Review:This book is short as many reviewers point out. However, it is not short on wisdom. In fact, it is loaded with powerful insights, analogies and examples that illustrate universal truths. It also embraces the reality of mystery and paradox. It doesn't try to explain them away and encourages the reader to avoid killing the "alivenss" of the world by putting too many things in boxes (i.e. concepts). Instead, it encourages an attitude of openness, wonder and awe at the miracle of life and seeki... Read more

Review:This book is a multi-generational communication tool that all of us baby boomers need.
By using the workbook in the back our parents can make clear their own desires and we can provide to our
grown children the roadmap we want to take. By the way, this is more than healthcare planning, it is
financial planning. Read more

Review:Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism mark the culture and minds and hearts of all China and influence every aspect of life there still today. Laotze is still revered and honored there, and this book captures the very essence of his teachings beautifully. Over the past 40 years I've bought and given at least a dozen copies of this translation to people who can appreciate the beauty of the thoughts and philosophies. Beyond this, the photos on every other page are stunning and echo the teachings next ... Read more

Review:This is a philosophy book, but its popularity is a fascinating study in psychology. You've gotta figure that because it's short, different, and boasts the word "sh-t" in its title that people are willing to give it a read. Once they do, I can't imagine many of them truly like it, but I think they're afraid that saying they don't like it will make them seem unsophisticated. I'm here to absolve you of any such feelings of inadequacy.

This "book" is a actually a philosophy paper - which is f... Read more

Review:I have not even finished it and am already benefitting..It is wonderful to be assured of the neuroplasticity of the brain. I plan to buy copies for my family and friends when I have read it all the way through. I want to be able to tell them the good news. Read more

Review:I was an evangelical Christian from age 15 to age 30. Just this year, my views and beliefs have been drastically changing, and though I've chosen to not label myself any longer, I would fit into the Deist category quite well. A Deist is essentially what Thomas Jefferson, and several of the most famous founders of the US, were (not Theists, as fundamentalist Christians would have everyone believe).

Jesus of Nazareth is the man who lived 2000 years ago, who taught revolutionary spiritual tr... Read more

Review:The print is small. Very, very small. This has never been a problem before now. I'm sure that book is good because I am veruy familiar with this author. However, the book is quite unreadable. Oh well, it's philosophy. Trying to make to make sense of the universe and life without God is a doomed venture anyway. I just wanted to get an overview. Bertrand Russell is correct, life has no meaning without God. Fortunately, there is one. Now a book explaining why the Creator made this life so challengi... Read more

Review:I was genuinely captivated by this book. While reading this, I could see through the eyes and perspective of the writer... if you have not lived this life... it can be hard to understand it from the main characters perspective.

This story so truly and brutally captured the truth of a childhood with one or both mentally ill parents. I can't even begin to express how spot on the conflicting emotions and fine lines there are between love and hate. The inner turmoil the main character is stru... Read more

Review:Karen Armstrong's Twelve Steps is rich in historical, philosophical, and religious context. The book is not only informative, but truly inspiring, and inviting to read. I would recommend this to anyone curious about how to foster compassion in our global community. Read more

Review:You can read the gushing praise in other reviews, so I'll only mention the major failing.
He advises staying with the dominant religious beliefs of your culture. That means accepting the idea of free will, which is critical to the justification for the prevalence of violence and torture under Judeo-Christian(JCM) rule. (Buddhism too has faults, although this one may be less significant; Communism we all know; of others I know nothing.) Free will means that anyone who does bad things mu... Read more