Author Neale Donald Walsch chronicles his extraordinary experience of conversing with God -- achieved through the process of 'auto-writing.' Suppose you could ask God the most puzzling questions about existence, and God would provide clear, understandable answers? It happened to Neale Donald Walsch. Conversations with God is his account of his direct conversations with God, beginning in 1992 while Walsch was immersed in a period of deep depression. He composed a letter to God in which he vented his frustrations, and much to his surprise, even shock, God answered him.
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 beginning his now famous conversation with God. His With God series of books has been translated into 34 languages, touching millions of lives and inspiring important changes in their day-to-day lives.
In addition to authoring the renowned With God series, Neale has published 16 other works, as well as a number of video and audio programs. Available throughout the world, each of the CwG dialogue books has made the New York Times Bestseller list, Conversations with God-Book 1 occupying that list for over two and half years.
The With God Series has redefined God and shifted spiritual paradigms around the globe. In order to deal with the enormous response to his writings, Neale created the Conversations with God Foundation, a non-profit educational organization dedicated to inspiring the world to help itself 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 found 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."
pg 254 "Humanity's struggle is not a military struggle, it is a struggle for the mind. If it were merely a military struggle, then the struggle would be over, because the mightiest military would easily win. Yet your histories, and world events to this very day, prove that the mightiest military cannot win anything. It can subdue, but it cannot be victorious. Subjugation and victory are not the same thing. Only when you change people's minds can you claim victory in the struggle to bring peace and harmony to humanity. And this will only occur when humanity understands that its problem is not a military problem, it is not a political problem, and it is not an economic problem. The problem facing humanity today is a spiritual problem. Yet when this is understood, then military, political, and economic tools can and will be used to help solve that problem. Indeed, all of Life will be rearranged to become part of the solution, rather than part of the problem. And this, in the end, is what will save humanity from itself."
As somebody that absolutely loved CwG 1-3, I was eager to read Tomorrow's God. Unfortunately, there is really not much that is new in this book. I feel like NDW elaborated on points that just didn't need elaborating on. It is almost as if a band recorded the same album twice, but the second album was worse production quality. This book feels very similar.
I would recommend to readers that they read Conversations with God 1-3 and not this one.
I really enjoyed this re-visioning of God. Told in a dialogue format with Walsch & God communicating back and forth (the standard format for all these books), it really makes strong points for the need to let God be bigger than humanity has allowed God to be. We have changed, times have changed, and "Tomorrow's God" suggests a new "version" of God that can really speak to today's issues.
I read the book from beginning to end to obtain a full view of Walsch's god of the New Age/Spirituality.
He basically deconstructs the God of the Bible, uses scriptures selectively, but no one would notice unless they read the Bible for themselves in context, not pulling some words here and there to destroy it by misrepresenting it.
I took so many notes on the contradictions within the book itself. It is basically a collection of words to manipulate the mind, and yes, we have seen it being propagated in educational institutions at all levels... because as the book says,
"The way to control a population is to control a population’s mind, and the best way to do that is to begin with the young." (p. 302)
The intentions of the book seem good for humanity, except you find out that nothing really matters even though you have to CLIMB that mountaintop infinitely. Why since "nothing matters"?
It is basically a manipulative piece of writing to make one feel at peace because nothing matters and that makes you your own God. Looks like chaos on the horizon and it's quite worrisome to the naive.
"Nothing matters. What an amazing message for my soul to receive from the unified soul that is all of Life." (p. 379)
Read the Bible for yourselves... then you can make a proper judgment on how he changes its teachings, and basically dismisses it, but he calls it EVOLVING.
Scripture shines a light on evilness and is the beacon that is a light unto our path. Thus, it reveals the secrets of the heart and exposes darkness.
Proverbs 30:5-6 Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him. Do not add to His words, Lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.
The Bible does not change. Those who change it don't want to accept it. So that's a personal choice. We all have Free Will. But every action produces a consequence and if the Bible is not real, then you won't have to worry where you spend your eternity since "nothing matters," but if the Bible is indeed real, and what Jesus taught us is real, then so is the kind of eternity we will spend. He made us a way... He told us how to live and love, but the pride in us is fighting to live good and right. It is a battle of the mind.
I have been on a spiritual journey, reading different books from different spiritual world views which are not my own. Tomorrow's God I thought was going to be an interesting take on spirituality. Instead, I ended up reading a pretentious word-salad written by a man who thinks he knows everything.
The book has a simple premise. The Old God is a vengeful, nasty being who is cruel and horrible. The next God is in everything and is everywhere. Basically, Tomorrow's God puts forward a pantheistic worldview in a turgid thesis. Written in a dialectical style, Tomorrow's God attempts to replicate the Greek philosophical tradition of dialectics in order to put forward their ideas. This style is flaccid and rather annoying. A better style is the author always uses a character in dialectics such as Plato using Socrates to put forward his views in his writings.
Tomorrow's God doesn't have a bibliography so its references are clunky and feels unimpressive in how other ideas are used. Overall, the book fails to give reasons as to why pantheism is superior to more personal gods. I guess the conception of deity is better being pantheistic as it is less human-centric but the book fails in its arguments for it's own religious ideas. And the political ideas are even more preposterous. Tomorrow's God thinks you could abolish private property in order for everyone to share. Like "own nothing and be happy". Yeah that is an amazing idea that never seems to work.
As somebody that absolutely loved CwG 1-3, I was eager to read Tomorrow's God. Unfortunately, there is really not much that is new in this book. I feel like NDW elaborated on points that just didn't need elaborating on. I got through 80 pages, but this book feels almost as if a band recorded the same album twice, but the second album had worse production quality and not as good songs.
I would recommend to readers that they read Conversations with God 1-3 and not this one.
