In my defense, when I requested Dr. Solomon Katz' book Beauty as a State of Being, I was unaware it was a book on Zen Buddhist thought. It's what I'd call yoga for the mind.
"The individual soul is the same thing as the universal soul. In other words, your essence, the most intimate aspect, the very heart of your being is the universal Being, the Eternal, the All. The soul, then, is the Heart and the All. At heart, you are literally God."
I think I've quoted enough.
To me, as a born-again believer in the true Creator of the Universe, the Trinity, the Lord Jesus Christ, this is so much drivel. And while there are positives in the Buddhist belief system---avoidance of conflict, for example, and techniques for quietening the mind---the roots just don't work for me. It's a very shallow belief system. Eternity is a very long time.
Dr. Katz is very enthusiastic for his system of thought, and has substantial followers. I just won't be one of them.
(i received this book free to review from speak easy)
