Shaman of Tibet: Milarepa--From Anger to Enlightenment

I have read this book at least 5 times by now. Each time I read, I find something else that I had not understood, or the understanding of something deepens, or something else clicks in me. The book seems to be brand new, fresh, each time. It is written in an easy-to-read language (not complicated sentences), but contains deep, deep meaning and insight. I have learned and am still learning a lot from this book about life, how our mind manifests the life we live, and how we can have what we want in our life by disciplining our attetntion. The book also depicts with openness what a true teacher-student relationship is like. A great book, a great gift to all who aspire the spiritual hights.

At first glance I thought the book was dull, what a wrong impression. I found myself extending my lunch hours just to complete the book.A friend recently ask me what the difference was between religion and spirituality, I pointed her to this book.

I got very clearly from this book, that whether the stories are truth or fiction is not the point. The process of understanding oneself on a conscious level seemed more what the author was trying to get across. The ability to look at oneself in the midst of suffering to seek what is truly real, what is imagination, what is projection and what is karma?... and how they all just might intertwine...and discovering that things are not always as they appear, that seemed more the lesson... I will read this book again.

i usually have no interest in reading novels about TRUTH ... i much prefer first person (or at least reliably witnessed) nonfiction ... however, this book was recommended to me by a friend who is a cherokee shaman ... his remark was simply that anyone interested in shamanism or any other pathwork would do well to read this book ... so, i did ... what i found was a detailed map of the more significant journies required to learn to "walk the talk" ... the principles conveyed in this book will offer the novice authentic guidance for what to expect and what to not expect of TRUTH ... to the rest, it offers inspiration to get back up and keep going whenever we find ourselves fallen short of "walking our talk" ... or for that matter, fallen in the proverbial abyss ... i am not familiar with the biographical or mytholigical milarepa so i can make no comments on the authors choice of context ... but i am familiar with the rigors of pathwork and i find this book to be a genuine map to guide and inspire facing TRUTH ... which, oddly enough, for most of us is more difficult than facing FEARpathwork is a tough roe to hoe so for those who find guidance and inspiration in this book and would like to follow-up by learning specific WISDOM practices that hone facing TRUTH and FEAR in a "most practical" and "contemporary application", do yourself the favor of reading (and studying) "the four-fold way" by angeles arrien, "the four agreements" by miguel ruiz, "being and vibration" by joseph rael and "when things fall apart" by pema chodron ... these five books combined are a POWERFUL discourse in LIVING with an OPEN HEART ... enjoy