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| The Song of the Bird | 
 enlarge | Author: Anthony De Mello
Publisher: Image
Category: Book
List Price: $12.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (25 reviews)
Sales Rank: 22908
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.5
ISBN: 0385196156
Dewey Decimal Number: 248.482
EAN: 9780385196154
ASIN: 0385196156
Publication Date: August 21, 1984
Release Date: August 21, 1984
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Product Description
Included in this book are 124 stories (parables) from a variety of traditions, both ancient and modern. Each story is a life lesson that teaches truths about ourselves and our world.
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 A great book to have handy November 25, 2008
DeMello's simple seeming insight and his gift for personal connection make all of these parables seem suddenly pertinent to anyone's life. Plus, the book's structure make it perfect to keep around the house and peruse through whenever you get a few free minutes. If you enjoy Anthony DeMello, you'll want this book to round out your day.
 Check your brain at the door January 27, 2008
4 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book was loaned to me with recommendations. The book totally disappointed me. I suppose if one approaches it with a heart of total openness and no discernment for what is true and consistent, it may be viewed positively. However, for the discerning and those who seek truth through evidence and reason, this book is a flop. Let me give specific criticisms:
-The author, Anthony de Mello, criticizes those that seek religion, spirituality, etc. in BOOKS such as the Bible or the Koran. Perhaps the same standard should be applied to his own BOOK.
-The author criticizes the study of WORDS. I wonder if he chose his own WORDS carefully as he wrote.
-The author criticizes thos who might dare to consider their own religion to be RIGHT. I wonder if he thinks his own path to enlightenment, truth, spirituality, etc. to be RIGHT, and if so, should we criticize him for it? If he's not right, why pay good money for his book?
-His anecdotes and parables, although sometimes interesting, can be totally misleading. For example, in the passage entitled "Good News" he offers a passage of something that Jesus said, but Jesus said no such thing, at least not according to any record we have. If de Mello wants to make stuff up, he should take credit for it himself and not ascribe it to someone else. I wonder if lying is part of his path to enlightenment.
-Where de Mello accurately quotes some of his stories, he picked only the ones that worked for his thesis. You won't get an accurate understanding of world religions from him.
-He picks out the worst elements of the followers of organized religions and criticizes those, while ignoring the good aspects. What a distortion of reality.
Special August 15, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
My mom gave me this book about 10 years ago. It's all tattered now but even more loveable. This book is for everyone, of all traditions, faiths, paths and walks of life. It's the kind of book that you come across while doing something else and when you open it a story speaks to you. This is a special book!
 Fairly Inspiring July 24, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Overall, I like the book, but I guess I was hoping for more inspirational parables and sayings. As a yoga instructor, I have used some of the parables as my participants lay in savasana. I have gotten good feedback from them.
 Spiritual and Entertaining April 10, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
For those interested in opening their heart, this is a very good book which gets you to look at things with your heart and not your mind. For those just looking for a good and entertaining read, this is also very good.
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