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Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of a Course in Miracles Hardcover – January 1, 1992

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Drawing on the self-study principles of "A Course in Miracles," this guide explains how love can become a potent force in the search for inner peace, healing, and fulfillment
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This book is based on Williamson's discovery of A Course in Miracles , a self-help guide whose provenance she doesn't explain. Age 26 at the time and feeling lost and desperate after indulging in the excesses of the 1960s, the Jewish author had no real hope for inspiration from the course because of its Christian terminology. But, she writes in this guide to the guide, the program works "miracles" for herself and for others who adopt its principles. Her extrapolations may appeal to readers in need of spiritual sustenance, but one questions Williamson's advice to the gravely ill. When she encourages them, for example, to "write a letter to AIDS or cancer or whatever illness they might have, and tell it everything they feel"--even to fabricate "replies" from the disease--readers are likely to consider that a serious situation is trivialized. Williamson is founder and president of the Los Angeles and Manhattan Center for Living, a support service. BOMC alternate; author tour.
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This book is based on the author's experiences as a teacher and lecturer on the self-study guide A Course in Miracles (Foundation for Inner Peace, 1975), the students of which attribute its authorship to Jesus Christ. Using humorous personal narrative, Williamson explains how applying love to all difficulties, as advised by "The Course," can aid in healing. Some may find the theories and practices presented here somewhat off-putting (e.g., Williamson counsels people with AIDS to write letters to the disease, rather than use fear and hatred to fight it). However, New Age followers or fans of Gerald Jampolsky ( One Person Can Make a Difference , LJ 11/1/90) or Louise Hay ( You Can Heal Your Life , Hay House, 1984) will enjoy this title. Purchase by demand. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 10/1/91.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins; First Edition (January 1, 1992)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 260 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0060163747
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0060163747
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.32 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.11 x 1.11 x 11.11 inches
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Marianne Williamson is an internationally acclaimed author and lecturer. For the last 35 years, she has been one of America’s most well-known public voices, having been a popular guest on television programs such as Oprah, Larry King Live, Good Morning America, & Bill Maher. Seven of her twelve published books have been New York Times Best Sellers and four of these were #1. The mega best seller A Return to Love is considered a must-read of The New Spirituality. A paragraph from that book, beginning “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure…” is considered an anthem for a contemporary generation of seekers.

Marianne’s other books include The Law of Divine Compensation, The Age of Miracles, Everyday Grace, A Woman’s Worth, Illuminata, Healing the Soul of America, A Course in Weight Loss, The Gift of Change, Enchanted Love, A Year of Miracles, and her newest book, Tears to Triumph: The Spiritual Journey from Suffering to Enlightenment.

Marianne is a native of Houston, Texas. In 1989, she founded Project Angel Food, a meals-on-wheels program that serves homebound people with AIDS in the Los Angeles area. To date, Project Angel Food has served over 11 million meals. Marianne also co-founded the Peace Alliance.

Marianne has dedicated her travel schedule during 2018 to the Love America Tour, articulating an evolutionary wave of new possibility as principles of higher consciousness are brought to bear on our politics.

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Customers find the book easy to read and well-written. They appreciate the insightful and powerful message that helps reshape their perspective. The book provides useful information on true love and compassion. Readers feel comfortable and positive after reading it, with the message inspiring them to forgive and love again. They praise Marianne Williamson's wisdom and eloquent writing style. Overall, the book provides readers with a valuable guide for living a happy and peaceful life.

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743 customers mention "Readability"688 positive55 negative

Customers find the book well-written and easy to read. They appreciate the concise and accessible message. Readers say it's a wonderful book to absorb with an open heart and mind.

"This is a wonderful book. Its definitely for the set aside type of person. Great read. She has other books too." Read more

"This is my favorite book. I recommend it to every person I speak to. This book saved me in my darkest times and brought me back to God...." Read more

"...It is an engaging book to read. This book is a little like a toolbox and is organized as such...." Read more

"...The book calls my shift in perception a miracle. I don't think I'm capable of disagreeing on that point...." Read more

586 customers mention "Enlightenedness"580 positive6 negative

Customers find the book insightful and refreshing. It offers them lessons and spiritual wisdom, helping to reshape their perspective on life. The message is powerful and inspiring, with good thoughts. Readers describe the author as wise and open-minded, not judging anyone's religion.

"...This book provided such beautiful insights...." Read more

"...This book saved me in my darkest times and brought me back to God. Please read this book, no matter what stage of your life you are in...." Read more

"...as we grow. Marianne provides the most perfect guide on well, how to return to the love we all were created from." Read more

"...This is a thoughtful and respectful book of advice for living in control and awareness of yourself and in respect and regard for those around you...." Read more

109 customers mention "Love"107 positive2 negative

Customers find the book informative about true love. They say it teaches them how to love without remorse and from the Holy Spirit. The book is good for those in relationships or wanting a relationship, as it's inspirational, sincere, and respectful. It also teaches that God is love, not someone who punishes us.