This book should be compulsory reading for everyone on the planet. It presents a fundamental change in the way we look at God, and therefore a fundamental change in the way we look at everything in life. It also provides hope for a brighter future, if we take up the challenges offered by Tomorrow's God.
Tomorrow's God by author Neale Donald Walsch has been excellent to read and its content is perhaps our greatest spiritual challenge facing all of us as we enter significant changes in our lives. These changes prepare us for the dawning of Aquarius and the incoming 7th Golden-Age of mankind. All happening now with the increase in vibration to all of us through the receiving of higher aspects of consciousness
The book addresses many 'age old taboos' and mysteries of life, which seemingly, revolve around our cultural conditioning, myths and inherent beliefs we tightly hold on to. The book is meant to save the world - if we will let its knowledge and wisdom enter our ego-mind dominated intellect - by coming full circle, taking old wisdom and bringing its understandings into 21st Century living. You might find that you resonate with some of the topics and discussions explored in the book, which results in the bringing out of a new you!
The book essentially addresses a new spirituality that is destined to take hold in humanity's collective consciousness in the near future. It seems the trigger point will be the securing of a critical mass of our population who will raise their consciousness to new horizons of living in peace, love, harmony, joy and new creative methods of teaching our children will be a critical component in all of this.
The author tackles the understanding and wisdom behind the age old term Enlightenment.It seems there is no one way to enlightenment, only what feels right to you in this present moment.
For me the coverage of the Universal Law of Relativity, from the dogma that has been linked to the fall from grace of the mythical characters of Adam and Eve - the eating of the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge - has been excellent. I am in no doubt that this Universal Law can and will bring forth your desires once you understand its significance to the Law of Creation.
The book also covers how the deviation of our will to God's - the 5 aspects - prevent us, through inner resistance, from securing our desires in this life time.
A good read for anyone earnest in seeking truth of the soul in these enlightening times. Namaste & God Bless Denis J (Author of the '3-3-3' Enigma: An Invitation to Consciously Create Your Experience)
Not my favorite from Walsch. Walsch is the author of the Conversations With God series, and this book reads similarly.
We need a new God. I know No. I'm serious. We need a new God. The old God isn't working anymore. The old one never worked. Some people think it did. They were not looking at the world around them.
...and so it begins, as God talks his way through our misconceptions about him in part one, and how a new vision of God will help us create a newer, better world in part two. A world where bickering over methods of worship is behind us, where harmony becomes mankind's purpose, and humanity can work together in love. From the back cover: In Tomorrow's God, Walsch offers compelling reasons why adopting this new belief system is in the best interests of humankind--now.
God turns out to be a bit long-winded. A hundred pages was enough for me, after which I grew thirsty for more than a spiritual guide. As wonderful as this book's teachings are—and, honestly, to be fair, they are—it wore me down to be constantly talking to a being of Walsch's imagination. More facts I could sink my teeth into, less God-talk, and I could happily develop my own "belief system" instead of “adopting” Walsh’s. (Does anybody really just select a belief system like a box of cereal at the supermarket?)
I'll try reading the book again in a few years and will probably develop an altogether different opinion.
Another CWG book, leaning in its message towards the more communal spiritual experience. It's a lot more of the same themes, reworked in the form of this new emphasis. While the repetition of Walsch's ideas is fun for those of us who dig on them, it does seem that this book does rework, and repeat.
I did get from this book (aside from the general spirit-candy of Walsch's continued conversation with God (that is, with himself)) some inspiration to take my spirituality outside of my living room and apply it to life. As a teacher, I took the CWG message anew, in that I envisioned more explicit ways to bring ideas to my work in the classroom. Mind you, these ideas were not strictly Walsch's ideas, but rather my own ideas about spirit. If nothing else, Tomorrow's God encourages a wider, more shared and communal spiritual experience.
It's like quitting smoking one cigarette at a time and has some things that are unreal*, but I think it's good starting point for people who aren't yet dead. I was there, but now I'm atheist (see note below).
* Unreal due to the fact that all beliefs (like ideologies) are just false representations of reality. Meaning, when you make some (any) statement, and especially when it is belief-like, you already are making conflict (=cognitive dissonance). It's the main reason why no religion is really succeeded in anything, you can't fight reality with unreal imaginary things. That applies to anything, even scientism or statism based religions.
Why morals expressed in the book can be easily explained in purely economic terms without much of cognitive dissonance. It's just way it is.
Book discusses what God is and what the human understanding of God is, in regards to life's choices and behavior. Why we believe the way we do and is it truly God's way or religion's way.
Less organized religion and more spirituality... Suggests a shift in humanities consciousness/awareness to oneness with one another globally. Through an understanding of mankinds direct connection to God, can the new spirituality flourish.
This book is everything I thought about God articulated and written down. It talks about how humanity's view of God needs to evolve and change for the coming future... basically before we ruin the earth and kill off our own species. It sounds intense (it is), but the read is actually easy. It is set-up in a conversational format.
this book hit the problems this world is facing on the head. I believe that if this message gets passed on, we'll be able to see tomorrow's god in our generation. Neale Donald Walsh really is a visionary that I admire. Thank you for these books!
An amazing book if you are looking for a larger definition of God than you find in your organized religion! I highlighted and bookmarked many, many pages. I've read some of the Conversations with God books by the same author and all are eye-opening.
I allow myself to abandon one book a year and this was it. Absolutely dreadfull. Dull, boring, uninspiring and sooooo repetitive. It upsets me to abandon a book. I sincerely hope this is the only one for this year.
It has some really good parts, especially in the first half. Mostly it just got me thinking about other things, got me in the flow.
I didn't like how self-referential it was, though. He talks about his other books a lot but I'm not familiar with the author so he kind of lost me there.