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Letting Go of the Person You Used to Be: Lessons on Change, Loss, and Spiritual Transformation |
Author: Lama Surya Das
Published: 2004-08-24 |
List price: $15.00
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Customer comments on this selection.
 Had to buy it!
I borrowed the book from the library, and after reading 1/2 of it, I decided I needed to own the book. Lama Surya Das writes very clearly and in a way that brings Buddhist principles into 21st century United States in very meaningful ways. Not just for times of change and loss, but really for any one reflecting on life, where they have come from and where they are going. Highly recommended.
 thought provoking but lacking
This book provides some insights and suggestions for dealing with change. Although there are some good tips for dealing with change, the author does not present it in a elegant manner. This book is filled with stories of people that the reader does not know and I suppose should be able to relate to. In addition, the author uses a number of quotes from other people. What would have made this book more successful would be an honest, personal, first-person teaching of the knowledge that I think the author has to offer. I found this book difficult to finish reading as it did not draw me in.
I loved this book
Just enjoyed a differnt perspective ... You dont need to be a buddhist to benifit from this book. Worth every cent paid. The simple ideas presented here are so basic we tend to overlook them as we go about our lives.
letting go does not mean forgetting
A friend gave a copy of this book to me about three years ago, when I was in the depths of depression. It helped me tremendously, and, no, I didn't have to become a Buddhist in order to feel better.
"Letting go of the person you used to be" does not mean completely changing everything about your life, nor does it mean attempting to forget or no longer to care about people you love and have lost. The book's focus is, in fact, on accepting grief and sadness as not only natural, unavoidable aspects of living, but as opportunities for emotional (or spiritual, if you will) growth.
I won't attempt to describe the specific content of the book further, with one exception: For me, one of the most effective passages was that in which Surya Das writes that of course it is difficult to effect change--or even to think about change--when one is really struggling with grief, loss, or sadness. But, he writes, what's the alternative? Just to wallow in, deny, or suppress the pain? Clearly, none of those is an effective or healthy course of action. Therefore, the only reasonable option left is to accept the pain and deal with it as best you can.
This book helped me deal. And it may help you.
Excellent and well written book
Like Lama Surya Das's other books, it is an easy to read, well written book with the occassional funny, dry humor that I enjoy.
The great thing about the Lama's writing is that he presents the writing from a viewpoint that anyone from any religion can appreciate.
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