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Summary: It all makes sense
Review: I read this book, and the others in the series, when it (they) first came out a number of years ago, but have taken until now to review it. Prior to reading this book I considered myself an agnostic, in large part due to having been born and raised in Sweden where organized religion is often viewed with a healthy dose of skepticism. I have always been open to the idea of there being "something more", but the Judeo-Christian view of God always clashed with my own instincts about what a truly loving God should be. The message in this book, on the other hand, rang true for me. From reading the other posts here on [Amazon.com], I get the impression that this has been the experience of most people who have read this book, and the others in the series. There is just something about this message that makes sense. Is the author getting this message from God? I believe that he is, but the point is that it really doesn't matter. I'd like to quote another reviewer in saying that if everyone on the planet lived according to these books, the world would be a better place. That's the bottom line, and that alone is a good enough reason for people to read them. So, looking back, has reading the CWG books in anyway dramatically changed how I live my life? Not really, but it has definately made me calmer, more compassionate, more tolerant and more patient. For those of you who say that the message contained in these books is evil, I have but one question to ask. If the majority of people who have read them come away from the experience as happier and more loving people, what's the harm in that? I would strongly recommend this book to anyone with an open mind. It may transform your life, and it may not. At the very least, it will inspire you. One of the most important lessons I have learned from this series of books is to, when in doubt about how to act in certain situation, always ask myself "What would love do now?". And it really is as simple as that...
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Summary: Read More and Be Inspired By these Great Books!!!
Review: Can't get enough of visionary fiction? Neither can I! These are just a few titles that will inspire you: The Celestine Prophecy (James Redfield) ; The Butterfly (Jay Singh); The Monk who sold his Ferrari (Robin Sharma) ; The Alchemist (Paulo Coehlo); Chasing Rumi (Roger Housden). My favorite is by far and away THE ALCHEMIST! Go ahead...be inspired. Happy reading. Donald S. Buckland.
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Summary: "My sheep know my voice", but this guy isn't one.
Review: Please don't think this is a Christian book, it is one of those that fit in the general category of spiritualism but not a book about a relationship with the only living and true God. There are pain and suffering in the world today because of sin in the world, not just when you sin but because of the sin of Adam and Eve that started it all. Therefore, someone can suffer because of the sins of others, but all in all we all have sinned and have fallen short of God (because he is perfect and Holy) and we will all die once. His desire is to have a relationship with us so he offered his only son, Jesus Christ, to die as a sacrifice on the cross for our sin (our future sins as well as our past) and offers this gift to us. We can accept this gift and have eternal life with Him or spend eternity with Satan and his friends in living agony. We have a choice because he wants us to choose Him and not be required to. We are not perfect, not one of us, which explains why some of the other reviewers had problems. I understand their views but this book is a wolf in sheep's clothing because it is not a true picture of that relationship with God that is real.
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Summary: Conversation with God Book 1
Review: In 1994 I took a training course called "Avatar, The Art of Living Deliberately" This is a marvelous course where you have experential knowledge on a variety of subjects like God who am I? etc. You have realizations, but are they right? The course ddoes not transfer any belief, so whatever you discover is your truth, but....
I have found that CWG #1 fits in very well with what I experienced.
In order to get real knowledge you must go inside of you, let your heart be your guide; the ego mind is a trap, it will keep you in court forever! You need to transcend the mind or put it at the service of the heart.
Wonderful book which I have given to all my love ones
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Summary: Reality and Wisdom
Review: This is a conversation that every open-minded individual with a spiritual interest would want to read. Any person conscious of this magnificantly diverse world with all of its cultures, beliefs and varieties, will see the invaluable words of wisdom that are contained in this book. It provides a logical assessment and approach to our limited understanding of Divinity and Reality. It treats these subjects with reason, wit, simplicity, complexity, reverence and even respect. It is a friend to science, it is a friend to spirituality, bridging the two in an intriguing slant; as a conversation between a man and the Creator of all things (not simply the creator of Christians or Hindus, but every human and creature and all things within the universe). Anyone familiar with different lines of theology and philosophy (Eastern or Western) will know that this book, as its sequels, do not simply fall under the category: New Age, which tend to diminish the value of the words contained therein, but more so under PHILOSOPHY and SPIRITUALITY. Yet, even if not convinced on every point of the book, one would know that elements of vital truth can be extracted from its lines and applied to living, elements of truth which are wholistic and enriching to life on all levels. Like no other book I have personally read before, it allows the reader to question the most fundamental pillars of our belief systems and how they have affected and still affect us, as well as where they will most likely take us. The building blocks of modern civilization as a whole are brought to question, to take a serious look at the direction that we as a miraculous creature on this planet are going. It then gives us vision and knowledge that we have options. A fundamentalist of any religion will most likely not appreciate this book because it calls every individual to use their God-given minds to try to understand the reality that we live in and in that develop a new personal relationship with God (given an envigorating revival to our understanding of what 'God' truly is). It then asks us all to apply responsibility and functionality to leading the highest standard of physical life, beckoning us to discard our primitive patterns of thinking and acting, which is the base cause of much of the misery in the world. It does not downtrod any religion as is suggested by some other reviews here. Instead it asks us to assess them all for their underlying truths and sift through their cultural molds and contextual bias. This and the profoundly spiritual implications contained, which could offer hope and vision to everyone, make this a very potentially powerful work. As for myself, and as others have written, and absolutely everyone I have come into contact with who has read this work, it is indeed life-changing. I certainly hope you give this book consideration to at least familiarize yourself with a facinating approach to cosmology, one which just may contain elements of truth for you.
