The Little Book of Letting Go

by Hugh Prather

Book Overview

Find the Key to Happiness in Letting GoShed what weighs you down. From long-harbored guilt to deep-rooted prejudices, many of us bear the weight of harmful tendencies in our daily lives. Whether we... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567314503
• ISBN13: 9781567314502
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: MJF Books
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The Little Book of Letting Go

"Our lives are filled with useless battles because our minds are filled with useless thoughts," according to Hugh Prather, the best-selling author of 15 books, the most famous of which is Notes to Myself. His latest release is The Little Book of Letting Go: A Revolutionary 30-Day Program to Cleanse Your Mind, Lift Your Spirit and Replenish Your Soul. He says that "failure to let go can eat up every small chance we have to be happy," and he filled his book with "releases," which are simple exercises for letting go. The releases first bring into awareness what isn't being held on to, and then shows how to let it go. None of them require any tools or equipment other than a willing mind. He begins with an exercise on "letting go of the fear of letting go." Other releases cover mental pollutants, emotional fixation, misery, control, inner conflicts, negative honesty, the ego mind, and spiritual specialness. Prather emphasizes the role of thought and provides suggestions for identifying the ones that can trigger negative emotions. He calls these the "T-thoughts." The releases are designed to help you let go of the T-thoughts and unclutter your mind. While simple to do, the releases are exceptionally powerful and most are immediately effective. Readers can do the releases in the order presented, or pick and choose among them. "There are only three things you need to let go of," Prather says, "judging, controlling, and being right. Release these three and you will have the whole mind and twinkly heart of a child." He combines humor and real-life stories with straight-forward and easy-to read writing to help readers release the thoughts that have kept them from wholeness and happiness. The Little Book of Letting Go is essential for all those who wish to rediscover their twinkly hearts.

Let go of your emotional garbage & feel great

This book is about letting go of emotional garbage that adversely effects your life today. With the help of this wonderful book and the book An Encounter With A Prophet I have let go of all my emotional garbage. Until I did so the good in my life was always tainted by the garbage.

Loved It!

I loved this book! Hugh Prather's "THE LITTLE BOOK OF LETTING GO" is very inspiring, very understandable, and I felt it had a healing effect. I enjoyed it very much. Some of the concepts and insights help put things in a very different perspective. While there is nothing wrong with achieving goals, and having possessions, if we make having things more important than having peace of mind and well-being, then all those achievements are still empty. This book has a depth and also a feeling or quality that made me feel easier and more well in myself while reading it. It helped me Let Go! Thanks. Other books that also inspire me and have helped me to feel more at peace in my life are "THE POWER OF ONE" by Tolle; but my favorite book in the last couple years about personal growth and satisfaction is "WORKING ON YOURSELF DOESN'T WORK" by Ariel and Shya Kane. Hugh Prather, Eckard Tolle and Ariel and Shya Kane have really learned how to let go of what prevents you from being enlightened.

Little Book With Mind Altering Concepts and Instructions

Psychologists and psychiatrists now accept and teach that feelings come from thoughts. It's helpful to know this but it is frequently very difficult to change one's thoughts. Hugh Prather's Little Book of Letting Go is a manual giving concepts and exercises to teach us how to think in a healthy way and thus feel whole and happy. It is not one of those panaceas implying read this and all your problems will vanish. Hugh is realistic and acknowledges that all of us slip into thought patterns that make us feel troubled and anxious. His book helps me be gentle with myself and others. For those who not only read it but seriously practice the concepts, relationships and living become more harmonious and life becomes more peaceful and happier.This is a book for all ages. I have given it to several people. Two have written to me telling me specific ways that it has and is helping them.

Actually Helpful

I had pretty much gotten jaded about self-help books when I picked this one up, but it actually helped a lot and I finished the book feeling better about myself and my life. One of the things I liked was that there's humor which makes the book much more accessible and fun to read. I also like the spiritual aspect and the way it's presented. The most important thing to me was that Mr. Prather's approach actually worked! I bought the book because of the title and because I had just gotten out of a relationship that I was having trouble letting go of. I started trying some of the exercises and amazingly I found myself stopping all the endless thoughts about what I wish I'd said, etc. I definitely recommend this book because I also had the feeling that Mr. Prather actually believes this and practices it. I love the whole imagery of cleaning out the mind, which when I started doing it made me feel so much better!