Average Rating: 4.5Noteworthy: Jenny joined book club
Tina: 3.0 - Did not love the book. Got really repetitive. Same story over and over. Too much about the author. Expected to be amazed, but wasn't.
Dana: 6.0 - Expected more like her first book. Told same story in first book. Was disappointed. Would recommend first book.
Rebecca: 3.5 - Did not like the book. Was very self-promoting. Writing was poor. Was left with no though.
Jenny: 3.0 - Did not love it. Wanted more of the forensic pathologist stuff.
Sara: 3.0 - (from Chicago) Did not like her voice. She needs to get a life. Talked too much about herself.
Anne: 6.0 - Thought it would be more profound.
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COMMENTS FROM BECKY
(IN IRAQ)
Beyond Knowing, by Janis Amatuzio, MD was an interesting read. I liked that is was non-fiction, usually do. It read more like a Soup for the Soul book. I mostly got little life lessons out of it, things to ponder; this is why the review has many quotes, snippets of ideas. I do not think I bought into the idea she was trying to sell, but still enjoyed the read. I give this book a 6.5.
I really liked the comment about feeling "strong inside and out; I felt whole, and deeply connected to life..". I also enjoyed the part on pg 71 when she talks about the value of making observation, not judgments. "There's a difference. The first allows for infinite possibilities; the latter closes the door to all but a handful of conclusions". I feel we should always open ourselves to opportunity and constantly be aware of when we are closing ourselves off from it.
Ok, she has a part where she talks of recognition. Basically that "recognition triggers awareness; awareness causes perception, the foundation of intuition. Our perceptions influence thoughts, words and actions, in other words conscious behavior." In this part of the book she is talking about how we can trigger the brain to remember things we may not have before. This topic arises a lot with discussion about counseling and arising childhood memories. The brain isn't necessarily remembering the true memory and may be making it up. There are studies that show the brain does not always know the difference between what you dreamed and what is reality. Therefore, I do not think you cay say that recognition brings forth reality, and perception is not reality either.
Perhaps she is more talking about our limitation to what we know. Perhaps its not what reality is, but that our reality is only what our perception of it is. Or, more so that our world is only what we know thus far. She states on pg 200 that "the eye sees what the mind knows". I think this is true and pretty big to think about. It really drives me to learn more, know more, experience more. That way, I will know what I am seeing, not be clouded by my own ignorance.
She experienced and saw some amazing things in her time, but I do not attribute them to the same forces she does. She also tried to back up her theory with about a page or so of Quantum Physics, which is so broad, I and I feel not very strong, quite the stretch.
I will end with my favorite quote from this book, from Abraham Lincoln "In the end, what matters most is not the years in your life, but the life in your years".
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