Change Your Thoughts - Change Your Life in Open Mind, Open Heart

Aug 13, 2012 Melita rated it did not like it · review of another edition

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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I cannot get thru this book!
Both the Tao and Wayne W.Dyer have good teachings, have good deep points. But for me, Wayne Dyer comments/opinion about MOST of the Tao's passage are irrelevant and SOOOOOO unconnected.

I think it is a big mistake to research and study the Tao from the 'translations', I think if he really wants to study the Tao deeply then it must be from the original Chinese! I mean, it is okay for us (who are not writing a book) to study and compare the Tao from the translations... I cannot get thru this book!
Both the Tao and Wayne W.Dyer have good teachings, have good deep points. But for me, Wayne Dyer comments/opinion about MOST of the Tao's passage are irrelevant and SOOOOOO unconnected.

I think it is a big mistake to research and study the Tao from the 'translations', I think if he really wants to study the Tao deeply then it must be from the original Chinese! I mean, it is okay for us (who are not writing a book) to study and compare the Tao from the translations... BUT to write a book about Tao and publish it, I don't think it is wise at all to base his studies from merely the translations! I find it's ridiculous!

Another thing is that Wayne Dyer use the passage in the Tao completely for his own teaching. So I find that he use all the passage, and commenting them, directing them into his own teaching, which is completely irrelevant. Especially if you are Chinese and know a little bit about the background of the Tao or the background of the culture, it's just ridiculous! I listen to this book, feeling as if the Chinese culture, the Tao is being somewhat Christianized, and I feel like listening the Tao while the message is just Wayne Dyer!

I think this book has completely degenerate the deep meaning of the Tao.
Someone asked me what do I think about this book, and I answered "Well, the Tao is nice and deep. Wayne Dyer is nice and he has a great, calming sound. So, if I only listen and completely stay in the present, stay in each words and in each sentence, then it is a nice book. But if I try to connect the sentence to the previous sentence, then I get headache and it doesn't connect, it doesn't make sense. If I try to connect the passage and his whole comment on it, I get upset because it's just NOT CONNECTED. But he has a great calm voice, so as long as I stay present and not try to figure out what is he talking about, then this is a good book!"

Anyway, after listening to 7 of the passages. I just dropped it altogether and decided I need to just read the Tao, without any comments! Some of the passage of the Tao DOES NOT need any commenting, it's a pointer... a point to get you inside to the Tao. You just have to live it, not to comment it.

Well, I cannot get thru this book for this time and I won't waste my time to take it up again since I still have many other books... perhaps one day when I have free time I will try to take it up again, and perhaps then it will change my mind, who knows? ...more

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