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The 12 Steps of Forgiveness: A Practical Manual for Moving from Fear to Love

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I learned more than I ever wanted to know about myself by reading this book. The friend who gave it to me warned me that I would want to stop reading it. I did have to stop reading a few times and talk it out with her. It gave me an insight into myself and my attitude and definition of forgiveness I had never even imagined before. It has given me very useful tools that work. I will highly recommend this book to anyone who is struggling with forgiveness.

This is another one of the books of Paul Ferrini, I recently completed reading. After finding his work, I seem to want to read everything he has ever written. He is an important modern-day poet. His writing is beautiful prose to me. There is wisdom and truth in his work that is easy to assimilate, for me personally. I believe I was searching not to understand forgiveness for others, but to find forgiveness for myself, when I chose this book. I was looking for forgiveness for my own transgressions against myself and I believe I found it here. I was changed after reading this book. What is really unusual, is that I feel that way, after each book I complete, that he has written. We must be on eachother's spiritual path, our paths crossing at this time. Paul Ferrini, how did you learn all of these things? Each book I have read, I've had to pass along to a friend afterword because of the value I've gained from his work. He may become a most important author in the world. I feel honored to have found his work and heard his message. If you are seeking a teacher of love and spirituality, he will not disappoint you.

If you want to enter into a deep relationship with youself, this is the book for you. Each chapter reveals more about how we as humans try to keep a distance from ourselves through such means as projection, lack of self-acceptance and personal responsibility, judgment of ourselves and others, etc. I recognized myself in each chapter and really worked to keep my heart and mind open for the deeper message that he has to offer , about self-forgiveness being the most profound thing we can do for our own deepest healing. I have purchased about 10 add'l copies to give friends who are struggling. We all agree it is life changing if practiced.

Just 12 steps. Step by step towards freedom of self.
We only need to follow them (who said it was easy?).
But following these steps is freeing oneself from grief, hate, rage, sadness and whatever it is that bothers you. Go in, and meet the true self.
Paul Ferrini's books are very inspirational.
His weekendworkshop I followed in 2006 was rather bleak and didn't meet up to his written work unfortunately.
I've got quite a pile of his books, and each one of them I reccommend highly!

Paul Ferrini talks about how we need to forgive on a heart level in order to be able to feel a true connection with one another as well as with the Divine. Yes easier said than done but I know it is neccessary. To achieve this we have to truly forgive ourselves at a heart level. We need to explore every aspect of our own personality and come to terms with it. We don't have to be perfect, we just have to accept ourselves! It can sound so easy yet we seem to make it so hard. We have entrenched belief systems and they are hard to let go of. Good book.
Dr Gunta Krumins-Caldwell author of On Silver Wings