Sadhguru

I enjoyed reading Inner Engineering very much. I first was afraid that this could be one of these "Just be happy, smile and everything will be ok"-style books but it was very different. Sadhguru shows possibilities on how to find and achieve joy within oneself. The book is written in a style that you could think, Sadhguru is sitting in front of you and telling you all this, instead of you reading it. The parts where he gives some practical tips were also very interesting and enjoyable and I show more especially liked the parts starting with "Once... " when he told some anecdotes from the past and from other Yogis. I'm already looking forward to reading more of his books. show less

I really enjoyed reading this book. It's written in form of an interview where Sadhguru answers questions which he's asked. I especially enjoy his "once there was" parts where he tells - often funny - short stories and his humor.
The book is easy to read although Sadhguru also talks about quite complex and abstract topics and gave me a lot of new points of view and ideas.
I'm already looking forward to reading more of his books.

I started this book with some hope, as I have heard his talks, and his musings.

He does talk, and write, in a practical manner. This is good. This is what he excels at. I do believe that he is world wise, and this is part of his allure for many people. This translates into the book.

There is a smattering of good sense scattered through the book, and I assume that this is meant for the general public who don't want anything deep. However, this also leaves me quite dissatisfied.

When you add in show more the subtle bits of self-promotion scattered through the book, mix with a somewhat meandering style, it leaves the reader (me), dissatisfied and bored. At the end, it is - to me - a boring book. show less

In general non fiction books do not have a plot which is entertaining. Therefore, most of the fiction books are sold in large numbers because the human mind is creative and imagination has no limits. When it comes to a non-fiction theory there is a dearth in imagination and in contrary the exercise of self-introspection takes birth which of course is hated mostly.

Sometimes we seek help for problems ranging from 0 to 100 in the scale of magnitude, be it practical or social or psychological show more from books or people. There is certain amount of comfort seeking help from strangers because we are not judged. Such help can also be sought from books because it happens to be a self talk. Self talk always gives the best solutions. This prologue of self talk is to explain how beautifully Jaggi has given some I sights about death.

Everyone on this earth is aware that he is gonna die someday. But we often for get the fact and start living as if we are immortals. He who lives consciously keeping in mind that every passed second pulls him towards the death, is the most successful and efficient person. Because he knows his limitations and hence works hard. In this book Jaggi explained every aspect of living i.e. breathing, sleeping, talking, loving etc as the main boulders of topics.

Though many concepts are explained by him in other books, this single book 'Death' right from the title and well it's cover image attracted me very badly. I wanted to read it asap and now I am happy. Irrespective of the not so positive talk About him fee books are good to read. This is one of them. With a very nice narration the book is a good read.

I rate it 4/5. show less