"...This is a thoughtful and respectful book of advice for living in control and awareness of yourself and in respect and regard for those around you...." Read more

"...Testament crotchety and vengeful powerhouse to the raw and unadulterated purity of love... I don't need to read the Bible to find answers...." Read more

"...She is an inspirational figure, and I wish her and her ideas more success." Read more

"...I would say yes, it has. There is beauty and positivity in focusing on giving love and paying attention to your inner light...." Read more

48 customers mention "Comfort level"48 positive0 negative

Customers find the book comforting and inspiring. They feel better about life after reading it. The book offers keys to inner peace and joy, helping readers keep their minds more serene throughout the day.

"...a little funny, and certainly avoids judgement but encourages acceptance and peace. It is an engaging book to read...." Read more

"...I think this does wonders to curb your anxiety, and in a world were we are constantly bombarded with the collective neurosis that we constantly need..." Read more

"This book is truly eye opening and comforting in a time where a lot of us feel lost to our pain and even lost in the day to day grind...." Read more

"...my emotions with him and the break from that and the freedom to feel what I feel , to trust in love, came back to me after the first chapter...." Read more

31 customers mention "Forgiveness"31 positive0 negative

Customers find the book inspiring and helpful for forgiveness and love. They say it helps them refocus their emotions and show more compassion. The book is described as an emotional guide for healing humanity and a positive path for healing.

"...What’s more is it shows us a way to be around people that shows more compassion which will deepen each relationship and help us to realize the best..." Read more

"...Forgiveness is easy." Read more

"...In following her wise wrods, I was able to regroup my emotions, and my personal event turned out just great." Read more

"...in me that awakened me to the true meaning of life which is love and forgiveness. That is what I try to practice everyday and it really works...." Read more

20 customers mention "Inspiration"20 positive0 negative

Customers find the book inspiring. They appreciate Marianne Williamson's wisdom and eloquent writing style. They also like her theme of asking for a miracle and the change of heart. Readers praise her candid account of her personal life and how studying and living The Course has helped them.

"...Marianne is down to earth and is a wonderful speaker. Her writing is fluid and it's a quick read...." Read more

"An extremely candid relation of her personal life and how the miracles that studying and LIVING the Course changed her into a true Child of God!..." Read more

"...Marianne Williamson did a great job in tell her perspective on how see viewed the Course!!!..." Read more

"I have heard Oprah talk about this book, and seen Marianne on her show. It was very much worth the time and the inspiration leads you every day...." Read more

18 customers mention "Depth"18 positive0 negative

Customers find the book enlightening and thought-provoking. They say it goes to the depths of their being, with lots of deep statements. The margins are filled with thoughts, notes, and insights. The author distills heavy concepts and creates a path that sometimes takes them on a deeper level and higher dimension within their human experience. Overall, readers feel the book reaches for the best in all of us and gets its point across well.

"...Lots and lots of deep statements. I feel better when I read this book which is probably why I'm taking my good ol sweet time with it...." Read more

"...It's a great read, and the margins of my book are filled with thoughts, notes and insights that came to me along the way. Thanks Marianne!" Read more

"...Marianne is honest and pure in her thinking and gets her point across well...." Read more

"...Pretty heavy concepts that she distills down and creates a path that sometimes with the original texts can assault ones ego. Highly Recommended" Read more

34 customers mention "Religious content"10 positive24 negative

Customers find the religious content in the book excessive and archaic. They say it uses God extensively, mischaracterizes God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, and mixes New Age spirituality with superficial Buddhism.

"...to explain the idea of love, unfortunately also suffers from the insanity of Christian theology in the belief that prayer can cure something like..." Read more

"...There is no power greater than God and without God love is dismissed. For us to define God is for us to make HIM in our image...." Read more

"...and cold but warm and sometimes a little funny, and certainly avoids judgement but encourages acceptance and peace...." Read more

"...Unfortunately it’s, in reality, a new age book that grossly mischaracterizes God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit...." Read more

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    I have read this book several times and will read it again when I feel called to do so. This book provided such beautiful insights. I read it first when I gave up alcohol in the beginning of 2024 which helped me to give myself love and grace and then again around November 2024 where it reminded me to give grace and love to others.

