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Summary: The most contemporary of the masterful CWG series
Review: Several years and several best-selling books after their first conversation, God and Neale Donald Walsch are still at it. And I for one still benefit hugely from the SANITY AND CLARITY of this writing, especially after September 11th. After so many books in the Conversations With God series, thoughts of "re-hash for a bit more money in the bank" almost inevitably cross one's mind, but this is inappropriate and unnecessarily cynical. Yes the message is always basically the same, but as I am a big big fan of all the books I am completely biased in their favour! In The New Revelations the dialogue with God revolves around the crisis of humanity on Earth today, with the underlying main theme being that a spiritual crisis is the fundamental cause of our individual and collective problems. God and Neale suggest that our deepest beliefs must be changed before our behaviour can change. Organized religion takes a bit of a hammering here, although as always in the CWG books there is an embracing of the best of traditional religion while suggesting some fundamental shifts that need to be made if humanity is to survive and prosper. Virtually all the Big Religious Books (Bible, Qur'an etc.) are quoted to demonstrate how man has created God in his own image, a creation which is then used to justify condemning or killing others who hold different beliefs to one's own.
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Summary: Neale's Timeless, Inspired Revelations...
Review: Walsch brings the messages of his earlier books, especially Communion With God, into a focus on spiritual activism to address the World's present crises. Neale adds a sense of urgency to his own activism, as it is becoming apparent that the distorted belief systems and illusions held by humanity are fostering the implosion of our civilization. Walsch's dialogue with "God" advocates a wholesale transformation of our society's institutions, with the need for humanity to transcend current belief systems to create a balanced reality that doesn't promote conflict and destruction. There are many important insights in this book. While this book is a commendable wake-up call to humanity, I encourage readers to research the history of how belief systems have been promulgated on this planet to gain deeper insight into humanity's present predicament. For those issues (which this book addresses in a superficial, somewhat distorted way), I recommend the Handbook For The New Paradigm trilogy and David Icke's books, as well as materials available via the Internet from Leading Edge Research Group.
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Summary: Outstanding an amazing book for a time of troubles.
Review: When I first heard about the Conversations with God books I was very resistant to the title. I hated what people had done in the name of god. I saw god as one of the most destructive forces in history. Most wars and evil actions in history can be linked to a justification in god. This book is about a god that explains how we have misused and abused the name of god to justify the most ungodly acts. It is a guide of how to change the prevailing notion that god is a vengeful force that needs to be pacified. The god of new revelations is a god that is inspiring and powerful and loving and does not condone people killing in (his/hers/its) name. The New revelations is the best book he has ever written. You do not have to have read any other book by him to read and get a lot out of this book. Where as his other books are more abstract this is very hands on. It talks about today's issues and problems and how to deal with them. For those new to spirituality it is a good place to start if a little challenging. It takes on headfirst the major problem in today's world and that is our belief structure. I can not say enough great things about this book and recommend it to all.
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Summary: Preaching to the Choir
Review: When I first read this book, it struck me that it would probably be the last of the CWG series that I would purchase. I do not wish to take away from the very sincere and positive comments of the other reviewers, because the basic message of the book is sound. But I am sensing that Mr. Walsch is increasingly preaching to his choir. Seems highly doubtful that the folks whose ideas this conversation is directed at exposing (exclusionary and fear-based religious groups) will ever hear the message. So, other than gaining Mr. Walsch a lot of self-satisfaction at having impressed other like-minded souls, how is it that this dialogue will reverse the disturbing trend for fear-based religious adherents to destructively act on their beliefs? I wrote to the author not long after I had read the book and asked him why it is he only speaks in forums where he is sure to have an agreeable audience, i.e. predominantly New Thought and New Age churches/gatherings, folks who from my personal observation are not causing a whole lot of trouble in this world. After all, I suspect that the obvious targets of this particular discussion with God (religiously conservative Christians, religiously conservative Jews and the vast majority of Moslems) will probably never be drawn to his dialogue in large numbers, if at all. I even offered to Mr. Walsch that if he would go speak at a church, synagogue or mosque of his choice where such religious adherents are likely to worship, that I would pay his airfare and go there myself to sit in the front row and actively support him. (That was a very sincere offer, by the way, not intended in any way to minimize his message.) I did not receive an answer. But the dialogue that would likely ensue between Mr. Walsch and the congregations of those groups is something I WOULD be willing to invest money to listen to. And, to borrow from a portion of the titles from his earlier books, THAT would be an "uncommon dialogue"! In closing, I wonder if I am the only one picking up on Mr. Walsch's increasing sense of self-satisfaction. Ironically, it seems to me he has developed an exclusionary attitude towards those he does not consider as enlightened as himself. As evidence, I will offer a personal story. Some time ago, when I still actively supported the CWG foundation (including financially), I had two different friends, both women, remark about their memorable experiences in meeting Mr. Walsch at two different events. One woman described him as "haughty", the other said "he is getting a little big for his britches". Both comments took me by surprise, because I know that both women, just like me, have read his books and essentially agree with the message in this particular book. Meanwhile, I am still waiting for a response to my offer to allow him to go to the next level of the discussion...for to paraphrase what Jesus said, if you have an issue with your brother, take it up with HIM...God and all your friends already agree with you, Mr. Walsch.
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