The Psychology of Happiness: Understanding Our Selves and Others [Paperback]

Robert Najemy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 15, 2001

Penetrates to the heart of the subject of human happiness in a deep and yet simple, clear and understandable manner. It offers a variety of techniques, questionnaires and guidelines for creating happiness. Covers: Psychology of Evolution, Managing Emotions, Overcoming Fear, Loving Ourselves, Facing Loneliness, Stages of Love, Reconciling Inner Conflicts, Healing Inner Child, Forgiveness & Freedom, Coping with the Death of Loved Ones, Greek version is in 15th printing.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Holistic Harmony Publishers; 4th edition (August 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0971011605
• ISBN-13: 978-0971011601
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,038,712 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A valuable tool for authentic seekers, March 29, 2002

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Amina Halwany (Athens, Greece) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Psychology of Happiness: Understanding Our Selves and Others (Paperback)

"I have not only read the book of Najemy. I have been applying its wisdom and living it under the guidance of the author himself. I had the chance to be part of the Center he created in Athens, Greece.

Is it too much or too little to say that this book directs our search, puts us more on focus, brings us closer to our purpose, and reveals to us the basis for self-knowledge and hence self-empowerment. We are helped to recognize our emotions, the motives and the beliefs behind them and then the possibility to change those beliefs and to chose what is more in alignment with our ultimate goal: authentic empowerment like Gary Zukav calls it, or enlightenment or self-realization..

The book is not a fairy tale nor a magic stick that will turn one's head upside down, it is down to Earth. Through the various real life cases, questionnaires and various techniques, it guides us into willful self-discovery, exploring what our weaknesses and strengths are. What is hindering our evolution and how to accelerate it.

The focus of this book is to reveal to the reader and the real seeker, the places within the self that he or she are unaware of, the places where energy is blocked and the flow of love is hence hindered. Just to shed light there brings understanding, and understanding opens space for growth.

As the author said in one of his lectures, "I saw that the world is suffering because of too much ignorance. I decided to help the world by helping myself and others change our perceptions about ourselves and others."