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 enlarge | Author: Marianne Williamson
Publisher: Hay House
Category: Book
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Rating:  71 reviews
Sales Rank: 3903
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
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Pages: 187
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Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 1401917194
Dewey Decimal Number: 155.66
EAN: 9781401917197
ASIN: 1401917194
Publication Date: January 1, 2008
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 Baby Boomers' Midlife a Turning Point for Humanity April 7, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I love how Marianne Williamson is willing to be honest about the lessons we all learn in consciousness. Like others, she definitely believes that our thoughts create our reality - however, she is one of the very few who is willing to say that any expansion or improvement in the state of our consciousness is often gained through the repetition of many trials and errors.
So many of the self-help books today make it sound like all you have to do is think positively. And if you're not getting the results you want, the insinuation is that there must be some flaw in your character. But from my own experience, not dealing with what is already negative within us is like trying to seal up an infected wound.
Marianne honestly and artfully describes the need to understand this throughout the book. In the chapter titled "I Will Survive" she says, "...nothing is a more powerful state of being than a deep acceptance of what is. Too often we inquire about a situation, 'How can I change this?' when we should be asking, 'How can I dwell within this circumstance in the highest possible way?'" In yoga philosophy this would be called the path of surrender, one of several paths to spiritual enlightenment.
As the book progresses the discussion turns from relationships to more global issues and the survival of our species, not to mention all other life, with a sense of urgency and purpose.
The author and I appear to have grown up during the same span of time, so I relate very clearly to her references of life during the 60's and 70's. And I agree that mid-life is like a different kind of puberty. I have felt the call she describes to become more of myself, to be more authentic and to aspire to fulfull my highest and best purpose in this life very intensely in the past 10 years.
This book represents a turning point in the collective experience of baby boomers everywhere. Just as we stirred things up in the late 60's and early 70's, the transition to mid-life of this huge demographic group is sure to make some waves again.
Like Marianne says, it's hard to understand aging until you've been there. As complacent as our society has become in dealing with social problems, it's time for the baby boomers to rise again and take a new stand in the effort to raise global consciousness to a higher level.
Moonstone Star White is the author of the spiritual growth title High Way from Hell: Using Emotion to Fan the Fire of Enlightment.
The Age of Miracles April 6, 2008
This was an amazing book. I just finished it and I want to give it to every woman I know! I am on my way to go buy more books by Marianne Williamson.
What a gift!
Barb Haug
Her best book yet. April 6, 2008
Marianne is in top form with this book. Her message is extremely important. I recommend it to anyone who feels helpless about the current state of the world. For any Baby Boomer out there who wants to positively change the world and leave it a better place here is your manual.
Great once I gave it a chance April 5, 2008
It took me until the 3rd CD to really decide that this wasn't just stuff I had heard before. Marianne reminded me that I need not forget my inner goddess. I have also shared the 4th CD over and over again as I meet with others who really want to accept that Midlife is truly the Age of Miracles! I even bought an extra set to pass along while keeping one for me! Thank You Marianne!
The Age of Miracles April 5, 2008
Marianne Williamson brings a new outlook to Mid Life. What was once the beginning of the end of life that brought no more than the gift of grandchildren is now a new beginning. She brings an understanding to new beliefs that connects the dots from the past to what promises to be the best of what life has to offer. No longer will we say "If I knew then what I know now". We will now say "How lucky I am to know what I know now". Our full understanding and forgiveness of what we have been through gives us the key to unlocking all possibilities for the future. Marianne encourages us to look forward to the next part of our life where it is more about the enjoyment of living in the present and less about the past and future.
I recommend this for anyone struggling with letting go of young motherhood and the " busy ness" of life.
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