Louise Hay - You Can Heal Your Life

You Can Heal
Your Life

Louise L. Hay

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YOU CAN HEAL YOUR LIFE
by Louise L. Hay

You Can Heal Your Life is a federally registered trademark of Hay House, Inc.

Copyright 1984, 1987, 2004 by Louise L. Hay

Published and distributed in the United States by: Hay House, Inc.: www.hayhouse.com Published and distributed in Australia by: Hay House Australia Pty. Ltd.: www.hayhouse.com.au Published and distributed in the United Kingdom by: Hay House UK, Ltd.: www.hayhouse.co.uk Published and distributed in the Republic of South Africa by: Hay House SA (Pty), Ltd.: www.hayhouse.co.za Distributed in Canada by: Raincoast: www.raincoast.com Published in India by: Hay House Publishers India: www.hayhouse.co.in

Portions of are from Heal Your Body by Louise L. Hay

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any mechanical, photographic, or electronic process, or in the form of a phonographic recording, nor may it be stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, or otherwise be copied for public or private useother than for fair use as brief quotations embodied in articles and reviews without prior written permission of the publisher.

The author of this book does not dispense medical advice nor prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for physical fitness and good health. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.

Library of Congress Catalog Number: 88-200391

ISBN 13: 978-0-937611-01-2
ISBN 10: 0-937611-01-8

13 12 11 10 101 100 99 98
1st printing, October 1984
98th printing, March 2010

Printed in the United States of America

Dedication

May this offering help you find the place within where you know your own self-worth, the part of you that is pure love and self-acceptance.

Acknowledgments

I acknowledge with joy and pleasure:

My many students and clients who taught me so much and who first encouraged me to put my ideas down on paper.

My dedicated staff at Hay House, who share my dream of disseminating books, audios, and videos that help to heal the planet spiritually, emotionally, and physically.

My wonderful readers and listeners, who have shown their loving support for my work and who continue to be a source of inspiration for me.

All those whose hearts are opening more and more each day.

My dear friends throughout the world, who surround me with unconditional love, laughter, and just plain fun!

Contents

Appendix

If I were cast away on a desert island and could have only one book with me there, I might well choose Louise L. Hays You Can Heal Your Life.

Not only is it the essence of a great teacher, it is also the powerful and very personal statement of a great lady.

Louise shares some of her journey to where she is in her evolvement now in this wonderful new book. I resonated in admiration and in compassion to her story too briefly sketched here, in my view, but perhaps thats another book.

Its all here, is my point. All you need to know about life, its lessons and how to do the work on yourself is right here. And this includes Louises reference guide to probable mental patterns behind dis-ease, which is truly remarkable and unique in my experience. A person on a desert island who found this manuscript in a bottle could learn all he or she needs to know to make this life be the one that gets the job done.

Desert island or not, if you have found your way to Louise Hay, perhaps even accidentally, youre well on your way. Louises books, her remarkable healing tapes, and her inspired workshops are wonderful gifts to a troubled world.

It was my own deep investment in working with persons with aids that led me to meeting Louise and utilizing concepts from her healing work.

Each aids person I worked with and for whom I played Louises tape, A Positive Approach to AIDS , got Louises message on the first hearing and many made playing this tape part of their daily healing ritual. One man named Andrew told me, I go to bed with Louise, and I get up to her every day!

My respect and love for Louise grew as I observed my beloved aids people make their transitions enriched and at peace and complete more full of love and forgiveness for themselves and everyone else for having had Louise in their lives and with a quiet respect for having created that precise learning experience.

I have been gifted in my life with many great teachers, some of them saints, Im sure, and even avatars, perhaps. Yet Louise is a great teacher one can speak with and be with because of her enormous capacity to listen and to be in unconditional love while sharing doing the dishes. (In the same way another teacher I hold as great makes terrific potato salad.) Louise teaches by example and lives what she teaches.

I am deeply honored to invite you to make this book part of your life. You and it are worth it!

DAVE BRAUN

VENTURES IN SELF-FULFILLMENT
DANA POINT, CALIFORNIA

I have written this book to share with you, my readers, that which I know and teach. It incorporates portions of my little blue book, Heal Your Body, which has become widely accepted as an authoritative work on the mental patterns that create dis-eases in the body.

I have had hundreds of letters from readers asking me to share more of my information. Many persons who have worked with me as private clients, and those who have taken my workshops here and abroad, have requested I take the time to write this book.

I have set up this book to take you through a session, just as I would if you came to me as a private client and attended one of my workshops.

If you will do the exercises progressively as they appear in the book, by the time you have finished, you will have begun to change your life.

I suggest you read through the book once. Then slowly read it again, only this time do each exercise in depth. Give yourself time to work with each one.

If you can, work through the exercises with a friend or with a member of your family.

Each chapter opens with an affirmation. Each of these is good to use when you are working on that area of your life. Take two or three days to study and work with each chapter. Keep saying and writing the affirmation that opens the chapter.

The chapters close with a treatment. This is a flow of positive ideas designed to change consciousness. Read over this treatment several times a day.

I close this book by sharing with you my own story. I know it will show you that no matter where we have come from or how lowly it was, we can totally change our lives for the better.

Know that when you work with these ideas, my loving support is with you.

Some Points
of My Philosophy

We are each responsible for all of our experiences.

Every thought we think is creating our future.

The point of power is always in the present moment.

Everyone suffers from self-hatred and guilt.

The bottom line for everyone is,
Im not good enough.

Its only a thought, and a thought can be changed.

We create every so-called illness in our body.

Resentment, criticism, and guilt
are the most damaging patterns.

Releasing resentment will dissolve even cancer.

We must release the past and forgive everyone.