** Pop Buddha **
In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, every story follows the same basic template with only the director’s touches to differentiate one story from the next. Self help books suffer the same monotony. In Radical Acceptance, Tara Brach takes Buddhist thinking as a means to administer a saccharine dose of self help, and I had an allergic reaction.
Rumi quotes to start off chapters, references to ‘The Right Stuff’, and so many anecdotes about how this one strategy solved a lifelong problem for this one patient was too much. If I were on a desert island and this was the only book available, I would read it and even benefit from its lessons. But with every book of civilization at our fingertips, Radical Acceptance is a pass.
91st book of 2021 DNF Chapter 6.
Quote: * Naming an experience is a soft and gentle way of saying ‘I see you Mara’ *