Superb compilation of daily reflections from diverse sources

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	• Wisdom: Daily Reflections for a New Era Reynold Feldman Saint Mary's Press, 2000 - 381 pages average customer review:based on 7 reviews view larger image
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Superb compilation of daily reflections from diverse sources

In Wisdom: Daily Reflections For A New Era, Reynold Feldman (founder and executive director of the World Wisdom Project) offers a book of daily reflections drawn from diverse sources of wisdom ranging from the ancient to the contemporary. These "wisdoms" relate to our own ways of living and adjusting to the world, with each reflection ending in a brief exercise enabling the readers to increase their own personal wisdom and ability to cope with a rapidly changing world. Divided into one chapter for each month of the calendar year and framed for daily twenty minute readings, Wisdom is highly recommended reading for those with an interest in reaping the benefits of diverse men and women who have thought about the world with insight, passion, wit and revelation.

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talking with a wise friend

Reading the book _Wisdom: Daily Reflections for a New Era_ , I feel I am being treated to a daily conversation with a wise friend, someone who has read and thought deeply and broadly. Each day's reading begins with a provocative quotation--it may be from Albert Einstein, from an alchemical text, or from the Book of Common Prayer; the range of materials is truly eclectic, ecumenical. Then what follows is a well-written and thoughtful consideration of the saying, with Reynold Feldman sharing not only his own broad scholarship but also his own personal experiences. The spirit of the work is human and humble, the words are those of one who is earnestly seeking for wisdom on his life's journey, one who has encountered many traditions, many persons whom he considers wise and worth sharing with us. And in these meditations he asks good questions, shows us the many paths toward wisdom, toward healing, toward further discernment of our own way. If the reader chooses, she may follow the Wisdom Journal suggestions for writing each day. I have found that even if I do not write, I am intrigued by the assignments enough that I learn just by pondering them through the day. There are memorable stories here, challenges and comforts, ways to healing, ways to learning what it means to become wise from a multitude of perspectives. This is a companionable and intelligent work, one I whole-heartedly recommend.

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A truly interfaith devotional book

Wisdom: Daily Reflections for a New Era is the first truly interfaith devotional book I have come across. It speaks to our contemporary need to understand and bridge the diverse religions of our rapidly shinking world.

The daily format and practical exercises make the application of this devotional book very personal and meaningful. It helps us to better understand and empathize with others who may not be of our tradition.

I would like to see more such material in the market place of ideas. Who knows, it may lead to a better,loving and more ethical world for all people.

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Wisdom: Daily Reflections for a New Era

Reynold Feldman's daily reflections on wisdom opens the reader to a refreshingly positive vision of life. We are shown that wisdom is not confined to narrow religious paths, but is manifest in all walks of life and life's experiences. While many authors emphasize the diversity of human experience, Feldman's focus on wisdom provides the essential element of unity which underlies diversity. As the reader moves from one daily wisdom reflection to another, he/she is moved by the realization that wisdom knows no boundaries; that it is grasped intuitively regardless of cultural differences; and that the teaching of wisdom may be the key to transcending the current divisiveness which plagues humanity, perpetuates injustice, and undermines peace and well-being. Feldman's daily reflections are introduced by words of wisdom from various time periods and traditions,from noted figures and sages, which serves to put the reader in a meditative mood while reading the ensuing reflection. He also engages the reader by inviting him/her to keep a "Wisdom Journal" in order to personalize the wisdom contained in the reading--a process facilitated by a specific instruction or question (to be answered) from the author. I congratulate the author for his own wisdom in writing this book, and hope that book vendors will exercise their wisdom in promoting it, and readers theirs in buying it and using it for self-growth.

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Anecdotal Wisdom

This thoroughly enjoyable book, filled with anecdotal wisdom and a diversity of wise quotations, is aptly named. Each day of the year has its own distinctive subtitle/topic, a quotation to focus us on the key idea, and a witty and engaging personal story. To close each page, we are asked to draw on our own experience and wisdom to reflect on the day's topic. In a deeply spiritual sense but in a light and charming way, we are led to use our daily reflections to become wiser. Recommended dose: daily, as needed.

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