A Return to Love

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Summary: An insightful read
Review: This is a wonderful book. Marianne explains that love is our natural state, and that by aligning our thoughts with principles of love, we can achieve better inner peace and harmony. Love is our divine heritage and the nature of our Source, and we will always return to love, regardless of the time we spend railing against it.

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Summary: so what?
Review: We've heard all this information enough. It's just another new age book about love, which is unnecessary and dreadfully boring. I kept waiting for a good morsel to come my way, but it was a yawnfest. At page 70, I began reading faster and faster-I skimmed up to page 130 amd stopped--couldn't take it anymore. The Conversations with God books are much more interesting (although book 2 is filled with useless info). Good spiritual books are hard to find.

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Summary: HOW TO DISSOLVE FEAR AND WE ALL HAVE IT!
Review: MARIANNE WILLIAMSON ROCKS! PERIOD! IF YOU HAVEN'T LISTENED TO HER AUDIO TAPES I HIGHLY SUGGEST THEM.

FALLING ASLEEP TO HER WIT, INTELLIGENCE AND SENSE OF HUMOR MAKES THE NEXT DAY FEEL LIKE HEAVEN ON EARTH.

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Summary: Brilliant!!
Review: This is one of those books that I wish would go on and on. Marianne's writing style is very to-the-point and she presents her ideas in a very practical manner, using personal life experiences and observations to illusrate her message. What I love most about this book is the explanation of the 'ego' as the root of all our problems. Marianne explains how the selfish and separate ego beliefs lead away from love and unity, towards self-destruction and darkness. The book has a very encouraging and motivating feel to it and the author offers various short prayers that the reader may use. I was also surprised that a paragraph from this book has been wrongly attributed to Nelson Mandela.... the quote about 'what we fear most is not that we are weak, but that we are powerful beyond belief...' those are Marianne's words.

I would recommend this book to anyone and everyone looking for practical ways to deal with life. Marianne's style has a conversational quality to it... I never got the idea that she is claiming to be an expert or bragging in any way (like some authors do). She simply explains what works for her and what she believes can work for everyone.

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Summary: Wow !
Review: Praise to this book! I was just not expecting to have it change my life! I walked into the bookstore looking for something to help me with my ocassional destructive behavior and prayed to be led to the right one. I picked this edition up, sat on the floor, and was totally taken aback with just the introduction! I devoured the book in a short time and have decided to take a second run at a much slower pace. This book helped me to put "my purpose" and my self destructive behavior in a much clearer light. My husbands tells me he has definately seen a change in my personality. I know I've changed - I feel it - I feel wonderful!