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The New Revelations: A Conversation with God Kindle Edition
The New Revelations provides us with the tools to move forward, to pull ourselves out of despair, lifting the whole human race to a new expression of its grandest vision. In this book, which offers possible and powerful answers to the questions facing the world, bestselling author Neale Donald Walsch urges us to open our hearts and minds to what may be one of the most important spiritual statements of our time. A conversation with God that began as a simple plea from one human being to the God of his understanding, The New Revelations is a life-altering book, given to us when we need it most.
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherAtria Books
- Publication dateSeptember 30, 2002
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God, please be here. We need help.
I am here.
We need help.
I know.
Right now.
I understand.
The world is on the brink of disaster. And I'm not talking about natural disaster; I'm talking about man-made calamity.
I know. And you're right.
I mean, humans have had disagreements before, and serious ones, but now our divisions and disagreements can lead not simply to wars -- which are bad enough -- but to the end of civilization as we know it.
That is correct. You have assessed the situation correctly.
You understand the severity of the problem; you simply do not understand the nature of the problem. You do not know what is causing it. So you keep trying to solve it at every level except the level at which it exists.
Which is?
The level of belief.
The problem facing the world today is a spiritual problem.
Your ideas about spirituality are killing you.
You keep trying to solve the world's problem as if it were a political problem, or an economic problem, or even a military problem, and it is none of these. It is a spiritual problem. And that is the one problem human beings don't seem to know how to solve.
Then help us.
I am.
How?
In many ways.
Name one.
This book.
This book will help us?
It can.
What do we have to do?
Read it.
And then what?
Heed it.
That's what they all say. "It's all in The Book," they say. "Read it and heed it. That's all you have to do." The problem is, they all hold up a different book.
I know.
And every book says something else.
I know.
So now we should "read and heed" this book?
It's not a question of what you should do. It's a question of what you may do if you choose to. It is an invitation, not a requirement.
Why would I want to read this book when I've already been told by True Believers that all the answers are in the other books -- the books that they are telling me to heed?
Because you have not heeded them.
Yes, we have. We believe that we have.
That's why you now need help. You believe that you have, but you have not.
You keep saying that your Holy Book (your cultures have many different ones) is what has given you the authority to treat each other the way you are treating each other, to do what you are doing.
You are able to say that only because you have not really listened to the deeper message of these books. You have read them, but you have not really listened to them.
But we have. We are doing what they say we should be doing!
No. You are doing what YOU say that they say you should be doing.
What does that mean?
It means that the basic message of all the sacred scriptures is the same. What is different is how human beings have been interpreting them.
There is nothing "wrong" with having different interpretations. What may not benefit you, however, is separating yourself over these differences, making each other wrong because of these differences, and killing each other as a result of these differences.
This is what you are now doing.
It is what you have been doing for quite some time.
You cannot agree even within a particular group of you, much less between groups, about what a particular book says and what it means, and you use these disagreements as justifications for slaughter.
You argue among yourselves about what the Qur'an says, and about what its words mean. You argue among yourselves about what the Bible says, and about what its words mean. You argue among yourselves about what the Veda says, what the Bhagavad-Gita says, what the Lun-yü says, what the Pali Canon says, what the Tao-te Ching says, what the Talmud says, what the Hadith says, what the Book of Mormon says...
And what of the Upanishad, the I Ching, the Adi Granth, the Mahabharata, the Yoga-sutras, the Mathnawi, the Kojiki?
Okay, we get the point.
No, actually, you don't. And that's the point. The point is, there are many holy writings and sacred scriptures, and you act as if there is only one.
It is your sacred scripture that is really sacred. All the rest are poor substitutes at best, and blasphemies at worst.
Not only is there only one Sacred Scripture, there is also only one way to interpret that Scripture: your way.
This spiritual arrogance is what has caused you your greatest sorrow as a species. You have suffered more -- and caused other people to suffer more -- over your ideas about God than over your ideas about anything else in the human experience.
You have turned the source of the greatest joy into the source of your greatest pain.
That's crazy. Why is that? Why have we done that?
Because there is one thing for which human beings seem willing to give up everything.
They will give up love, they will give up peace, they will give up health, harmony, and happiness, they will give up safety, security, and even their sanity, for this one thing.
What?
Being right.
You are willing to give up everything you've ever worked for, everything you've ever wanted, everything you've ever created, in order to be "right."
Indeed, for this you are willing to give up Life itself.
But isn't that how it should be? I mean, you have to stand up for something in life. And the Word of God IS what's right!
Which God?
Which God?
Yes, which God?
Adonai? Allah? Elohim? God? Hari? Jehovah? Krishna? Lord? Rama? Vishnu? Yahwey?
The God whose words were brought to us clearly by the
Master and the Prophets.
Which Master and which Prophets?
Which Master? Which Prophets?
Yes.
