Conversations with God - Neale Donald Walsch

"...why, and how, could God judge God's own creation and call it bad? If I wanted you to be and do everything perfectly, I would have left you in the state of total perfection whence you came. The whole point of the process was for you to discover yourself, create your Self, as you truly are - and as you truly wish to be." (pg 42, Hodder & Stoughton, 1995) If you believe the blurb on this book when you pick it up from the bookshelf, you are holding in your hands "The Life-Changing Bestseller". For me, it was actually true. To give you an idea of my background, I am a 24 year old Irish girl ... more

This book is written around what happened to the author, Neale Donald Walsh, in the spring of 1992. At the time he was suffering from bad health, had been sacked from his work place and his relationships were bad. He wrote an angry letter to God, asking why his life didn't work. Before he had finished the questions, he started receiving answers, and began a " Conversation with God. The topics ranged widely, and the author discovered that God believed suffering to be unnecessary, and not in the slightest to do with heaven and hell, as we have been brought up to believe. He also found God to ... more

‘Conversations With God’ is an extraordinary phenomenon. It’s one of those books that people buy for other people, then those people buy it as a gift for other people. I don’t know how many copies I’ve given. I can tell you that I, and many friends, have found these magical books the most direct, clear, accessible and easy account I’ve ever read. There are 3 primary books in the original series, with sequels expanding in other directions. The premise of their origin is that the author, Neale, was at the lowest ebb of his life and decided he would write a ... more

Right. I need to explain a bit about myself first: I am not a religion fan at all. I am interested in life after death and this kind of stuff, however, my position about God is a bit blurry. I belive in a force or something (I don't know how to explain), but I am definately anti religion. I don't like the idea of it. This book is not blasphematory in my opinion, but it gives an interesting approach about God and life. As I don't know what to believe or even how to believe, I picked up that book which seemed to be different. It is a lot less boring than the Bible, and it is a lot less hard to ... more

This is the first part of a three part series in which Donald Neale Walsch writes an angry letter to God, and suddenly begins to automatically write responses to his own questions. Automatic writing, but direct from God, as opposed to any other 'spirit'. This book deals mostly with personal and relationship issues, the other two books deal with society and the universe. Whether Mr Walsch was actually having a conversation with God, or whether this book is the workings of an over-active imagination just defines whether this book is either a miracle, or a work of genius. This book is a good read ... more