There are nine works in Dialogue with God series, and this book was first published in 1995. After its publication, the book quickly became one of the best-sellers of the year, occupying the The New York Times best-seller list 137 weeks, which is the longest non-fiction work in the list over the years.
About the author
Neil Donald walsh was born in Wisconsin from 65438 to 0943. He used to be a radio director, editor-in-chief of a newspaper, public information officer and founded a public relations company. I lost all my property in a fire, my marriage failed four times, and my car accident almost killed me. In his 40 s, he actually lives in the wind, sleeps and picks up cans for a living. 1February, 992, a magical dialogue reawakened his life. Since 1995, the trilogy Dialogue with God has been published one after another, becoming one of the three classic core works of the new era movement.
This book is little known.
Learn what? Learn the wisdom of life from the god of all things and get out of the predicament of life.
Why? Many people say that this is a book worth waiting for all your life?
The dialogue with God is written by the God who commands everything with the help of the pen in his hand and in the words of our earthlings. God said, "Your understanding of me is wrong." Therefore, in this set of books, there are subversive views everywhere, prompting us to start a comprehensive and in-depth reflection on our lives after being dumbfounded.
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How to find light in the dark;
Aware of the necessity of now;
How can we love ourselves better?
1. How can we see the light without darkness?
1On Easter night in February, 992, neil Donald walsh suddenly woke up from his sleep. He looked at his watch. It was 4: 20, the darkest hour before dawn. He couldn't sleep any longer, and he couldn't help but burst into tears when he recalled the tragic experiences of these years.
? Four years ago, Walsh should have been successful. He used to be a successful radio anchor, served as the director of a large organization and founded his own public relations company. He has a house, a car, a wife, children, seats and tickets. But bad luck soon befell Walsh. He had a terrible car accident and his cervical vertebra was broken on the spot.
Doctors say that 95% of people will die immediately in this kind of car accident, and the rest will be paralyzed for life, but it is a miracle that Walsh is neither dead nor paralyzed. But the doctor warned that his neck was very fragile and he had to wear a neck protector 24 hours a day. Walsh took a neck protector to find a job, and no one dared to take it, so Walsh lost his job and even made a living by picking up garbage in the most difficult time.
? On this Easter night, the more Walsh thought about it, the more depressed and resentful he became. He wrote down his anger, dissatisfaction and confusion on a yellow pad: Why is everything in my life unsatisfactory? Why do I never have enough money? ..... God, tell me, why on earth is this? "
? Just as he finished writing these words, a miracle appeared. His hand seemed to be supported by an invisible force, and the nib began to move. A line quickly appeared on the pad: "Are you just venting, or do you want me to tell you the answer?" That invisible force is God, so Walsh started a dialogue with God through writing.
God said, "your so-called luck, whether it is good luck or bad luck, is actually called by yourself." In my opinion, there is no difference between good and bad, it is your growth process. "
God explained, "Your car accident was caused by a complaint you made four years ago. This is the dramatic color I added to your life. I gave you a four-year holiday so that you can have a good rest. "
So God said, "You should be grateful to me. How do you know what light is without experiencing darkness? When you stay in beauty all the time, you will only feel bored. Only by letting you experience the painful side can you experience the beauty. "
Then God told Walsh a story about a little soul who only knew that he was light, telling him that only in the dark did he know what light was. When a person no longer curses the darkness, but is grateful for it, he finally becomes the light that illuminates it.
? God encouraged Walsh to take off the neck protector and live bravely, so Walsh took off the neck protector that accompanied him for four years and started a new life.
Second, don't pray for the future, be grateful for the present.
Walsh wanted to change his destiny very much. He prayed to God and said, "God, please come out and help me to live a happy life again."
This time, God didn't respond to him immediately. Later, when Walsh thanked God on paper and made his cervical vertebra healthy again, God responded to him.
God explained that the law of the universe is: the more you want, the less you can pray for! When God created human beings, he already endowed them with divinity, and divinity is creativity. God said, "Humans often pray for nothing, but when you believe that you have nothing, what you want will really disappear from you.". Prayer itself shows that you lack such things. The more you cry and pray, the more you want to push it away from you! Therefore, the more you pray for me to appear, the more you resist my arrival! "
So God said, "Turn prayer into gratitude and be grateful for what you want. When you sincerely thank its existence, you can create it by inheriting my divinity, and it really appears. This is the supreme law of the universe. The more you pray, the more you resist. The more grateful, the more attractive, and the more achievable. "
? When Walsh recalled his experience in the past forty years, he suddenly felt that this sentence was very reasonable. Two years ago, on Christmas Eve, it was very cold. Walsh is walking home in a hurry along the road. He saw two tramps rocking together on a bench by the roadside to keep warm. Pity surged from Walsh's heart, and he felt that even though his situation was tragic, it was much better than these two young people living on the streets. He remembered that there was some food in his refrigerator, so he invited the two young people to his house for dinner. When he got home, Walsh opened the refrigerator door and was startled: "God, why are there so many things in the refrigerator?" ? Much more than I thought before. "He cooked a big pot of stewed spaghetti with fruits and vegetables, and all three of them were satisfied.
That night, Walsh left two homeless people at home for the night. The next morning, when two homeless people were about to say goodbye, Walsh suddenly wanted to give them a Christmas present. Send what? He remembered that there were two old coats in the closet to keep warm. When he put the old clothes in the hands of the tramp, a yellow envelope fell out of his coat pocket. Walsh opened it and found dozens of dollars in it. He can't remember when it was put in. This is really the best Christmas present! Walsh divided the money into two parts, one for himself and the other for two homeless people.
