Gerald G. Jampolsky (1925–2020)
Author of Love Is Letting Go of Fear
About the Author
Gerald G. Jampolsky, MD, a graduate of Stanford Medical School, is an adult and child psychiatrist. The author and coauthor of seventeen books, he is also the founder of the first Center for Attitudinal Healing, now worldwide, and cofounder of Attitudinal Healing International, show more www.ahinternational.org. When he isn't traveling and teaching around the world, Dr. Jampolsky and his wife, Diane Cirincione, PhD, call Northern California and Hawaii home. show less
Works by Gerald G. Jampolsky
Amar Es La Respuesta/ Love Is the Answer: Como Establecer Relaciones Positivas / How to Establish Positive Relationships (Spanish Edition) (1991) 4 copies
Wenn Deine Botschaft Liebe ist... Wie wir einander helfen können, Heilung und inneren Frieden zu finden (1998) 2 copies
Aimer c'est laisser ses peurs derrière soi: 12 leçons pour vivre dans le présent et aborder l'avenir avec confiance (2009) 1 copy
Perdão 1 copy
The quiet mind 1 copy
ENSEÑA SÓLO AMOR …PORQUE AMOR ES LO QUE ERES PRINCIPIOS DE LA SANACIÓN DE LA ACTITUD Y SUS APLICACIONES (1995) 1 copy
Prendre le chemin de l'amour inconditionnel : Se libérer du passé et ouvrir son coeur à une vie pleine de sens (2017) 1 copy
To Give Is To Receive: Mini Course For Healing Relationships and Bringing About Peace of Mind (1979) 1 copy
Associated Works
The Little Book of Letting Go: A Revolutionary 30-Day Program to Cleanse Your Mind, Lift Your Spirit and Replenish Your Soul (2000) — Foreword — 251 copies, 1 review
Flying Without Wings: Personal Reflections on Loss, Disability, and Healing (1988) — Foreword — 57 copies
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- Other names
- Jampolsky, Jerry
- Birthdate
- 1925
- Date of death
- 2020
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Stanford University Medical School (M.D.)
- Occupations
- physician
psychiatrist - Organizations
- International Center for Attitudinal Healing
- Awards and honors
- Pride in the Profession Award
Creative Altruism Award of the Institute of Noetic Sciences
Martin Luther King Peace Prize
Sadat Peace Prize - Relationships
- Cirincione, Diane (wife)
- Short biography
- Gerald Jampolsky, M.D. is a psychiatrist, formerly on the faculty of the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco. He is the founder of the Center for Attitudinal Healing in Sausalito, California, and a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Jerry Jampolsky's writings have been largely inspired by A Course in Miracles. He currently lectures and writes with his wife, psychologist Diane Cirincione.
Gerald Jampolsky, M.D. is a psychiatrist, formerly on the faculty of the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco. He is the founder of the Center for Attitudinal Healing in Sausalito, California, and a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Jerry Jampolsky's writings have been largely inspired by A Course in Miracles. He currently lectures and writes with his wife, psychologist Diane Cirincione. Gerald Jampolsky, M.D. is a psychiatrist, formerly on the faculty of the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco. He is the founder of the Center for Attitudinal Healing in Sausalito, California, and a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Jerry Jampolsky's writings have been largely inspired by A Course in Miracles. He currently lectures and writes with his wife, psychologist Diane Cirincione. - Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- Tiburon, California, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- California, USA
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This book is not the usual type of selection for a religion blog, is it? I’m not sure God is even mentioned in the book. But Love is, and God is Love, right? For all you Bible scholars out there, we shouldn’t get so wrapped up in our fascinating scholarly pursuits that we forget the reason for our religion in the first place.
At the risk of over-analyzing a simple book with a simple message, I confess it struck a chord with me partly because of my recent studies in the Gospel of John. show more Here’s why: like many scriptures, this book pits good against evil as clearly as God versus Satan, only this time it’s love versus fear. If, at the moment, one of the two (love or fear) is guiding your actions and thoughts, the other is not. Why? Well, according to Jerry, it’s because love lives in the present, and fear lives in a reflection of the past into the future. This is a lesson taught over and over. Let go of the past and future, and live in the present.
