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Conversations with God
March 4th, 2006
How the conversation started
There is a self-healing technique that has been used quite successfully for many years. I’m not sure how it got started or what it’s called but it involves writing a letter to anyone and everyone that you have a problem with or feel has wronged you in any way. These letters aren’t usually sent and sometimes they are even burned (in a safe way) to transmute the negative energy. Well, Neale Donald Walsch had been doing this for a while and he had run out of people to write letters to. His life still wasn’t where he wanted it to be so one day he sat down and wrote the ultimate letter: to God. He was mad and wrote down everything he was feeling and included a lot of questions. From page one he writes, "To my surprise, as I scribbled out the last of my bitter, unanswerable questions and prepared to toss my pen aside, my hand remained poised over the paper, as if held there by some invisible force. Abruptly, the pen began moving on its own. I had no idea what I was about to write, but an idea seemed to be coming, so I decided to flow with it. Out came… Do you really want answers to these questions or are you just venting?" And so started Neale Donald Walsch’s ongoing conversation with God making him a messenger for all humanity.
The Series
He has written several books since then but the three books named Conversations with God (CwG) Book 1, 2, and 3 are included in the one book called: The Complete Conversations with God. Book 1 deals with issues of a personal nature, book 2 with global issues and book 3, universal issues.
My thoughts before I read this book
I got this book through a spiritual book club years before I ever read it. Something drew me to order it. I didn’t read it because I thought it was about religion. My background drew me toward spirituality and away from religion so I wasn’t into reading anything religious at all.
I finally read it
Martin picked up book 1 and read it first. He said it was along the lines of what we both believed so I joined him in reading it. I just love when we read things together; it sparks great conversations between us. It wound up really altering the way we see the world.
Main things I got from it
I really understood that right and wrong don’t actually exist, and when people hurt themselves or each other they have just forgotten who they are. Seeing everyone, and myself, as part of God helps to remind me, and consequently them, of who they are. Neale wrote a children’s book about this very process in The Little Soul and the Sun. I also got a huge reminder that everything we do is done by choice. It may seem at times we have no choice but we always have a choice. Deciding not to decide is a choice. It’s been a while since I read the books, and I’ve read most of his other books as well so some of the themes of each cross over from one book to the next.
Life altering
I must say if I hadn’t read these books I wouldn’t have stayed in my marriage. It hit home with me that I can choose to stay in the relationship or leave. After careful discussions and pondering we both decided to stay. Before reading the Conversations with God books our relationship was on the rocks. Once we realized we weren’t trapped, that we were actually choosing to stay, things started getting better. We celebrate our 10th anniversary this year and things are the best they’ve ever been.
Saving the planet
As I’ve said before the earth will go on. The only question is whether the humans will go on with her so the phrase "Saving the planet" isn’t really accurate. If I wrote it the way I wanted to "Saving our own a _ _ _ s" Google wouldn’t like it. How about "Saving our own tails"? For this example I’ll stick with "Saving the planet" because that’s how most people think of it. Anyway, if we change the way we think about God, as suggested in these books, we have a chance of the best days of humankind being ahead of us instead of behind us.
Audio books
These are done very well. The voice of God alternates between a man and a woman so we don’t get fixated on the thought that God is either a man or a woman.
Supporting websites
Neale Donald Walsch has taken his role as messenger very seriously. He has created several programs and websites supporting and teaching the principles he received in Conversations with God.
Humanity’s Team Neale Donald Walsch‘s inspiration for humans to join together and make a difference in our future
Humanity’s Team World Wide Connecting like-minded people to make a change in the world. You can volunteer to help make the change happen in the world.
Neale Donald Walsch’s personal site that "Can Lead You Deeper Into The Holy Experience" including a free ebook, Retreats, Neale’s Schedule, Wisdom Center, Action Team, Newsletters, Soulebrate eCards, online programs, CwG Foundation, Endorsements, the Messenger’s Circle and Neale’s Blog
New Spirituality Network Teaching the New Spirituality (this network is just getting started)
Part of the Change Bracelets and Booklets so we can announce ourselves to each other and wear something that represents our new beliefs about ourselves and about Life
Spiritual Cinema Circle The world’s first transformational DVD-of-the-month club
The Group of 1000 People from all over the world working toward the common goal of changing the world in 10 to 15 years
View book details at Amazon.com: Conversations with God Book 1
View book details at Amazon.com: Conversations With God Book 2
View book details at Amazon.com: Conversations With God Book 3
View book details at Amazon.com: The Complete Conversations with God
Home with God – sending it to the best sellers list
March 4th, 2006
If you love Conversations with God and love helping make the world a better place then here’s something you can do to help. Neale Donald Walsch’s new book, Home with God: In a Life That Never Ends is being released on March 29th. You can make a difference by ordering the book from Amazon.com that day and sending it straight to the NY Times Best-Sellers list so the word spreads like wild fire! Read this excerpt from Neale’s latest weekly bulletin:
"MARCH 29 is the day that I am asking all my friends everywhere, if you are planning on getting this book anyway, to please order it from amazon.com or barnes&noble.com. If we can create enough sales for the book on that one day, we can drive it to the best seller list — and that means that it will come to the attention of many, many other people around the world! So please, if you are thinking of adding this final dialogue in the CwG series to your library, ORDER IT ON THIS DAY: MARCH 29, 2006.
