Everyone should read these conversations

This summer I read something that has changed my point of view on everything. I talked about it to as many people as I could, just because I think everyone should read it and learn from it, the earlier the better. It's nothing new and many people have read it already, but as I have found it recently, I am still amazed. 

The book is Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch.

The protagonist is basically going through a low point in his life and he decides to kind of ask God: WTF man? And God answers. God answered all of his (and our questions). And he answered them well.

God is funny in the book, he is cool, he is your best friend, your therapist, he won't punish you if you do a "bad" thing - just everything different than people presented to me usually.

As I might have mentioned before, I was never very religious. I was raised Catholic, went through all the sacraments, but never really believed in it the way it was presented to me in school because when you are taught how to believe, it doesn't really work. You need to find what works for you and what you believe in or what you feel a connection to.

In elementary school, we weren't allowed to miss a Sunday mass because we would get minus points. Collecting more of them meant you weren't allowed to have your First Communion and stuff like that. Now that doesn't make anyone really want to go, does it? At least not me. After I finally got my sacraments I never went to Church. Because I had the habit of seeing it as an obligation or as a sin if I didn't go, and that made me not appreciate it. Also, learning about the brutal parts of Christian history and the Church getting into politics didn't make me wanna go any more than before.

However, I always believed there is something bigger than me out there. An energy, the Universe, just something to keep us humble.

So now I'm here at this point in my life and I see a book called Conversations with God. I was very skeptical about it but - color me intrigued -I read it.

It presented God to me exactly the way I have always imagined him to be. I call him God, but I don't see it as a typical image of a man somewhere above us or a guy in sandals with long hair. Now I don't mean to offend or diss anyone's views on religion. Everyone has their own and that is OK. I'm just saying I have mine and for me, that is the only one I look at as true, as should everyone. Unfortunately, there are still some people that can't be still in their own views on God, they must make everyone believe what they do. Anyway, the overall gist of the book is;

“The deepest secret is that life is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation. You are not discovering yourself, but creating yourself anew. Seek, therefore, not to find out Who You Are, but seek to determine Who You Want to Be."

There were some quotes by God there that really changed my perspective on stuff. It was like reading something you always knew, only now it's officially written somewhere and that makes you really realize it. 

So here are some of God's quotes from the book I want to put together, just so I have a place where they all are, ready to read when I need them without having to read the whole book. Quotes about relationships, love, fear, religion, choices, right or wrong and all those things we always wanted to ask God.

I hope you find something in these quotes that will help you with whatever you need help with at the moment.


On religion


“Religion asks you to learn from the experience of others. Spirituality urges you to seek your own.” 

“Understand that in order for organized religion to succeed, it has to make people believe they need it. 
In order for people to put faith in something else, they must first lose faith in themselves.
So the first task of organized religion is to make you lose faith in yourself. 
The second task is to make you see that it has the answers you do not.
And the third and most important task is to make you accept its answers without question.” 

"When you thank God in advance for that which you choose to experience in your reality, you, in effect, acknowledge that it is there…in effect. Thankfulness is thus the most powerful statement to God; an affirmation that even before you ask, I have answered. Therefore never supplicate. Appreciate.” 

"You must stop seeing God as separate from you, and you as separate from each other. 
The only solution is the Ultimate Truth: nothing exists in the universe that is separate from anything else.

“Religion cannot stand Spirituality. It cannot abide it. For Spirituality may bring you to a different conclusion than a particular religion—and this no known religion can tolerate. Religion encourages you to explore the thoughts of others and accept them as your own. Spirituality invites you to toss away the thoughts of others and come up with your own.”



On choices and actions

"All human actions are motivated at their deepest level by two emotions--fear or love. "

"Every single free choice you ever undertake arises out of one of the only two possible thoughts there are: a thought of love or a thought of fear. 
Fear is the energy which contracts, closes down, draws in, runs, hides, hoards, harms. 
Love is the energy which expands, opens up, sends out, stays, reveals, shares, heals. 
Fear wraps our bodies in clothing, love allows us to stand naked. 
Fear clings to and clutches all that we have, love gives all that we have away. 
Fear holds close, love holds dear. 
Fear grasps, love lets go. Fear rankles, love soothes. 
Fear attacks, love amends. 
Every human thought, word, or deed is based in one emotion or the other. 
You have no choice about this, because there is nothing else from which to choose.
But you have free choice about which of these to select.” 

“For it is the nature of people to love, then destroy, then love again that which they value most.” 

"Sometimes the only way to ultimately Be a thing—in this case, “peaceful”—may be, at first, to not be it!”

“You are afraid to die, and you’re afraid to live. What a way to exist.” 

“There is no truth except the truth that exists within you. Everything else is what someone is telling you.”



On pain

“Pain results from a judgment you have made about a thing. Remove the judgment and the pain disappears.” 

