(haven't figured out how to embed this yet) Unique perspective on fear. It's one of my favorites.
FEAR
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
CWG - What is hell?
Here is how Walsch describes the exchange between he and God when he asked, "what is hell?"
It is the experience of the worst possible outcome of your choices, decisions, and creations. It is the natural consequence of any thought which denies Me, or says no to Who You Are in relationship to Me. It is the pain you suffer through wrong thinking. Yet even the term "wrong thinking" is a misnomer, because there is no such thing as that which is wrong. Hell is the opposite of joy. It is unfulfillment. It is knowing Who and What You Are, and failing to experience that. It is being less. That is hell and there is none greater for your soul.
But hell does not exist as this place you have fantasized, where you burn in some everlasting fire, or exist in some state of everlasting torment. What purpose could I have in that?
Even if I did hold the extraordinarily unGodly thought that you did not "deserve" heaven, why would I have a need to seek some kind of revenge, or punishment, for your failing? Wouldn't it be a simple matter for Me to just dispose of you? What vengeful part of Me would require that I subject you to eternal suffering of a type and at a level beyond description?
If you answer, the need for justice, would not a simple denial of communion with Me in heaven serve the ends of justice? Is the undending infliction of pain also required?
I tell you there is no such experience after death as you have constructed in your fear-based theologies. Yet there is an experience of the soul so unhappy, so incomplete, so less than whole, so separated from God's greatest joy, that to your soul this would be hell. But I tell you I do not send you there, nor do I cause this experience to be visited upon you. You, yourself, create the experience whenever and however you separate your Self from your own highest thought about you. You, yourself, create the experience, whenever you deny your Self; whenever you reject Who and What You Really Are.
What do you think?
It is the experience of the worst possible outcome of your choices, decisions, and creations. It is the natural consequence of any thought which denies Me, or says no to Who You Are in relationship to Me. It is the pain you suffer through wrong thinking. Yet even the term "wrong thinking" is a misnomer, because there is no such thing as that which is wrong. Hell is the opposite of joy. It is unfulfillment. It is knowing Who and What You Are, and failing to experience that. It is being less. That is hell and there is none greater for your soul.
But hell does not exist as this place you have fantasized, where you burn in some everlasting fire, or exist in some state of everlasting torment. What purpose could I have in that?
Even if I did hold the extraordinarily unGodly thought that you did not "deserve" heaven, why would I have a need to seek some kind of revenge, or punishment, for your failing? Wouldn't it be a simple matter for Me to just dispose of you? What vengeful part of Me would require that I subject you to eternal suffering of a type and at a level beyond description?
If you answer, the need for justice, would not a simple denial of communion with Me in heaven serve the ends of justice? Is the undending infliction of pain also required?
I tell you there is no such experience after death as you have constructed in your fear-based theologies. Yet there is an experience of the soul so unhappy, so incomplete, so less than whole, so separated from God's greatest joy, that to your soul this would be hell. But I tell you I do not send you there, nor do I cause this experience to be visited upon you. You, yourself, create the experience whenever and however you separate your Self from your own highest thought about you. You, yourself, create the experience, whenever you deny your Self; whenever you reject Who and What You Really Are.
What do you think?
Conversations With God: An Uncommon Dialogue
Spiritual and motivational author and speaker, Neale Donald Walsch earned his claim to fame with his first in a series of amazing books about the human spirit and one's personal relationship with God. The first group of his works, was a three-book series entitled, Conversations With God: An Uncommon Dialogue, Books 1-3.
The first of these books was published in 1995. In it, Walsch explains how he, having been at the absolute lowest point in his life, suddenly found himself having a conversation with God in which God answers every question he has ever held. Questions about money, relationships, purpose, war, religion, poverty, sexuality, the universe and science all came up gradually over the span of the three books.
These books have since been translated into dozens of languages and sold internationally for the past nearly 15 years. Walsch has his detractors. There are those who highly doubt he actually had conversations with God. I will not dispute their claims here, for my point in this post is only to show appreciation for his perspective, whether that perspective is from God or from Walsch himself.
His views are unorthodox and this makes the religious uncomfortable. His conversations took place after he cried out in dejection and frustration following extreme loss in his life. He picked up a legal pad and began to write...and what came from his pen, according to Walsch, were God's answers. This process continued on for several years. He'd write questions and the answers would come. I appreciate the book because the questions are authentic and clear. There are no gaps. He asks the things we've all wondered. And, when God's answer is unclear or confusing, he asks for clarification. There is a profound consistency in the answers that Walsch puts forth claiming that God has given him. They never waver in premise nor logic. Much like one would expect God to explain things. These books are impressive indeed and I will be posting some of my favorite exchanges as time goes on in this blog. Let me know what you think.
The first of these books was published in 1995. In it, Walsch explains how he, having been at the absolute lowest point in his life, suddenly found himself having a conversation with God in which God answers every question he has ever held. Questions about money, relationships, purpose, war, religion, poverty, sexuality, the universe and science all came up gradually over the span of the three books.
These books have since been translated into dozens of languages and sold internationally for the past nearly 15 years. Walsch has his detractors. There are those who highly doubt he actually had conversations with God. I will not dispute their claims here, for my point in this post is only to show appreciation for his perspective, whether that perspective is from God or from Walsch himself.
His views are unorthodox and this makes the religious uncomfortable. His conversations took place after he cried out in dejection and frustration following extreme loss in his life. He picked up a legal pad and began to write...and what came from his pen, according to Walsch, were God's answers. This process continued on for several years. He'd write questions and the answers would come. I appreciate the book because the questions are authentic and clear. There are no gaps. He asks the things we've all wondered. And, when God's answer is unclear or confusing, he asks for clarification. There is a profound consistency in the answers that Walsch puts forth claiming that God has given him. They never waver in premise nor logic. Much like one would expect God to explain things. These books are impressive indeed and I will be posting some of my favorite exchanges as time goes on in this blog. Let me know what you think.
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