Practical Miracles for Mars and Venus Nine Principles for Lasting Love, Increasing Success and Vibrant Health in the 21st Century (Hardcover)

by John Gray Ph.D. (Author) "Walking on water is certainly miraculous, but walking peacefully on earth is an even greater miracle..." (more)
Key Phrases: practical miracles, natural energy healing, unloving demands, Natural Energy Diet, Positive Response Technique, Feeling Better Technique (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review
Hoping to demystify the miraculous, author John Gray (Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus) offers a handbook on creating "practical miracles." Having experienced a personal miracle when he recovered from near blindness, Gray began to realize that humans could actually participate in creating their own miracles. "Miracles don't just happen for some and not for others," he notes. "They occur when specific conditions are nurtured." In order to nurture these conditions, Gray suggests living by nine guiding principles, including "Love as if for the first time," "Work as if money didn't matter," and "Relax as if everything will be okay."

Typical of Gray, he has narrowed his book down into concise formulas, following step-by-step, stage-by-stage plans and exercises. This compulsion to script his theories into neat little self-help packages is his downfall, limiting what could have been a meaningful and important discussion about miracle making in everyday life. Instead, we can't help feeling that he's simply holding up a bottle of his latest formula and saying, "Ladies from Venus, gentlemen from Mars, for just under $20 you too can be a miracle maker...." Nonetheless, his heart seems to be in the right place and there are passages of impressive wisdom. Even hardcore skeptics could live a better life (and may even encounter a miracle or two) by following his excellent list of guiding principles. --Gail Hudson

Product Description
From the author of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, Dr. Gray provides nine guiding principles for creating miracles in your life as well as new practical tools and techniques for taking charge of your personal destiny.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 244 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins (September 12, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060198591
• ISBN-13: 978-0060198596
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,724,636 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great insights and wisdom for everyday living, September 12, 2000

By A Customer

Unlike John Gray's other books which are focused on specific topics, Practical Miracles For Mars And Venus is aimed at improving one's life in general. It's a kind of 'How to' manual for life.

The ideas, concepts and information in this book are truly clever and insightful. There is a lot of insight and wisdom that anyone can use to improve all aspects of their life. You can't help but think "That is so clever. How did he think of that?" while reading Practical Miracles. Read this book, it will definetly improve your life.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great book for John Gray's fans - Practical all the way, September 13, 2000

By	Hitesh Tejani (Mumbai, Maharashtra India) - See all my reviews

A Practical book - the hallmark of John Gray. Good examples for all the 8 rules. Marriages may be made in heaven - but miracles are made by this book. The author suggests clear guidelines on how to achieve success (in love) by "letting go" - not compromise - but letting go. Submitting yourself to the supreme power and having faith in ones own mind - he /she can create a mode which can relive one of all stress and generate long lasting love. The examples in the book are truly inspiring. A must read for all Gray fans.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Mixed Bag, February 18, 2004

By	T.J. Lynch (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Practical Miracles for Mars and Venus: Nine Principles for Lasting Love, Increasing Success, and Vibrant Health in the Twenty-first Century (Paperback)

Albert Einstein's famous quote sums up the message of this book: "There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is."

A large part describes the cultural and historical changes that have taken place that now allow miracles to take place by common people - rather than by the stereotypical monks that live in the mountains.

Smashing old and limiting beliefs with inspiring and liberating ideas, John Gray provides nine techniques that'll
allow you to use these nine principles to create miracles in your life in a simple, practical manner.

One technique, however, may be a bit superficial and impractical: The Blockbuster Technique.

In this short chapter, John Gray describes a familiar way of healing: writing a mock letter to whomever you are feeling negative towards. Gray provides a chart of "blocks" that are common to most. Examples include: Resentment, Depression, Confusion, etc. Your letter should explore the feelings attached to your particular block. By exploring emotions below the "block," one can attain healing. Examples of feelings attached to these blocks: Deprived, Angry, Abandoned, etc.

I tried this with a particular person I knew at one time. My biggest challenge with this technique? I would have been up all night writing this letter. And I would have wasted an entire notebook of paper to boot!

In trying to figure what was not working out for me, I realized one's beliefs about oneself and others determine how long this letter will go on for. So rather than using this technique of letter-writing to feel better, go read something by Albert Ellis instead - and change your ideas that lead to these feelings. That way, you will not only feel better...but you will GET better. There is a big difference between those two.

Regardless of the validity of writing letters, there is one fantastic part that I love: this book will teach you the
exact technique behind energy healing.

Yes, the mysterious stuff "those spiritual people" have used to create miraculous healings. Whether these techniques work or not, I cannot say - I still need to start applying them myself. These are not ideas that you grasp in an hour, however. There are three separate exercises involved with energy: Recharging, Decharging, and Natural Energy Healing. Each one has separate instructions, and John encourages you to take baby steps
and learn these concepts gradually.

John Gray has the background for this, too. From my hazy understanding of him, before he got his Ph.D. in psychology and created the Mars-Venus craze, he was a monk for nine years. His story of how he healed his own blindness is described in the book as well.

A great book: liberating, practical, and useful. Most important, if you've always wanted to learn how to heal yourself and others via meditation, touch, and energy, you must read this book.