We are made of the same substance and have the same qualities and abilities, including the ability to create physical reality out of nothing.God cannot experience Himself except through us. Thus he gave us the same power to create as He Himself. He does not interfere in how we live our lives.God doesn’t care what we do.We have created the mythological being we call the Devil.Life is not a school we are here to remember who we are.God knew that in order for love to exist, the opposite, fear, had to exist too.God divided himself into all of us so as to experience Himself. We should have faith that God gives us everything we ask for.God is the observer, not the creator. (This is what the New Thought Church and the like have been telling us for years.)We should never beg but appreciate. Ha, ha! I like this.God has no specific form, though he can assume any form he wishes.He reveals himself by means of our inner experiences (I will attest to that).He tells us that the correct form of prayer is never a begging prayer but a thankful prayer. The strongest feeling is that which you call love.The most powerful messenger is experience, and this we generally ignore.God has given us free will and he never forces us to do anything.The first “shocking” statement God makes to Neale is that as regards the nature of God, the church fathers, theologians, rabbis, priests and the Bible are NOT authoritative sources. The clearest words are those containing truth. When these don’t work, He uses words.Your highest thoughts, clearest words and strongest feelings always come from God.The highest thought is the one containing joy. Great was his surprise when suddenly his pen began to move by itself and he started getting answers from God, Later he said he heard an inner voice dictating it.Thus began this illuminating work.God told Neale that he talks to everyone constantly, but not everyone listens.Feelings/emotions are the language of the soul.As a means of communication, God uses both emotions, thought and images from experiences. I read this marvellous book in Danish which made it a bit difficult for me to get an overview of it when writing this review.The book, and the whole Conversations with God series, is filled with wisdom, so that there was no doubt in my mind that it was dictated by “God”, or at least came from a high, high source.One day in 1992 when Neale Donald Walsch was going through a difficult period, he decided to write a letter to God containing a lot of angry questions about his life. All the big questions are answered: why are we here? Why is there evil in the world? Is there sin? Is there a hell? If so, what is it? Why do things happen as they do? What happens when you die? How can I have successful relationships? Is having a lot of money a bad thing? And inbetween times there's also humour, because we're told that God has a great sense of humour! So many of my questions were answered in a totally new way (going to church or reading the Bible had never given me answers like these) and not only did they make sense to me, they were also liberating! If you're remotely curious about any of the above questions, then I would encourage you to read this book and decide for yourself whether the answers are for you or not. Fear motivates us to be this, because we don't want to be considered failures. As it says in the book 'precious little is said about the glory of the most loving', but an awful lot is said in our society about being 'better', 'stronger' and 'cleverer' than others. You learn about the importance of trusting your feelings, expressing appreciation, how all human feelings are rooted in either fear or love and that we have been taught to live in fear. From the first page it had me riveted and I couldn't put it down. I didn't really know what to expect, but it blew me away! It's a conversation between an ordinary man called Neale Donald Walsch (with a lot of problems in his life) and God (you may not accept that it's 'God' talking, but then that's up to you) and it's written in a very easy to read style. An amazing book! It was recommended by a friend, and so I thought I would read it to see if it would give me any new insights into the age-old questions about the purpose of life etc.
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