Gettin' all bookreport style on y'all
There have been a few times where I wanted to mention this book I read recently ( and am still examining). So here:
It's called Radical Honesty. The first thing my boyfriend said when he saw me with it is, "Are you sure you need that?" because my brain to mouth filter breaks...often.Very often. A friend recommended it; and this book travels along lines of recommendations, for the people I know who have read it, heard about it from someone else.
Stripped to the very core, the book says you should always tell the truth. Always. Omit nothing. It mocks the idea of propriety in lying. It discusses the prevalence and depth of lies in our culture and the challenges falsehood brings to the quality of our lives and relationships. Where this dishonesty comes from, how we condone it, and how to begin to address it is all related to fear; fear created by a mind that does not necessarily accurately reflect the world. This mind begins to form long before one even develops language skills and becomes a prison. This book is about conquering the prison of that mind. This author believes truth is freedom from that prison. You have to start from as far back as possible and clear all that up so you can live on in a free, completely truthful existence.
I wouldn't go that far. I see no reason to pour over the delinquent activities of my teen years with my mother now because it has no bearing on our lives at this point. I did find it useful for understanding the paradigm of one's mind. For me, it's useful in asking why I do things, or why do I see something a certain way. If I refrain from something, why? I will say it, just to hear it, what it sounds like, how true is it when the thought is sound with energy? What's the worse that can happen if I do this?
Anyway, like I said, everyone gets something different out of it, one friend of mine found it extraordinarily useful for anger issues, and another for grieving. I sometimes think maybe it wasn't exactly the right time for me to read it yet. I think I will probably end up reaching for it another time and find something new in it's wisdom.
A worthwhile read, if you have time to read.
It's called Radical Honesty. The first thing my boyfriend said when he saw me with it is, "Are you sure you need that?" because my brain to mouth filter breaks...often.Very often. A friend recommended it; and this book travels along lines of recommendations, for the people I know who have read it, heard about it from someone else.
Stripped to the very core, the book says you should always tell the truth. Always. Omit nothing. It mocks the idea of propriety in lying. It discusses the prevalence and depth of lies in our culture and the challenges falsehood brings to the quality of our lives and relationships. Where this dishonesty comes from, how we condone it, and how to begin to address it is all related to fear; fear created by a mind that does not necessarily accurately reflect the world. This mind begins to form long before one even develops language skills and becomes a prison. This book is about conquering the prison of that mind. This author believes truth is freedom from that prison. You have to start from as far back as possible and clear all that up so you can live on in a free, completely truthful existence.
I wouldn't go that far. I see no reason to pour over the delinquent activities of my teen years with my mother now because it has no bearing on our lives at this point. I did find it useful for understanding the paradigm of one's mind. For me, it's useful in asking why I do things, or why do I see something a certain way. If I refrain from something, why? I will say it, just to hear it, what it sounds like, how true is it when the thought is sound with energy? What's the worse that can happen if I do this?
Anyway, like I said, everyone gets something different out of it, one friend of mine found it extraordinarily useful for anger issues, and another for grieving. I sometimes think maybe it wasn't exactly the right time for me to read it yet. I think I will probably end up reaching for it another time and find something new in it's wisdom.
A worthwhile read, if you have time to read.