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Zen… one of those concepts we’ve all heard of, some people have an idea of what it might represent, and no one really knows what it actually is. There are numerous definitions and perceptions of what zen is. The idea of zen and Zen Buddhism attracted my attention because of the samurai, who experienced…
This book has been spinning around the world for more than 90 years. It started as a series of pamphlets, each one a story unto itself, until they were finally compiled into one book. But is the book deserving of the “bestseller” compliment, or is it all just over-hyped? Let’s find out. 🙂 How…
Ikigai is one of those terms (or, more accurately, concepts) that’s difficult to directly translate, similar to expressions like “maktub“, “raison d’être“, or “flow“. However, if we were to attempt a translation, it could be described as “joy due to continuous engagement“. Essentially, it refers to something akin to the meaning of our existence,…
When I started this blog, I made one promise to myself. Whenever I touched upon books related to self-help, motivation, spirituality, and the like, I would strive to be cautious and, as much as possible, objective. For two reasons. Firstly, because there are too many books in these fields, and a large number of…
Some books you seek out, and some books find you… especially those with hard covers and sharp edges… and it’s precisely that edge that drops onto your foot. With a grumble (okay, a rather colorful swear word) I picked up the little book. “The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. A book I had…
In the fall, when the “Book Fair” arrives (though it increasingly feels more like a fair and less about books), as it does every year, our beloved Paulo Coelho prepares a new book for us. In his latest work, he’s tackled Mata Hari. However, his previous book, “Manuscript Found in Accra,” left me somewhere…