Letting Go: The Pathway to Surrender by David R. Hawkins

Notes:
When I started the book I thought that the author was so well-read, educated and informed. As I progressed in the book I realised that he’s collated information from Buddhism and other religions, name-dropped people like Viktor Frankl his work with logotherapy as discussed in Man’s Search for Meaning to Think and Grow Rich and As a Man Thinketh. It’s not a bad book at all, I would simply suggest looking at the table of contents to see what you’re looking for or read it piece by piece as the book has a lot of information and long lists that need to get worked on a little bit at a time.

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Contents:
Foreword
Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Mechanism of Letting Go
What is it?
Feelings and Mental Mechanism
Feelings and Stress
Life Events and Emotions
Mechanism of Letting Go
Resistance to Letting Go

Chapter 3: The Anatomy of Emotions
Goal of Survival
Scale of Emotions
Understanding Emotions
Handling Emotional Crises
Healing the Past
Enhancing Positive Emotions

Chapter 4: Apathy and Depression
“I Can’t” vs. “I Won’t”
Blame
Choosing the Positive
The Company We Keep

Chapter 5: Grief
Allowing the Grief
Handling Loss
Preventing Grief

Chapter 6: Fear
Fear of Public Speaking
Healing Effect of Love
Owning the “Shadow”
Guilt

Chapter 7: Desire
Desire as an Obstacle
Having – Doing – Being
Glamour
Power of Inner Decision

Chapter 8: Anger
Using Anger Positively
Self-Sacrifice
Acknowledgement
Expectations
Chronic Resentment

Chapter 9: Pride
Vulnerability of Pride
Humility
Joy and Gratitude
Opinions

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Chapter 10: Courage
Courage to Let Go
Self-Empowerment
Awareness of Others

Chapter 11: Acceptance
Everything Is Perfect As It Is
Acceptance of Self and Others
Personal Responsibilty

Chapter 12: Love
Love in Everyday Life
Love Heals
Unconditional Love
Oneness

Chapter 13: Peace
Profound Impact of Peace
Silent Transmission
Surrender to Ultimate Reality

Chapter 14: Reducing Stress and Physical Illness
Psychological Aspects and Stress Proneness
Medical Aspects of Stress
Energy System Response to Stress and the Acupuncture System
Interventions to Alleviate Stress
Kinesiology Testing
Kinesiology Testing Technique
The Relationship of Consciousness to Stress and Disease

Chapter 15: The Relationship between Mind and Body
Influence of Mind
Disease-Prone Beliefs
Comparison with Other Techniques

Chapter 16: The Benefits of Letting Go
Emotional Growth
Problem Solving
Lifestyle
Resolution of Psychological Problems: Comparison with Psychotherapy

Chapter 17: Transformation
Health
Wealth
Happiness
State of Inner Freedom

Chapter 18: Relationships
Negative Feelings
The Human Condition
Positive Feelings
Sexual Relations

Chapter 19: Achievement of Vocational Goals
Feelings and Abilities
Negative Feelings Related to Work
Positive Feelings Related to Work
Feelings and the Decision-Making Process
Feelings and Sales Ability

Chapter 20: Physician, Heal Thyself
Basic Principles
Healing of Multiple Diseases
Healing of Vision

Chapter 21: Question and Answers
Religious and Spiritual Goals
Meditation and Inner Techniques
Psychotherapy
Alcoholism and Drug Addiction
Relationships
The Mechanism
Surrender to the Ultimate

Appendix A: Map of Consciousness
Appendix B: Muscle Testing Procedure
References
About the Author