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Summary: Very Enlightening
God gave us a mind so that we may use it at will. This book tells "the truth" and some are ready for it, others not. Anyway, it is perfect for those ready to use our God given gifts to "create" the kind of life they choose. I am grateful for the teachings in this book, they are practical and can be used in our daily lives.
I first got the audio version, which I listened to in my car. I recommend that because some of the ideas in this book can be hard to grasp with at first. Then I bought the text version to have hard copy to underline and write notes on. For those ready, this is the best.
Summary: Conversations with Donald or Conversations with God?
Problems with the book:
1) In the book, God mentions the teachings of several masters (about 20 different times throughout the book). Notice that each time after a master is mentioned by God, Donald will then in great detail describe that master's teaching and life. There is never a time that after a master's name is mentioned, that Donald doesn't do this. This book is supposed to be about a conversation that all of a sudden happened out of nowhere when Donald was at a depressed stage in his life. Doesn't it seem odd that Donald already had such an elaborate understanding of these masters including esoteric new age concepts during this conversation. How could Donald have all of this information unless he had studied all of these master's teachings before hand. This leaves the possibility that Donald read the material of all of these masters and then rephrased it into a compilation he then called his own.
2) There is a mistake in the book about one of the names that God mentions. Donald later admits to the mistake in a follow up book. Donald reason for the mistake is that he just heard the name wrong. How could he have heard the name wrong if Donald originally said that the pen was in a way, writing on it's own. Even if Donald was hearing God's voice, wouldn't God say, "hey wait a minute, you made a mistake in the name you wrote down"
3) The majority of the content is not new. The concepts are not new. If you were to study all of the esoteric concepts of the world, you would find all of the same things he is mentioning in this book
4) In the beginning of the book, Donald mentions several times that the pen stood straight up and began to write by itself. Later in books down the road, Donald changes his story and says it is a voice that he hears and then sometimes he questions if it is himself or God.
The book is consistent with concepts found in near-death.com, Edgar Cayce, the Seth Material and Brian Weiss's past life regression books. This book in a way tries to answer why the world is the way it is and your purpose in life. It provides a logical explaination of how many of the dominate religions and esoteric beliefs fit together in a way that makes sense.
You can find an audio of this book and many of Donald's other books on audible.com. This audio version of this book is nicely done. As to whether this is Donald having a conversation with Donald or Donald having a conversation with God will have to be determined by you.
Summary: Ex-Poster Girl for Post-Modernism will tell it to you straight...
Look, we all would like the world to be solely about us! Even my 2-year-old wants it that way, but that's just not reality. If I allow him to grow up thinking that it's all about him, then at some point he'll have to join a Unitarian church, find an astrologer, and read books like CWG to make him feel secure about his place in the world!
Seriously, who among us doesn't have the intellectual honesty to admit that there truly is evil (otherwise known as sin) in the world? Since the beginning of recorded history, our planet has been plagued with wars, violence, child abuse, murder, addiction, incest, hatred, jealousy, etc. And with the existence of evil, does it not stand to reason that there is also some objective standard for good? The problem in this post-modern world is ever getting people to actually acknowledge that this might actually be the case.
Look, I've done it all in search of joy, inner peace, and communion with God: Buddhism, astrology, tarot, Taoism, numerology, palmistry, seances, reiki, Hinduism, crystals, shamanisn, spirit guides, paganism, neo-paganism, wicca, and transcendental meditation (and this doesn't even include the list of controlled substances I used!)
But this is the truth: (1) God is the only one who can give us joy and inner peace; and (2) Jesus is the only way to God.
(I know it seems strange that He would set it up that way. I mean, come on, a crucifixion? It seems so cruel, and smacks of some odd, ancient pagan rite. Well, study it. Bring your challenges to God. Question and research the historical accuracy of the Bible. He can take it. And yes, I agree that a lot of Christians are annoying. Especially the uptight, hypocritical, judgmental "Christians" who spend their lives looking down their noses at everyone else. I had the same problem with Christians that a LOT of new Christians have. I was a new Christian, in love with Jesus....and yet I didn't care too much for the "Christians" around me. But you know, God will put you where He wants you, and you will be fulfilled beyond your wildest dreams. Who knows? Maybe your place in the world is to be a breath of fresh air in a small, stodgy, homogenous congregation that has never truly had to practice tolerance, inclusiveness, and God's grace. But I digress...)
Bottom line: if you want to have your own personal conversations with God, the good news is that you can. You don't have to read about them in a book, you can personally experience and commune with the Creator of the universe. The bad news, well, the author of this book may have been having conversations with somebody, but it wasn't God ;>
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