Living the Wisdom of the Tao: The Complete Tao Te Ching and Affirmations by Wayne W. Dyer Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Living the Wisdom of the Tao: The Complete Tao Te Ching and Affirmations
Book Review: An Esthetically Pleasing Version of the Tao
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are searching for an esthetically pleasing version of the classic Tao, this is it. The small book has a nice feel and look to it and its compact size perfect for a meditation area.
Dyer presents the Tao Te Ching with corresponding affirmations.
For those unfamiliar with the work, the Tao was written over 2500 years ago, by the Chinese scholar Lao-Tzu.
Here is the 76th verse:
A man is born gentle and weak;
at his death he is hard and stiff.
All things, including grass and tress,
are soft and pliable in life;
dry and brittle in death.
Stiffness is thus a companion of death;
flexibility a companion of life.
An army that cannot yield
will be defeated.
A tree that cannot bend
will crack in the wind.
The hard and stiff will be broken;
the soft and supple will prevail.
Dyer: "I choose to be strong by being soft and pliable rather than inflexible, brittle and hard."
By the author of the award winning book, Harmonious Environment: Beautify, Detoxify and Energize Your Life, Your Home and Your Planet.
Book Review: YET another journal turned into a book
Summary: 2 Stars
Ahh, Wayne. You've done it again! I have your next book title Really Living the Wisdom of the Tao, or Living the Wisdom of the Tao Everyday, or Daily Living the Wisdom of the Tao. See, I can string words together, too.Book Review: Peaceful thoughts
Summary: 5 Stars
How wonderful it is to find a book with such beautiful inspirations. The size and weight of the book is perfect. Hold it in your hands and you will understand what I mean. The teachings were so simply put, yet thought provoking, I truly believe this book is something that can be given as a gift to most people and thoroughly enjoyed by the recipient. A breath of fresh air during a hectic day, I highly recommend these teachings as a read to soothe and satiate a sometimes unsettled soul.Book Review: Living the Wisdom of the TAO.
Summary: 4 Stars
This Classic is nicely presented . It is a good,handy size, good quality paper and binding, attractively illustrated.
I feel that Wayne Dyer's choice of words in his translation is rather OVER "American" in it's choice of English ,sometimes to the detriment of the material....and less than aesthetic.
And I would have liked more explanatory commentary along with his summery of the original ,given on the left hand page.It is very much "bare essentials".
But this is a wonderful focus on our existence on this planet and good value for the money.
Book Review: Living the Wisdom of the Tao
Summary: 1 Stars
Totally dissappointed in Dyer for this book - this book has been done before by others - this is not like the Dyer I have read in the past. Not worth having in my library