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Title: Big Mind - Big Heart: Finding Your Way
ISBN: 0977142337
Author:
Dennis Genpo Merzel
Publicate Date: 2007-09-30
Publish: 2007-09-30
List Price: $17.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Paperback
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1: So easy, so profound
I completely recommend this book. It is so easy and makes the workings of "The Ego" so clear and understandable. Experiencing "Big Mind, Big Heart" is profound and life changing.
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2: This book is simple and direct. This book is Zen.
The beauty of this book is that we are able to acquaint ourselves with the mind of Zen Master Genpo Roshi and see that he is as ordinary as the rest of us non-masters. He uses his own experiences to bring aliveness to a handful of voices, which are part of the 10,000 dharmas (aspects, voices)that make up who we are. Reading this book will allow one to begin the journey of rediscovering oneSelf in a way that is both personal and genuine. Whatever Zen is, I think this book points the way perfectly. When we know our true Self then we can find happiness, love and truth in our lives.
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3: Boot Camp For The Soul
Genpo Roshi has created an extraordinarily rapid process for spiritual expansion. Reading this book will be an enlightening experience for those who are open to it.
Basically, the Roshi combines Zen with Voices therapy to break down the disowned parts of ourselves to give us more clarity which leads to integration. He does this by speaking to a number of our different voices, or aspects including the Controller, the Protector etc. He begins with the more spiritually dualistic voices, moving to the more integrated voices.
A couple of key takeaways:
-All perspectives are true but incomplete
-We all have every perspective within us, but we have disowned parts of ourselves that we don't like
Will you get enlightened just by reading this book? Maybe. But, you can be assured of an expansive experience.
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4: A very present help
I think this book should be on everyone's bookshelf, whatever our basic way of seeing our true path through our life may be - it goes to the heart of a dynamic intimate process of self-discovery, accessible and functional whatever sources we use to structure our life and vision of what life is about - whether we source from self-help, the way of the arts, psychology, spirituality or any specific religion, and whether our field of activity is sport, education, management, business, therapy, family, the arts - whatever. It is enabling, grounded in contemporary experience and very direct.
Here is a way to appreciate and enlist every aspect of my self, both light and dark, and integrate it all in the flow of my everyday life, but you'll have to make it your own. It really helps to experience the writer teaching on genpo.org.
Genpo Roshi's sources embrace ancient wisdoms of the East and Western wisdom in language that is immediate and contemporary. He engages the mind and touches the heart.
As a student of Genpo Merzel, I trained with him for many years. Now that I live across the ocean, I appreciate all the more his ability and skill in offering a map and a handbook of the way of the ordinary human being as honesty in self-discovery, as a path of compassion and kindness. The specific guidance in meditation and self-discovery this book offers is unique and workable.
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5: Looking all my life
I've been looking, ever since a teenager, when I (like many others) had spontaneous spiritual experiences. How to have such states of consciousness on purpose -- has been a driving question for me.
As a result, I've accumulated many processes.
The Big Mind, Big Heart process taught in this book & CD is among the easiest I've seen...it's so simple and easy - by hindsight. The CD talks us through the process - I found this very helpful.
If you're looking for a modern, easier way to experience enlightenment...this is probably the easiest and best you'll find. Try it out; be reasonably receptive -- have the experience for yourself...few books are this good!
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