The book:Eat Pray Love

[House of Light]

Hi everyone. I think this belongs in here....

My mother recently picked up the book: Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert.
I didn't think anything of it until she was telling me "How Wonderful" this book was....its about a woman in search of whatever...looking into yoga in India. My mother says it makes her want to pack her bag and do the same thing:doh

My mom is a woman I have to beg to come to church if I am doing a solo...anything to get her in the door....I have tried to get her to come to Bible study. Nothing. And now this book....a "spiritual quest" of sorts, and she is ready to look into middle east religions. :ohno

Does anyone know anything about this book? My mom says I must read it....and I won't, but would like some info on it to defend my point.

Thanks!!!!

[seekingtruth1]

im sory I dont but you coudl read it to show her where it is flawed. I am so sorry about your mom....:pray:pray

[terrilynn]

I have not read the book---but I know the Oprah recommends it on her show---so I think we can guess it is going to be the spiritual mysticism that she advocates. You know, think good thoughts and good things will happen.

[Sing4Him]

Here I have found some of her quotes:

How well it worked. I found exactly what I was looking for during that year of traveling. In fact, I found more than I’d dared to hope for. Looking back on it now, though, I think that this amazing result was sort of inevitable. I’ve come to believe that there exists in the universe something I call “The Physics of The Quest:tsk” – a force of nature governed by laws as real as the laws gravity or momentum. And the rule of Quest Physics maybe goes like this: “If you are brave enough to leave behind everything familiar and comforting (which can be anything from your house to your bitter old resentments) and set out on a truth-seeking journey (either externally or internally), and if you are truly willing to regard everything that happens to you on that journey as a clue, and if you accept everyone you meet along the way as a teacher, and if you are prepared – most of all – to face (and forgive) some very difficult realities about yourself….then truth will not be withheld from you.” Or so I’ve come to believe. I can’t help but believe it, given my experience.

NOW HERE IS THE "angel of light" speaking:

The last thing I ever want to become is the Poster Child for “Everyone Must Leave Their Husband And Move To India In Order To Find God.” My path is hardly a universal prescription. It was my path – that is all it ever was. I drew up my journey as a personal prescription for solving my life. Transformative journeys come in many forms, though, and often happen without people ever leaving home. Divinity is available everywhere, at all times. People find their way to God during wars, in the middle of traffic jams and in small prison cells. (Though I would submit it's easier for a prisoner to find time to meditate in a jail cell than it is for many of my working-mom friends with young children to create time for contemplation.) The first question you can begin to ask yourself, though, is: “Where can I find a small corner of stillness?” Because that’s where it all begins and ends. God resides in these pockets of silence. So where in your day, where in your home, where in your mind, is there some opportunity for a moment of silence? Or maybe even a few moments, during which you can start asking the questions you need to ask in order to find what you need to learn. Can you find the time to get out of your own way and try to step into your own light? As a dear friend of mine put it: “To change your life, the important thing is not necessarily to travel; the important thing is to SHIFT

7) I WANT TO GO TO INDIA -- HOW CAN I STUDY IN THE ASHRAM YOU DISCUSS?

The Ashram where I studied is too small these days to accept new applicants -- and generally speaking they only have resources for teaching their long-term students. But there are many other wonderful resources out there for beginning meditators. If you're interested in travel to India, the most useful book is called “From Here to Nirvana – the Yoga Journal Guide to Spiritual Travel in India,” which is a comprehensive review of dozens of spiritual outlets across India, written with practicality, humor and honesty. Also keep in mind what my mom told me once when I said, “Someday I’d like to get a boat and sail around the world!” She replied, “Why don’t you start by going sailing for an afternoon, and see if you like it?” Moving to India is a big step. Try a weekend meditation retreat first, just to see if you respond to it. Or begin a meditation practice at home. I would recommend the books of Pema Chodren and Jack Kornfield (who are both Buddhists):tsk:tsk as excellent places to begin. Christian meditation is a centuries-old tradition, and there are now some excellent teachers and tapes out there on the topic HERE IS THE LIE! This tradition brings people to the lake of fire!

http://www.elizabethgilbert.com/faq.htm#FAQ1


One can read right here that this has roots in eastern mysticism and God in all things! Panentheism.

Contemplative Spirituality-- UNSCRIPTURAL teachings--absolutely contrary to what God's Word has to say!
:tsk:tsk:tsk NOT GOOD!

Praying for your mother. Bring her to scripture. Praying for your testimony to her, asking this in Jesus' name, amen. :pray:pray:hug

[House of Light]

Thanks for the info.

My mother raised us in church. But it seems if my family(extended) is falling apart otherwise. One of my brothers married a wiccan(witch).....and now my mother has no time for church but has so much time for garbage like Eat Pray Love:[I]:tsk

My hubby and kids and I are trying to live for Christ....in the midst of family that tells us, [I]"That is your way of spirituality....we each have our own path." Except....of course, our way is WRONG according to them, and all of the other ways are right. They consider us weird and crazy. Oh well. My grandparents remain steadfast to the Lord...but are very elderly....DH's mom is also steadfast and ON FIRE for the Lord.....but I feel my own family being attacked and torn apart.

[believe in him]

I stoped reading this book after the couple of pages because even though the writter is a professed Christian she confesses that she does not believe that "Jesus is the only way to salvation or to God" :ohno

[Tall Timbers]

My mom is a woman I have to beg to come to church if I am doing a solo...anything to get her in the door....I have tried to get her to come to Bible study. Nothing. And now this book....a "spiritual quest" of sorts, and she is ready to look into middle east religions. :ohno


I don't know anything about the book but it never ceases to amaze me how the lost will get excited about anything but the truth. My wife is a false convert, and the more foolish something is the more excited she'll get about it, point her towards the truth and her heart and eyes grow cold and hard.

May your mother find Christ and surrender her life to Him :pray