ARA Review by moonrakerone of In It Together
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ARA Review by moonrakerone of In It Together
[Following is an OnlineBookClub.org ARA Review of the book, In It Together.]
In It Together: The Beautiful Struggle Uniting Us All by Eckhart Hughes is the book I read.
The book is about the concept of being spiritually free, which the author explains is achieved by a combination of accepting certain ideas and rejecting others. The main concept of the book is the idea that we are our consciousness, not our physical body, that this fact is the one common experience we share above all else, and that due to this we should accept that others are who they are, good or bad, and not introduce notions of what they "should" or "could" do. Even if we must have enemies we oppose, we mustn't fall into the trap of wasting time wishing for them to be something else. I don't know how much I agree with that, but he argues it exceptionally well. Other topics he argues about include the pointlessness of wishing to change the past, and the idea that we can become addicted to the way the future "could" be, and we can become slaves of our past or future self.
I initially was skeptical about this book, because spiritualism and I are not kind to one another. Truly, I went into this book not giving it the benefit of the doubt.
I won't lie, I found a significant chunk of the book to be repeating itself.
The fact that we are supposed to accept what we cannot change and accept our past as unchangeable are reiterated with new phrases multiple times throughout the chapters.
The fact that we are our consciousness and not our body or our mortal trappings are said over & over again in new ways throughout the book.
Still, for the weaknesses, the book has some decent strengths.
For one, I appreciate that the author does not truly invoke the supernatural.
The idea that we can become addicted to what "should've" or "could've" been or what "should" or "could" be is a fascinating topic. I like that the author advises us to accept our past choices, good and bad, precisely because they cannot be changed, and such would waste valuable time and resources.
At the same time, I very much found interesting the notion that we can become addicted to our future selves, a slave to what we think will make us happy if we would just do this or that and "then" we will be happy, when, in fact, we're deceiving ourselves.
Furthermore, I appreciate the idea that we should accept and love others because they are conscious like us, and have a complex human experience like us, is a strongly beneficial idea to hold.
His notion that we should take action rather than waste time complaining is simply good advice.
The book gets 3 out of 5 from me. I give it 3 instead of 4 because he repeats himself quite a bit and some of his statements are quite preachy at times. I believe what saves it from being a 2 is that he ultimately does not invoke the supernatural and step on any belief system's toes.
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In It Together: The Beautiful Struggle Uniting Us All by Eckhart Hughes is the book I read.
The book is about the concept of being spiritually free, which the author explains is achieved by a combination of accepting certain ideas and rejecting others. The main concept of the book is the idea that we are our consciousness, not our physical body, that this fact is the one common experience we share above all else, and that due to this we should accept that others are who they are, good or bad, and not introduce notions of what they "should" or "could" do. Even if we must have enemies we oppose, we mustn't fall into the trap of wasting time wishing for them to be something else. I don't know how much I agree with that, but he argues it exceptionally well. Other topics he argues about include the pointlessness of wishing to change the past, and the idea that we can become addicted to the way the future "could" be, and we can become slaves of our past or future self.
I initially was skeptical about this book, because spiritualism and I are not kind to one another. Truly, I went into this book not giving it the benefit of the doubt.
I won't lie, I found a significant chunk of the book to be repeating itself.
The fact that we are supposed to accept what we cannot change and accept our past as unchangeable are reiterated with new phrases multiple times throughout the chapters.
The fact that we are our consciousness and not our body or our mortal trappings are said over & over again in new ways throughout the book.
Still, for the weaknesses, the book has some decent strengths.
For one, I appreciate that the author does not truly invoke the supernatural.
The idea that we can become addicted to what "should've" or "could've" been or what "should" or "could" be is a fascinating topic. I like that the author advises us to accept our past choices, good and bad, precisely because they cannot be changed, and such would waste valuable time and resources.
At the same time, I very much found interesting the notion that we can become addicted to our future selves, a slave to what we think will make us happy if we would just do this or that and "then" we will be happy, when, in fact, we're deceiving ourselves.
Furthermore, I appreciate the idea that we should accept and love others because they are conscious like us, and have a complex human experience like us, is a strongly beneficial idea to hold.
His notion that we should take action rather than waste time complaining is simply good advice.
The book gets 3 out of 5 from me. I give it 3 instead of 4 because he repeats himself quite a bit and some of his statements are quite preachy at times. I believe what saves it from being a 2 is that he ultimately does not invoke the supernatural and step on any belief system's toes.
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