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khlara's review
2.0
I got just about nothing from this book. It's not Buddhist, contrary to what the author keeps making you want to believe. I also felt it was rather judgmental, especially towards the end and overly self righteous. I was hoping so much from this book and received just about nothing. There were two fingers worth of advice towards the beginning and the rest of the book was rather a waste of time.
lectora1205's review
5.0
Un libro que llegó a mi por accidente. Encontrado en una librería, como decimos, de viejo.
Dharma Urbano cita cuestiones prácticas de la vida diaria donde reestablecer la paz, con el entorno, si; más a fin de cuentas con uno mismo.
E insita a mirar en cada situación, el aprendizaje, lo que vale gaurdar, lo que hay que desechar; en los bolsillos de la mente no todo cabe, y cuando no encuentra lugar se va al inconsciente y sacarlo de ahí...pfff sacarlo de ahí.
Desde el tráfico, el violento momento de un asalto hasta el sexo mismo o el último aliento de un ser humano Arthur Jeon nos planeta formas prácticas, tangibles de slgo que pareciera difícil de alcanzar: respirar y meditar.
Dharma Urbano cita cuestiones prácticas de la vida diaria donde reestablecer la paz, con el entorno, si; más a fin de cuentas con uno mismo.
E insita a mirar en cada situación, el aprendizaje, lo que vale gaurdar, lo que hay que desechar; en los bolsillos de la mente no todo cabe, y cuando no encuentra lugar se va al inconsciente y sacarlo de ahí...pfff sacarlo de ahí.
Desde el tráfico, el violento momento de un asalto hasta el sexo mismo o el último aliento de un ser humano Arthur Jeon nos planeta formas prácticas, tangibles de slgo que pareciera difícil de alcanzar: respirar y meditar.
harmony's review
1.0
The whole white guru thing started making me uncomfortable almost immediately, including the fact that the teachers he mentions directly learning from have Western names. The philosophy that this book delivers was just as watered down as I feared, and was full of white male arrogance. He mentions visiting South Africa and witnessing disgusting racism (complete with slurs, which he prints in full several times) and he pays himself on the back for having compassion for the racist he's hanging out with. He very explicitly does not ever speak or act in any way against the racist threats, even when it looks like it could escalate into violence. When DOES he step in ever? How about back in the States, where he touches an agitated man without the man's consent because he's SO enlightened, and then calls the man demented behind his back when someone else calms him down. He acknowledges this as a mistake, but honestly I couldn't imagine anyone but a white man with his head up his ass thinking that touching an agitated stranger is acceptable. DNF
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