Review of Enlightenment of Mind

[Danielle Leonardi]

[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Enlightenment of Mind" by Karna Sonam Tarjay.]

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3 out of 5 stars

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Enlightenment of Mind by Karna Sonam Tarjay delves into how all life is interconnected and explores how one can attain their highest potential. The author provides examples and an in-depth explanation of various excerpts from the Lanka texts, which are lesser-known ancient texts of Buddhism. It’s important to note that although the book is based on Buddhist texts, it does not focus on religious aspects of Buddhism. Instead, it focuses on concepts such as mind-only, suchness, the stages of consciousness, and oneness, among others. The author supports these concepts by using modern-day science from psychology, biology, and physics. The author further demonstrates these concepts by offering their interpretation through prose and poetry.

Admittedly, this book was challenging to read. The author provides fair warning at the beginning of the book and ultimately urges the reader to embrace the challenge. It helped me to have some background knowledge of quantum entanglement and the observer effect, since these are some of the modern-day scientific concepts the author used in their explanations. I would encourage any readers to do some introductory research into each scientific topic as it’s brought up if they want to have a better understanding of the book’s message.

In addition to the challenging content of the book, I found the organization and format difficult to follow. Each chapter switched back and forth between excerpts from the Lanka, the author’s narration, and prose/poetry. I would have found it most helpful to provide an excerpt, an explanation, and then prose/poetry at the end. Lastly, various sentences are in bold throughout each chapter, which I found distracting.

Overall, I give this book three out of five stars. This book makes the reader think about their role in the universe and their purpose in life. It ultimately has a powerful message, but it lacks information that makes the content difficult to fully understand and has a format that isn’t reader-friendly. I recommend this book to anyone who is already interested in the concept of mindfulness and wants to delve even deeper into how they can free their mind and reach their highest potential.

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