HOME WITH GOD in a Life That Never Ends looks deeply at the most important aspects of life by exploring deeply its most misunderstood process: death and dying. This mystical text describes what occurs in the moments following our departure from physicality, the journey of the Soul through its merging with The Essence, and the miracle of re-emergence, when the Unified Soul becomes once again a Singular Expression of Divinity, carrying the same identity it held at death, but with an Expanded Awareness that produces the experience of what humans call "heaven," "paradise," "nirvana," or "bliss."
Here is information that has never appeared in any form in a previous CwG dialogue. HOME WITH GOD will bring to its readers gentle comfort and a deep awareness of the glory and the wonder of life—a life that never ends. It is as much about the here and now as it is about the hereafter, for, as the book itself declares, when you unravel the deepest mysteries about death, you unravel the deepest mysteries about life.
Please mark your calendar, and make WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, "HOME WITH GOD DAY" by going to amazon.com or barnesandnoble.com and ordering the book on that day! By doing so, you will be playing your part in bringing its extraordinary message into the marketplace of ideas. Remember, it is from these ideas that humanity gets its next best idea about itself.
Thanks for doing what you can do, and God bless.
Neale"
Put it on your calendar and…
Buy the book: Home with God from Amazon on March 29th
April 20, 2006 – Now that we’ve gotten the book on the charts read my review of Home with God: In a Life that Never Ends
The Raw Gourmet
March 1st, 2006
Favorite
This is my absolute favorite raw recipe book so far. The index is clear and comprehensive, the pictures are vibrant and beautiful, the recipes are easy to understand and the food comes out great!
My experience
Every time I make a raw gourmet dish out of this book people love it, even if they don’t usually eat raw foods. Most people can’t even tell it’s raw, they just know it tastes better than what they’re used to. The recipes are easy to understand and everything comes out great the first time!
Special equipment
You will need some special equipment to make certain recipes but most can be made with just a food-processor and some good knives. I found the Champion Juicer especially helpful to make some of the more complex recipes including the raw "ice cream".
View book details at Amazon.com: The Raw Gourmet
Organic Raw Cashews
February 28th, 2006
My experience
Organic raw cashews are creamy and delicious. I’ve wanted to try these for a while and I just got a bag on Thursday. I’m truly impressed with their quality and taste. They come vacuum packed which preserves their freshness. Even the kids like these.
Versatile
Try them in your favorite raw food recipes or add some other dried fruit, nuts and seeds to make a nice trail mix.
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What I Do For a Cold
February 26th, 2006
Cold and Flu season, that’s what this time of the year is called, right? Well, after all I’ve read about the body and how it cleanses itself, I believe a cold is the body’s way of cleaning itself out. This is the time of the year when our world is dark and cold. Before electric lights this time of year was more of a time for going inward, staying inside and general introspection so it’s no wonder that the body usually takes this season to clean itself out. Spring is coming and our bodies need to prepare for the extra work of planting and bringing in the harvest, at least that’s what our bodies were made to do. So, cleaning out the clutter of our minds and bodies is what this time of the year is all about. That’s what I believe, anyway.
How the body cleanses itself
The body has several avenues of elimination. The digestive system, the respiratory system and the skin are some of them. I think there are others but I don’t remember them off-hand. The body removes toxins from the cells and internal organs and sends them out of the body through these channels. Toxins come out the pores of the skin through sweat, the respiratory system through mucus and the digestive system through… well, you know.
How I handle a cold
The best thing we can do is help our bodies optimize this time of healing.
Digestive system
Simplifying our diets so what we eat is easy to digest allows the digestive system to focus its energies on elimination. So I cut out all processed foods, which I try not to eat much of anyway, and heavy protein. Heavy protein is meat, in any form, and eggs. I also cut out dairy since dairy causes mucus. Citrus fruits help the body rid of mucus faster. I hate to say this but doing an enema can help clean out the colon and speed healing. I have also been known to fast. Definitely check with a doctor you trust before doing any of these. One other thing I do is to take Cayenne Pepper capsules. (Don’t take if you have a fever.) Swallow one with water in the middle of your meal. If you feel any burning after you finish, it means there wasn’t enough food in there to mix in and you need to drink water until the burning stops. (You’ll want to check with a doctor you trust before you take these.) This helps to burn off toxins in the body. Ginger does the same thing. Honey can help soothe the throat, if it’s scratchy. If I’m awake I prefer to drink water until my throat isn’t scratchy anymore but you find out what works best for you and you do that. Staying well hydrated is essential.
Skin
Skin brushing with a Veggie Bristle Skin Brush helps keep the pores open so they can work effectively at eliminating toxins through your perspiration.
Respiratory system
Using a Neti Pot helps prevent colds and sinus infections as well as removing mucus that has accumulated in the nasal cavity.
Closing
Other than that I just take cues from my body as far as anything else it needs. I find I need extra rest and less activity and I give myself that. Staying warm, especially when I’m outside, can help my body reserve its energy for healing instead of keeping me warm. so I take extra care at this time to bundle up when it’s cold outside. So, cuddle up with a good new age adventure story, enjoy the season and rejoice if you have a ‘cold’, your body is healing and cleaning.
Warning/Disclaimer
I am not a doctor and you should seek the opinion of a doctor you trust before changing your life-style. I don’t suggest trying to speed up the healing through drastic measures. It never works well, usually causes more stress and can be potentially harmful in the long run.
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