The Honeymoon Effect: The Science of Creating Heaven on Earth Paperback – April 1, 2014

Bruce H. Lipton has written a very interesting book that could help a lot of us understand why we `fall in-and-out of love' to a frustratingly high level as human beings.Lipton, is determined to help humanity discover how to stay in the `happy' zone that falling in love provides us with, so he explains to us the chemistry of falling love so that we too can put ourselves in the wonderful zone, and stay there for the rest of our lives.What distinguishes Lipton's book from other self-help books is the science. Lipton has a PHD in some sort of biology, so he can explain to us the hard science of our bodies.How our thinking causes our bodies to secret certain hormones that in turn can cause emotions to appear. Then, what's really helpful, Lipton tells us exactly how our brains work, how the 95% of our subconscious brains are what we default to when we're thinking about something else.If our subconscious is filled with subliminal tapes of our unworthiness, given to us by the unenlightened adults in our lives, then we play those tapes, setting up energy around us that attracts those who would treat us as unworthy.This is some really cutting edge thinking. Lipton explains how our genes are not necessarily going to dictate who and what we become, if we can short circuit the process by staying conscious and not defaulting to preprogrammed behaviors.Lipton talks about the different ways to put in new programming, such as hypnosis, subliminal tapes and other modalities for which he gives hyperlinks in the Kindle version of his book.While Lipton's work might seem a bit `woo-woo' to some, the Bible does say that `as a man thinketh, so is he', and Edgar Cayce says that `the mind is the builder', which gives credence to what Bruce is saying.All I can say is that it's worth a try and it can't hurt, and I'm starting my subliminal tapes now.

As an extension of Biology of Belief, this is a very relatable exploration of how and why we connect with our love partners and what we can do to shift that to create our own Happily Ever After.

When Margaret met Bruce she had an electric surge that started in her heart and traveled like lightning throughout her body, putting her senses on full alert. She gasped. Her hand went to her heart. Bruce responded with a look, but did not return Margaret’s googly-eyed stare. What had happened to spark Margaret’s reaction? Why didn’t Bruce have a heart-pounding experience when he gazed at Margaret? What ultimately brought and held the pair together? These questions and more are the subject of The Honeymoon Effect: The Science of Creating Heaven on Earth, Bruce Lipton’s third book. Part common sense, part hard science, and part personal memoir, The Honeymoon Effect is a physiological and often philosophical accounting of what makes people fall and stay in love. Lipton, whose work has long been on the cutting edge of thought is a cell biologist who pioneered early stem cell research, a world-class lecturer and thinker, and currently a professor at the New Zealand College of Chiropractic in addition to being one of my favorite visionaries. Just listen to a one of his webinars and tap into his extraordinary energy field to see what I mean. It gives me a boost like a shot of espresso as his insight travels through the air waves, thoughts transmitted with a will and force of their own. Thoughts have power Lipton has long said in his previous books, The Biology of Belief - Unleashing the Power of Your Consciousness, Matter and Miracles, and Spontaneous Evolution - Our Positve Future and a Way to Get There From Here, both testaments to Lipton’s metaphysical view of the world. While The Honeymoon Effect is ostensibly a self-help guide to finding and keeping the partner that’s the best fit for you, Honeymoon is, moreover, a molecular distillation of the mind/body/spirit connection and the reasons why, on a cellular level we fall and stay in love. There are physiological reasons for the falling, a chemistry to love itself as the poets say, and not just in the metaphorical sense, but in the physical sense as well, one that resonates in our cells. Unfortunately, although we fall in love, we rarely stay there. That’s the terrain of the lucky few. According to Lipton, however, it could be the terrain of everyone if we just knew how to use the tools at hand. “We create our lives with our beliefs, and we broadcast those beliefs into the energetic environment around us,” Lipton says. Therefore, it’s your beliefs that draw your future to you. The past draws the future. Lipton has a way around that in the event you’re not so happy with what has been and want to change what will be. Yet, this book is about much more than the power of positive thinking. It’s also about the grand design in which we all play a part, major or minor depending on our desires, and how we can cultivate those desires along with our lives with something akin to mathematical precision if we know how the chemistry works. The Honeymoon Effect is a gem of a pocket companion, a fascinating and required read for anyone looking for love and wanting to stay there. Read it, not just to find your One and Only, the exciting and amazing partner of your dreams, but to find and fall in love with the most important person you’ll ever know in your life: You.

I came to mind-over-matter, positive thinking, and quantum physics type theories with great skepticism, yet in the last few years, thanks to maturity and life experiences, have embraced such philosophies. While I would hesitate to call this short book "groundbreaking", it was highly inspirational and affirming. Lipton's scientific background lends credibility to his beliefs, as he did not come to them largely via psychology, but rather through maturation and application of scientific principles to life and love. I can identify with that approach. My wife struggled with the early chapters and its focus on science. I would encourage readers to push through if that is a hurdle. The payoff will be well worth it.I highlighted about half the book. This is one book I expect to refer back to often for reminders and encouragement. The appendix with resources is terrific as well.I don't know if I would feel as strongly about this book if I didn't already have some exposure to most of the principles. The book does not provide a roadmap to happiness because, as Lipton says repeatedly, there is no one-size-fits-all approach. However, I believe that if one seeks sincerely and with commitment to apply the principles herein, one can achieve the honeymoon effect in life and love.