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The Tao of Pooh (平装)
by Benjamin Hoff
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Philosophy, Wisdom of life, Self help |
| Market price: ¥ 148.00
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¥ 138.00
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| MSL Pointer Review:
Taoism being explained with the help of Pooh and other companions from the Hundred Acre Woods, this book is more about life than philosophy. |
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B. Emory (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-31 00:00>
I was holed up in a hospital bed when I received this book. A friend thought that I was wallowing in self pity and wanted me to get a grip so this is what she brought me. The Tao of Pooh incorporates the teachings of Taoism and the great Lao Tzu who believed that people should be able to look at things and appreciated the beauty of its being and note the positives. Pooh bear and his friends make light of the Tao teachings by explaining simplicity, happiness, relaxation, and just not worrying or being overly concerned about trivial matters. Pooh is the perfect creature to explain this because he is just a simple bear who is laid back and gentle. Pooh does not worry about matters but just lets life flow and is grateful for his honey and his friends. Taoism reflects on the way to an understanding of conscious simplicity and peace. Its a way to joy and mindfulness which is the ultimate keys to living well. This book is such a nice read since it includes picture of the characters to highlight points, and its narrator explains things simply since after all its the child like pooh who is the student. It really eased my mind and I have since tried to use some of these teachings in my life. |
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James LeMay (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-31 00:00>
The contempt the author repeatedly expressed for both science and education made this book inappropriate for my young boys, ages 4 and 6. The author used the cute characters to mask his contempt for many of the things I value in my life, and you perhaps value in yours.
I read this book at night to my 4 and 6 year olds. My four year old had chosen to read The Book of Pooh four times in a row. I had used his interest in Pooh to help him learn other things, like math and drawing. I saw this book as a way to introduce some big philosophical concepts.
This may very well be an introduction to Tao, I don't know. If "The Way" means basically "To Criticize" then this is it. The author's point seems to be "Be Like Pooh." The problem is, he cannot do it himself. If the author acted more like Pooh, his book would not be so objectionable to my children. Can you imagine Pooh criticizing at all?
When the author started talking about science as pointless and silly, my 6 year old (who was sitting in) asked what was wrong with science? He wants to be a scientist. And when the author went on a tirade about academics and school and even (ironically) books, I was shocked. My boys are both in classes of some sort, and they don't know what to do with the author's low opinion of school.
There were many of these gems of knowledge. One other one I remember is that exercise is worthless. Better he says to just lay on the grass. No kidding. My kids are very active (as is Pooh) and I hope they are active their whole lives. The advice in this book is questionable at best, and totally inappropriate for children. If you are an adult, have failed at school, and sit on a couch all day, then this book will provide you with a justification.
The author is a Talk Radio DJ, in the disguise as a mystic, putting on a puppet show starring Pooh. He hijacks a childhood hero to vent his frustration at a failed college career. Underneath his "be simple, like Pooh" message is a great deal of anger and frustration that bubble to the surface in ill-chosen exaggerations about "narrow minded science" and "irrelevant academia" and joggers. Did he not get tenure at Cal Tech, or something? While he derides science as pointless study, one wonders if he drives a car, takes medicine, prints his books on printing presses, travels by some other means than his feet, in short... does he benefit from science? If so, the word "hypocrite" springs to mind.
We never finished the book. My four year old, who is FAR more Pooh-like than the author, simply knew that something wasn't right, and would actually pick another book and read it silently while I read this book aloud. He had never done that before, or since, and it was his Pooh way of telling me that this guy wasn't appropriate. So when my six year old asked, "How can he be against books - when he wrote one?" we stopped. The boy had a point. Any author of a book who derides authors and readers of books for being too academic is clearly a fool.
The author does not have the inner peace and sense of fun and play that Pooh possesses. Instead, he parades these cute characters about and (from time to time) sneers hate-filled generalizations about things he chooses not to respect. I hear his second book is the same, but worse. If that is "The Way" then count me out.
(A negative review. MSL remarks.)
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