Please try again later. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. If you're new on the market again after being gone for a decade, you'll be inundated with dating books and game books on how to find and "catch" your partner. While I'm sure many work, as many enjoy the chase and the game, I'm not sure that's a solid basis for a LTR. I bought this book at the suggestion of a trusted friend, and it was very helpful in toning me down. I'm very connected to my feelings which makes it difficult to date. And this book taught me how to be connected but not ride every feeling, how to be authentic, how to put myself out there completely without letting rejection destroy me.
A Handbook for the Spiritual Journey
Overall, if you're looking for a wholesome approach to dating, love and even other relationships, this book is great. But it's not a book on trapping and chase. It's more book on being authentic, finding an authentic partner and what to do in those moments where panic sets in. What a great little book. It's a small book, at least the copy I have is, which is a used paperback from It has about 40 less pages than the description states but I actually find that to be the case with many books I get from Amazon. It's a nice size to hold in one hand and while it's a thin and easy read, there's actually a lot of great advice packed into this little book.
One disclaimer, I never buy books on dating, this is the first one, so I can't compare it with any other dating books. I got it for two reasons: Although I've practiced Buddhism for many years, I have recently devoted myself more than ever and want to make a conscious effort to keep my spiritual path in mind when meeting my future partner. The other reason I got this book is because I have another book by the same author that I like a lot If The Buddha Got Stuck and so I knew exactly what style of book this would be - casual, down to earth advice from a generally but not exclusively Buddhist perspective.
It's the type of book you can open to any chapter that sounds good in the Contents and read out of order; each short chapter is an individual little gem.
A Short Reading List for the Spiritual Journey
The advice is sincere, touches on serious matters and yet remains lighthearted. It is definitely NOT a 'how-to' or instructional in any way. There's no advice in how to meet someone. It's more of a "where are you coming from?
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It helps you examine relationship mistakes from past relationships and offers simple checklists of traits you might look for in a new partner, commonalities, etc. It's exactly what I was looking for; helpful advice to contemplate now while I'm still happily single. I want to be in a healthier mindset so my future relationship will be complimentary to my spiritual path, and that's just what this book is about.
There was one review I read that says this book isn't very Buddhist oriented, that there aren't many canonical references to Buddhist scripture, and complains that a bunch of other spiritual traditions are referenced. To me, this reviewer is "missing the forest through the trees" in a huge way! No, it is not full of a bunch of scripture references from Buddhist sutras, but that wouldn't fit with the casual lighthearted style of this book and I personally wouldn't want all those references in this particular type of book.
Yes, there are references and tidbits from various other spiritual traditions, Sufism, etc. In any case, that reviewer is of course entitled to their opinion, but I hate to see people get the idea that this is not Buddhist oriented because it absolutely is. It's just not done in a very blatant, overly obvious manner. I think this is a good thing, so others who may be "spiritually-minded" but not specifically Buddhist can still fully enjoy this book.
So keep in mind, it's not a book about Buddhism, no. But it's a book about dating from a Buddhist perspective. I really enjoyed this book and found the advice to be sound and smart. Like a good friend, or a counselor, offering excellent suggestions. I will return to this book again and again. I really enjoyed this one.
Lots of good advice for keeping the whole dating thing in perspective as well as being kind and compassionate to those we come in contact with and ourselves. It's difficult and scary to be vulnerable and honest when putting oneself out there and this book really gives a lot of insight into checking our motivations, handling rejection, respectfully telling others when we're not interested and so on.
One of the few books I've read on dating that actually offers sound advice and doesn't encourage playing games, being manipulative, or treating one another like we're from different planets. But it is slightly outdated and talks about placing ads in newspapers and doesn't really mention online dating, but the info and everything still applies. Holy crap I feel as though my guarded heart has been burst open in the best of ways and as though the author is putting into words and normalizing all the relationship anxieties I have been feeling!
What a relief to know I'm not the only one! What a gift she has for addressing this topic with profound wisdom and yet in the clearest language! Reading it has been an emotional workout be ready for some tough stuff to come up but I am extremely optimistic this will help me navigate my new romantic relationship with more grace and peace. Purchased this book many years ago. I can recall loving it so much that I turned around and purchased copies for all of my single friends!! It was a kind and insightful way of looking at dating and being single.
Not long after reading this book and distributing it to my friends I ended up meeting my husband and we are now expecting our first child. Allowing myself to open up to honest dating helped me to see the possibilities in not only my husband but myself. I highly recommend this book to anyone out there who is looking to explore a better way of being single and dating. This book is incredible. Basically, this book is about how to be in a romantic relationship without losing yourself.
It's all about integrity, dignity, and it is just amazing.
I plan to study this book, I have only read it so far. This book is for anyone who has a history of or confusion with boundaries in relationships and a tendency to make another our HP. I think everyone I know could get something out of this book. I am also amazed at the authors insights. This is about spirituality, not science. Science has evidence, proof, this is just the authors ideas, beliefs, experiences, but it is truth.
Might be one of the best books I have ever read. And, since it's not science, it's not going to change tomorrow when anther research experiment is complete and gives us yet again, totally contradictory information about how the world works. This book can cross cultural boundaries, it's universal truths. Blah blah blah, I can go on.
One person found this helpful. See all reviews. Start being aware of the moment of your living—including your reactions to the moment of your living. Take everything into account. Practice seeing everything just as it is without embellishing it with judgment, will or opinion. Just know what is happening and what you are doing in response. The experience of our direct, personal, experience, both inner and outer, is knowing on the deepest possible level. Become curious about your experience, about where our attention goes, focuses, remains, rests. What is directing your attention?
Watch your attention as it wanders, looking for an attractor—become intently curious about what your attention is seeking, and why. Consciousness is the transforming, transcending, integrating agent in living in accord with life. Being mindfully aware—conscious—of all facets of our life brings up the conflicts and contradictions that have to be reconciled, and integrated. It is the mindful work to reconcile and integrate our conflicts and contradictions that grows us up, and makes us whole. If you have a problem, become mindful of it. Get to the bottom of it. Allow it to bring up your conflicts.
Let your imagination play with them. Be mindful of them. See where it goes. Everything is improved with conscious, mindful awareness. This is the essential orientation. It all flows from there. Thus, developing and practicing mindful awareness is the most important thing, and Jon Kabat-Zinn leads the way on my list of recommended reading. Consciousness, or mindful awareness, oversees and coordinates the inner communion, and implements the will of the whole.
A method for achieving this is explored through Focusing. Ann Weiser Cornell has expanded the application of Eugene T. Joseph Campbell has written a number of volumes dealing with the mythological connection between visible and invisible—physical and spiritual—modes of existence. Checking their titles and letting your interest guide you is the operative procedure here. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email.
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