Review of Feel The Rain:
Posted: 18 Nov 2021, 11:09
[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Feel The Rain:" by David James Pritchard.]
In Feel the Rain, David James Pritchard wrote a non-fiction book that placed consciousness on the scale of philosophical studies. The book emphasized the possibility and importance of increasing the human consciousness. Everyone has a unique level of consciousness. Like a receptacle, everyone has a limit to the amount of reality they can see according to their level of consciousness. In the book, the author discussed six factors, referred to as filters, which can hinder the expansion of our consciousness. Ignorance is said to be the greatest hindrance as it does not just hinder consciousness expansion but goes against it. There are other factors that hinder consciousness discussed in the book. The book urged the reader to struggle for an expansion of his consciousness through various means, which are also highlighted in the book. One must also understand that reality cannot be seen by extreme ascetical life, neither can it be seen through extreme pleasure, but just like Gaudama would suggest, it requires the middle way. Reading the book will give one great insight into the importance of expanding one's consciousness in order to have a greater view of reality.
On the positive points of the book, I must commend the structural arrangement of the book. The very first chapter down to the last shows a work of a scholar who has already attained a great level of consciousness. It followed a sequential order in bringing out various points of interest. The step-by-step approach taken by the author to analyze words, phrases, comments, and quotes is highly applaudable. I will simply term this work a historical chronology of human consciousness. With intensive evidence of great research work, it gave detailed information on every word written down. The work was built with stories and real-life scenarios, making it even more interesting to read. The issue of human consciousness is a vast topic to cover, and the author made a fair attempt at bringing out its essential aspects.
No work is above criticism and revision. Though I highly commend the author for doing a great job, there is a part of the book that I think could be improved. It is on this note that I wish to submit a negative point I discovered while reading the book. It is said that no idea is really a new one. This means that whatever idea we claim to have is like placing a stone on stones already built. However, to a reasonable extent, new ideas are expected of every scholarly work. These words are just to point out that the work relied so much on ideas already expressed by some other people in works of similar interest. I would have appreciated it more if the book was majorly saturated by the author's original and unique ideas.
Though I noted one negative point about the book, it wasn't enough to take a thing away from the book's brilliance. Consequently, I strongly cast my vote of excellence with a rating of 4 out of 4 stars. My rating is on the basis that the central topic discussed is a vast one which many authors don’t get to attempt. Also, the author did justice to the topic to the extent that any knowledgeable person can understand it. Also, the book proved that the author is a systematic writer. Finally, the book contains no spelling or grammatical errors.
Human consciousness is a topic that will interest students who love philosophical texts. I recommend this book to such students. People who generally want to know more about ways to improve human consciousness will also have a great time reading this book.
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Feel The Rain:
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In Feel the Rain, David James Pritchard wrote a non-fiction book that placed consciousness on the scale of philosophical studies. The book emphasized the possibility and importance of increasing the human consciousness. Everyone has a unique level of consciousness. Like a receptacle, everyone has a limit to the amount of reality they can see according to their level of consciousness. In the book, the author discussed six factors, referred to as filters, which can hinder the expansion of our consciousness. Ignorance is said to be the greatest hindrance as it does not just hinder consciousness expansion but goes against it. There are other factors that hinder consciousness discussed in the book. The book urged the reader to struggle for an expansion of his consciousness through various means, which are also highlighted in the book. One must also understand that reality cannot be seen by extreme ascetical life, neither can it be seen through extreme pleasure, but just like Gaudama would suggest, it requires the middle way. Reading the book will give one great insight into the importance of expanding one's consciousness in order to have a greater view of reality.
On the positive points of the book, I must commend the structural arrangement of the book. The very first chapter down to the last shows a work of a scholar who has already attained a great level of consciousness. It followed a sequential order in bringing out various points of interest. The step-by-step approach taken by the author to analyze words, phrases, comments, and quotes is highly applaudable. I will simply term this work a historical chronology of human consciousness. With intensive evidence of great research work, it gave detailed information on every word written down. The work was built with stories and real-life scenarios, making it even more interesting to read. The issue of human consciousness is a vast topic to cover, and the author made a fair attempt at bringing out its essential aspects.
No work is above criticism and revision. Though I highly commend the author for doing a great job, there is a part of the book that I think could be improved. It is on this note that I wish to submit a negative point I discovered while reading the book. It is said that no idea is really a new one. This means that whatever idea we claim to have is like placing a stone on stones already built. However, to a reasonable extent, new ideas are expected of every scholarly work. These words are just to point out that the work relied so much on ideas already expressed by some other people in works of similar interest. I would have appreciated it more if the book was majorly saturated by the author's original and unique ideas.
Though I noted one negative point about the book, it wasn't enough to take a thing away from the book's brilliance. Consequently, I strongly cast my vote of excellence with a rating of 4 out of 4 stars. My rating is on the basis that the central topic discussed is a vast one which many authors don’t get to attempt. Also, the author did justice to the topic to the extent that any knowledgeable person can understand it. Also, the book proved that the author is a systematic writer. Finally, the book contains no spelling or grammatical errors.
Human consciousness is a topic that will interest students who love philosophical texts. I recommend this book to such students. People who generally want to know more about ways to improve human consciousness will also have a great time reading this book.
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Feel The Rain:
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon