Full Description
"We need tools. We need guidelines. We need understanding. We need books like this." from the Foreword by Neale Donald Walsch. author of Conversations with God This groundbreaking book is being published on the anniversary of September 11 but this is a book for all times of crisis. In Healing Together, Dr. Lee Jampolsky, one of the world's leading experts in peace--based thinking, explains how turbulent times can lead to spiritual awakening and self--improvement. Through peace--based thinking, Jampolsky shows, we learn how to experience love instead of being consumed by hate and how to perpetuate acts of compassion rather than acts of violence. In Healing Together he includes dozens of exercises, meditations, and prayers as well as an eight--step program that shows readers how to deal with tragedy and alter our ways of thinking so that genuine and lasting peace with ourselves and the world can truly be achieved.
Contents
Foreword by Neale Donald Walsch. Foreword by Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Part One: What to Do When Tragedy Enters Your Life. 1. The Key to Maintaining Peace of Mind. 2. Universal Spiritual Truths to Remember. Part Two: Eight Steps to Personal and Global Healing. Step 1. Let Yourself Feel. Step 2. Rise above the Details. Step 3. Ask Important Spiritual Questions. Step 4. Find Opportunity in Crisis. Step 5. Let Go: A Time for Prayer. Step 6. Decide between Violence and Nonviolence. Step 7. Develop and Commit Together to a Purpose of Peace. Step 8. Understand and Practice Forgiveness. Part Three: Building a Positive Future. 1. How Tragedy Affects Our Relationships. 2. How to Overcome Feeling Separate and Helpless. 3. How to Talk with Our Children about Tragedy. 4. How to Create a New Vision for Our Lives Following Tragedy. Epilogue. Suggested Reading. Index.
