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Amy is 33% done

Oh honey. You hit the nail on the head here…only I think you’re already there #awkward

“I had a sudden horrifying image of the woman I might become if I’m not careful: Crazy Aunt Liz. The divorcée in the muumuu with the dyed orange hair who doesn’t eat dairy but smokes menthols, who’s always just coming back from her astrology cruise or breaking up with her aroma-therapist boyfriend…”

— Mar 29, 2023 09:00PM

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Amy is 80% done

“I remembered an old Christian mystic notion: As above, so below.”

Interesting. I’d love to see her source here. This quote is generally attributed to Hermetic texts, tarot, or the occult. While some Christian concepts can be loosely tied to this sentiment, it does not appear to have been coined by a “Christian Mystic”

— Apr 03, 2023 10:27AM

Amy is 65% done

Here is precisely why I struggle with this book. I’m with the friend. We don’t cherry pick religion when things get tough. That’s the easy way out

“As [a dear friend] told me, “You don’t want to go cherry-picking a religion.” … I think you have every right to cherry-pick when it comes to moving your spirit and finding peace in God.”

— Apr 02, 2023 02:29PM

Amy is 64% done

Then Taliban & Christians lumped into one sweeping generalization. Tell how you really feel
Ms Gilbert! 🤦🏼‍♀️

— Apr 02, 2023 02:19PM

Amy is 56% done

I’m so fed up with her pretentious back patting. And I’m even more fed up with her claims to appreciate and understand all religions just to subtly make Christianity (especially Catholicism) the butt of her jokes.

There’s nothing more she loves to do in pt 2 than take Catholic saint’s writing out of context & twist it to suit her needs. Or as on this page, just full out make fun of Catholics. Pathetic

— Apr 02, 2023 01:53PM

Amy is 39% done

“My plane lands in Mumbai around 1:30 AM. It is December 30. I find my luggage, then find the taxi that will take me hours and hours out of the city”
-2 paragraphs later-
“We pull up to the front gate of the Ashram at 3:30 AM”

So by hours and hours you meant 2 hours…and that included getting luggage & finding a taxi, so…am hour of actual driving? *sigh*

— Mar 31, 2023 12:35PM

Amy is 17% done

Pt 2

uuuggghhhh

Ok, let’s take a gander back at that introduction, shall we? (Oh yes we shall)

“One final expression of gratitude: While scattered names throughout this book have been changed for various reasons, I’ve elected to change the names of every single person I met”

So did you make up names or not? Crazy & inconsistent.

— Mar 28, 2023 06:23PM

Amy is 17% done

Pt 1

Uuuuggghhhhh

And I quote:
“Luca Spaghetti is a good friend of my buddy Patrick McDevitt, whom I know from my college days. And that is honestly his name, I swear to God, I’m not making it up. It’s too crazy.”

Oh really? You’re not making it up? Ok crazy (see next update)

— Mar 28, 2023 06:21PM