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Summary: one of the most brilliant books Ive read in a long time
Review: my goodness its about time someone in touch with their deepest feelings got it down on paper. This book I believe says everything the human heart longs to say but finds it dificult to express. A gem in the field of politics. Bravo for mid-wifing such incredible brilliance.
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Summary: A very pleasant surprise
Review: The author, who has attained a fair degree of pop celebrity from her spiritual lectures and books, has produced a very important book. She tells it like it is: we are allowing our democracy to unravel, we are allowing are children to be cheated, and we are allowing the interests of the few (the corporations) to dominate our society. Williamson has no ax to grind. This is the kind of common sense, plain speaking that has been all but eliminated from our news media.
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Summary: Necessary Reading for American Progressives
Review: This uplifting, inspirational book is filled with innovative suggestions for healing our government and culture. Discusses what is unique about our constitution and country, how we've fallen short of its promise, and how we can manifest its higher potential.
Unlike many so-called spiritual books, Williamson isn't afraid to address institutionalized racism and the need for reparations as a fundamental beginning for America's healing. Some of her other suggestions include instituting a much needed Department of Peace, holding elections on a weekend day or voting holiday so everyone can vote, changing Columbus Day to Immigrants' Day, and formally apologizing to Viet Nam for the Viet Nam War.
The section on "Yin Activism" will resonate with anyone who, like me, wants progressive movements to incorporate more of the feminine in their methods and vision.
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Summary: Repetitive, Unoriginal, Boring
Review: Williamson offers very little here that we don't already know. The message, of course, always falls back to love, but the author tends to beat this notion to death, over and over and over. The one lucicrous suggestion in "Healing" America is by disregarding Columbus Day as a means of "healing" the injustices suffered by Native Americans. What Williamson does not mention, is the bulk of atrocities committed against Native Americans occurred decades *after* Columbus's death. In the end, after so many years of injustice and genocide, will Native Americans feel betteror be "healed" by simply dropping Columbus Day? How naive. Williamson's solution will "heal" Native America's pain like a Band-Aid will heal multiple stab wounds.
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Summary: A Waste of Time.
Review: Williamson would like you to think she is beyond "liberal" and "conservative" labels, but don't believe it. She's a liberal in disguise, and her solutions to "healing America" are dubious at best. (Will getting rid of Columbus Day *really* make American Indians feel better? Did HE begin their genocide, or did ENGLISH COLONISTS?) When Williamson is not lacking in research, she is so repetitive, you could skip 2 or 3 chapters and not have missed a thing. Save your cash, and buy CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD, BOOK 1,2,3 for a real spiritual discussion.
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Summary: I see it as a daring book.
Review: Wow. First of all my apologies for intellectually selling out and going with the book on tape - I do a lot of driving. I think Marianne really went out on a limb with this one - I'm sure people that don't agree with her politics will attack the work. But what no one can really intelligently do, I think, is disagree with her message that a wake-up call is sorely needed NOW by our country and our world. Her bold statement that "we are a country in denial" can't be, well, uh, denied. This work was for me the very first time that I found myself thinking that I would ever have an interest in politics - I still don't, but I DO have an interest in the healing of America. This book gave me some ideas how to express that interest socially and politically. Thanks, Marianne.
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Summary: I see it as a daring book.
Review: Wow. First of all my apologies for intellectually selling out and going with the book on tape - I do a lot of driving. I think Marianne really went out on a limb with this one - I'm sure people that don't agree with her politics will attack the work. But what no one can really intelligently do, I think, is disagree with her message that a wake-up call is sorely needed NOW by our country and our world. Her bold statement that "we are a country in denial" can't be, well, uh, denied. This work was for me the very first time that I found myself thinking that I would ever have an interest in politics - I still don't, but I DO have an interest in the healing of America. This book gave me some ideas how to express that interest socially and politically. Thanks, Marianne.
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Summary: Food for Thought!
Review: Written in 1997, "The Healing Of America" calls for people to have a more conscious involvement in politics and world events. Author, Marianne Williamson, cites our current levels of affluency as a key ingredient that has lulled the typical American into a state of disinterest with world events.Williamson says, "No doctor can guarantee physical health to a patient who refuses to take care of her body, and no leader can guarantee social health to a people who refuse to take care of their society." (p. 176). Prophetically, Williamson predicts that America will experience a renaissance or a catastrophe which will take us back to who we are. She further says, "Nothing short of a spiritual awakening will heal this wounded nation." Williamson makes a strong case for needing to take care of your own healing via cleaning up old unfinished business. She points out that this is step one and needs to be handled before involvement with healing the larger society. She provides examples and insights into how one can do this. Timely and beautifully written, this book provides food for thought.
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Summary: Food for Thought!
Review: Written in 1997, "The Healing Of America" calls for people to have a more conscious involvement in politics and world events. Author, Marianne Williamson, cites our current levels of affluency as a key ingredient that has lulled the typical American into a state of disinterest with world events. Williamson says, "No doctor can guarantee physical health to a patient who refuses to take care of her body, and no leader can guarantee social health to a people who refuse to take care of their society." (p. 176). Prophetically, Williamson predicts that America will experience a renaissance or a catastrophe which will take us back to who we are. She further says, "Nothing short of a spiritual awakening will heal this wounded nation." Williamson makes a strong case for needing to take care of your own healing via cleaning up old unfinished business. She points out that this is step one and needs to be handled before involvement with healing the larger society. She provides examples and insights into how one can do this. Timely and beautifully written, this book provides food for thought.
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Summary: Food for Thought!
Review: Written in 1997, "The Healing Of America" calls for people to have a more conscious involvement in politics and world events. Author, Marianne Williamson, cites our current levels of affluency as a key ingredient that has lulled the typical American into a state of disinterest with world events. Williamson says, "No doctor can guarantee physical health to a patient who refuses to take care of her body, and no leader can guarantee social health to a people who refuse to take care of their society." (p. 176). Prophetically, Williamson predicts that America will experience a renaissance or a catastrophe which will take us back to who we are. She further says, "Nothing short of a spiritual awakening will heal this wounded nation." Williamson makes a strong case for needing to take care of your own healing via cleaning up old unfinished business. She points out that this is step one and needs to be handled before involvement with healing the larger society. She provides examples and insights into how one can do this. Timely and beautifully written, this book provides food for thought.
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