Something Beyond Greatness: Conversations with a Man of Science & a Woman of God

This Book is an Eye opening experience reading it, every person that was interviewed who did great actions and continue to do it up to this day never admitted themselves to be great people in society but instead mentioned Ghandi, Mandela, Mother Teresa as great and so on. It is incredible to read about the greatness that was uncovered. Dadi Janki spoke about love and how it is our natural original quality and the reason for greatness is because we act on love, pure love for one another. I enjoyed reading this book and plan on doing so again really soon. Thank you to the amazing authors, Gayatri Narine and Judy Rodgers.

In Something Beyond Greatness authors Judy Rodgers & Gayatri Naraine write about great people who have changed the world for the better. Their inspiration for this book was an Indian spiritual leader named Dadi Janki. They began searching for people who dedicated thier lives to serving others. The authors then go on to speak with Humberto Maturana, who is a professor of Biology in the University of Chile in Santiago and an author, as well as Dadi Janki. I found this book to be interesting and insightful. It was a quick read and I finished it in one sitting. Several passages stood out.

Most of us do not count ourselves among the great of this world. This book is the gentlest of guides pointing to the existence of something beyond greatness within each one of us. Perhaps its greatest strength is that by the end of the book we actually believe in and hope for our own greatness, and are inspired to awaken that greatness so that it is present in our lives. This book will not tell you how to dress for greatness. What it will do is set you on the path. By the end of this book, it's a path you're going to want to be on.

I have just finished reading Something Beyond Greatness and I found myself reading every word, even the thank you section at the end. For some reason I did not want it to end. Although simple ideas, they are shared in a way that creates the experience of an intimate conversation. The examples of great acts and great people inspire greatly! However it was the experience of potential greatness within the self that was the real gift of this book. The call for communities of greatness based on simple, selfless giving offered through a vision of love for the "other" is a unique message in today's world. Thank you for writing this lovely book.