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 enlarge | Author: Louise Hay
Publisher: Hay House
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Rating:  288 reviews
Sales Rank: 3728
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Pages: 251
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0937611018
Dewey Decimal Number: 158
EAN: 9780937611012
ASIN: 0937611018
Publication Date: January 1, 1984
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 Life Changing Book! I Love It! October 30, 2008
Jamie M. Carbone (steamboat springs, co)
I bought this book because my mom had cancer. I read it too because I was going to share it with her. Eventhough I don't have any illness, it really changed my life and gave me a new way to deal with situations and people. I would recommend it for everyone to read.
Very Happy! October 29, 2008
S. Lewis (South East Texas)
Very pleased with this transaction. The book was exactly as described and came much sooner that expected.
 A Little Bit of A Good Message Sandwiched Between Two Really Irresponsible Ones October 24, 2008
Holiday (Seattle)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I borrowed this book from the library in hopes that I would like it enough to buy the very pretty gift edition. (The colorful, pretty gift edition appealed to my ADD and I knew if I liked it, it would be something I would refer to often.)
I picked up the book from the library and perused it while I waited for the bus so I could go back to work. One of the first things I read is "I believe that we choose our parents...We choose our sex, our color, our country and we look around for a particular set of parents who will mirror the patterns we are bringing in to work on in this lifetime." So some of us choose to incarnate ourself with physically, sexually, verbally abusive parents? Some of us choose parents that have Munchausen's by proxy syndrome? Prince Charles chose to be born a prince? The child born to impoverished parents who can't even provide it with food chose that? We choose our color? Some really dangerous trains of thoughts come about if we start to believe that. Like perhaps there is a Master Race and we need only resolve our baggage & be confident enough to choose parents who are part of it. I, being a very odd fusion of races and ethnicities must have been contemplating one day while between parents and floating about the cosmic soup -- Gee this homogenized world I've been a part of is a real bore -- I need to Jazz it up a bit. Or people like Paris Hilton can feel even more superior to others because their soul was finally confident enough to be born to the Hilton Dynasty and all those other people born in poverty have weak souls so we needn't worry about them.
As other's have said -- if we have crappy mates in our life -- we chose them. Yes, we choose our job, yes we choose our bad attitudes whether we realize it or not. But choosing our parents, race and sex? Yes, it is her belief, but what justification does she have for this belief, & above all, what justification does she have for printing this towards the beginning of a book and laying an even heavier trip on someone whose heart and soul is already feeling heavy -- now they can lay one more layer of guilt on themselves -- she believes they are the root of their childhood abuse or poverty.
Towards the end came the long list in the book where she explained the mental/emotional roots of all ailments. -- Even Athletes Foot. While I do believe that our outlook on life can affect our health, as negative emotions cause different bodily chemicals to be released vs positive emotions. And our mental state can cause us to behave in ways that cause illness -- binge eating, substance abuse, irresponsible sexual behavior etc. But to attribute every ailment to an emotional/mental cause is irresponsible. Herpes cannot be cured by changing your outlook on life!!! And it was caused by having sex with someone that had herpes!!! Gum disease is caused by being wishy washy about life? -- How about gum disease is caused by not taking care of your teeth & gums properly -- i.e. not flossing. I've never heard a dentist recommend to any patient w/gum disease that they should be more decisive in their life if they want to cure their gums from being inflamed & bleeding. She even assesses that fungus has a root emotional cause-- stagnating beliefs (hmmmm -- I know people that should be crawling with fungus if that's the case).
In the middle of the book, I thought there were SOME decent things she had to say -- but the good things she said could be found in other self help books w/o the crappy messages at the beginning and end. If you believe in the law of attraction, there are plenty of books that are strictly about the law of attraction. If you want to learn about projecting yourself, watch the Dog Whisperer. If you want to learn more about self esteem, I recommend, if you have a decent library system in your area, you borrow books from the library before investing in something you may find disappointing and a waste of money. Keep in mind something being popular does not necessarily make it good. (Crappy music that sells millions because of it's cool videos & promos is still crappy music.)
Fantastic for self-criticisms October 13, 2008
L. Jacobs (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
I have read a lot through the spirituality and new age genres, but this book helped me to my core. For me, it was the first step on the right path. Highly recommended.
highly recommended October 7, 2008
B. Coleman (Jersey City, NJ United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in helping himsef/herself improve their thoungts and positive energy.
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