Wednesday, March 10, 2004
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Wednesday, March 10, 2004 |
| Greg Bauer seminar planned for March 14 at F’ville First Methodist Dr. Greg Baer, author and teacher, will present a seminar called “The Healing Power of Real Love,” Sunday, March 14, from 6-8:30 p.m. in the main sanctuary of the Fayetteville First United Methodist Church. Bauer is author of the book, Real Love: The Truth About Finding Unconditional Love and Fulfilling Relationships, published Jan. 2003 by Penguin Group. During the seminar, each participant will learn: (1) The steps that will make it possible for one to find unconditional love and real happiness; (2) how real love heals all wounds from the past; (3) how to share real love with others; (4) how to completely eliminate anger from one’s life; (5) how to be a better spouse, parent, friend, employee, and employer. The event is free and open to the public. A love offering will be collected. According to Bauer, 50 per cent of the marriages in this country end in divorce. “One out of three children is now born to single women,” he says. “A recent study reported that the average American child experiences more anxiety than child psychiatric patients did in the 1950s. Some 10-20 percent of the population is addicted to alcohol or drugs. Prisons are filling faster than they can be built. More and more relationships are unfulfilling. And we’re making little progress in solving any of these problems because we don’t see that each of them is just a symptom of what we’re really missing in our lives and in our relationships with each other.” Bauer says that what we all need more than anything else is to be loved. “But not just any kind of love will do, he adds. “We need to be loved unconditionally — without doing anything to earn it. We need to feel cared for no matter how badly we make mistakes or inconvenience the people who love us. With that kind of love — real love — we experience a profound and lasting happiness. But few of us have ever felt real love. Instead, people ‘loved’ us when we were ‘good’ — when we did what they wanted. When we didn’t, they immediately-and usually unconsciously-withdrew their approval.” Bauer says that such conditional love creates a terrible emptiness that we desperately attempt to fill with money, praise, power, violence, alcohol, drugs, and sex. “When people learn how to find real love,” he says, “they have what matters most in life. They lose their need to lie to each other, be angry, act like victims, and withdraw from each other. With sufficient real love, profound happiness and richly rewarding relationships naturally follow.” After attending one of Bauer’s seminars, one participant said, “This seminar taught me more than all the self-help books, seminars, and therapy I’ve experienced in twenty years. Unforgettable. The whole world needs this.” Fayetteville First UMC is at 175 Lanier Ave., just off the courthouse square. For more information on the seminar call the church office, 770-461-4313.
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