Think Like A Monk — My First Thought
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A Book By Jay Shetty

I’m going to share my honest review of Jay Shetty’s book “Think Like a Monk” and towards the end, I’m going to also tell you how to read this book for getting the maximum benefit. Think Like a Monk…By the way, have you already purchased the book? Infect, to be completely honest, when I was deciding whether to purchase this book or Not had arrogant thoughts like “I’m pretty sure I already know whatever is going to be in this book”. I was wrong. I have already had quite a new aha moments from this book which ! How a person likes a book depends very much on what books they have read before and what season of life they are currently. If this book was the first book in this genre that I had read, I would be shouting from the rooftops urging everyone to read it!

But I’m still learning a lot and growing a lot and enjoying reading this book because of the following six reasons:

First Reason : Even though some of the concepts that jay talks about in this book like getting clear about your values, dealing with negativity, dealing with fear, forgiveness — even though these concepts are not new for me but even I need to be reminded of them again and again. it’s one thing to know about concepts and another thing to actually implement them. so this book gave me the push and the reminders that I needed.

Second Reason: It feels good to know that some of the things that I’m already doing are being recommended by jay Shetty as well. for example, forgiving someone when they haven’t even apologized to you. Forgiving is a great thing to do for your mental and your physical health. highly highly recommend it! when you forgive someone, you’re nodding them a favor but you’re doing yourself huge favor because when you hold a grudge, it’s very bad for you. so forgiving someone.. when you forgive someone, you get such a sense of freedom and relief. And forgiving someone doesn’t mean that you have to become best friends with them you can forgive them and still want to keep a distance.

Third Reason : I am enjoying reading jay’s personal stories that he shares in this book which I wouldn’t have found in any other book! stories of how and why he became a monk, what was life like in the Mumbai ashram that he stayed at when he was a monk, and so on. some of the stories I found very interesting, for example, when waiting outside the communal shower in a line with the other monks, if the monk that was showering took more than four minutes which was the average time, jay would find it very hard to resist the urge to criticize that monk with the other monks that were standing line with him. and then there was the story of how the monks would laugh if they saw a new monk fall asleep or snore during a meditation session. these monks were also supposed to be meditating but instead they are laughing! so it was nice to see that human side of monks. monks are actually quite fun people. They laugh, they don’t take life too seriously. you’ve probably seen the Dalai Lama laughing a lot… and this is one of the less talked about side effects of meditation — that it helps you to tapeline not too seriously and to take yourself not too seriously.

Fourth Reason: Why I like this book is that jay shares a lot of practical wisdom and exercises including meditations inches book. so he’s not just talking in abstract terms and these exercises are highlighted inboxes so they are easy to find. for example there is an exercise on how-to practice forgiveness — because it’s not just atwitch that you can turn on. then there’s an exercise to determine what are your values and are the people that you spend your time with aligned with those values or notify you’re reading this book I want to encourage you tactually do these exercises. take out your pen and paper and pause your reading and actually spend some time to do these exercises if you really want to benefit from this book. You don’t have to do all of them. maybe just pick one or two that you think you need the most. because knowledge is not power. Knowledge plus action equals power. only reading the book is not going to change your life.

fifth Reason: There are lots of quotes by other people in this book, usually at the beginning of each chapter. for example, “Fear does not prevent death. it prevents life.” by Buddha. and then there is a quote bema Chodron which made me chuckle. “I became a Buddhist because I hated my husband.” and there’s a little story about puma Togo with that quote. also there are lots of stories from the Mahabharata and the Bhagavath -Gita. I love stories. stories make any book moribund to read, don’t they? I love stories. I love quotes. in fact I’m collecting all the quotes in this book right now which I’m going to compile in a video and share with you after I finish reading this book.

Sixth Reason: There were some pointing the book where I found myself disagreeing with jay. For example, he says that even though you feel better after venting or complaining about someone or something, you should not do it. that’s the monk’s way, righting can see where he’s coming from and I don’t entirely disagree with him.in fact I myself try to stay away from chronic complainers and I try my best to not complain. so while I agree that we should try to be not complaining, however, once in a while I think it’s okay to vent to someone if something is something or someone is bothering you. without the intention of gossip or without the intention of bringing someone down. because I think that’s a good way of processing your emotions. and I am all for processing your emotions, especially the negative ones and taking the time to feel the pain and feel that emotion instead of rushing towards replacing that negative emotion with a positive one. because if you don’t process your emotions, unprocessed emotions, repressed emotions can cause mental health problems. so as I’m reading that part of the book and shaking my head in disagreement, what happens next? I continue reading and then I read these words. That it’s good to complain.. wait for it.. mindfully. wow, that was an aha moment for me! I have never heard of the word “complain mindfully” before. and how he suggests is a good way of complaining mindfully, is through journaling. so when something is bothering you or someone is bothering you, write down and reflect on why it’s bothering you and take some time to go deep and dig deep on exactly why something or someone is bothering you. And that I think is a great way of self-reflection and improving your self-awareness and actually dealing with the issue that’s bothering you. this book is divided into three parts part one is let go, part two ingrown and part three is give. in the part that I’m yet to read, jay is going to talk about things like purpose, relationships and ego among other things. so I believe I have now given you enough information to help you decide if you want to purchase this book or notify you do .so I thank you in advance for doing that.

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