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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
"Your Success Is Revealed By What Excites You" ~ Honesty, Practicality And Personal Responsibility Along The Spiritual Path, March 2, 2008
The first thing that immediately struck me while reading `Spiriting Around' was author Martin "Mark" Tomback's ability to access the issues, focus in on the appropriate bullet points and articulate his thesis with such amazing clarity. His approach to living life in the spirit is practical, easy to grasp and holistic, leaving little out in this fascinating blending of the sacred and the mudane as it applies to all facets of our existence on this planet.
The author wastes no time in identifying his mission and how we can utilize the provided knowledge. As he says, "95% of life is common sense" so most of the answers already lay dormat within us.
A Few of the Provided Ways to Begin Are:
-Write a Mission Statement
-Take a personal inventory
-Identify your goals
-Focus, move forward and exude positive energy
-Define what is the truth?
Tomback moves fluidly from personal concerns; wealth, love, divorce, weight control, on to more global issues; violence, animal rights, environmental concerns, abortion, genetic engineering, mercy killing, etc. Admittedly this vast array of topical issues discussed here are only touched upon briefly, but Tombeck does a masterful job at placing them all within a well-conceived framework that can be easily accessed and explored at a later date. He doesn't claim to have finished the job of finding ourselves, that's your responsibility. What he has done is provide a solid foundation from which to begin. To be completely honest I don't agree with everything the author has to say (do we ever, or should we ever?), but his line of reasoning is always coherent and consistent. It's difficult to find fault with his enthusiasm or thorough presentation.
While I believe `Spiriting Around' target audience is primarily mid-teens on the verge of adulthood, the ideas presented within this 304 page paperback are something that would be beneficial for adults of all ages. After all reflection, assessment and honesty with ourselves are an essential to adulthood no matter what stage of life's journey we're on.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Cause for Pause, January 11, 2007
Mark Tomback uses his own background of self-examination as the basis of what is probably one of the better guides for everyone concerned with why the world makes so little sense right now. While others have reviewed this brief but intensely interesting book well, it seems that one of the major drivers in Tomback's sharing his insights is a kind of humanity, a love for living, a caring that eludes us as individuals so stuck in the quagmire of 'living'.
What makes Tomback's book so refreshing is his straightforward approach to spiritualism: for him God is a part of everything and everything is a part of God. But this is not the 'God' of other writers' evangelical type, the omniscient being who holds the strings of the many variation puppets of 'religion', be those Christian, Muslim, Buddhism, etc. This is the God within. Tomback encourages the reader to start afresh, to observe the way things really are, to approach friendship, love, morality, all forms of sexual/political/philosophical/livelihood being with a connection from within each of us that bonds us to the spiritual, i.e. the truth.
'Thoughts are things. Thoughts have form and structure. Thoughts have power.' 'Traditions are links in the chain of time that join generations together. Traditions can be the wisdom of lessons learned to a maze of ancient fears.' These are only some of the many simple statements Tomback shares so liberally. This book has something for everyone no matter their level of enlightenment or progress toward maturity. And that is why this brief book is readable, is valuable, and is different from those self-help books that make heavy the shelves of bookstores. It stimulates growth by discovering who we are and why we are. Grady Harp, January 07
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
a Very Good self Help Book, January 2, 2007
Martin Tomback presents a book that deals with Spiritual Growth. it deals with learning how to accept it to further understand your surroundings&also how to connect. this Book deals with Persoanl Purpose, Love, Money how you deal with controversey&other challenging pressure issues. this Book is geared toward Teens,but it has the kind of questions that no matter where you are in your life that you often wish a Book like this had come about a whole lot sooner. it makes you reflect on your own life&where you are as well as thinking about other lives that you impact&come into contact with. very detailed&the chapters have Questions&Answers at dealing with various situations. this is a Very Good self-Help Book.
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