a day that goes by that I do not either engage the entire Basic Practice, Dropped or Dropped & Open attentive state, or simply open to the not-knowing.
Thank you Wendy Palmer, though we have never met, you have change not only my life, but the lives of all my students.
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Summary: Understanding the parts that make up a soul.
Review: If you're looking for guidance about the soul-mind,body & spirit; or internal work, This is a great book for you. Discovering what it will take to unify,concentrate and focus your energies is what this book is all about. A great book for beginners to read and get inspiration from. Filled with understanding and wisdom. Wendy Palmer is indeed intuitive.
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Summary: too esoteric -- hard to comprehend
Review: This book makes claims about the mind/body interaction (or lack of) and suggests meditation & visualisation exercises to recover our awareness. I am sure there is some value in the exercises suggested at the end of the book -- it's a pity the author has failed to organise the material logically or provide any evidence to backup her theories.
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Summary: Required Reading
Review: This is required reading for those who are interested in self-enquiry and the actual practices that develop increased integrity and compassion. My mind-body group that meets every week has assigned it to be read by its members - we have found the fundamental teachings to be invaluable. Be sure to get the revised 1999 edition with the blue cover.
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Summary: Required Reading
Review: This is required reading for those who are interested in self-enquiry and the actual practices that develop increased integrity and compassion. My mind-body group that meets every week has assigned it to be read by its members - we have found the fundamental teachings to be invaluable. Be sure to get the revised 1999 edition with the blue cover.
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