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I loved the book, October 9, 2000
I agree with everything these authors say. However, I did not always think this way.
A few years ago I purchase a copy of the book An Encounter With A Prophet. The author advanced similar ideas about forgiveness. I was impressed with some of the concepts but failed to use the techniques suggested regarding resentments.
Then one night walking home from work, I was attacked by a mugger. Coming up from behind me, out of the shadows, the mugger managed to hid me twice the back of the head before I knew what was happening. Due to space limitations I will skip the details of what followed suffice it to say when the ambulance picked me up off the street , I was drenched in my own blood.
On the way to the hospital my mind started to race. Having grown up as a fighter, I vowed to find this man and evoke some Charles Bronson style justice. As I engaged in this type of thinking, in my mind's eye I could feel and see the mugger sneaking up behind me getting ready to hit me - something they call a flashback a frightening experience to say the least.
As this flash back phenomena continued, it occurred to me to pray the unique prayer suggested in this book. I started saying the suggested prayer repeatedly. The flashback dissolved. However, every time I stopped praying, my mind immediately started planning more Bronson style justice and the flashback phenomena would returned. This phenomena gave me the continued motivation to pray for the S O B all that night and for the next few days. (This strange prayer let's you call the person an S O B while you are praying)
When I returned to work I was surprised that I could, against all advise to the contrary, walk home down the very same street at night without experiencing any fear whatsoever. The only feeling I had for the mugger was compassion and all fear was gone.
You can debate the concepts advanced by Lewis Walsch and Jampolsky or you can use them. If you use them there will be no more room for debate. Buy these books and a few copies for your family and friends.
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48 of 50 people found the following review helpful:
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Dr. Jampolsky's book is both enlightening and encouraging, October 15, 1999
By A Customer
This new book by Gerald G.Jampolsky is an intelligent, insightful, and compassionate guide concerning the role that the process of forgiveness plays in individual lives. Remaining true to his professional "calling" as a well-known psychiatrist and personal beliefs in attitudinal healing(i.e. replacing the negative, destructive emotion of fear with the powerful,transforming, liberating force of love), Dr. Jampolsky provides the reader with a practical "forgiveness guide" enabling the reader to heal troublesome relationships.In a warmly conversational tone, he presents numerous 'stepping stones' to assist people in acheiving peace and love in all their relationships. This mind-set transformation leads to the common goal of forgiveness. Once again, Dr. Jampolsky has written a thoroughly enjoyable and easy-to-read book ! Get Thee to your local bookstore and buy it !!!
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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
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This book gave me a new important idea., January 30, 2003
This book says that any thoughts come from one of two emotions: love or fear. If you choose love, you don't experience fear. If you choose fear, you don't experience love.This is very simple, but if you understand it truly, you can change your life.
When you are suffering from something, you can ask to yourself "Will you choose love or fear?". When you can't say "Yes, I choose love", what should you do? This book shows: Use magic. That's forgiveness. This magic is only for you, and only you can use this.
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