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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 158 EAN: 9780937611012 ISBN: 0937611018 Label: Hay House Inc Manufacturer: Hay House Inc Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 251 Publication Date: July 01, 2004 Publisher: Hay House Inc Studio: Hay House Inc Sales Rank: 1190
Amazon.co.uk Review: If you haven't seen Hay House's "Lifestyles" series of gorgeous gift books, there is no better way to acquaint yourself than with publisher/author Louise Hay's You Can Heal Your Life. A bestseller for many years, You Can Heal Your Life has been republished with bright beautiful illustrations in full living colour and exquisite typography--each and every page is a work of art by artist Joan Perrin Falquet. The timeless message of the book is that we are each responsible for our own reality and "dis-ease". Hay believes we make ourselves ill by having thoughts of self-hatred. She includes a directory of ailments and emotional causes for each with a corresponding affirmation to help overcome the illness. For example, the probable cause of multiple sclerosis is "mental hardness, hard-heartedness, iron will and inflexibility". The healing "thought pattern" would be: "By choosing loving, joyous thoughts, I created a loving joyous world. I am safe and free." --P. Randall Cohan
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Rating: - A bizarre, complacent, offensive and off the wall little book for the bourgeoisie
This book was given to me as a present - I would not have dreamt of buying it myself!
What can I say but that the thought process (seasoned with narcissism and treacled with worship of the self) which underpins this little book goes against all that I hold dear.
Further, it is downright bizarre and borders on the offensive at times. I will quote from it liberally below to support what I have said. Pseudo-religion for the bourgeoise, complacent and self satisfied.
"We are each responsible for all our experiences" (page xiii)
This is plainly wrong. We possess a human nature which is subject to the vagaries of the external world - famine, disease, earthquakes. These are simply ... Read More:
Rating: - The Psychological Side of Healing
You Can Heal Your Life is all about using your thoughts to fix the problems in your life. What kind of problems? Well, the book specifically looks into healing some pretty major life areas: relationships, work, success, prosperity, and your body. But wait a minute, did I say the book is using thoughts to heal your body? What's up with that? Is that even possible? Well, after reading this book, I think in many cases, yes, it is possible.
While I think it is the way to go to treat things such as an acute appendicitis with surgery, fractures with a cast, and pneumonia with antibiotics, there are many conditions where conventional medicine blatently falls short. Of course I'm talking about health problems such as migraines, backaches, ... Read More:
Rating: - The bin is the best place for this book!
I found this book offensive and it ended up in the bin, which quite frankly I feel is the best place for it. I couldn't even give it away, because I found it dangerous in places. I'm sure there is a lot of good advice in what she says about accepting ourselves, but this book also contains a lot of self indulgent rubbish. Louise Hay says there is a mind association or stress/anger element with all illnesses and seems to say that people bring all their illnesses/conditions on themselves. Whilst it can be acknowledged that something such as stress is not good for health, sometimes things just happen. And much as we might like to have reasons for everything, sometimes we can't. And to blame people when they have problems such as heart disease or ... Read More:
Rating: - A life changing book
I CANNOT SPEAK HIGHLY ENOUGH OF THIS BOOK. THIS TRULY IS A LIFE CHANGING BOOK!
I have read many books on spirituality but this book is still my favourite.
My advice - If you are new to the concepts introduced in this book then, please just be patient and openminded to explore a different belief system. Then see what it can do for you :)
Thank you Louise Hay for helping me to go within!
Rating: - Interesting
I find this a handy reference when trying to get to grips with tricky conditions that are stubborn to overcome without aggressive drug intervention. Delving into the subconscious is a skill and not always straighforward, and the suggested thought patterns are definitely worth consideration. The statements may not totally line up for everyone with the same condition, so adjusting the phrasing may be necessary until it rings absolutely true. I see this work more from the viewpoint that more kindness and tenderness is needed in a world that is steeped in conflict and aggression, and where better then to start by being kind and tender to ourselves. I don't for a second think this book is intended to create guilt or blame for developing a serious illness, ... Read More: