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Title: What Really Matters : Searching for Wisdom in America by Tony Schwartz ISBN: 0-553-37492-3 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 March, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.53 (19 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Interesting book
Comment: This book is a very interesting exploration of consciousness and particularly transpersonal experiences. It examined the experiences of many individuals who have tried to experience this altered state of consciousness in various ways. It is written very well and is a joy to read. I would recommend it to people who are interested in the topic of consciousness and transcendence. If you want to know what transcendence is, I'd really recommend The Ever-Transcending Spirit by Toru Sato. It explains transcendence better than any other book I have read on the topic!
Rating: 2
Summary: Lookin' for love in all the wrong places...
Comment:
I read this book primarily because of the positive reviews it's received here on Amazon. Having read it, I must sadly report that it completely fails to live up to its name. Apparently the author's opinion of "What Really Matters" is drastically different than mine.
The things that really matter to me, for example, are giving and receiving love, being in right-standing with God, taking care of my family, and understanding the meaning of life and my purpose here on this planet. Schwartz completely ignores these things, and instead concerns himself with self-understanding, apparently so that he can be happier, more creative, less prone to stress and anger, and so that he can rid himself of back pain and play his best tennis. Toward this end he explores psychedelic drugs, meditation, psychoanalysis, biofeedback, "drawing on the right-side of the brain", the Enneagram, dream interpretation, etc.
In nearly 400 pages there is virtually zero discussion of God, love, prayer, service to others, or life after death. For a book called, "What Really Matters" I found that flat out weird until it occurred to me that there is no indication that the author even believes in a God or an afterlife. That would explain the self-absorbed (in my opinion) nature of his search, his lack of a higher purpose, and his inability to acknowledge that there is anything more important than himself out there. This shallowness is also apparent in the writing-style which practically screams, "I'm egocentric", despite the author having just spent years surrounded by "consciousness" types who all, in one way or another, advocate the banishment of the ego as a path to enlightenment.
Overall, the book is an interesting survey of some people and topics related to human potential and consciousness, but from a standpoint of "What Really Matters" it misses the mark.
Rating: 5
Summary: An Excellent Guide to American Wisdom in Journalistic Style
Comment: Ever wanted a guide to transformative practice in the US? What's available to the committed seeker? Look no further- Tony Schwartz has written a valuable guide to what New Age practices really deliver- and what they don't.
In "What Really Matters", Tony presents different movements and thinkers, chapter by chapter, in an eminently readable and easily digestible format. Covering meditation, dreamwork, creativity exercises, personality and emotional studies, athletics, Michael Murphy's Esalen work, Hameed Ali, and Ken Wilber's integral philosophy, Tony's journalistic journey is recommended to anyone who seeks a distinctly American approach to spirituality.
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Title: The Life We Are Given: A Long-Term Program for Realizing the Potential of Body, Mind, Heart, and Soul (Inner Work Book) by George Leonard, Michael Murphy ISBN: 0874777925 Publisher: J. P. Tarcher Pub. Date: September, 1995 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Essential Spirituality : The 7 Central Practices to Awaken Heart and Mind by Roger Walsh ISBN: 0471392162 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 21 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal by Jim Loehr, Tony Schwartz ISBN: 0743226747 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 10 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: One Taste by Ken Wilber ISBN: 1570625476 Publisher: Shambhala Pub. Date: 08 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: In over Our Heads: The Mental Demands of Modern Life by Robert Kegan ISBN: 0674445880 Publisher: Belknap Pr Pub. Date: July, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.65 |
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