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There is so much about spirituality going on in timelines and feeds on our social media that almost everyone is aware of the concept even if they practice it or not. For a person like me who is regularly following and reading about the stuff, keeps knowing new things every day and also getting refreshed with all the previously learnt concepts. Every time, I pick up a spiritual book or a book by a spiritual personality, it is my basic expectation to learn and know something new which can surprise, shock, astonish and mind-boggle me. If nothing of that sort happens, the book is a failure for me which is written not to introduce new concepts to human beings but just for sake of writing a book to accomplish one of the personal goals and yearly resolutions.
Same has been the case after reading “Life’s Amazing Secrets” written by none other than one of the most popular spiritual personality on Youtube- Gaur Gopal Das. I have been following two personalities on Youtube when it comes to spiritual knowledge- No one can beat my following for Sadhguru and 2nd, this gentleman- Gaur Gopal Das. He has such a polite and well-speaking oratory skills that you can hear him for hours. Also, his concepts, examples and logics that he gives in his videos are so up to the mark that it teaches you something new each time you watch one of his new videos. Though I do not like the way ISKCON endorses spiritualism by circulating the knowledge only from the one dimension that they believe in but still, this man speaks individually by not bonding himself under the premise of the institution’s agenda. Unfortunately, everything that I have spoken about his powerful knowledge sharing capacity in his videos cannot be said for his debut book.
The book gives me a very basic knowledge of how to lead life which you have yourself kept hearing since childhood from your parents and colony’s uncles and aunts. Not a single chapter in the book is as impactful as such self-help and spiritual book are expected of. As Das has himself said in the start of the book that writing the book was not his original thought, but the publisher asked him to, this book also displays the same that author just completed it for the sake of at least start with writing books. Author has gone the Robin Sharma way where he has written the book in the conversational format still dividing it into different chapters but couldn’t deliver the same simple keys that can help us in changing our lifestyle and approach towards living.
The author has spoken about the four basic wheels of life in the book:- Balancing personal life, maintaining relationships, regulating work life and managing social contributions. The only section that I found little different than what I have regularly read is the one talking about managing work life. Except that, there is a section in which the author has described how should one sit in an asana and release the stress off which also sounded solution-proof. Otherwise, at the end of each chapter, author has summarized the whole chapter, and I am sorry to say, but if you only read those 4-5 bulleted points in the summary, you are done with the book as it has nothing more than that. This is a very confused book where author has also ended up giving examples or real-life scenarios which are not even completely relevant to the stuff he is talking about. Overall, I would say a very disappointing debut and I give this book only 2 stars out of 5.
This book is simply and slowly make us realise what all wrong we are doing in life, how wrong we are living our relationships. And, then tell us the best way to over come it. The book explains us the four wheels of life, where we have to control the steering wheel. The best part i found was the two worksheets given at the end of the book i.e. One us forgiveness worksheet, which helps you to forgive the people and second is Ikigai, this is basically a Japanese word which means 'reason to live' and is best explained in the book. With every chapter comes a tagline which give you insights about the content following and a beautiful quote. . I want to include two lines i really loved from the book as follows:
1)People don't care what you know, unless they know what you care.
2) we don't see things as they are we see things as we are.
Not just these two lines but on every page of this treasure writer put forth the amazing lessons, stories and secrets which is tremendous.
Read this within 2 days. The teachings of Gaur Gopal das are an absolute blessings and one can redefine their way of tackling difficult situations by reading this book. Just awesome it is.
Many of us have given one star just because they received damaged book or wrong product delivered or they are not happy with paper quality..Amazon provides you replace/return option then why are you giving rerate just because of unpleasant delivery...
Im really lucky to have this book.My sincere thanks to amazon,authors,publisheres,everyone who made an effort to make such a valuable book.the books really includes a type of conversation between two friends.They really used a simple reflecting words with quotes at the begining of a lesson,the quotes used itself will make us understand what he usually tring to express.its really very simple to understand but complicated to follow him in the book, as we must be very careful at every part and sentence included in the booo right from first to last.So rarely we find such type of books,I strongly suggest you to have this Book, because it would be really helpful in times of difficulty,bad,worse,hopless,etc... You'll be really motivated and inspired by his lessons and comparisons more difficult to find.Once again im really thankful to have this book of guru gaur gopal dasji...Thank You and please don't miss chance to read this book-very valuable!!!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Book of life's value and happiness!!
Reviewed in India on 4 December 2018
Im really lucky to have this book.My sincere thanks to amazon,authors,publisheres,everyone who made an effort to make such a valuable book.the books really includes a type of conversation between two friends.They really used a simple reflecting words with quotes at the begining of a lesson,the quotes used itself will make us understand what he usually tring to express.its really very simple to understand but complicated to follow him in the book, as we must be very careful at every part and sentence included in the booo right from first to last.So rarely we find such type of books,I strongly suggest you to have this Book, because it would be really helpful in times of difficulty,bad,worse,hopless,etc... You'll be really motivated and inspired by his lessons and comparisons more difficult to find.Once again im really thankful to have this book of guru gaur gopal dasji...Thank You and please don't miss chance to read this book-very valuable!!!
Dear Gaur Gopaldas ji, you have collected all the marvel and created another marvel of wisdom of modern time. Very well written , with humour and flow close to our day to day life conversation like . It delivered the message in very simple yet profound manner. I wish you all the best and may lord Krishna bestow his mercy upon you all the time and forever. Regards
Did you watch any of his videos? Then you know the force and positive energy with which he conveys the message. He is a monk. So all his words will not be limited to something. He will not hesitate a moment to some some personal experience to convince you about a point he wants to convey. So this book is an extension to it. Watching video is one thing. You need to put pieces together. Here he has done that wonderful job of putting things coherently together. Chapter by chapter he discusses, step by step, how to change the way you look at others, the world, how to fill it with positive energy , gratitude etc.,. Ofcourse all this is only to make your own life meaningful.
So makes an excellent reading. I personally preferred print format as I can carry with me and also share it.
Love this book. It is even better than I expected, very insightful, and easy to read. I am using it to reflect upon my emotions, relationships and just life in general! Thank you so much :)
