Review of Returning The Gift By Steven Donoso

Steven Donoso grew up in the South Bronx, of New York City and moved to New England when he was eighteen.  He has presented hundreds of films and live events over the last thirty six years.  Steven describes himself as a “Freelance Human Being.”

A lover of all things spiritual and new age, I was immediately fascinated by the concept of this book, and fully intended reading and reviewing it when it first came in several months ago.  Life is, however, crazy and so apologies to the author for taking so long…

Returning The Gift: Dialogues with Eckhart Tolle, Adyashanti, Timothy Wilson and Laura Water, does exactly what it says on the packet.   The author starts each segment with a bio,  information about the guru that he is planning on talking to, and why he is interested in that person, before having the conversation,  and chronicling it, pretty much verbatim for the reader. Now, while the conversations do throw up some fascinating insights and information, and are definitely worth reading, I found the style to be clunky and a little off-putting.  The format of Donoso – Wilson – Donoso – Wilson is followed religiously throughout and there is no real interaction, blending; anything really to liven it up.

I think this book is a good starting point for anyone wanting to explore the minds and philosophies of Tolle, Adyashanti, Wilson and Water, but it was just too clinical and bland to hold my attention for any length of time. (Which is one of the reasons, why I have been dipping in and out of it for several months)

You can find the book at: http://www.amazon.co.uk/STEVEN-DONOSO/e/B00EYT3RCQ