Only Love is Real

by Brian L. Weiss

Book Overview

A "beautiful and sensitive" tale of true love that transcends time, from the multi-million bestselling author of Many Lives, Many Masters (Gary Zukav, author of Seat of the Soul). Recommended by... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446672653
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

Only Love is Real

This is a great book for those persuing past life loves, whether they are family connections, pets, or romantic ties. This book was very satisfying, I am very interested in my own past life regression.

A Mind-Opening Account on Soulmates

Brian Weiss is a credited psychotherapist and professor of psychology at the University of Miami. When working with patients, he specializes in hypnotherapy. Weiss is a strong advocate of the theory of reincarnation of the soul. He uses hypnosis as a key to get into his patients' past lives. Weiss analyzes the events that occurred and the people present in them that shape who they are in their current flesh. Only Love is Real is a book that explains how the soul creates an attachment to the people it has associated with in other lives, thus realizing the term "soulmate." He explains how a soulmate can be in the form of a friend, mother, father, sibling, and most notably a lover. Only Love is Real is Weiss' log of the hypnotherapy between two patients from very different backgrounds that proves his belief on soulmates. Elizabeth was seeing Dr. Weiss to deal with the recent death of her mother and to find answers to her problems with relationships. Pedro was undergoing past-life regression therapy with Dr. Weiss to solve his personal troubles. The two were complete strangers to each other. While undergoing the hypnotherapy, Weiss made the shocking discovery that Elizabeth and Pedro were precisely describing the same lives. They were not strangers at all, in fact, they were soulmates. The two had lost each other during the transition of lives and their souls brought them together again under the therapy of Dr. Weiss. Weiss was to serve as the median between two long-lost lovers. In what could have been a career-destroying move, Weiss goes on to reuniting the souls after years of solitude, and proving that "Only Love is Real." I had already grown a personal respect for Dr. Brian Weiss after reading his debut work, Many Lives, Many Masters, which explains and reinforces the idea that our souls have one purpose in the world, and go through many lives to achieve that goal. I feel one can only fully appreciate his following book Only Love is Real after being exposed to his beliefs in Many Lives, Many Masters. There is often controversy surrounding the validity and truthfulness to his works, but I think that is unimportant. I do not think his books are to be taken as a bible, but rather as mind-opening, spiritually-stimulating guides to help one realize that not everything may be what is commonly accepted. Because the fact is, people often use religion as comfort zones in order not explore what is unknown to them. I know because I was one of them. I was raised in a standard Catholic household. There was heaven if you were good and hell if you were bad, and that was it. I am personally attached to Weiss' works because, although I may not particularly believe in everything he writes about, they serve as internally maturing guides that help me realize what I personally have faith in, and not what people have been drilling into my head since I was baptized.

Beautiful Portrayal of Love

Only Love is Real by Brian Weiss, is the third book by this incredible author. If I could, I would rate this book with 10 stars. Although one does not have to read his previous two books to read this book, he does make references throughout, but his explanations guide the reader and one is never confused or lost. Many Lives, Many Masters and Through Time Into Healing are his previous two and both are as riveting as this book. As with his other books, I could not put this book down either. The messages imparted in this book are numerous for the deep connection of twin souls. Weiss states, "Destiny dictates the meeting of soulmates. We *will* meet them. But what we decide to do after that meeting falls in the province of choice or free will. A wrong choice or a missed chance can lead to incredible loneliness and suffering. A right choice, an opportunity realized, can bring us to profound bliss and happiness."Weiss shares the story of two of his patients relating similar past lives, and he eventually connects the two and "intervenes" to introduce them. I am sure we have all had the experience of meeting someone and just "knowing" that we know them on a much deeper level, but we can't explain it. Those that come into our lives are either ready to meet their "other half" or as Weiss put it, they are "not awakened" yet. Weiss speaks throughout the book on the meaning and value of love and indeed, "only love is real." He urges us to forget and forgive our past mistakes, to learn from them and move on - to live fully in the present and not to worry about the future. This book is one incredible, beautiful lesson in love. Weiss urges the reader to listen to one's heart, as the ego has other agendas, as do other people. "There is someone special for everyone." How does one recognize a soulmate? - Weiss states it most profoundly, "When both recognize each other, no volcano could erupt with more passion. The energy released is tremendous. Passion in a relationship cannot be artificially created . . . . . but the chemistry has to be there from the start." Oh how so very true!!! "The person may not recognize the chemistry. The attraction is definitely there but the source of chemistry is not understood. It is delusional to believe that this passion, this soul recognition and attraction will be easily found again with another person. You do not run into a soulmate every day . . .The more awakened a couple is, the more likelihood of a decision based on love. When both partners are awakened, ecstasy is within their grasp."Weiss shares the past lives of both Elizabeth and Pedro and the reader is able to see them in different lifetimes, as different sexes, yet they are always together, learning soul lessons and coming back again and again to be together. As with his previous books, messages come from Elizabeth under hypnosis, from "higher conscious masters", imparting loving and profound messages to Weiss: "Love dissolves fear. You cannot

La Reencarnación nos devuelve lo que pensabamos perdido.

Asi como muchos lectores de Wiess, hoy puedo decir que a traves del tiempo uno se encuentra con diversas personas en su camino y sin saber que es lo que nos llama la atención de ellas podemos ver en sus ojos que los reconocemos a pesar de los siglos. "La pasión que surge del mutuo reconocimiento supera la intensidad de cualquier erupción volcánica, y se libera una tremenda energía...." Es de esos libros que tienen todas las respuestas que nadie supo antes contestar. Una maravilla!

Ha abierto nuevos horizontes en mi vida

Este libro ha logrado abrir nuevos horizontes en mi vida, me ha permitido ir más allá del aquí y del ahora,comprendiendo que en verdad no somos seres tan limitados, sino que traemos muchos recuerdos, sabidurías y sentimientos desde muy, muy atrás.

The first book I truly couldn't put down until I finished

This book was the first of Brian Weiss's I'd ever read, and I must say I stayed with it until I finished every last sentence! The book verified what I have long believed...that we travel from one life to another with "soulmates" and ultimately make contact with those individuals in one form or another. How many of us have met an individual for the first time, only to instantly connect with that person as if we'd known them forever! Dr. Weiss's experiences with his patients prove that love is real, and once you find that very special person, you connect with them in a way that even death cannot take away. The book sent chills through me as I read experiences similar to what has occurred in my own life with one special individual. What a thrill it must be to sit through a regression session with Dr. Weiss! Since reading "Only Love is Real", I've read all his other books, and eagerly await the next!