As Jerry says in the book, “Wouldn’t our lives be more meaningful if we looked to what has no beginning and no ending as our reality? Only Love fits this definition of the eternal. Everything else is transitory and therefore meaningless.”
Now, doesn’t that sound an awful lot like John, the Gospel of Love? Eternal life is ours for the grasping, by living in the eternal now. I’m reminded of another book review I just completed: My Stroke of Insight.
This is a short little book with cute illustrations that you can read in a couple hours. It’s a 25th anniversary reprint of a book that made a big splash in 1974, and it’s worth the two-hour investment. show less
At the risk of over-analyzing a simple book with a simple message, I confess it struck a chord with me partly because of my recent studies in the Gospel of John. show more Here’s why: like many scriptures, this book pits good against evil as clearly as God versus Satan, only this time it’s love versus fear. If, at the moment, one of the two (love or fear) is guiding your actions and thoughts, the other is not. Why? Well, according to Jerry, it’s because love lives in the present, and fear lives in a reflection of the past into the future. This is a lesson taught over and over. Let go of the past and future, and live in the present.
As Jerry says in the book, “Wouldn’t our lives be more meaningful if we looked to what has no beginning and no ending as our reality? Only Love fits this definition of the eternal. Everything else is transitory and therefore meaningless.”
Now, doesn’t that sound an awful lot like John, the Gospel of Love? Eternal life is ours for the grasping, by living in the eternal now. I’m reminded of another book review I just completed: My Stroke of Insight.
This is a short little book with cute illustrations that you can read in a couple hours. It’s a 25th anniversary reprint of a book that made a big splash in 1974, and it’s worth the two-hour investment. show less
Jampolsky shares from his life practices with wisdom and humility & gives examples of how these core concepts can be applied. He teaches 12 "lessons" that can be practiced individually- he suggests choosing one a day to concentrate on. While I wrote down some reminders- I preferred this serving as a reading where I can take what is useful at the moment- keeping one lesson written onto an index card for further practice. This could serve as an ACIM practice or as a gateway for further show more studies. Some of these concepts are most useful as part of a holistically based spiritual practice. show less
Libretto snello che ha il pregio, se letto senza superbia e preconcetti, di instradare verso un atteggiamento del tutto nuovo nel considerare i fatti della vita.
Pur essendo vero che bisogna gioire per quel che c'e' da gioire e soffrire per quel che c'e' da soffrire, con un piccolo scatto mentale si rischia di gioire un po' di piu' e soffrire un po' di meno. Una scommessa che ne vale la pena.
Pur essendo vero che bisogna gioire per quel che c'e' da gioire e soffrire per quel che c'e' da soffrire, con un piccolo scatto mentale si rischia di gioire un po' di piu' e soffrire un po' di meno. Una scommessa che ne vale la pena.
Dr. Jampolsky has applied the principles of 'A Course in Miracles' to "lessons for personal transformation." He suggests a daily practice of relaxation, active imagination, application, and review of each lesson, repeating the program until the lessons are part of your life. These are powerful practices that can rid us of wasting energy on fears, judgments, and grievances; freeing us to live in the present with joy, openness, and wholeness. When we hold onto grievances we tend to use the show more past to predict a future in which we must be cautious and avoid being hurt. In contrast, giving love to others unconditionally will bring us the love that we all need. Forgiveness in this light does not mean that we tolerate behavior we don't like; it means correcting a misperception that we have been harmed; it means noticing our thoughts that create a fearful external world, choosing instead to see love in the world and to appreciate our common bond with others. "The world we see that seems so insane may be the result of a belief system that isn't working," Jampolsky writes. "Our old belief system assumes that anger occurs because we have been attacked. It also assumes that counterattack is justified... If we are willing, it is possible to change our belief system. However, to do so... means letting go of any investment in holding on to fear, anger, guilt or pain." show less
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