“personally not only enjoyed this book but found myself inspired by it.
I have to say that I don't think it's fair to judge the book based on the authors personal spiritual practices. It says right in the title that this is about one woman's search, it's not meant to be a religious studies manual or even a how-to find you own spiritual enlightenment guide.
I was not bothered at all that she had "no problem meditating on herself despite being in a country where some of the most oppressed women in the world live a life of abject suffering every day." She was in said countries not as a good will ambassador but because she was on an internal journey which is by its very nature a self focused time in a persons life.
I am a person who has that 'I must save the world' mentality and one of the hardest lessons for me is one that my mother has been repeating to me for many years now and that's that you have to take care of yourself and your immediate family before you can take care of the entire world. I feel that during the writing of this book, the author was in a place of nurturing her own spirit and in essence saving herself. If that seams selfish, well then I pity those who can't see through their own glass house to see how very necessary this type of journey is to every person.”
Dalee wrote this review Sunday, August 3 2008.
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