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Review by debchik54 -- The MISOGI Method by Jody B. Miller
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The Misogi Method is derived from a centuries old Japanese Shinto ritual of purification and renewal. The traditional ritual includes things like fasting, prayer, vigorous physical activity, and standing naked under a freezing cold waterfall. This requires a certain degree of commitment, dedication, and intestinal fortitude. The goal is to get rid of undesirable inclinations such as negative feelings, thereby making room in you for more positive energies. While the goal is the same, author Jodi B. Miller has revised and adapted this ancient ritual for life in the twenty-first century.
Jodi B. Miller asserts that using The Misogi Method will improve your quality of life in many ways. Basically you choose a difficult personal challenge, your misogi, and then you attempt to do it. The misogi doesn’t have to be a physical challenge. It does have to comply with three simple rules; it can’t kill you, it can’t harm others, and it must have a fifty percent or greater chance of failure. The author shows how, successful or not, your misogi will have a positive and enriching impact on your life. There are no restrictions on who can benefit from The Misogi Method. Examples are given of people with physical and intellectual challenges who have had great success.
Jodi B. Miller has a friendly, conversational style that is easy and comfortable to read. The book delivers a positive message with no sense of judgement. The author has done a thorough job of research and the results are well documented. Maintaining a journal is enthusiastically encouraged, and space is available throughout the book for this purpose. Each of the chapters ends with a list of “takeaways”, a brief summary that is helpful when going back through the book looking for particular points. The book is arranged to help make choosing your misogi as easy, and personal, as possible.
What I like most about The Misogi Method is the honest way it is presented. Jodi B. Miller spells it out in the book’s introduction. “When it comes down to it, it’s entirely up to you. I can’t do it for you. No one can. Only you. But I can show you how.” If you’re looking for an easy, effortless cure for life’s problems, keep looking. You won’t find that here. As the saying goes if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. However, if you’re willing to put some effort into improving your quality of life, The Misogi Method, could be what you’re looking for.
I came across what I liked least in the section titled, “Unplug”. Jodi B. Miller did a fine job of examining the importance of the need to unplug. However, some of her examples are unrealistic and unattainable for most people. What John Mackey or Bill Gates might consider a normal daily occurrence is just plain out of reach, economically, for the vast majority. A four month long world vacation is just as an impossible dream for most of us as a six month sabbatical would be. This approach lends itself to risking the trust of the reader of The Misogi Method or making them not even attempt it because this part is unattainable.
The Misogi Method requires a responsible, mature mind-set, and some of the situations would require age of consent. I recommend this book to adult readers looking for ways to improve their quality of life. This is one of the better self-help books that I have read. Unfortunately the high number of typographical errors prevent me from rating it better than three stars out of four.
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The Misogi Method is derived from a centuries old Japanese Shinto ritual of purification and renewal. The traditional ritual includes things like fasting, prayer, vigorous physical activity, and standing naked under a freezing cold waterfall. This requires a certain degree of commitment, dedication, and intestinal fortitude. The goal is to get rid of undesirable inclinations such as negative feelings, thereby making room in you for more positive energies. While the goal is the same, author Jodi B. Miller has revised and adapted this ancient ritual for life in the twenty-first century.
Jodi B. Miller asserts that using The Misogi Method will improve your quality of life in many ways. Basically you choose a difficult personal challenge, your misogi, and then you attempt to do it. The misogi doesn’t have to be a physical challenge. It does have to comply with three simple rules; it can’t kill you, it can’t harm others, and it must have a fifty percent or greater chance of failure. The author shows how, successful or not, your misogi will have a positive and enriching impact on your life. There are no restrictions on who can benefit from The Misogi Method. Examples are given of people with physical and intellectual challenges who have had great success.
Jodi B. Miller has a friendly, conversational style that is easy and comfortable to read. The book delivers a positive message with no sense of judgement. The author has done a thorough job of research and the results are well documented. Maintaining a journal is enthusiastically encouraged, and space is available throughout the book for this purpose. Each of the chapters ends with a list of “takeaways”, a brief summary that is helpful when going back through the book looking for particular points. The book is arranged to help make choosing your misogi as easy, and personal, as possible.
What I like most about The Misogi Method is the honest way it is presented. Jodi B. Miller spells it out in the book’s introduction. “When it comes down to it, it’s entirely up to you. I can’t do it for you. No one can. Only you. But I can show you how.” If you’re looking for an easy, effortless cure for life’s problems, keep looking. You won’t find that here. As the saying goes if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. However, if you’re willing to put some effort into improving your quality of life, The Misogi Method, could be what you’re looking for.
I came across what I liked least in the section titled, “Unplug”. Jodi B. Miller did a fine job of examining the importance of the need to unplug. However, some of her examples are unrealistic and unattainable for most people. What John Mackey or Bill Gates might consider a normal daily occurrence is just plain out of reach, economically, for the vast majority. A four month long world vacation is just as an impossible dream for most of us as a six month sabbatical would be. This approach lends itself to risking the trust of the reader of The Misogi Method or making them not even attempt it because this part is unattainable.
The Misogi Method requires a responsible, mature mind-set, and some of the situations would require age of consent. I recommend this book to adult readers looking for ways to improve their quality of life. This is one of the better self-help books that I have read. Unfortunately the high number of typographical errors prevent me from rating it better than three stars out of four.
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