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Summary: great insight
Review: One thing for sure this book will do is be read by millions of people and at least it puts for the right ideas of god being the ALL THAT IS..nonjudging and part of the oneness. It straightens out a lot of the dogmatic fear based bible fanatic preachy stuff out there and puts spirituality on a plane of oneness and love. For that I give this book a lot of credit. It goes in the right direction of pointing out some things beyond common christian understanding in terms of explaining the ego and how it functions which is better then the common "we are sinners and must submit to god or else fry in hell" ideology that doesnt make sense if we're of one loving compassionate god that gives us free will to learn and grow spiritually(would you kill your daughter if she didn't worship you!!). It's funny that the conservative christians are not getting the:beyond morality, beyond right vs. wrong, beyond being a "good" little christian behavior that is preached in churches. They don't seem to understand that one can grow and be a deeply loving person aligned with god simply by discovering ONENESS. They don't get that fear based behavior modification to worship God is a primitive way of finding God. They think that the author is promoting spiritual anarchy without concern for any consequences because he teaches god realization beyond guilt/fear.
This book has some very valid explanations of things and some deep understading of what god-realization is. Maybe one problem I may have with it is people doing too much reading of the book and not enough inner discovery and contemplation for them selves.
In that respect I feel a great book is The Power of Now. It really gives us an experiential teaching of enlightenment beyond too many wordy explantions. However, I don't mean to discount this very interesting book.
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Summary: Heart-felt Truth
Review: In reading some of the reviews for this book, I felt I must write one myself. One review states something about how this book states what we want to believe and how it is false. Well I tell you all this, anything that you want to believe, is most likely the truth. You see, it is not what you want to believe, it is what your soul is telling you is the truth. People who believe that God is this creature up in the clouds taking notes on what is going to happen in our lives, documenting everything we do (as if this is the most important thing God has to do), clearly do not even begin to understand God. People have condemned this booked because in the book, God clearly states that God does not punish. And that offends people. Well, if God did punish, it would be because he became angry with us. Let me ask you this, do perfect beings get angry? Anger is a human trait, and in no way should be applied to a perfect being. Whenever you apply human traits to God, you lose God. Unfortunately, the Christian Fundamentalists who condemn this book have been unfortunately brain-washed by the ever-financial-hungry churches who preach that God is vengeful and hateful, and punishes. Then they say there is satan, well what's the difference?? If God punishes and is vengeful and hateful, why would there be a need for satan? It's so relentlessly sad what some people will believe.
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Summary: Conversations with God is book for you if you are open
Review: This book is perfect for those who are open minded and don't come to books(and life in general) with the attitude that you already have all the answers. Most people who swear by the bible haven't even read that much of it. Why? because society has ingrained and brainwashed and created their belief systems and then anything that contradicts their paradigm of the way the world is must be wrong and blasphemy. This book is highly logical, very fair, many of the ideas are sound, interesting and make sense if thought about carefully. Many of the words don't just resonate as being true in the logical mind but in my soul. It covers deep topics with simple words that explain quite effectively the concepts. A combination most readers want. It emphasises love over judgement and punishment which I believe God should be about. If I were God would I set up a system by which it would be possible for my beloved children and created beings to suffer eternally? Would I not give them free will and in addition when they make mistakes always be forgiving and loving? Would I not make all my creations perfect? A perfect being cannot do imperfect things otherwise it would not be perfect. These concepts are covered in this book and the other two books in the trilogy. I am not saying to accept everything Neale says as literal truth(nor does Neale actually), all I am saying is to think about the teachings and concepts in the book and even put them in to practise to see whether they work or not. Whether this book comes from God or not it is profound and interesting if you are a deep thinker, open-minded.
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Summary: The Small Voice Within
Review: My favorite part of the Walsch books is when he talks about the small voice within that tells us the way to go. And, that by acting on its wisdom, we can change the course of our lives. This just makes so much sense to me, that I can't imagine it being any other way.
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Summary: Too Far Fetched!
