About this title: Catholic religious of an earlier era once talked of the need for "custody of the thoughts" as an essential act of the faithful life. Author Thomas Moore refreshes that sentiment in his bestselling "Care of the Soul", reminding his many appreciative readers of the sustenance to be gained from a contemplative approach to life. By this he means not ...
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"Not only is this book lucid, but if anyone is as interest in Zen/Buddhism as I am this will connect a lot of pices for them. I had found it hard to connect the action of impassion with letting go all under the umbrella of non-doing (wu-wei). Sometimes when one gets to a certain point however, despite their clarity, will become abstract from the everydy wolrd of human society. This book is playing a great role in my reintegration."
"It may seem like such fervor for living is not possible but humor him, its gotta b'tuff being the 'other' end of a spectrum. So he can either bug you to death or inspire you in all areas of your life. Mr Moore would probably say...that would depend on which end of the spectrum you feel inspired toward. Then he would say something like...there is no incorrect side as long as you are true to the inspiration that leads you there. You get my drift. :) He loves Greek archetype philosophy,(bug) I pretty much skim over that for context."
"This is a short, but very wise and soothing read, just as one might imagine from the title. While providing a lot of suggestions for treating ourselves with gentlessness and respect to better our daily lives, Thomas Moore urges readers to remember that our souls are only partly on the earth, and partly in eternity, "We might remember the part the resides in eternity when we feel despair over the part that is in life" (96). An especially interesting discussion in this book is Moore's caution about religious beliefs, which can quickly become orthodox; that is, the opposite of spirituality, and thereby, self-defeating. "Formal relgion, so powerful and influencial in the esatablishmetn of values, always lies on a cusp between the divine and the demonic. Reigion is never neutral . . . The Latin word "sacer" , the root of sacred, means both "holy" and "taboo," so close is the relationship between the holdy and the forbidden" (215-16). Lots of interesting food for thought!"
"I read this book years ago but I frequently remember stories and examples from it. One of the major insights that I gained from Thomas Moore is that there is a value to depression/sadness and that the only way out of it is to really go into it. I feel that reading this book helped me to deal with many events that came afterwards in a much more present way. There's much more to be said about this book but I've have to re-read it first!"
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