Polishing the Mirror: How to Live from Your Spiritual Heart

This man was incredible and this book is so beautiful. It is full of wisdom and original ideas and perspectives. I’ll always keep this book, I love it. Ram dass is essential reading for anyone seriously into meditation and seeking enlightenment.

Having been introduced to Ram Dass' works many years ago, Be Here Now and A Spiritual Awakening have been an invaluable guide to me. As someone who usually finds words easy, Polishing The Mirror leaves me speechless. Beautiful, loving, of service and gratitude, it feels like coming home to your real self. I love this man and his work, and will be ever grateful and indebted to him in his guiding me to be more compassionate and considerate in my own journey.

I have really enjoyed this book ... and learnt a lot about 'end of life' in a more kindly, more accepting ... and less fearful of my future. I have recommended it to a number of people ... and plan to purchase a couple for Christmas gifts.

Its a good book but a slow read for me as read a bit and have to think about it for a while. Its more like remembering and then intergrating the memory into my life.

Ohhhh. Rammy Rammy Ram Dass. You beautiful human. Another fantastic book. Buy this book if you want. Or don't. But I would suggest getting a bit of Ram Dass in your life someway.

I have only just begun, so a full review is not possible. Really enjoying reading it. Thankfully, short chapters that are very full and need breaks to absorb. Written in a language that I find easy and comfortable.

If you want to know what "Enlightenment " is and means and how to achieve it - then this book is for you! In a fascinating account of his life and teaching, let alone his learning, Ram Dass explains, in a very clear and straight forward way, how every one of us can achieve enlightenment. This book can change lives!

good as usual but found it a bit dependant on some of Rams previous books but worth reading if you are not familiar with him,nemaste

Just love the way ram dass put things together from the perspective of life.

I loved this book. The most inspiring part for me was the idea of how to deal with suffering. I'd often read that one reason we have pain is to develop compassion. Another is to give other people the chance to evolve by helping us. I have a lot of pain that keeps me up at night and keeps me from being able to do a lot things. I would wake with pain and think, Why? What's the point of this? There's no one here with me so I can't be giving anyone else a chance of evolving by being with me. And I have plenty of compassion, so it can't be for that. I'm wasted, unable to help anyone. Ram Dass said that suffering can push you into your soul. The ego is caught up in the storyline of this incarnation, lost in the details of the melodrama, the blame and injustice. It identifies with the pain whereas when you are pushed into your soul, the eternal part of you, you can be a witness to the pain. You're in the body and with the pain, but you aren't the pain. That works for me. I had a flashback to a previous incarnation years ago when I was doing Focusing. I can't think of the author's name now, but that's the name of the book. It's a great sort of mindful focus on what's going on in your body. Anyhoo, I was blown away by a flashback resulting from that practice, because I didn't believe in reincarnation up until then. It helps to remember this is just one of many lives we're going through. Find a way to evolve from the pain, to benefit. It is making me quiet inside after a lifetime of noise. Ram Dass tells so many fascinating stories in this book, so much about his life. He says he lost faith for a few years after he had his stroke. It's easier to suggest - witness the pain - then to do it. But it works and he did come back to faith. I want to see his documentary - Fierce Grace - about his stroke.

I have been reading spiritual books for years and this, in conjunction with ‘Living Presence’ by Kabir Helminski’ have finally given me a real clue. Both books are highly recommended, PARTICULARLY this one.

I recommend this book to everyone that wants to find meaning in their lives (cause who doesn't), as well as people who want to connect with themselves and the world around them on a more spiritual level. Ram Dass has an amazing story to tell, I’m so glad I stumbled on this book.

Not as advertised. Missing mirror effect.