Written by a medical doctor. Sad. How can an MD completely miss the logic and purpose of negative emotions, ignore their foundation in our childhood and treat them as the cause of all disasters and problems?
The author nicely writes about how repression of negative emotions creates problems, however the "letting go" process in this book is actually a repression strategy! The whole book is based on cognitive reframes, belief changes and positive empowerment, which are processes trying to regulate negative emotions. Sometimes they succeed, sometimes they do not.
I've lost count in this book of false, vague and new age nonsense statements.
- "Attachment and dependence occur because we feel incomplete within ourselves; therefore, we seek objects, people, relationships, places, and concepts to fulfill inner needs."
- "Guilt accompanies all of the negative emotions and, thus, where there is fear, there is guilt."
- "One of the laws of consciousness is: We are only subject to a negative thought or belief if we consciously say that it applies to us. We are free to choose not to buy into a negative belief system."
- "That part of us to which we refer as our “greater Self ” loves rather than seeks love. Consequently, there comes the awareness that we are at all times surrounded by love, which is unlimited. Love is automatically attracted to the person who is loving."
- "By the very nature of our being and by the very nature of the life energy that flows through us and empowers us to breathe and to think, we all have that same vibrational energy level of love within us."
- "The impossible becomes possible as soon as we are totally surrendered. This is because wanting blocks receiving it and results in a fear of not getting it. The energy of desire is, in essence, a denial that what we want is ours for the asking."
- "The state of infinite peace radiates forth unconditionally of its own from the energy field of the teacher or saint."
And how about some classic new age myths:
- "What one holds in mind tends to manifest"
- "Fear is healed by love"
- "We are only subject to what we hold in mind"
- "Health and well-being, then, are generally the automatic consequence of the letting go of guilt and other negativities, as well as the letting go of our resistance to the positive states of health and well-being."
Sad to see so many four and five star reviews. People are really confused about how emotions and our brain work. Please read some good neuroscience books to liberate yourself from such nonsense.