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1.0 out of 5 starsI don’t even know where to start
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2024
Gosh, I hate being negatively critical about people, but this is a book one should stay as far away from as possible. The author engages in hardcore victim-blaming throughout.
Like, she talks about a young man who was sexually molested as a little boy at his place of work and his parents did nothing to protect him because he was bringing in money weekly, as a result of which he developed unhealthy coping mechanisms as an adult, very understandably. The author says that it’s because he did not forgive his parents that he is in this situation and that his situation improved as soon as he forgave his parents. The parents weren’t blamed nor spoken of negatively at all. All the responsibility for his situation fell on that poor young man’s shoulders.
I just couldn’t continue with the book from then on. The rest of the book is a mumbo-jumbo of virtuous qualities one should possess without any concrete step one can actually take to heal. I was really excited about this read because I was eager to know more about the chakra. But it is more a philosophical approach to the chakras rather than how to actually heal each of our energy centers through concrete action.
The only plus point I give to the book is that she emphasizes a holistic approach to health: the spiritual, exercise and diet. But that’s about it. I think it’s a lot of hype for nothing.
I was thinking of donating the book after being done with it, but I don’t even want to do that because I don’t want the next person reading this to blame himself/herself for his/her suffering. I’m not condoning a victim mindset, but I think that we should have more compassion than that if our responsibility is to help others heal. It is not a responsibility to be taken lightly.