This guide shows readers how to turn each trip into a journey of self-discovery. The author explains how each holiday or business trip may be viewed as both an outward exploration of unfamiliar geography, architecture, history and foreign customs, and an inner journey into self-identity and personal meaning. Currie advocates journalling as a way to give form and structure to thought and fleeting impressions, increasing our insights into unconscious motivations and impulses. He walks the reader through the entire process of effective journalling: selecting the appropriate journal and writing tools, organizing the journal into different sections, deciding upon the appropriate "spiritual touchstones", identifying which archetype (or Buddha nature) is most present in the reader's mindset during a particular day or event. The author includes helpful anecdotes and examples from his own extensive travel experiences to guide the reader through the process, offering tips for planning trips, determining objectives, organizing and allocating time, budgeting, travelling with others, packing, staying healthy and dealing with emergencies.
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Using Buddhism as the basis, this unusual travel guide teaches the reader how to keep a travel journal. Currie, a well-traveled environmental scientist, believes that keeping a journal while traveling leads one to self-discovery and life contemplations and helps one to relive vacation memories more vividly when returning home. Currie begins by discussing the necessity of keeping a travel journal, the process for selecting a journal, and "the method" or suggested format for journal writing. Then, in a light-hearted and funny tone, Currie provides tips on travel dos and don'ts based on his own experiences. Touchstones or inspirational quotes taken from literature, Buddha, and even rock stars such as the Beatles are used to connect the chapters, while charts, tables, and cartoons help to illustrate Currie's main points in more detail. This insightful and comical book is a joy to read and should be added to all travel collections.DStephanie Papa, Baltimore Cty. Circuit Court Law Lib., MD
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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A masterful guide for anyone craving meaningful adventure. Poetic yet practical.... -- Sonia Choquette, author of True Balance
A powerful passport to magical and meaningful travel. -- Satish Kumar, author of Path Without Destination
Chock-full of reminders to those who may want to follow in the footsteps of pious travelers walking to Jerusalem, Bodh Gaya, or Basho's Far Province... -- Phil Cousineau, author of The Art of the Pilgrimage
A powerful passport to magical and meaningful travel. -- Satish Kumar, author of Path Without Destination
Chock-full of reminders to those who may want to follow in the footsteps of pious travelers walking to Jerusalem, Bodh Gaya, or Basho's Far Province... -- Phil Cousineau, author of The Art of the Pilgrimage
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Format:Paperback
This book was not what I expected and therefore the low rating.
The introductory segment about an adventure in Ireland was excellent. I would have liked to have more illustrative segements such as that one.
Some of the tips for organzing a travel journal were helpful. But that was it. I passed the book on to someone who may get more out of it. I don't want to get in touch my inner Budha. I do want to be more mindful of my travels. This book didn't do it for me.
The introductory segment about an adventure in Ireland was excellent. I would have liked to have more illustrative segements such as that one.
Some of the tips for organzing a travel journal were helpful. But that was it. I passed the book on to someone who may get more out of it. I don't want to get in touch my inner Budha. I do want to be more mindful of my travels. This book didn't do it for me.
By Laura Rose
Format:Paperback
This book has very specific ideas and guidelines, so if you are a more free-flowing kind of person, it could be irritating. I liked the drawings and the general tone of the book. I'll try out the specifics this October when I go to the Mayan Ruins in the Yucatan.
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Format:Paperback
I read The Mindful Traveler during my subway commute to Manhattan. Last week, on my way home to Brooklyn from the office, I finished it. I was struck by how much it has spoken to me and opened up new ways of thinking and approaching... well, everything.
I bought the book at Barnes & Noble in Union Square one Friday night when I'd just finished deciding that I was going to shed most of my possessions and obligations and go traveling. It was a crisis of sorts, and I'd really reached a point of no return in terms of wanting to transform my life. I bought this book because it offered exactly what I was looking for: a travel guide for the inner-self, drawing on respected eastern philosophy but laced with humor and playfulness, practical tips, and a pretty doable-looking methodology. Something I needed right away, to begin my journey many months before I even started packing.
The book delivered exactly what it promised, and was delightful to read. I couldn't wait to get on the subway every morning! Let me tell you, the commute hasn't been the same since. Now, as I continue to plan my open-ended wandering of the South Pacific and leave everything behind (I'm often pretty freaked about about the idea -- there's that fear of letting everything go, because there might not be anything left), the book this author has shared with us provides me with inspiration and a structured way of turning this life-adventure into a truly meaningful -- and dare I say powerful -- one. I'm [...] excited! Yikes!
This book'll be one of the most prized tools I carry in my backpack.
- HT, Media Producer (soon to be former rat), New York City
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