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Review title: Basically a rehashing of old eastern ideas
Product review: I read this book after it was recommended to me. The beginning chapter where he talks about becoming aware of his ego mind chatter was interesting, but the rest of the book is written in a question and answer format and seems to not really have any new ideas. He may have been "enlightened" for a while and it was amazing, but what he is talking about can be found in many other texts that have already been written. He is banking in the western world's ignorance of these ancient concepts that were already known. He succeeds in telling you how bad the ego is and that "thinking is bad" but with no backing in how to achieve what he is saying. I have tried to go back and read this book again, thinking I must have missed something since Oprah and Jim Carrey apparently love this book and it changed their lives, but I could not continue with the book.
