Review: The Power of Intention. Learning to Co-create Your World Your Way

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Title

The Power of Intention. Learning to Co-create Your World Your Way

by DR. WAYNE W. DYER (September 2010).

Summary of the book

In this work , Dr. Wayne W. Dyer presents us with the invisible but powerful force of the concept called intention. That is to say, the energy in the universe which we all participate in and which allows us to carry out the act of creating. Dyer also teaches how knowing about intention people can approach the concept of happiness. In this book, the author exemplifies this abstract principle by clarifying real stories.

Personal opinion

I think that Dr. Wayne W. Dyer’s thought is most interesting by the concept of change that he always exposes in his books and conferences. In "The Power of Intention", he shows us that having a peaceful life is always possible thank to the idea of intention, even though sometimes we feel under stress because of work, the current economical situation, because of the credit crunch or the whole idea of the capitalist society.

I believe it is a relief reading that, according to the author, we can reach happiness and peace in any circumstance just by being connected to this superior source he calls intention (a concept which some people call mother Nature, God, superior energy, etc) to which we belong and which can always show us the path we have to follow by only just being receptive to listening to it. He believes that this force already has all we need and it will give everything to us in the appropriate way and time, so we can accomplish the mission and purpose we have been created for. Furthermore, Dyer also thinks that, ironically, when someone stops asking for and needing more things, they begin receiving more than they wanted.

I also think that the idea of counterweight is very constructive. From his point of view, the Doctor states that the good energy of positive people ends up by counteracting the pessimism of others with always negative ideas in mind. Specifically, Dyer advises staying away not only from the negativism and pessimism, but also from television violence and consumerism and he insists on the idea that one should approach a spiritual way of life which can offer even more.

Review: The Grass Harp by Truman Capote

Title

The Grass Harp

By Truman Capote

Summary of the book

Published on October the 1st, 1951, The Grass Harp is known as Truman’s Capote favourite novel. The story tells of an orphaned boy, Collin Fenwick, who moves with his aunts (Dolly and Verena) to the country and decides to observe life, with some other friends and relatives from a tree house.

Personal opinion
Capote depicts the noblest values of freedom, real friendship and care for Mother Nature, behind a supposedly simple story. Above all, this is a narrative that shows how little we need to reach happiness.Narrated in a rather poetic style that will delight readers, the author shares with his followers all his sensibility and admiration for Nature and human relationships. For all main characters, the grass harp is symbolized by the field around the tree cottage, which would be able to tell all kind of secrets if it could become a human voice.I think this work will be appreciated by those who like poetic narrative and detailed descriptions about landscapes and the beauty of freedom.It is alleged that Capote was inspired by a tree house he enjoyed in his childhood, which was located in his cousin’s backyard.