Review: Decent little book, if you're knowledgeable about metaphysics
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 7, 2012
Although I am a person who loves to contemplate, ruminate, mediate, and reflect, I have not really caught onto the whole "metaphysical" thing. I did not really expect this book recommendation to be decipherable. On the contrary, there was a great deal of the book was understandable, even helpful.The Applying Metaphysical Principals in Teaching outlines the major target areas that metaphysical practitioners pass down to their students. On the surface, this sounds really "above your head" kind of knowledge, but the chapters were broken down into some easy to understand concepts like Karma, Visualization and Transcendentalism. These are issues that I am interested in, so it was easier to understand and follow along. In fact, some sections even had a "Deepak Chopra" feel to them.On the other hand, there were some sections that did go "over my head". Those were the sections that covered how to translate some of these concepts into real life. That was unhelpful to me because I'm just a student in my own spiritual tradition! It was interesting to see the explanations and time and care given to those instructions because it shows the author's expertise in this field. If you're a teacher of metaphysics, you should be able to understand, assess, and adapt this to your students.Note: If you're not into metaphysics or things like visualization and transcendentalism, this won't be book for you. If you are into that kind of stuff, you might something useful. It's an older book, but something worthwhile to take a look at.ProsSome helpful content-The content may provide some limited information to those just getting started on blogs, but the organization needs to be better to help them find that helpful information.Interesting concepts- This is definitely what provoked my interest to continue reading. I am familiar with these terms, but never actually knew that someone could actually attempt to teach them.Quick read- Unlike other books on this topic, this book is short and sweet.You can read either the whole book in one sitting or pick and choose the topics that you want to read.ConsFocus & Limited applicability- As mentioned above, the book's audience is very limited. If you're not into the topic of metaphysics (specifically as an instructor) this book may have limited if any use.