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Summary: A great book on man and woman in God's light
Review: Incredible, dead-on accurate book, mystical in tone. Not everyone will "get it". I just finished reading it and am starting over from page one again. Very inspirational. It gave me great hope for the future. I gave it to my love. I hope it hits her as hard as it hit me.
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Summary: HMMMM...
Review: Its rather typical of us as Americans, to folck to "tell me how to love and improve" kind of books hence the popularity of aReturn to loveand Illuminata. But I beilieve that this book is an actual EXPERIENCE of love. Its a gift from the beyond...because it actually DOES make you forget your head. It DOES take you to your heart . We are still stuck in our heads about love rather than jumping right in. This book is an experience of the heart not the head. If you work only with your head...forget it...you wont comprehend this, but if your heart is supple...you will remember places in your psyche that you had forgotten. Enjoy!
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Summary: Missed the Mark
Review: Love is indeed mystical, magical and wondrous. Ms. Williamson's book, however, is not. I found the lack organization to be unsettling. The ideas presented in this book seemed to lack focus and did not lead the reader closer to understanding the mystical qualities of love. Rather, it was composed of the author's whimsical ramblings interspersed with prayers. The prayers, overall, were the best part of this otherwise unnotable effort.
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Summary: Insightful and At Times Divinely Inspired
Review: Love relationships can be our greatest joy and our greatest sorrow! Ever wonder why some lovers run from us while others choose to stay? Williamson gets to the heart and soul of what lies (or often "lurks") below the surface of intimate relationships. In this book, she uses her own past relationship experiences as examples and gives examples she's gleaned from friends and couples she has worked with professionally. After perusing the following excerpt from the book I knew this was a book I had to read.
"Often upon seeing the weaknesses in each other, we have the tendency to go "Yuck!" and walk away on some level. But often it is not a change in partners but rather a change in perception that delivers us to the love seek. When we shift our view of the purpose of intimacy - from serving our own needs as we define them to serving a larger process of healing - then an entirely new opportunity presents itself. Our wounds have been brought forward, not to block the experience of love, but to serve it." Later Williamson writes, "The purpose of an intimate relationship is not that it be a place where we can hide from our weaknesses, but rather where we can safely let them go." and, "We unconsciously seek the relationships that challenge us to deliver on our most soulful selves, as well as tempt us to fall into our most neurotic patterns." I cannot recommend this book strongly enough. It should be used by parents, teachers, ministers and counselors to help young adults and couples of all ages understand what's really going on when people unintentionally touch their partner's emotional wounds. Short, thoughtful, compassionate, at times divinely inspired, easy to read and understand, this book rates as one of my top ten.
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Summary: THOSE THAT CAN NOT DO - TEACH
Review: Marianne has never had a committed relationship in her life that has lasted more than a few months. That says it all.
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Summary: Love comes to life in poetry, prayer & prose, in this book
Review: Marianne has taken the essence of love, in all of its beauty and fullness, and distilled it down to words which penetrate heart & soul. Her poetry is exquisite; the images and emotions are so vivid and sensual. She truly excites the spirit. Her prayers really connect you to God, and bring into consciousness the truth that sex, shared in the spirit of real enchanted love, is a truly holy event. When one is through reading this book, one is aroused in the most wonderful of ways; god is truly present.
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Summary: Average effort...
Review: Marianne Williamson has some useful things to say, but she doesn't always express herself well. She is clearly well-read -- in Eastern and Western philosophy, New Age and New Thought, and draws on her knowledge in examining romantic relationships. Her basic point in this book is that surrendering your relationships to the Holy Spirit will align them with their true purpose. People are naturally loving, Williamson believes, but have been worn down by their ego's desire to attack. The goal of the healed person is to abandon the negativity they've learned and return to a loving and creative state that is natural. This is as good a theory as any in pop psychology, and may well heal a lot of troubled hearts. That said, Williamson at times veers into laughable tangents that make her sound like Anne "Celestia" Heche. She may well be enlightened, but that doesn't always make all her thoughts coherant. It is a bit frustrating to find good advice mixed with prose that makes you wince. Not her best effort, but I still enjoyed it for the most part.
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Summary: Important points
Review: Marianne Williamson makes some important points about how love, and relationships in particular, can help us in our spiritual growth. Relationships, whether we see them as negative or positive experiences in our lives, teach us a lot about ourselves. And isn't this what life is all about?
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Summary: Important points
Review: Marianne Williamson makes some important points about how love, and relationships in particular, can help us in our spiritual growth. Relationships, whether we see them as negative or positive experiences in our lives, teach us a lot about ourselves. And isn't this what life is all about?
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Summary: A beautifully written love song to God & lovers everywhere.
Review: Marianne Williamson unveils the magical and mystical power of intimate relationships. With her we explore the possibility that one path to God can be traveled with our beloved....that romantic love can lead us to the Divine. In the eyes of our beloved we find not only ourselves but God as well. Her words rang true for me and I felt inspired by her rich and profound perspective. She reminded me that if we trust our heart and not our mind, we can indeed find heaven on earth. How liberating to discover that my longing for God and my longing for romance are not mutually exclusive. When she explains that "the art of love is an emotional midwifery" things clicked into place for me in an entirely new way. I loved this book and plan to buy it for all of my friends.
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