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I was a little resistant to this book at first, but the more I read it, the more it aligns. I focus a lot on healing past trauma, which I’ve noticed causes me to become frustrated because I want to be more “healed” than I am, or I spend time wishing the traumas never occurred. Maybe I need to start focusing on the present moment more instead of identifying with my past so intensely.

The most dense self-help book I’ve ever read. It’s good, but a lot of information to take in.

I’ve been using this book as my daily reader. I wake up and read a verse from the Tao Te Ching and Dyer’s interpretation of it. I’m slowly learning to seek meaning and stillness, which feels much more aligned to me than how I was living. I look forward to learning more about Taoism as a way of life.

So far this book is great. It’s very dense with healing exercises so I’m taking my time getting through it.

The run-on sentences are rampant. I might have to just read the Manifesto in the appendix and disregard the rest of the author’s commentary.

Hard to put down 👀