The Universe Has Your Back
by Gabrielle Bernstein
Bernstein's blend of A Course in Miracles, meditation and personal story on moving from fear to faith: surrender, signs, forgiveness and trusting that things work out. It is warm and accessible and the practices are standard mindfulness and reframing; the claims about the universe are belief, not evidence.
Read it if…
you are anxious and want a spiritual reframing with simple practices.
Skip it if…
you want secular tools; the same practices exist without the theology.
Three things you will actually use
- Surrender reduces suffering whether or not the universe listens.
- Forgiveness is for the forgiver.
- Choose the thought that brings peace when both are unverifiable.
Do this first
Use the fear-to-love prayer or reframing at the next spike of anxiety.
Our verdict
Warm, belief-based.
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