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abbajane's review against another edition
informative
reflective
slow-paced
2.0
All the stars I gave this belong to Deepak Chopra. His section was the only one that seemed helpful to me. Debbie Ford seemed more interested in describing in detail all the ways people could be horrible and Marianne Williamson was wayyyyyy to "woo-woo" religious for me. I wish this book was just Chopra.
abstract_amber77's review against another edition
2.0
I never thought I'd give a book that has writings by both Deepak Chopra and Marianne Williamson 2 stars, but honestly I was terribly bored with it's content. I chose to listen to the audiobook, so part of it could be the fact that I did not enjoy listening to Chopra and Ford (the 3rd author, of whom I was first introduced to with this book). Basically they say it is about the shadow we all have, but I believe the shadow they are speaking of is really the ego. As someone who has done a lot of reading about the ego, consciousness/awareness, and gratitude, this book was really remedial for me. I didn't learn anything from it, though I can see where it would have value to someone who is new to the aforementioned topics. I found Williamson's portion to be the most enlightening, but there was not much new here in comparison to other works I've read of hers.
tahnif's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 stars. Audiobook read by authors.
Chopra's section was by far the best, after an hour or so he gets into the nitty gritty of facing our demons. He goes into each step in depth - worth a listen:
1. stop projecting
2. detach and let go
3. give up self judgment
4. rebuild your emotional body
Ford's section also gets better after an hour or so of her personal story, but I found some helpful nuggets there as well. Especially the message of not trying to be a certain way to please others or gain their respect, admiration, love, and losing our authentic selves in the process. This resignated with me deeply.
Williamson talked a lot about God which was a turn off for me. She did talk about thinking we are separate from others and this being the root of conflict and ultimately separates us from love too, which shed some light for me.
Worth reading to get to the pieces that speak to you.
Chopra's section was by far the best, after an hour or so he gets into the nitty gritty of facing our demons. He goes into each step in depth - worth a listen:
1. stop projecting
2. detach and let go
3. give up self judgment
4. rebuild your emotional body
Ford's section also gets better after an hour or so of her personal story, but I found some helpful nuggets there as well. Especially the message of not trying to be a certain way to please others or gain their respect, admiration, love, and losing our authentic selves in the process. This resignated with me deeply.
Williamson talked a lot about God which was a turn off for me. She did talk about thinking we are separate from others and this being the root of conflict and ultimately separates us from love too, which shed some light for me.
Worth reading to get to the pieces that speak to you.
cynabel's review against another edition
4.0
The second part of the book written by Debbie Ford was the best part for me. She was able to explain everything in practical terms.
shayraxo's review against another edition
5.0
The Shadow Effect was one of the first books I’ve read that I felt I could relate to so much. It offers three different perspectives to what is the shadow and how we can deal/live with it. I had been interested in Deepak Chopra’s works in terms of the universe and consciousness. So I mainly got this book because of him, but I’m glad that I got to read two other perspectives from Debbie Ford and Marianne Williamson.
This book has a taught me that we live in a world made up of duality. Where there is good, there is also evil. We cannot get rid of nor escape the evil, we can only accept it and learn to control our emotions. The evil, in this case the shadow, comes in many forms relating to negativity including, but not limited to: anger, guilt, greed, and even the ego. It has taught me to be aware of my consciousness when the shadow is lurking. Rather than projecting hate where one would normally do, we can learn to project love and therefore creating the life we want to live. It all starts within.
This book has helped me transition into the spiritual path of life and I will always look back to it for guidance.
This book has a taught me that we live in a world made up of duality. Where there is good, there is also evil. We cannot get rid of nor escape the evil, we can only accept it and learn to control our emotions. The evil, in this case the shadow, comes in many forms relating to negativity including, but not limited to: anger, guilt, greed, and even the ego. It has taught me to be aware of my consciousness when the shadow is lurking. Rather than projecting hate where one would normally do, we can learn to project love and therefore creating the life we want to live. It all starts within.
This book has helped me transition into the spiritual path of life and I will always look back to it for guidance.
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