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Summary: READ the book before reviewing it!!
Review: Doesn't it say, right before the link to write a review, that "I have READ this book and want to review it.." Yeah, and many of the people giving this book bad reviews haven't even read it, you've just taken what other people have told you about the book and written a review based on that. But I guess your used to doing that, since you've been listening to those sermons. But anyway, NO this book IS NOT "feel good spirituality" God never says "do whatever you want", in fact I will directly quote the book for those of you who have failed to read it:
"..Yet hold to your beliefs, and stay true to your values, for these are the values of your parents, your parents parents; of your friends and your society. They form the structure of your life, and to lose them would be to unravel the fabric of your experience..."
So, there you have it. PLEASE, please read this book. ESPECIALLY if you wish to criticize it...
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Summary: A different view
Review: I think I read all three books in a month. I couldn't put the books down. What a different view to believe God doesn't judge you. That doesn't mean you are to go around killing people. We all know how to behave. We all know when we are doing something wrong. I loved it and everyone I have passed it down to loves it too.. Well done!!! Read the book with an open mind....
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Summary: Live Without Limits
Review: I am eternally grateful to Mr. Walsch, Ellen Burstyn and everyone and anyone associated with bringing these books and tapes to life. I have looked for the meaning of life for years and now I've found it. I've transcended fears and every day feels like pure bliss. It's had a wonderful affect on everyone around me too. Ever since I've chosen to concentrate on feeling happy and following the path to love and more and more light, I've noticed how people in my life have also changed and are still changing for the better. It's like a domino affect. I'm happier and somehow everyone around me are more lighthearted too. The Conversations with God series has taught me how to manipulate energy and turn it into matter. I've been manifesting great worldly successes ever since: Four years ago, I have just graduated college with nothing but a cheap Tercel. As the book says "You can have anything, whatever you want. With such great freedom are you to create yourself." Anyway, I've chosen to create worldly successes for myself and last year purchased a two million dollar mansion. I've imagined myself rich and somehow things started happening/shifting. My business boomed. I'm 32, retired doing everything I've always wanted. Also, I've had this fear of heights for years, imagined myself losing that fear, went sky diving one day and loved it and do it whenever I feel like. Recently, I chose to experience being a published novelist. I followed suggestions from the book/tape on how to manifest this. I wrote a 65,000 novel in two weeks and it's now being published by Harlequin/Silhouette. Anyway, good luck to everyone. I wish everyone the best with everything. May all your wishes come true too :)
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Summary: provocative
Review: We have, as a culture, (Western) been accused of having too much of material things, and not caring enough about anything or anyone else in the world. Here we have a book that proposes that we should all be more concerned with "self" rather than anything else. Surely a compassionate God would want us to be more in tune with others, is he (Walsch)saying we only have a vindictive God, One whom we should ignore because we've "evolved" beyond that concept? I really don't know what he's trying to say, but I don't think he's objective, and I'm sorry, I don't feel that his ideas are sound or anything but an old diatribue for an atheist to dispute a Christian, nay, even a Jewish or Muslim belief. He seems to take things from the Bible and paraphrases it to suit his thoughts. In quite a few instances he is totally out of context. Read it to get a really different view, but I don't believe it should be encouraged reading for young people who are very vunerable. I'm told it's on the Scolastic Book Club list of books, and I don't think that's appropriate...but that's just my opinion
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Summary: Who is the joke on?
Review: The following is part of a longer review I wrote for this book. I'd provide the URL for that review except that Amazon respectfully requests that we not put URL's in our reviews. Among the several criticisms of Christianity in this book, God takes a few pot shots at those who accept the Bible as the authoritative word of God. She writes that, "By listening to what other people think they heard Me say, you don't have to think at all" (p.6). The uncritical reader, already hostile to Christianity, will find himself laughing right along with God at all the mindless fundamentalists, but they will be completely oblivious to how Walsch is poking fun at his own readers. Those who continue to buy Walsch's sequels to Conversations With God and pay $$$/year for his news letters are, themselves, "listening to what other people think they heard Me say," and about those people, God says they "don't have to think at all." I could not miss the humour in thinking that Walsch was poking fun at the very people who are supporting him financially. Another criticism Walsch has of Christianity is the belief that God punishes people and that there's such a thing as original sin. Pay careful attention to how God suggests that we get rid of those erroneous views. She says, "You can undo the teaching by reading and re-reading this book. Over and over again, read it. Until you understand every passage. Until you're familiar with every word. When you can quote its passages to others, when you can bring its phrases to mind in the midst of the darkest hour, then you will have 'undone the teaching''' (p.120). So apparently, the way to get rid of the beliefs in original sin and a punitive God is not by thinking and reasoning, but by brainwashing yourself with what somebody else claims that God said to them--the very thing that supposedly removes the need to think. If, in the end, you decide you want to deprogram yourself from all that Walsch has brainwashed you into believing, I recommend getting a basic book on logic and reading it over and over again until you understand every passage and are familiar with every word so that you can quote it to other people. Once you understand logic, you will have undone what Walsch has taught you.
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