As a Buddhist, I was intrigued by the premise and enjoyed the narration by the cat a lot. Buddhist principles, life choices, rituals, and many other aspects of Buddhist life (and facts or almost-facts about His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama) abound amidst a cute story. It was so good and fun to read that I immediately requested all the other books in the series, and I'm currently reading the last one this week (October, right before Halloween). The human characters are well-drawn, if a bit archly (from the cat's perspective, after all), and many of the plot points are interesting. If you're not a Buddhist but may be curious about it, and like "cute" books, recommend this a lot. If you ARE a Buddhist but have never been to India/Dharmasala, definitely pick this up. Anyone else, if you like unusual books that are easy and quick to read, you'll probably like it, also.
'In the months that followed I watched His Holiness working on a new book... I began to think that perhaps the time had come for me to turn my paws to a book of my own . . . one that tells my own tale . . . How I was rescued from a fate too grisly to contemplate, to become constant companion to a man who is not only one of the world's greatest spiritual leaders and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, but who is also a dab hand with the can opener.'
Reverse Meditation How to Use your Pain and Most Difficult Emotions as the Doorway to Inner Freedom by Holecek, Andrew
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This book rocked my world. I have been meditating since 1972, and had many years of therapy on both sides of the "couch," as well as in groups as member and leader. This is the first book I've read that describes the inner work I've been doing on my own and the ways it is effective. So helpful, affirming, strange and wonderful to read about "my" practices from someone else's perspective. I've been working deliberately on recovering from multiple traumas (C-PTSD and I are long-time companions) and dealing with family and other stressors, and this book offered so much support and explanatory material as well as more ways for me to approach my healing. SO grateful. I lead a meditation group, and I've shared some parts with them: they LOVED the parts I shared.
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Reverse Meditation How to Use your Pain and Most Difficult Emotions as the Doorway to Inner Freedom by Holecek, Andrew
My 3 YO granddaughter LOVED this book, and it is part of a series whose other books we have also read together. Great pictures, concepts, information, characters and fun! I highly recommend ALL of these books to those with book-loving, science-loving pre-schoolers in their lives.
Award-winning duo Kate Messner and Christopher Silas Neal return in this latest addition to the OVER AND UNDER picture book series, this time exploring the rich, interconnected ecosystem of the ocean!
Over the waves, the sea lions bark and seagulls wheel and call. The bay is smooth and bright in the sun. But under the waves, there's a whole hidden forest, full of whales and wolf eels, sardines and sea bass, leopard sharks and luminous jellies, as well as the waving kelp that shelters them all. Discover the magical depths of the kelp forest, and all the fascinating creatures living…
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