“It is okay to be at a place of struggle. Struggle is just another word for growth. Even the most evolved beings find themselves in a place of struggle now and then. In fact, struggle is a sure sign to them that they are expanding; it is their indication of real and important progress. The only one who doesn’t struggle is the one who doesn’t grow. So if you are struggling right now, see it as a terrific sign — celebrate your struggle.” 



On stillness

"The point of life is not to get anywhere—it is to notice that you are, and have always been, already there. You are always and forever in the moment of pure creation. The point of life therefore is to create—who and what you are, and then to experience that.” 

“Your light is seen, your heart is known, your soul is cherished by more people than you might imagine. If you knew how many others have been touched in wonderful ways by you, you would be astonished. If you knew how many people feel so much for you, you would be shocked. You are far more wonderful than you think you are. Rest with that. Rest easy with that. Breathe again. You are doing fine. More than fine. Better than fine. You’re doin’ great. So relax. And love yourself today.” 

“Enlightenment is understanding that there is nowhere to go, nothing to do, and nobody you have to be except exactly who you're being right now.” 

“Your soul doesn't care what you do for a living - and when your life is over, neither will you. Your soul cares only about what you are being while you are doing whatever you are doing. ” 

“There is nothing I have to do, nowhere I have to go, and no way I have to be except exactly the way I am being right now. My happiness is knowing this, my joy is expressing it, my bliss is experiencing it.”

“Enjoy everything, need nothing and choose what shows up.” 



On relationships

“The purpose of a relationship is not to have another who might complete you, but to have another with whom you might share your completeness.”

"Most people still enter relationships for the “wrong” reasons—to end loneliness, fill a gap, bring themselves love, or someone to love—and those are some of the better reasons. 
Others do so to salve their ego, end their depressions, improve their sex life, recover from a previous relationship, or, believe it or not, to relieve boredom. 
None of these reasons will work, and unless something dramatic changes along the way, neither will the relationship.” 

“Expectations ruin relationships.” 


“The first question when you meet another person in any circumstance should always be: What do I want here? Did you hear that? Your first question, always, must be: What do I want here?—not: What does the other person want here?” 

"If you choose to be happy, cause another to be happy.

If you choose to be prosperous, cause another to prosper.

If you choose more love in your life, cause another to have more love in theirs. 

Do this sincerely—not because you seek personal gain, but because you really want the other person to have that—and all the things you give away will come to you.” 

“Be a gift to everyone who enters your life, and to everyone whose life you enter. Be careful not to enter another’s life if you cannot be a gift.” 

“You are free to announce and declare Who You Are in every moment of Now. Indeed, you are doing so, without even knowing it. You are not free, however, to declare who someone else is, or who they must be.” 

On wanting something vs. needing something

“You are not angry when you don’t get what you want, because your wanting it was simply a preference, not a necessity.
 You, therefore, have no fear associated with the possibility of not getting it. 
Hence, no anger.
 You are not angry when you see others doing what you don’t want them to do, because you don’t need them to do or not do any particular thing. 
Hence, no anger. 
You are not angry when someone is unkind, because you have no need for them to be kind. 
You have no anger when someone is unloving, because you have no need for them to love you.
 You have no anger when someone is cruel, or hurtful, or seeks to damage you, for you have no need for them to behave any other way, and you are clear that you cannot be damaged. 
You do not even have anger should someone seek to take your life, because you do not fear death.” 

“Some feelings are true feelings—that is, feelings born in the soul—and some feelings are counterfeit feelings. These are constructed in your mind. In other words, they are not “feelings” at all—they are thoughts. Thoughts masquerading as feelings. These thoughts are based on your previous experience and on the observed experience of others.” 



On right or wrong

“Yet I have said over and over again that there is no “right” or “wrong” in the universe. A thing is not intrinsically right or wrong. A thing simply is.” 

“If you spend your time trying to figure out what’s “best” for you, your choices will be cautious, your decisions will take forever, and your journey will be launched on a sea of expectations. 
If you are not careful, you will drown in your expectations.” 

“The definition of “right” and “wrong” is a established not only by time, but also by simple geography.
 Notice that some activities on your planet (prostitution, for instance) are illegal in one place, and, just a few miles down the road, legal in another.

And so, whether a person is judged as having done something “wrong” is not a matter of what that person has actually done, but of where he has done it.” 


On "Why does God allow bad things to happen if He loves us?"

When Neale asked God: "Why don't you stop world hunger or wars?" God just answered: "Why don't you? I gave you everything so that no one would be hungry or be at war, it is your choice how you divide it. "

“This one simple change—seeking and finding peace within - could, if it was undertaken by everyone, end all wars, eliminate conflict, prevent injustice, and bring the world to everlasting peace. There is no other formula necessary, or possible. World peace is a personal thing! What is needed is not a change of circumstance, but a change of consciousness.” 




And finally, when you don't know what to do about something -  "Ask yourself the only relevant question: What would love do?"




Until next time 😊