When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
Book Review: Soul calming- sad voice
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a great book for someone going through a tough time. When I was having a nagging health problem that really got me down, this book was a beacon. It made a big change on my mood in my time of need.
The only thing I didn't like bout this book is its sad tone. I feel like Pema is a very sad lady and some of the buddhist dogma that is overly oriented toward death and pain doesn't always lift the spirits.
Other than that, it's a great book that is held high in many well-read circles.
Book Review: The Map and the Compass
Summary: 5 Stars
I wish I could write a helpful review of this book but it strikes me as nearly impossible; the book is so intense and liberating, so honest and direct, it seems like the only words that can do it justice are the author's. I came upon this title at a difficult time. It helped me understand and really feel that things not only fall apart, they get worse. Or sometimes better. But the great teacher is our response to events, or rather, our willingness to face our responses and accept them, and ourselves, our failings and strengths, and to let fear be a teacher.
This book is the opposite of the quick fix, life-is-a-bowl-of-cherries self-help manual. Reading it was an experience laced with sadness, relief, and finally a kind of temperate joy.
All I can really say is that it's a masterpiece in my view; entirely sane, liberating, full of truth and light.
Book Review: an Excellent Read
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is as good as everyone has said. I reccommend it to anyone who needs a spiritual lift without a sermon or agenda to follow. Read the words and listen to how they echo in your ears and heart. Book Review: Good advice
Summary: 3 Stars
This book grounds you and gives you perspective but it is a bit long and intense. Reading it in sections from time to time helps.Book Review: Heart Advice
Summary: 5 Stars
This is not the type of advice you would get from Dr. Phil or one of Oprah's specialists but it does make you aware of what is happening. If you keep an open mind and open heart you will love this little gem of a book too.