Wow. I found this book really helpful in getting out of my own head and into my expansive self. This is a book you need to read slowly to let everything sink it. Yet it's very easy to relate to as he has fantastic metaphors to illustrate his concepts. You owe it to yourself to read this. ( )

i really enjoyed this book a lot more than i thought i would. my only critique is that sometimes it just said the same thing over and over again, which made it a little hard for me to get through, but the content was good on its own. i could've also done without the last chapter, but that's just my personal preference. learned some really good things otherwise that i will try to keep with me through the rest of my life. ( )

Great message overall but -1 for being annoyingly repetitive. ( )

Certain books constantly pop up as spiritual classics and this is one of those. The idea behind the book is that we are essentially trapped by our own neuroses and if we could learn to look at things in a different way we would be free from the limitations we put on ourselves. Ok, so I go along with the first part of that but the second, not so much. Either way, I cast my doubts aside and gave the book a chance to convince me. The initial chapters start promisingly. Singer talks about the internal dialogue we all have and how that has a big impact on how we see the world. After that however it goes down hill for me. Singer then starts to talk about how emotion distress of any kind, regardless of how minor, will block the energy flow in your body unless you confront it straight away (more on this at the end of my thoughts). He presents a set of rules including the ridiculous idea that if you want to do something, don't wait just do it. I would love to own a Nissan GTR but buying it would be extremely foolish of me, Singer says I should though, go figure that one out. The rest of the book meanders along similar lines until at the end he suddenly starts to talk about god in all his/her religious forms. This is a really bizarre turn when taken in context of the rest of the book. There is no hint of 'religious' belief throughout the preceeding chapters so it feels really out of place.

I am not a religious person, I have always based my beliefs in science but if pushed it would fair to describe me as an atheist with leanings towards Buddhist philosophy. What I mean by this is that as long as something isn't over mystical, such as miracles, I am a willing listener. I find consciousness fascinating and I really enjoy reading and discussing religion of any kind with people but I draw the line at things like chi and magic. This is where this book falls down for me. It promises the former, and then delivers a lot of the later at the same time. ( )

My mind was bent with the intro, which made me hopeful, but then it plummeted after that. I felt like I was reading a rambling, touchy-feely mess in a second language. Not for me. ( )