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It just takes practice
Invoking Radical Christianity, Buddhist tenets, and a wide and wise approach including many wisdom traditions, Bo Lozoff has written a jewel. Bo interweaves his own story, told with searing honesty, with the promise (to the reader) of learning the habit of radical transformative action. I have begun simple meditation because of this book. It is making all the difference. With this book, you can throw yourself a life-line, benefiting yourself and others. It just takes practice.
Simple steps
"Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it." Bo Lozoff does something about another of our major complaints, the isolation, individualism and crass materialism promoted in modern American culture.
He has done this by providing an exemplar - his own life - and setting out twenty-six specific practices that can still our rancour and increase community and happiness.
Doing is NOT as easy as reading -- but the book lingered with me, and working with just one or two of the practices has, I believe, helped me to be more resilient and more dependable in stressful time, and has helped me make better choices about where to put my energy and resources.
Nuts and Bolts
This book provides the nuts and bolts for a more meaningful life. It has useable ideas for being a better and happier person. I wake up every morning and say, "May I be a simple, humble, kind presence on the earth today." I eat only one portion and it's helping me lose weight. I especially like his ecumenical use of all religions. This book makes sense. I've given copies to friends and family, I read it over and over. It's a wonderful book!
Bo's books keep getting better
Bo's latest is even clearer and more poignant than his earlier books. In this latest spiritual guide Bo provides insight and valuable complementary exercises to make the reading all that more powerful and effective. What truly amazes me is how Bo can keep writing with such relevance and power and yet never repeat his earlier books (which I also felt excelled in relevance and power...). Rather than read as a novel, I've treated this as a workbook, savoring each point and companion exercise and then moving to the next one.
Its a Meaningful Life
Mr Lozoff has once again shown us how a lived life can change those who have the benefit of exposure to it. For years he has lived the way for prisoners and now he brings a broader path into the view of those of us who are doing our time on the outside. The meditations and practices reach out to us wherever we are and bring us to ourselves, pure magic and only a brief exposure to the depth that he assures us is within each of us.
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