Adam? Noah? Abraham? Moses? Confucius? Siddhartha Gautama? Jesus? Patanjali? Muhammad? Baha'u'llah? Jalal al-Din Rumi? Martin Luther? Joseph Smith? Paramahansa Yogananda?
You're not equating all of those with each other, are you?
Why not? Is one greater than the other?
Certainly!
Which one?
The one in whom I believe!
Exactly. Now you get the point.
So what do you want me to do, give up my beliefs?
I don't "want" you to do anything. The question is, what do you want to do?
I want to find a way to get past all of these mixed-up beliefs that humans have.
There is a way.
Which is?
Transcend them.
What does that mean?
Transcending means to go beyond, to move past. It does not mean to completely reject or totally destroy. You do not have to destroy a thing in order to move past it.
You would not want to destroy your old belief system in any event, because there is too much of it that you will wish to retain.
"Transcending" does not mean always being "other than," it means always being "larger than." Your new, larger belief system will no doubt retain some of the old -- that part of the old belief system that you experience as still serving you -- and so it will be a combination of the new and the old, not a rejection of the old from top to bottom.
Can you see the difference?
I think so.
Good. Then you can stop your resistance.
The reason humans have hung so tenaciously to their old beliefs is that they do not want to dishonor those beliefs by rejecting them completely, out of hand. They think that this is the choice they have: Reject the old or accept the old, totally. Yet that is not the only choice you have. You can review the old and see what parts of the old no longer work. You can expand the old to make some parts of the old work better. You can add to the old to make some parts of your belief system new.
Rejecting completely your present beliefs would be to discredit so much of what has been taught, so much of what has been understood, so much of what has been done -- and so much of what has been good.
It would make too much of the world feel "wrong." It would make ancestors "wrong," it would make entire scriptures "wrong," it would make present-day lives "wrong." People would have to admit that all of the spiritual aspects of the human experience have been a mistake, a misunderstanding.
This is more than most people can acknowledge. It is more than they should acknowledge, because it is not true.
In fact, you don't have to declare that you were "wrong" about anything, because you weren't. You simply didn't have a complete understanding. You needed more information.
Transcending current beliefs is not an outright rejection of them; it is an "adding to" them.
Now that you have more information that you can add to what you presently believe, you can enlarge your beliefs -- not completely reject them, enlarge them -- and move on with your lives in a new way.
A way that works.
But I don't have more information.
Yes, you do.
I do?
You have this book.
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About the author
NEALE DONALD WALSCH is a modern day spiritual messenger whose words continue to touch the world in profound ways. With an early interest in religion and a deeply felt connection to spirituality, Neale spent the majority of his life thriving professionally, yet searching for spiritual meaning before experiencing his now famous conversation with God. The "Conversations with God" series of books that emerged from those encounters has been translated into 37 languages, touching millions and inspiring important changes in their day-to-day lives.
"Conversations with God" has redefined God and shifted spiritual paradigms around the globe. In order to deal with the enormous response to his writings, Neale has created several outreach projects, including the CWG Foundation, CWG for Parents, Humanity’s Team, the CWG Helping Outreach, and The Global Conversation --- all accessible at the “hub” website CWGPortal.com, and all dedicated to help the world move from violence to peace, from confusion to clarity, and from anger to love.
Neale's work has taken him from the steps of Macchu Picchu in Peru to the steps of the Shinto shrines of Japan, from Red Square in Moscow to St. Peters Square in Vatican City to Tiananmen Square in China. And everywhere he has gone --- from South Africa to Norway, Croatia to The Netherlands, the streets of Zurich to the streets of Seoul --- Neale has experienced a hunger among the people to find a new way to live, at last, in peace and harmony, and he has sought to bring people a new understanding of life and of God which would allow them to experience that.
He lives with his wife, the American poet Em Claire, in Oregon. Find out more at NealeDonaldWalsch.com.
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Here is the meat and potatoes from the book, if it interests you and would like to read the in depth explanation i urge you to buy this book and read it, and keep an open mind, stop doing and reading everything THEY tell you too and open your eyes, wake up and look around, for some this is alot to ask for others its kind of obvious.
5 Fallacies About God
1) Humans believe that God needs something.
2) Humans believe that God can fail to get what He needs.
3) Humans believe that God has separated them from Him because they have not given Him what He needs.
4) Humans believe that God still needs what He needs so badly that God now requires them, from their separated position, to give it to Him.
5) Humans believe that God will destroy them if they do not meet His requirements.
5 Fallacies About Life
1) Human beings are separate from each other.
2) There is not enough of what human beings need to be happy.
3) To get the stuff of which there is not enough, human beings must compete with each other.
4) Some human beings are better than other human beings.
5) It is appropriate for human beings to resolve severe differences created by all the other fallacies by killing each other.
5 Steps To Peace
The New Revelations invites readers to take the Five Steps to Peace. In taking these steps, readers would:
1) Acknowledge that some of their old beliefs about God and about Life are no longer working.
