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averydistractedreader's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
4.75
toksyk27's review against another edition
5.0
So many lessons learnt and relearnt. A great recommendation that is helping me on my journey into remembering the truth of who I am and tapping into the power within.
crosenfrisk's review against another edition
5.0
Re-read this book a second time. My first reading of it was in 2009. A pleasure to revisit.
tackman_babcock's review against another edition
1.0
It turns out God sounds a lot like a blithering idiot from Oregon exploiting a background in marketing to make a fair bit of money by basically telling well-meaning but mentally lethargic people what they want to hear.
The sections on 'how do we know this is actually god talking?' are particularly demented, basically: a thinly-veiled and smug 'why should you care?' response, and then moving on swiftly to avoid the fairly obvious objection 'because you are asking me to pay you money to tell me what god says, and it kinda matters as to whether your work is a total fraud and you're bilking people out of their money and, you know, lying to them'.
The rest of the book veers between well-meaning pap, complete nonsensical word-salad, and attempted retreads of gnostic / newage-y bollocks from the 70s about how desiring things or fearing things or where you put your attention changes the universe itself, without the slightest attempt to provide any good reasons to think that any of that is true. I guess this might seem impressive to anyone who has never encountered these kinds of pollyanna outlooks on life before and imagines that because some gomer has published them in paperback the thoughts contained must be 'new' or exciting or somehow remotely viable.
What none of these authors ever deal with is the actual real-life damage their ideas do, like teaching people that when bad things happen that those people attracted it (even in part) and are therefore somehow in some part at fault; or how teaching people that the universe will unfold a certain way according to where we place our desires or attentions anaesthetises us from grappling with the real-world actual things we could be doing for the people in our lives that are suffering or in need.
Overall it's very much like becoming deranged, imagine an opium trip without the fun, or perhaps the dim fog of a traumatic head injury - just an cloying invitation to retreat from the labor of trying to figure out the world or affect it in any way, an abandonment of the irritating task of figuring out which parts of the world are good or bad or perhaps (mon dieu!) in need of some changes. And like devoting your life to pursuing alcoholism, the few benefits are ephemeral as you discover they were only ever in your own mind, and you simply notice less how your irresponsile choices make life worse for everyone else around you.
That isn't to say there is no value at all in the new religious movements. For example, I'd agree instantly that there's some real, honest-to-god (heh) benefits to be had with cracking apart the western mindset and contemplating the ways that our neurotic internal monologues obscure our sense of identity, and there is clear good to be found in pursuing ways (like meditation) to be more present moment-to-moment. But this book, Conversations with God isn't that. It's doing a great deal more harm than good, it isn't remotely interested in whether it's true or not, and it wants to sell you feel-good pap, even if that means you never again to stop to ask whether certain parts of life are doing 'more harm than good'.
The sections on 'how do we know this is actually god talking?' are particularly demented, basically: a thinly-veiled and smug 'why should you care?' response, and then moving on swiftly to avoid the fairly obvious objection 'because you are asking me to pay you money to tell me what god says, and it kinda matters as to whether your work is a total fraud and you're bilking people out of their money and, you know, lying to them'.
The rest of the book veers between well-meaning pap, complete nonsensical word-salad, and attempted retreads of gnostic / newage-y bollocks from the 70s about how desiring things or fearing things or where you put your attention changes the universe itself, without the slightest attempt to provide any good reasons to think that any of that is true. I guess this might seem impressive to anyone who has never encountered these kinds of pollyanna outlooks on life before and imagines that because some gomer has published them in paperback the thoughts contained must be 'new' or exciting or somehow remotely viable.
What none of these authors ever deal with is the actual real-life damage their ideas do, like teaching people that when bad things happen that those people attracted it (even in part) and are therefore somehow in some part at fault; or how teaching people that the universe will unfold a certain way according to where we place our desires or attentions anaesthetises us from grappling with the real-world actual things we could be doing for the people in our lives that are suffering or in need.
Overall it's very much like becoming deranged, imagine an opium trip without the fun, or perhaps the dim fog of a traumatic head injury - just an cloying invitation to retreat from the labor of trying to figure out the world or affect it in any way, an abandonment of the irritating task of figuring out which parts of the world are good or bad or perhaps (mon dieu!) in need of some changes. And like devoting your life to pursuing alcoholism, the few benefits are ephemeral as you discover they were only ever in your own mind, and you simply notice less how your irresponsile choices make life worse for everyone else around you.
That isn't to say there is no value at all in the new religious movements. For example, I'd agree instantly that there's some real, honest-to-god (heh) benefits to be had with cracking apart the western mindset and contemplating the ways that our neurotic internal monologues obscure our sense of identity, and there is clear good to be found in pursuing ways (like meditation) to be more present moment-to-moment. But this book, Conversations with God isn't that. It's doing a great deal more harm than good, it isn't remotely interested in whether it's true or not, and it wants to sell you feel-good pap, even if that means you never again to stop to ask whether certain parts of life are doing 'more harm than good'.
tmrogersjr1's review against another edition
5.0
This is the most liberating, inspiring, empowering, intuitive yet counter-intuitive book I've ever read. It will make you laugh, cry, excited and is bound to piss a few folks off. I don’t agree with everything the author asserts but I can whole-heartedly say this book has changed my life forever. I have read it six times now along with every other book in the series(9 books total) and this is by far the best. Many of the questions I’ve had for years about God, religion, the state of our world, and more were answered in this book. No matter what you currently believe, there is noway you won’t leave this book with something of use value. If I could, id rate this book 20 stars; I will forever be grateful for the impact it has had on my life.
P.S - This is NOT a christian book. if you are looking for something that complies to what the christian bible says about God you will not be pleased.
Tony Rogers Jr
Author of Visionary:Making a difference in a world that needs YOU
P.S - This is NOT a christian book. if you are looking for something that complies to what the christian bible says about God you will not be pleased.
Tony Rogers Jr
Author of Visionary:Making a difference in a world that needs YOU
reebsforspace's review against another edition
5.0
Wish it was less centered around the make up of Christianity but I get that was the authors perspective. Also would have liked more explanation on some questions in this book towards the end instead of saying they’d be explained in the next one.
Beautiful, beautiful!! Chronicled lots of things I’d already been thinking about. Definitely easier to follow if you’re familiar with the law of assumption.
Beautiful, beautiful!! Chronicled lots of things I’d already been thinking about. Definitely easier to follow if you’re familiar with the law of assumption.
shazzalovesnovels's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
2.0
Some things resonate, others just don't sit right.
lyonell's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
5.0