In this book, Jay Shetty provides us with 8 rules around love, based on his studies of old texts, such as the Baghavad Gita. For each one of these rules, he also gives definitions of important concepts (for instance Karma) and suggests exercices that guide us in applying the 8 rules in our daily live. The ultimate goal: find love, keep it and let it go (as the title says).
The book is written in an understandable English and the action items are pedagogically well-thought and can be seamlessly applied. I personally could take out some ideas for my relationship as well as my me-time. I also found the vulgarisation work quite remarkable, even though, I personally would have preferred the scientific deep-dive.
In my opinion, this book is a good representant of the busy times we are living in it. We want to have insights into the “big” topics (love, hate, pain and so on), but we only have like two weeks of vacation to more or less reflect on it and ticking some boxes in the checklist. In this sense, these 8 rules come very handy. You could also simply read and work on the rule that preoccupies you the most at a certain moment in your life.
I recommend it to everyone who wants to work on (self)-love and likes the actionable approach.