2) Acknowledge that there is something they do not understand about God and about Life, the understanding of which will change everything.
3) Be willing for a new understanding of God and Life to now be brought forth, an understanding that could produce a new way of life on the earth.
4) Be courageous enough to explore and examine this new understanding, and, if it aligns with their inner truth and knowing, to enlarge their belief system to include it.
5) Live their lives as demonstrations of their highest and grandest beliefs, rather than as denials of them.
Nine New Revelations
The new revelations are contained in a series of nine statements that the book offers for readers to consider as they explore the possibility of changing their present beliefs about God and about Life.
These nine statements are:
1) God has never stopped communicating directly with human beings. God has been communicating with and through human beings from the beginning of time. God does so today.
2) Every human being is as special as every other human being who has ever lived, lives now, or ever will live. You are all messengers. Every one of you. You are carrying a message to life about life every day. Every hour. Every moment.
3) No path to God is more direct than any other path. No religion is the “one true religion”, no people are “the chosen people”, and no prophet is the “greatest prophet.”
4) God needs nothing. God requires nothing in order to be happy. God is happiness itself. Therefore, God requires nothing of anyone or anything in the universe.
5) God is not a singular Super Being, living somewhere in the Universe or outside of it, having the same emotional needs and subject to the same emotional turmoil as humans. That Which Is God cannot be hurt or damaged in any way, and so, has no need to seek revenge or impose punishment.
6) All things are One Thing. There is only One Thing, and all things are part of the One Thing That Is.
7) There is no such thing as Right and Wrong. There is only What Works and What Does Not Work, depending upon what it is that you seek to be, do or have.
8) You are not your body. Who you are is limitless and without end.
9) You cannot die, and you will never be condemned to eternal damnation.
This book could change your life, and could change everything if you let it. Definitely a good read even for hardcore religious types willing to give the rhetoric a rest for a minute. Good Read!
It`ok this time.
If you realize that humanity is facing a crisis right now, the way I see it you have two options: you can say you "want" to do something about it but don't have the power, because you can't control everyone else, or you can claim the power to change the world as your own. You can choose not to take responsibility for the environmental destruction and warfare on our planet, or you can see the plight of the world as your own, and act on the enormous opportunity there is right now to change the entire course of history by becoming the "first domino" in your circle of influence. Yet do not do it because you are afraid of death (life never ends) but because you love life. If you are willing to step up to this task, know that lasting change cannot be achieved on the level of behavior alone; you must change many of your beliefs. Do not wait on this: your mind will ALWAYS need more time, but your soul screams, "NOW!" Do not forget who you are.
Unlike the somewhat soft tone of the other books Neale has written this one takes aim at the beliefs we hold to. Clearly shows how those beliefs promote our behaviors. Holding to the beliefs as we do it is no wonder we continue to have wars, poverty and starvation.
A very hard look at what most religions are about and what the promote. How their teachings help keep many in fear. The premise is that religions since their inception have told us that we are separate from God. That only through their teachings can we hope to reunite with God. The three major faiths all tell us we are sinners from birth and are in need of redemption. Their particular form of redemption. We are told we are not only separate from God but each other and the world around us.
The book makes it clear that we need not get rid of religions but transform them into offering much more. Creating a new spirituality. God in the book also makes it clear if we continue as we are it is problematic that our race will not continue.
Though many will write the book off as new age dribble any thinking and feeling person will see it offers many truths. When I meet such a person all I need do is ask them, "is what we are doing now working and if not why not"?
For those who have never looked into metaphysical thought this could be a great starter book. If nothing else it will provide an opportunity for friends and family to have some very interesting conversations. Neale started writing this book soon after 9/11.
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Neale Donald Walsch's CWG series is an amazing journey into exploring our beliefs about life, the universe and everything and in this beautifully written (and spoken) conversation with God serves to rip away the wool that's been covering the lives of so many for so long.
People who are on a spiritual journey and who are not overly bound to one religion or another will LOVE the book whilst those who are religious yet open to concepts outside of their religious doctrine will leave with a stronger sense of what's working and what's not in organised religion.
The CWG has drawn a lot of fire from fundamentalists from all elements of the religious communities due to what appears to be irreverence to God, yet my experience is that the story told by Walsch is the most complete, honest and inspirational look at the concept of God that He/She/It plays in our lives.
A spiritual feast that will enrich the soul with great commentary by those playing the role of God in the dialogue.
I can't recommend this enough!
Dax Moy
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I trully enjoyed reading this book, I laughed and cried about some truths and felt understood at last. I now know without any doubt that my dreams are limiteless and that I can live without fear. As a result of that I have also read the trilogy of "Conversation With God" from the same author and offered to my friends a few copies of both "The New Revelations" and the trilogy "CWG". I see my life as a gift and I am determined to enjoy every peace of it and I wish the same to you!