I hate it when people mock my beliefs simply because they don't understand them. i will go back to being a jaded, cynical old crone if it means that i will never again have to hear anything about transcendental meditation.more I was honestly trying to perhaps better myself in some obscure way, embrace a little more lust for life or something. Unless you are an enormous hippie, i recommend giving this book an extremely wide berth. i zipped through this bad boy in maybe an hour or two.cringing all the while. thank god the book was less than 200 pages long, with more than generous margins & a large font. in no world would i ever intentionally read a book about the shared jungian consciousness or the manner in which the "god spot" collects our past life memories. i wanted to look away, but i just couldn't. what the fuck? it was seriously like a car accident. but before you know it, you are reading detailed stories about his past life as a german surgeon who drank himself to death after his mistress died from an illicit ectopic pregnancy, & how he called upon the loving berobed arms of jesus to calm the stresses of a man in his deep meditation class held in a thatched hut in hawaii. but before you know it, you are reading detailed stories about his past life as a german surgeon who drank himself to death after his mistress died from an illicit ectopic pre this book is completely fucking bananas! you think you're just going to read a nice inspirational self-help book about appreciating your life & living each day to the fullest, written by a doctor who was diagnosed with terminal cancer of the esophagus who learned to accept his mortality without giving up his zest for life. This book is completely fucking bananas! you think you're just going to read a nice inspirational self-help book about appreciating your life & living each day to the fullest, written by a doctor who was diagnosed with terminal cancer of the esophagus who learned to accept his mortality without giving up his zest for life. Told with humor and heart, this deeply inspiring book will help readers embrace their humanity, accept uncertainty, and live a life of gratitude-whether they are facing the end now or not.more In the bestselling tradition of Don't Sweat the Small Stuff and Tuesdays with Morrie, Enjoy Every Sandwich distills everything Lee learned about how we find meaning, purpose, and peace in our lives. As Lee and his wife, Kathy, navigated his diagnosis, illness, and treatment, he discovered that he did not fear death, and that even as he was facing his own mortality, he felt more fully alive than ever before. The power of those beliefs was tested in July 2009, when Lee was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. In his own life, happily married and the proud father of two remarkable children, Lee was similarly committed to living his life fully and gratefully each day. Edgar Dean Mitchell, Apollo 14 AstronautĪs medical director of the famed Preventive Medicine Research Institute, Lee Lipsenthal helped thousands of patients struggling with disease to overcome their fears of pain and death and to embrace a more joyful way of living. Enjoy Every Sandwich will help you heal your fear of death and embrace the true joy of life's extraordinary journey." Lipsenthal is a profound explorer of our inner and outer world. Enjoy Every Sandwich will help you heal your fear of death and embrace the true joy of life's extraordinary journey." -Edgar Dean Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut As medical director of the famed Preventive Medicine Research Institute, Lee Lipsenthal helped thousands of patients struggling with disease to "Dr.