Big Mind - Big Heart: Finding Your Way by Dennis Genpo Merzel
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Book Reviews of Big Mind - Big Heart: Finding Your Way
Book Review: Looking all my life
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been looking, ever since a teenager, when I (like many others) had spontaneous spiritual experiences. How to have such states of consciousness on purpose -- has been a driving question for me.
As a result, I've accumulated many processes.
The Big Mind, Big Heart process taught in this book & CD is among the easiest I've seen...it's so simple and easy - by hindsight. The CD talks us through the process - I found this very helpful.
If you're looking for a modern, easier way to experience enlightenment...this is probably the easiest and best you'll find. Try it out; be reasonably receptive -- have the experience for yourself...few books are this good!
Book Review: A workable process
Summary: 5 Stars
Above all this book presents a process. A process for becoming more aware of aspects of oneself. The process is one of callling forth and giving voice to aspects of oneself (An approach going back at least to Fritz Perls and developed by Hal and Idra Stone with whom Genpo Roshi worked directly). By callling forth different aspects, in the sequence in which he does, he suceeds in calling forth aspects which transcend our normal view of ourselves: Aspects such as Big Mind and Big Heart, among others. These are aspects of ourselves which view existance in a non-dual way, beyond the duality of consciousness and the objects of consciousness. And finally he calls forth the voices of the individual human being who integrates all these aspects.
The method is obviously not traditional zen, but the realizations it facilitates purport to be the same as those to which one comes through more traditional methods.
The value of the book is in this: Just in the reading (or listening to) the process and doing it, by giving voice to these aspects in onself as they are called forth, one can indeed get a glimpse of these different viewpoints as aspects of oneself that are already there. By itself that is an important realization and provides a very usefull tool for further exploration. But as Gempo himself says, this glimpse needs to be deepened and stabilized by more work with the Big Mind process and also by more traditional work.
Book Review: Innovative, exciting, entertaining, straightforward..
Summary: 5 Stars
A truth-seeker myself and meditator for most of my adult life, I found this book very interesting in the way that it gives me, as a western reader, the opportunity to reap the benefits of both Eastern Religion/Philosophy and Western Psychology, blended skillfully into the so-called Big Mind/Big heart Process, showing me "easy" access to non-dual concepts, like "Buddha", or "God", for this matter, that are given voice, in other words are owned that way, much faster than with traditional methods like meditation or devotional practice.
In my opinion, the "West", with all it's "High-wire" is craving for this kind of innovation, this kind of exciting, interactive and straightforward method, described here as a way of choosing to become a decent "Human Being", with all its flaws and shadows ,yet in touch with its boundless Nature..
Genpo Roshi is clearly a courageous Zen-master, I think, to write a book like this, presenting a revolutionary process for finding "One's Way" in life, in both Capital and in "Kitchen-sink" -sense, in a way that is appealing and suitable for "Westerners", like myself..
The book found its way to Holland ,where I live,(so please pardon my English..)and is already translated into Dutch and thus helps to raise the consciousness (and happiness,why not..) of the ever so stubborn Low-landers..Thank you, Genpo Roshi !
Book Review: New tools for awakening to your true nature
Summary: 5 Stars
I have practiced the Big Mind approach and the Four Directions by Sensei Anthony Stultz-both of them helped me to penetrate beneath the deep layers of negative conditioning that have plagued me for most of my life. Deep bows to both of them. I would also recommend Cheri Huber and Ezra Bayda.Book Review: Big Mind Big Heart is a process
Summary: 5 Stars
There are many Zen and Spirtual books out there and this one used with the "Big Mind/Big Heart Revealed" video is one of the most dramatic processe to have an actual Transcendent experience that I have had. There are many Life Changing books out there that do not give you a method to have the actual experience of going beyond your dualistic look on life.
My wife and I are very "skeptical" on the promises that other books have made and we where given a way to have the experince that we have had briefly while Meditating for over 10 years.
For those who are looking for another no subtance "Life of the Budda" book this is not it... If you are lookinf for a absolutely dramatic feeling of your soul then read the book and use the video.