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Vagueness in books can be a great tool indeed, but most of the times it acts more like a double-edged sword and if not used carefully can end up ruining a good book.
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Yes, many sections are very vague and that is rather annoying. But I suppose the author could be trying to leave it up to the reader to decide for themselves. Or may he answers everything later on.
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I don't think spiritual books are the only ones that suffer from this, but from what others are saying it's a pretty common theme among them specifically. I think this may have to do with spirituality being more focused on the self, being a feeling. It can be difficult to describe a feeling or the process and evolution of our own thoughts and feelings, and sometimes if one is trying recount them they may leave bits and pieces out. I tend to not like that myself and agree it can be confusing and frustrating. I ESPECIALLY have a pet peeve involving authors or characters referencing things (like his questions or his priorities) without having ever really covered them to begin with. :lol2:
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i found the book vague as i was reviewing it because of some things he mentioned like 'if you are not a born again christian, you will burn in hell, i do not seem to like it.i hope he provided more justification for saying that..more content to support that
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briellejee wrote: 11 Mar 2019, 02:10 I can relate to your frustrations about certain parts of the book. But I guess I am not thinking about them too much since I really think it wasn't that important.
I have to agree. The author has mentioned that the book has gone through a lot of editing to make the writing more efficient. Talking about the questions he had would had been distracting, since he also thought they were unimportant anyway.
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A lot of this book felt like the author was trying to describe his enlightenment, something which is hard to convey because it's such a personal experience.
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I felt the author was trying to describe his enlightenment.
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HRichards wrote: 10 Mar 2019, 13:39 I struggle with books about spiritual enlightenment. I feel like spiritual enlightenment is a very personal thing that you can't really explain and recreate properly to another person. It's more a feeling, which makes descriptions of it often very vague.
You really said my mind.
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