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Review by sursangeet_2000 -- A Thousand Seeds of Joy
[Following is a volunteer review of "A Thousand Seeds of Joy" by Ananda Karunesh.]
4 out of 4 stars
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A Thousand Seeds of Joy, by Ananda Karunesh is a spiritual book that has been written in the format of conversations with ascended Indian goddesses Laxmi, Saraswathi, and Parvathi. At the outset, the claim seems unbelievable. The author seems to be living every human being's dream. To connect with God or Goddess must be every human's cherished wish.
And then we start reading, going deeper and deeper into the book. For me, personally, as a person raised in Hindu traditions, many of my questions have been answered by the book. The stories of Goddess Sita, Yashodhara, and all the troubles that they went through in the name of tradition suddenly just seemed to make sense to me.
The author went into great detail about balancing the feminine and masculine ingrained in each of us. He states that as society became more patriarchal, the feminine was overpowered by the masculine, which became the prime cause of unrest that we see around us today.
One of the things that might be hard to accept for many people is the fact that the author claims that all of these revelations came straight from Goddess Laxmi. In fact, when I started reading the book, one of the things that I was a bit hesitant in accepting was that Goddess Laxmi chose him directly to be her messenger. However, once I decided to side-step this concern of mine, and focused on the author's message, I began to enjoy the book even more.
Everything that has been stated in this book can be practically noticed in our day to day life. We are indeed living in a patriarchal society. We constantly find ourselves choosing between masculine instincts and our feminine thoughts. The balance of power quite apparently has been tilted towards the masculine, which has resulted in more atrocities being committed on women. The author states that if we want things to turn better, we need to learn how to balance our masculine with our feminine ideologies.
The one area that I was a bit disappointed with was the fact that the entire book appears to be in a lecture format. Personally, I prefer a narrative format with stories relating to the writer's real life. It makes reading less tedious and more interesting for its audience. What I enjoyed the most was the different perspectives of various mythological characters such as Seeta and Yashodhara. While we are used to seeing them as characters that saw struggle throughout their lives, the author presented a more positive perspective of their life. He believes that at every point of their lives, they made a choice and then lived the consequences of those choices.
The book appears to have been professionally edited. Throughout the book, I just found a few errors here and there, but it definitely did not affect the fluency of the book. Overall, I was pretty impressed with the presentation of the book, and I would be happy to give it a four out of four stars.
The book has a lot of religious presentations, but in my honest opinion, I believe that the author attempts to unify all religions and not separate them. The book is more about the spiritual path that each individual takes and less about the religion under which they undertake this journey. The author welcomes every religious branch that leads us to our spiritual path. I, therefore, recommend this book to anyone who is spiritually inclined and is curious about the mystery of life.
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4 out of 4 stars
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A Thousand Seeds of Joy, by Ananda Karunesh is a spiritual book that has been written in the format of conversations with ascended Indian goddesses Laxmi, Saraswathi, and Parvathi. At the outset, the claim seems unbelievable. The author seems to be living every human being's dream. To connect with God or Goddess must be every human's cherished wish.
And then we start reading, going deeper and deeper into the book. For me, personally, as a person raised in Hindu traditions, many of my questions have been answered by the book. The stories of Goddess Sita, Yashodhara, and all the troubles that they went through in the name of tradition suddenly just seemed to make sense to me.
The author went into great detail about balancing the feminine and masculine ingrained in each of us. He states that as society became more patriarchal, the feminine was overpowered by the masculine, which became the prime cause of unrest that we see around us today.
One of the things that might be hard to accept for many people is the fact that the author claims that all of these revelations came straight from Goddess Laxmi. In fact, when I started reading the book, one of the things that I was a bit hesitant in accepting was that Goddess Laxmi chose him directly to be her messenger. However, once I decided to side-step this concern of mine, and focused on the author's message, I began to enjoy the book even more.
Everything that has been stated in this book can be practically noticed in our day to day life. We are indeed living in a patriarchal society. We constantly find ourselves choosing between masculine instincts and our feminine thoughts. The balance of power quite apparently has been tilted towards the masculine, which has resulted in more atrocities being committed on women. The author states that if we want things to turn better, we need to learn how to balance our masculine with our feminine ideologies.
The one area that I was a bit disappointed with was the fact that the entire book appears to be in a lecture format. Personally, I prefer a narrative format with stories relating to the writer's real life. It makes reading less tedious and more interesting for its audience. What I enjoyed the most was the different perspectives of various mythological characters such as Seeta and Yashodhara. While we are used to seeing them as characters that saw struggle throughout their lives, the author presented a more positive perspective of their life. He believes that at every point of their lives, they made a choice and then lived the consequences of those choices.
The book appears to have been professionally edited. Throughout the book, I just found a few errors here and there, but it definitely did not affect the fluency of the book. Overall, I was pretty impressed with the presentation of the book, and I would be happy to give it a four out of four stars.
The book has a lot of religious presentations, but in my honest opinion, I believe that the author attempts to unify all religions and not separate them. The book is more about the spiritual path that each individual takes and less about the religion under which they undertake this journey. The author welcomes every religious branch that leads us to our spiritual path. I, therefore, recommend this book to anyone who is spiritually inclined and is curious about the mystery of life.
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"A Thousand Seeds of Joy" by Ananda Karunesh is a spiritual book that explores the lives of ascended Indian goddesses Laxmi, Saraswathi, and Parvathi, emphasizing the importance of connecting with God and balancing masculine and feminine ideologies. Despite initial skepticism, the book is well-written and professionally edited, aiming to unify all religions and guide individuals on their spiritual path.
