25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Thought power, Nov 2 2005
By L. Power "nlp trainer" - Published on Amazon.com
When you read a book such as this, you are drawn into a new reality outside most of our normal experiences.
When the Bon Buddhists left Tibet having foretold the 1959 invasion, they were scattered throughout the world to places where their teaching would be effective, and where they would find people to carry the Bon tradtion of skilful thinking.
One such Master discovered the author at the age four in New Zealand and thus began 23 years of instruction.
There are many great techniques that stem from this teaching, so I am enjoying this book tremendously. There are some easy, yet empowering exercises to move negative thoughts and create an empowering reality.
This is an easy to follow blueprint for living, which I highly recommend. This book came to me highly recommended, and I highly recommend it to you. I hope you find this helpful.
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful Book!, Sep 27 2005
By Moriah Rhame - Published on Amazon.com
This book is a powerhouse of information. It is written in a very easy to understand manner, with clear and concise instructions. I love this book. It is simply wonderful. I can't thank the author enough for bringing such a beautiful book to fruition. This book crosses the barrier of religions and would be a wonderful read for people of any faith. I would strongly suggest this book for people who volunteer their time in prison programs as well. Everyone who needs a nudge to find bliss within should have a copy of this book.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting side reading, Mar 9 2006
By grouchy - Published on Amazon.com
Buddhism has been an interest of mine for a long time. Lot of the core ideas are slowly molded into a Westernized body of thoughts. From this angle it was interesting to read a book about a system of beliefs that was slowly molded by Buddhism into a system that contains Buddhist thoughts but is more tangible. The book deals with Traditional Bon medicine, which is a complex system of ideas, thoughts, and interpretations of the physical world. Having not read more about Bon, I cannot evaluate the correctness of the descriptions offered by the author, but I assume that they are faithful to the original teachings.
Now, what is the "Tibetan Art of Positive Thinking"? It is simply skillful thinking about life and living. I walked away with two insights after reading this book.
1. Life is hard, but simple.
2. Finding solutions to problems demands focus, attention, and commitment.
As a self-help book it is decent and above the average. Since I take a very dim view of the industrial production of erudite and packaged snippets of marginally intelligent insights, I cannot rate this book higher than three stars. I must commend, however, the author for being very forthright and honest. I never sensed condecension or empty cheerleading throughtout the book.
But since it is an interesting read - apart from the self-help aspect of this book - I give it four stars.