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| 1415.1 | | ATSE::FLAHERTY | Peacing it together | Fri Jan 18 1991 11:16 | 11 |
| Hi Martha,
I haven't had a chance to read Joan Borysenko's book as yet, but
it is on my 'to read' list. I've heard good things about her for some
time and do hope to hear her speak at Interface the next time she
appears there.
Thanks for starting this topic...
Ro
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| 1415.2 | I've read both books | SUPER::WTHOMAS | | Mon Jan 21 1991 13:04 | 32 |
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I have read both of Joan's book and was not impressed in the least
with her first but noticed a certain amount of maturity and inner
reflection from the second. (My Doctor's have been wanting to send me
to her *program* for a long time now).
Her first book was written from the perspective, I am a Western
Medical healer and if you are in pain, *I* know what you are going
through and if you just follow my *easy-xx_step program* I can restore
you to health. Needless to say, I was completely turned off. Chronic
pain (which is one of her favorite topics) is a big money maker these
days and I have noticed that a lot of people seem to be jumping on the
band wagon of telling those of us with that condition what to do, what
we are doing wrong, and why we aren't getting better.
The interesting thing with Joan, is that between her first book and
her second book, she had a car accident, where she had fallen asleep at
the wheel and I believe that her greatest injury was that her nose had
literally been ripped off.
As does so often happen with life threatening events, she started
realizing that although she had been preaching to people that they take
care of themselves (yoga, relaxation, etc) she was not following her
own advice. She did a lot of inner work and her second book more
clearly reflects the truths that she has learned.
I would not recommend the first book as a tool on self healing. It
is interesting to notice how her perspective has changed from one book
to another but other than that, her strength lies in her second book.
Wendy
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| 1415.3 | Still reading.... | NEWPRT::CELESTINO_MA | | Wed Jan 23 1991 21:14 | 40 |
| RE: .2
I would agree that Joan's second book is much more well-rounded
than her first. The first book dealt with the mind-body connection;
her second adds the dimension of the spirit.
I did not have the negative reaction to "Mending.." that you described.
Perhaps, not having delved deeply into TM, Eastern meditation, and
yoga, I was receptive to the pragmatic, down-to-earth approach that
Joan used. I can understand where it might be off-putting to someone
who was better informed. I *did* find that the techniques she
described were helpful to me in dealing with debilitating headaches
that I experience from time to time. I always be grateful to her
for this, even if she had only borrowed these methods from other
cultures.
The point that has particularly fascinated me about the more recent
book is how she incorporates Jungian psychology and some of my favorite
poets and thinkers (Blake, Merton, for example) into her discussion
about healing the spirit.
The understandings that Jung has in his work about the meaning of dreams,
the spirit, and the spiritual certainly do fall very nicely into DEJAVU
(in case anyone wondered why I posted this here). "Guilt.." has
made this accessible. There remains the matter-of-fact quality in
this book, even with the discussions about the spirit.
I'm still reading the book. Time always seems to be at a premium and
I'm savoring this one very slowly.
Martha
spiritual dimension,
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| 1415.4 | | LYRIC::BOBBITT | trial by fire | Tue Jan 29 1991 14:21 | 9 |
| I really liked both her books. I got a good deal more from "guilt is
the teacher, love is the lesson" than I did from the first one, though.
The first one meshes quite nicely with the Bernie Siegel stuff (Love,
Medicine and Miracles, and Peace, Love and Healing), and that too ties
in with Dr. Chopra's new views of eastern/western medicine as we grow
to treat the patient as a whole, rather than just the symptoms.
-Jody
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