Hi Cavanaugh,

 I imagine you as a decent person, that's why I felt moved to write this.

You might just as well have taken a deep breath after "I haven't read this book. . ." and then made a full stop. What followed was completely yours and had little or nothing to do with the book in question.

Anyone who HAD read "Eat Pray Love" would know Gilbert was a student of said "foreign mysteries" long before embarking on her journey (which you would also know was paid for by the an investment in the resulting publication). It's my opinion that she engaged mindfully, with a pretty savvy awareness the limitations of her own cultural context, in a journey to salvage herself and create something in the process.

There were many parts of the book that I found moving, but I also found it did have some limitations worth discussing. Some of it was wry and insightful, and even pointed to said limitations. But to Cavanaugh and Ms. Greenspan, what you are discussing is yourselves, not the author or the book. I won't go as far as DD and make up motives for you - that's for you to do. Maybe there's a book in it for you.