Review: Don't tell me, this author must have been raised a Unitarian! This has got to be the biggest load of bunk that's come along yet! You want to know God? Read His word, study with a good study guide like the "Experiencing God" or "Precept Ministries" series which take you verse by verse and let you learn the context of them. Then and only then, can you truly begin to understand God.
Yes, there is a heaven and Satan does exist, and this is one author I'm sure I won't be seeing in heaven! Maybe, since God hasn't ever done this before, it's really Satan trying to win souls for himself that "put" all these "answers" in his head!
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Summary: Feel good spirituality
Review: Like the title of my review states, this philosophy being preached by Walsch is one of purely feel good spirituality. Do whatever you want, there are no consequences. Don't dare condemn another's choices or your own because that will limit us in our pursuit of self-made ambitions and the sole focus on ourselves and who we want to be in life. Because after all, it is all about us and our happiness. Again, there are no consequences so who cares. Oh yeah, and there's no right or wrong. So go ahead and do whatever feels good. It's all relative.Sarcasm aside, I could not disagree more strongly than I do with Mr. Walsch and his books. I firmly believe that truth is *not* relative, that there is a right and wrong and that a truly loving God has already revealed his heart to us in a little book called the Bible. And in that book there are consequences for our actions as humans. But, I'm guessing that wouldn't fit too well in a purely feel good faith.
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Summary: Be the author of your own life!
Review: If you are a strict, to the letter, Christian Fundamentalist, or think you are (no one truly believes every word written in the Bible and expects it to be taken literally) then stay away from this series. They will only make you mad. Neale postulates-- or rather, God does, through Neale-- that we are all God, individuated. That is, there is only God, it's all God, everything is God, ergo, we are God. That alone has raised an outcry, as did Charles Fillmore, when he said the same thing over a hundred years ago. Yet, did Jesus not say, "Have I not told ye, ye are Gods?" And did He not say, "Greater things than these shall ye do?" "The Kingdom of God is at hand." and much, much more that we ignore, while celebrating not the LIFE, but the DEATH of Jesus Christ. Neale does not write, or suggest, that we can do whatever we like without fear of retribution, but rather that we all know what is for the greater good of all, we need only look within ourselves to find the Truth. The person above who said we can do anything we want without fear of retribution (or words to that effect) didn't read very carefully. Far from preaching anarchy, he suggests that we (gasp!) live our love for one another and he also wrote of the Law of Cause and Effect, called Karma by some. What he did say was that our just and loving God won't send His children to burn in a fiery hell for all eternity. Tell the truth. Haven't you always found that pretty hard to believe? Can you really even get your mind around the concept of eternity? Naysayers are right about one thing: Neale says many things I, for one, want to hear.
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Summary: Just read it
Review: After reading all three books and Friendship with God, I can say that I feel that these books are 100% truth. I've never felt this way about a book before. Please read all three books before judging them (it isn't just feel-good spirituality, in book 2 God talks about how we're wreaking havoc on the earth and the environment and how our political systems aren't working). If you're skeptical you don't have to buy them you can borrow them from a library first. If everyone read these books the world would be a much better place.
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Summary: Conversation with God: An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 1)
Review: This book has the potential to change your life. If not at the very least it will affect how you think. Conversations with God, gives us a chance to have a one on one with God. It takes away all the mystery that we were brought up with and makes God a "real" being. It allows us to understand the greatest gifts that we have been given and the power that we truly possess through choice. If you are seeking......start reading and you will find!!!!!!Inner peace is only a book away. Enjoy
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Summary: This Book Changed My Life
Review: I was raised Catholic. Many of the things I learned in Catholic school did not make sense to me. The ideas in this book refected the ideas that I have always had and never realized could be true. This book makes sense to me. It doesn't matter who wrote it. I believe God is not jealous or judging. God does not send His/Her creations to a place called Hell. Reincarnation is a logical idea when you consider the cycles of life. God's will is our will. God is bigger than we could ever imagine. This book helped me to listen to my own truths and learn to depend on my inner knowing more than on the doctines of religion. I read this book in 1998 and it changed my life. I am a much better person than I was before and my Catholic guilt has been eased.
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