Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4442 in Books
• Published on: 1996-11-18
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Synopsis
People are taught to be separate from one another and to compete to get ahead, that they are not good enough the way they are. This work provides a spiritual travel guide back to the truth people were born with and and shows how to accept back into their hearts the love that has been denied.

Customer Reviews

This is the one
Of all the similar books you may see in the spiritual section this is the one to get. If you've ever wondered 'what it's all about?'then read this. Marianne Williamson is inspirational, not remotely soppy or 'out there', she delivers a book that you'll wish you'd read in your teens. In fact it should be part of the national curriculum!

Good introduction to A Course In Miracles
This book is wonderful, a very gentle feeling flows throughout. I love Marianne's stories, particularly about her upbringing at the hands of an "eccentric Jewish father." "I come from a dysfunctional family," Marianne writes, "But who doesn't? This world is dysfunctional."

I have given this book as a gift twice, and I love Marianne's audio tapes upon which this book is based. Marianne Williamson is very direct and very strong. Her thinking is very clear. However, I would have to say that this book is for beginners on the path of the Course. The Course is a very demanding spirituality that makes us take stock of all our beliefs and eventually finds them to all be lacking. Further, the Course is founded on a non-dual view of God which many comment is quite similar to the Vedanta. Marianne does not tackle any of these more abstract themes of the Course in this book. The result is that the metaphysics of the Course do not always come vividly clear in this book. But that doesn't take away from the appeal of this book.

This book is very important in Course history, and the publication of this book was responsible for a 60% jump in sales of A Course In Miracles.

I had a chance to talk to Marianne Williamson after seeing her speak at a seminar a few years back, and she was very helpful in my understanding the Course. Or, rather, she helped me get to where I currently am in my study of the Course. Because the Course is a book that may ultimately be impossible for a human being to fully understand.

Some further books by Marianne Williamson that I would recommend are:

* A WOMAN'S WORTH
* THE HEALING OF AMERICA
* ILLUMINATED PRAYERS

Andrew Parodi

Remember when you knew you were perfect?
A wonderful book that gently pulls women along, out of their feelings of being the 'weaker sex'.
That shows women that they can reclaim the time when women were honoured for their womenly abilities-intuition,compassion,healing. It calls on us to realise we are the goddess and to take on the mantle of queens..I found it an inspirational book that talks of the power of women and urges us to go inside and reclaim that power. To celebrate who we really are and not try to be what we or others think we should be. An excellent read.