Love Is the Answer: Creating Positive Relationships

by Gerald G. Jampolsky, Diane V. Cirincione

You can achieve harmony, forgiveness, and well-being, overcome any obstacle, build constructive relationships, heal illness, assuage the deepest grief. If you can recover the capacity to love, you can do anything.

The principles of inner healing are simple, easy to master, and astonishingly effective. The real-world power of unconditional love is almost unlimited, with vast potential for salvaging relationships, improving health, crating happiness, and increasing productivity in every area of human endeavor.

A pioneer in the field of attitudinal healing and author of Out of Darkness into the Light, One Person Can Make a Difference, and Teach Only Love, as well as the classic bestseller Love Is Letting Go of Fear, Dr. Gerald G. Jampolsky has transformed the lives of millions of men and women through his work. In this companion volume to Love Is Letting Go of Fear, Dr. Jampolsky and Diane Cirincione outline the Seven Stepping Stones of inner

• Ending conflict and preparing for unconditional love
• Turning fear, shame, and guilt into love
• Transforming control into freedom
• Achieving present happiness despite past misery
• Forgiving others to heal ourselves
• Building holy relationships

You can  attain happiness and peace of mind. All it takes is the conscious decision to be happy and peaceful. This is the book that will show you how.

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction

256 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1990

About the author

Gerald G. Jampolsky, MD, is an internationally recognized authority in the fields of psychiatry, health, business, and education. He has published extensively, including classic bestsellers Forgiveness, Teach Only Love, and Love is Letting Go of Fear.

Reviews

[Stanley Hall]

This is the book I wish I could have written about love. I came up with the same title while on my mission. It was my guiding principle for how to interact with others. My other guiding principle was, "If I'm angry, I'm wrong".

[Beatriz Tapia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Es un libro sumamente conmovedor con buenos consejos y una visión de las relaciones que todos deberíamos incorporar a nuestra vida para poder lograr vínculos más sanos, satisfactorios y sagrados.

Sin embargo, me costó terminarlo, ya que es muy repetitivo. Como lo escribió una pareja en coautoría, sospecho que a la hora de editar no lo hicieron concienzudamente y están tan mimetizados que supongl que se repiten cosas muy similares a lo largo de los capítulos porque algo lo escribió uno u otro y dicen cosas similares ambos autores. Esa es la parte tediosa del libro.

La última parte, con las 15 lecciones, me parece muy valiosa (aunque algunas lecciones sobre el perdón don muuuuy repetitivas), para implementar una por día. Yo las escribí en fichas bibliográficas y espero ponerlas en práctica con regularidad a lo largo del año.

Me doy cuenta, al leer este libro, que muchas cosas ya las he trabajado en mi proceso de evolución para tener mejores relaciones y eso me pareció muy enriquecedor como una forma de validar mi crecimiento.

¡Gracias a los autores por su impacto en el mundo! El libro deja entrever su gran labor y lo extraordinarias personas que son.

[Meg · Rating 5 out of 5]

This felt like a companion guide to much of what I have absorbed from 12-step recovery literature. I think anyone could benefit from open-minded consideration of the material presented here. The authors emphasize cultivating spiritual principles of willingness and discipline, consciously practicing love as an antidote to fear, stillness (or meditation) as a method of seeing our lives for what they truly are (a series of present moments strung together), self-inquiry to see the way our past colors our present relationships- often with projections and limiting beliefs, and how resentment is a choice we make. There is also reference to an Ultimate Source, a Higher Power, or God-- but in a mystic sense emphasizing a direct, personal relationship to this Power, rather than a dogmatic, religious sense. Essentially, God is Love, and there is no need to define this further, as what this means must be self-determined. Don't be deterred by the dated and fairly corny illustrations, or by the G word being used; the content put forth is timeless and invaluable.

[Gabie (OwlEyesReviews) · Rating 2 out of 5]

I've read a lot of books about love and relationships. I got a few things from this, but not all. This was not my favorite, but I'm grateful to have picked it up :)

[Kenneth Martz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Positive relationship development is a necessary skill to support engagement and prevent a range of risks.

[Daniela · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book helped me through a really hard time. At the beginning I didn't wanted to read it, but my mom made me, and I'm happy she did because this book helped me understand the people around me and how to accept myself.

[Ellie Revert]

This is probably great, but Brent and I will keep on doing what we've been doing for the past 46 years-------Apples vs Oranges! seems to work every time