    There is a religious aspect to this book, I dont follow one religion or another but I do believe in a higher power. The references to the Christian religion did not bother me and did not give the tone of being holier than though or the only way to do things.
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    This is my favorite book. I recommend it to every person I speak to. This book saved me in my darkest times and brought me back to God. Please read this book, no matter what stage of your life you are in. It will transform you!
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    I normally don’t write reviews but I felt I HAD to. Where do I start, I just received this book 2 hours ago and started reading it. At first I thought it was going to be one of those overly religious books that suffocate you with “the word”. However, as I am currently on page 38, it’s not like that at all. Marianne explains that we are all love. We are all beings of divine creation. We often get so caught up in worldly matters or the physically realm and forget who we are. She explains that anything other than love is an illusion that many of us inherit from our caregivers which then manifest into something greater (anxiety, fear, pessimism etc.) as we grow. Marianne provides the most perfect guide on well, how to return to the love we all were created from.
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    4.0 out of 5 stars Eye opening and accessible advice for life
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    I hesitate to review and summarize a book in which I find myself somewhat in awe. This is a thoughtful and respectful book of advice for living in control and awareness of yourself and in respect and regard for those around you. It is not stuffy and cold but warm and sometimes a little funny, and certainly avoids judgement but encourages acceptance and peace. It is an engaging book to read.

    This book is a little like a toolbox and is organized as such. You don't necesarily need every tool in the box at any given time, but you probably need a certain one. So you may need a thoughtful lesson or discussion of a certain topic. The section on relationships is my favorite, and is no less than a revelation to me. I have re-read it several times and still enjoy absorbing new details when I read it. And so this book in its entirety may not appeal to everyone, but I think most everyone could find a portion that speaks to them and their situation at that particular moment. We aren't all going through the same stages of life at the same time.

    I have been a Christian for all of my life. I have not found any portion of this book in particular conflict with my faith, but it has helped me think about and understand my faith better and I feel a closer connection to others, and I think I understand the human condition and our relationships to each other better. I understand my responsibility to myself and others better. It's certainly a lesson worth learning.

    So pick up a copy and thoughtfully read it. I think you will find that it is accessible and interesting and useful. It is also encouraging.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars A lesson in adjusting perception
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    I feared religion, feared succumbing to the opiate of the masses. The word "God" troubled me, even while I sought a deeper spirituality. Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit... I blindly closed my mind to anything in Christian terms. But I was fortunate enough to pick up this book at a time in my life when I was beginning to shed many of my judgements, and consider faith not by how others may abuse it or be shackled by it, but how it might empower me to find a deeper happiness. It all started with me re-stumbling upon a quote I read five years ago on how we feared not our inadequacy, but our strength. And it ended up with me finishing this book minutes ago and my mind screeching to a halt, "What? It's over? I need more!" Only the whole point of the book was telling me I don't need to read more, I just need to act on what resonated with me from the words so recently imbibed.

    I rather doubt I'll ever consider myself Christian. But when you translate the concept of God from a bearded Old Testament crotchety and vengeful powerhouse to the raw and unadulterated purity of love... I don't need to read the Bible to find answers. When the idea of Jesus isn't so much the one and only Son of God, but a state of grace each and everyone of us can become through the shedding of fear... I can relate. When the word Christ is us used to speak to the fact that all of us are connected, rather than a fixation on crucifixion... I can open my mind a crack more. And the concept of the Holy Spirit as the guiding force that allows us to replace fear and its derivatives with love for ourselves and one another... alright, finally Christianity makes at least a lick of sense.

    Does everything in these pages resonate to me? I'm not sure, but it doesn't need to. The whole point as there is no single right answer, beyond the fact that love is always the right answer. But going to church on Sunday, believing in Jesus, living a life of abstaining from all physical joys or looking upon others or ourselves with judgement and shame... not a prerequisite to finding wisdom in these pages. I would finish a chapter, and the whole world would seem to make more sense. Colors looked better, and I would sink into a feeling of peace is never felt before. The book calls my shift in perception a miracle. I don't think I'm capable of disagreeing on that point. As the author says, this is only the beginning, not the destination. I don't know if I'll read or undertake A Course in Miracles, but I do know that this companion, this interpretation, has changed my world for the better.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Eloquent prose
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    I put off reading A Return to Love, though I knew it impacted other people. I’m 30 years late as a reader, but it was quite enjoyable to read. Marianne Williamson has personal style. Her ideas are like “of course that’s the way forward.” She is an inspirational figure, and I wish her and her ideas more success.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars A gem!
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    I left with a deeper understanding of God, myself, others and the universe. Will read again! Life changing if you allow it.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars ONLY LOVE IS REAL. LOVE HEALS.
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    MARIANNE WILLIAMSON SPEAKS ABOUT HER LESSONS FROM THE COURSE IN MIRACLES THAT CHANGED HER LIFE! PREVIOUS TO STUDYING AND APPLYING THE PRINCIPLES IN THE BOOK, HER LIFE DID NOT WORK. WORTH READING ESPECIALLY IN THESE TIMES.
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    This book is really one of the books that everyone should read and find a new needed perspective to life. This book is one that we return to and highlight great perspectives in!
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    This book calms my thoughts every time I take it. It’s very well written and I love the general tone.
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