I could ask you to take my word, as the author, that is book will change your life, your relationship to yourself and others. However, I believe the reviews of those who have read it says it all... "James LaFerla provides us a way to embrace life and those we love with joy, and to stop arguing with reality, and achieve happiness in the midst of chaos. This book enables us to live life in a way that provides us with an effective and simple way to cut through the tangle of delusions we wrap ourselves in each day. I would call the book revolutionary, and James wisdom as remarkable." "As a doctoral student that is currently writing a dissertation in the field of family psychology I immediately related to concepts that our childhood experiences or conditioning are responsible for affecting who we are today. My interest spurred me to contact the author and check this out further. After a phone consultation I was amazed, and experienced an enlightenment that I now realize has changed my life. This has changed how I relate to my students with severe emotional behavioral disorders and my personal interactions with family." "All I can say is...Amazing After years and years of reading "self-help" books I finally found the one I have been looking for." "I finally discovered why change had been so difficult. I saw that, unless I could somehow lift myself up to a higher level of consciousness, and as a result see myself more objectively, I could never do anything new." "This book has the elusive "it." It explains the relationship between past behavior, brain chemistry, why it's so hard to change it -- and, wonder of wonders, how to actually make lasting change. If enough people change their consciousness, not only will their individual lives be better, the entire world will be better." "Mr. LaFerla gives the reader not only theories and real life examples from his own experiences, but provides tools to use along this path to change. I highly recommend this book, it can be the force that can make a difference in your life and the lives of those you love." "This book is full of bits of wisdom that will open your eyes and heart to a new way of seeing yourself and the world around you...If you want to make a difference, lead a happier more fulfilled life and deepen relationships with those around you, this is the book for you." "His book teaches us how to alleviate the pressure made by ourselves and grasp the happiness in our hand and only you, he, she and I can do it to find, and hold the happiness...The book has ranged from literature, history, psychology and philosophy. I have learned a lot and practiced his strategy to solve the conflicts between my employees and it worked. I highly recommend this book for those who want to be a really happy and happy person. Your time is worth it." "I would recommend this book to anyone who is looking to live life to the fullest and be happy with themselves as well as with there relationships with friends, significant others and family." "Sometimes, something comes along in your life that literally wakes you up out of your fog and you didn't even realize that you were in a fog. Something so powerful, so life changing that you simply cannot ignore it's message. This is what it is like to experience Jim LaFerla's book The Quickening of Consciousness."