religion and spirituality

I read all books by the Author (or God!) and some of them become my bed side companions. But I must say, although this time the book is written as if it was by God, this one is really written Mr. Walsch, and I think Don is in danger of losing contact with himself (or should I say God) and put on too much of his eago.

There are valid points in this book. But if you find this book lacking, try CWG book1 and and FWG. I am a very shap observer, I read all religion, and all sicence books, and almost all best sellers read like junk to me, but, except for some of the claerly marked commend by Don, I have found the God's section extremely inspiring in those two volume.

Don't dismiss the entire series because of this one ... this one read like one of the best seller by an author who must publish something to keep his name in people's mind. Not that bad a book, but don't give it out as a gift just because of the author's name ..... unless you will.

I would recommend this book to anyone who feels that they have experienced life on a profound level on occasion, but has a hard time alligning those deep wonderfully-personal feelings with an existing system of beliefs. Even if you haven't read the first four "With God" books, this one is more than worth your time, I promise. It's basic message is a very simple but profound one, and one that may be difficult for many people to easily agree with. The idea is that we are all God, that everything in existence is a facet of God, and that we are not actually separate from each other or from "God," but that are rather under the illusion that we are in order to have the relative experience of ourselves.

There can't be light if there is no dark. If an artist drew a beautiful soul-filling, awe-inspiring drawing in white ink, you couldn't see it if it were on white paper. That's why we need darkness in order to fully experience ourselves.

In this book, Neale Donald Walsch does a very good, concrete job of laying out the 10 illusions that he believes have caused humanity the most pain and trouble throughout our history. It all starts with the necessary, but danger illusion that we are separate from each other. Each of the other illusion builds off the previous one.

I was not raised in a religious household, but I have enough religious experiences of passionate living to believe in God. Even though I am not religious, I feel I came to these books with the skepticism of one that might feel these writings are blasphemous. But I'll have to say, that even though Walsch has a tendency to get too cute in his wording, his basic concepts are very sound, and that while I don't always believe in his style of presenting his ideas, I think the ideas themselve are very sound, and very ispiring.

It's hard not to agree that you should trust yourself and find your truth in yourself.

The message rates four stars. For a likely rating on the messenger, see the review dated 20 July 2003 by "a reader" who describes their personal encounter with the author. It is my hope that folks who get something good out of the message (as I have) will not be too dismayed when they learn that many folks who serve as God's messengers have yet to learn the difficult art of delivering the message with humility and grace.