After the story was finished, Walsh added: "You see, because I thank God that there is food in the refrigerator, there are so many delicious foods in the refrigerator;" I wanted to give them a gift, and then the gift miraculously appeared. This may be the powerful force produced by faith.
After hearing this story, God said, "As long as you believe that you have it wholeheartedly, then something will be there. Mark my words, your every thought, every sentence and every feeling has great creativity. The more real and powerful your ideas are, the greater your creativity will be. Because you believe it is there, it will be there. If you believe it is meaningful, it is meaningful. "
Walsh couldn't help shouting, "I see. In the future, I will not pray or shrink back because of' I don't have' and' I can't', but think about' I have' and' I can'. At this time, even God will stand with me.
Third, don't forget yourself for love.
Before the age of 45, Walsh had been married four times, but each time he made a mess, and all four wives left him in disappointment. He felt that he was born irresponsible love rat, so he fell into deep guilt. But God told him, "That shouldn't be your responsibility." Why do you have to bear the responsibility that a wife should bear? This "scum man" answer from God made Walsh start to think about what intimacy is and what responsibility is in marriage.
Walsh remembers that before he got married, he practiced asceticism for a while. People give him bread and water, simple straw mats and tents, and he can spend all his time in prayer, meditation and meditation, with nothing distracting him and no worldly troubles. But after marriage, it's different. He wants to give his wife a stable life, so he has to rent a house, pay all kinds of bills, and worry about what his wife will do if she is sick and unemployed. Every day when I think about it, his heart shrinks with sadness, and every little thing in life can make him nervous and angry. ...
? Regarding Walsh's nervousness after marriage, God said, "You see, it is because you regard making your wife happy that your stress has multiplied. But shouldn't that be her own business? Houses and bills, unemployment and illness, your wife didn't handle it well before you got married, didn't she let herself live on the streets? Why do you have to bear it for her after marriage? Didn't you make her ability shrink? True love is to push each other into their own world and pursue their own happiness. " After listening to God's words, Walsh protested fiercely: "This is not what a responsible person should say. At the wedding, I swore before God that I would always be by my wife's side, love her unreservedly, and try my best to meet her needs, whether in prosperity or adversity, wealth or poverty, health or sickness. I have sworn, how can I break my word? "
God waited for a while, and when Walsh calmed down, he went on to say, "This is the stupidest oath the world has taken in my name." God said, I would like you to say, "No matter prosperity or adversity, wealth or poverty, health or illness, I will always be by my side, loving myself unreservedly, trying my best to meet my needs, protecting myself in danger and comforting myself in sorrow." I am willing to share this love with each other and help each other realize her love for herself. Imagine that you are on a plane, in danger, and your breathing mask falls off. What would you do? Understand this, and you will understand what I mean. "
Walsh hesitated before saying, "If the oxygen mask falls off, I will put it on myself as soon as possible and then help my relatives put it on.". Every time before flying, the flight attendant will remind us like this. "
God inspired him and said, "since you love your wife, why don't you put it on her first and then on yourself?" If everyone is so focused on each other, is it a mess? Also, if the other person is used to your care, will she still wear a respirator when you are gone one day? True love is to let the other party bear due obligations, have due experience and grow better! "
Walsh pondered God's last words, lost in thought. Is my previous concept of marriage and family management really correct? Is it what the other person wants? Really for each other, okay?
God then said to Walsh, "in intimate relationships, you often pretend and perform for each other and give up being yourself." This stems from your lack of confidence in your bones, believing that your true self is worthy of love. But if you can't even love yourself, how can you expect others to love you unconditionally When a person has to live with a mask all the time and dare not show his true colors, he will collapse sooner or later. This is the root cause of your failure in several marriages. "
Walsh remembered his last short and failed marriage. The girl's name is Elsa. They met at a party. Walsh fell in love with Elsa at first sight. He thinks Elsa is a gift from God and the other half of his long-lost life. He tried to strike up a conversation, but he soon felt inferior. Will such a beautiful girl secretly love herself? He looked at himself with stern eyes, and the more he looked, the more he felt that he was not worthy of Elsa. Finally, he convinced himself that after all, he was brilliant and eloquent.
So he started talking, and he found Elsa really attracted. Then Walsh realized that his guess was correct. Elsa doesn't like his people, only his talent. So Walsh began to perform his funniest and most brilliant side, and successfully caught Elsa with this strategy.
? After the sweet period, Walsh gradually felt too tired to play a "talented" person. During the day, he wants to please the audience at the other end of the radio station and talk endlessly; When he comes home, he will please his wife in the same way. He began to worry about whether Elsa would still love him if his talents were used up one day. At this thought, Walsh began to slack off and escape, and even hated Elsa, thinking that if it were not for her, he would not be so tired. So the quarrel began and intensified, and finally had to break up.
Under the guidance of God, Walsh finally understood that the culprit was his inferiority complex. The more he despises himself, the more he fears that the other person will no longer love him. Finally, he said sadly, "I care about the wrong person." I should put myself first and care about myself first, so that I can be more capable of loving others. " True love should be selfish first, then selfless. "
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The above is the main content of Dialogue with God (Volume I). This book, full of wisdom and enlightenment, allows us to observe life from the perspective of "God" thinking. God tells us that darkness, frustration, illness, depression and so on. It's all part of our life. Instead of cursing and complaining, we should explore the light and opportunities and experience the good feeling of rising and health. When we believe wholeheartedly, what we expect will come. When dealing with love and marriage, we should learn to love ourselves wholeheartedly and unconditionally, so that we can love others and share love with others.
Everyone's life should be perfect, just as God said, "If even the shape of snowflakes is extremely perfect, don't you think something as important as your life is imperfect?"