bookrecsanddnfs's review
4.0
A book that was used as inspiration for my ultimate BTS comfort song? Sign me up. I had to buy it solely for this reason. The first part with Ruth's mindfulness techniques weren't anything new for me, but I enjoyed them anyway and also what I learned about the authors life in this section.
Part two got more into manifesting and intent- things that I personally don't care for. I think that intent is fine, and visualizing your future is great, but I don't really believe in the whole manifesting thing. I learned a lot more about the author's life in this part, which I enjoyed.
Part three was about opening the heart, where the author went over values to practice to live with an open heart. I found this to be the most outright helpful section of the book. I enjoyed this book and the overall message of it, and invite everyone to "make a door in your heart; open the door and this place will await. It's okay to believe, the Magic Shop will comfort you." [Magic Shop, BTS]
Part two got more into manifesting and intent- things that I personally don't care for. I think that intent is fine, and visualizing your future is great, but I don't really believe in the whole manifesting thing. I learned a lot more about the author's life in this part, which I enjoyed.
Part three was about opening the heart, where the author went over values to practice to live with an open heart. I found this to be the most outright helpful section of the book. I enjoyed this book and the overall message of it, and invite everyone to "make a door in your heart; open the door and this place will await. It's okay to believe, the Magic Shop will comfort you." [Magic Shop, BTS]
jbojkov's review
5.0
I find myself contemplating kindness and compassion more and more as I get older. I truly believe they are key to what ails our communities and world. I hope more and more people will work towards peace and goodwill in our times. It makes me feel hopeful about our future. Read this book and learn about the “alphabet of the heart.”
wildfl0wersss's review
4.0
alhamdulillah finally i finished reading this book. it's my first book finished at the start of 2022. in my opinion, the author's ideas about compassion and kindness, the magic of mind and heart collaboration, his CDEFGHIJKL, and visualizing meditation method are amazing and inspiring. his writing is eloquent and touching. i love those scientific facts about the benefits of calming the mind and opening the hearts and being kind and compassionate on one's health and life. i can understand all his stances and stories, except when he told about those medical terms and surgery procedures. it still appears abstract to me since i only know the basic science that primary and middle school taught me. the stories and narrative were able to make the readers cry in some parts and wrinkle their foreheads in some others.
nevertheless the ideas of his that i oppose since the author claimed himself as an atheist are that there's no God or the Supreme Being who creates everything in this universe, and that we can create everything, achieve anything we want in life with only the power of our mind and heart. those ideas aren't aligned with my belief as muslim with an islamic worldview. there was just something itching me when i read them. it just doesn't make sense for me because it's contradictive with his idea about humility.
but overall, this book taught me about the importance to believe in myself, to not belittle my capability to achieve my dreams, to be compassionate and kind to myself and others, and even to ponder and understand more about the teachings of my deen that related to the topics in this book.
nevertheless the ideas of his that i oppose since the author claimed himself as an atheist are that there's no God or the Supreme Being who creates everything in this universe, and that we can create everything, achieve anything we want in life with only the power of our mind and heart. those ideas aren't aligned with my belief as muslim with an islamic worldview. there was just something itching me when i read them. it just doesn't make sense for me because it's contradictive with his idea about humility.
but overall, this book taught me about the importance to believe in myself, to not belittle my capability to achieve my dreams, to be compassionate and kind to myself and others, and even to ponder and understand more about the teachings of my deen that related to the topics in this book.
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