The New Revelations: A Conversation with God

From Publishers Weekly
Like Walsch's earlier bestsellers, this New Age volume purports to be a record of a conversation with, and revelation from, God. The overarching argument is simple, indeed a bit tautological: humanity has reached a turning point. As evidenced by September 11, something about our world isn't working. We do not, however, need to tinker with our economics or politics; rather, we need to retool our beliefs about those systems that govern society. This is key, Walsch insists, because "beliefs create behaviors." Fond of numbered lists, Walsch gives us "Five Steps to Peace," which include our admitting that there is something we don't understand about "God and... Life, the understanding of which could change everything." Walsch also offers Nine New Revelations, some of which don't seem all that new, including the idea that God has always communicated directly with people, or that God would never punish us with eternal damnation. The Steps to Peace and the New Revelations all point toward the peaceful, humane spirituality that Walsch wants readers to cultivate, a spirituality that focuses not on morals but on "functionality." Because Walsch is ecumenical, drawing on Robert Schuller, Harold Kushner, the Bhagavad Gita and Shakespeare, seekers from many spiritual backgrounds will find his book inviting, and the dialogue format makes for easy reading. For those who are interested in a spiritual approach to global upheaval, these "New Revelations" will prove inspiring and companionable.Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal
Best-selling inspirational writer Walsch has another "conversation with God," this time focusing on the aggression and dogma that plague the world. Addressing events such as Matthew Shepard's death, the deaths of 15 girls in Saudi Arabia who were forced to stay in a burning school because of "incorrect" dress, and the terrorist events of September 11, 2001, Walsch guides individuals to take an active role in changing the world by changing their beliefs. The text contains four lists, including "Five Steps to Peace" and "Nine New Revelations," which encourage readers to treat the cause of world problems instead of bandaging the symptoms. Walsch does not advocate replacing beliefs, such as those rooted in the Bible, Qu'ran, or Bhagavad-Gita but instead suggests that we become aware of how those beliefs can lead to dysfunctional behaviors. In advocating a change in current religious mindsets, Walsch will be considered blasphemous by some readers, but his ideas make practical sense and allow for an alternative take on creating world harmony. In-person workshops and online courses are offered at www.conversationswithgod.org. Libraries should expect heavy interest in this latest conversation from Walsch.Leo Kriz, West Des Moines P.L.Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From AudioFile
THE NEW REVELATIONS is well structured for both education and persuasion. Author Neale Donald Walsh voices important questions about God, humanity, peace, and belief. Ed Asner and Ellen Burstyn offer a strong sense of the many facets of the divine. These two experienced actors bring a wealth of nuance to the work, wringing emotion from every word, every pause. However, the content of this discussion is less impressive than its structure or delivery. Little new is included; most concepts will be familiar from other New Age works, and Walsh's treatment of established religion will likely strike some listeners as too harsh. G.T.B. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

From Booklist
It is entirely fitting that Walsch's sixth helping of God-talk takes its epigraph from Ralph Waldo Emerson, who was to nineteenth-century America what Walsch seems to be to America today: its foremost voice of Quakerish pantheist self-realization. Walsch is more of a broken record than Emerson, however, and he apologizes in advance for repeating things one could find in his previous palavers with God. Readers of any of those will recognize the basic spiel here: God is life, you can access Him within yourself, and hence, you can see things as God sees them. Dandy. The particular emphasis here is on changing one's beliefs about God. Organized religions, which are all bad, say that He requires something from people; there is only one way to Him; He is angry and vengeful and inflicts suffering on people; He is hard to get to tell people anything; He has strict rules of right and wrong; and He condemns people forever if they flout those rules. Whereas the truth is that He asks for nothing from people; any way to Him is as good as any other; He doesn't bother with revenge because nothing can hurt Him; He is communicating all the time; there is no right or wrong (only what works and what doesn't); and no one either dies or is condemned forever. If everyone tossed away the old beliefs and accepted all the new ones, everything would be hunky-dory. Big if. Ray Olson
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Book Description
The human race has reached a Time of Choosing. Our options are being placed before us by the tide of events -- and by those who are creating them. We can either move forward, building together at last a new world of peace and harmony based on new beliefs about God and Life, or move backward, separately and continuously reconstructing the old world of conflict and discord. The New Revelations provides us with the tools to move forward, to pull ourselves out of despair, lifting the whole human race to a new expression of its grandest vision. Neale Donald Walsch urges us to open our hearts and our minds to what may be one of the most important spiritual statements of oour time. A conversation with God that begun as a simple plea from one human being to the God of his understanding, The New Revelations is a life-altering audiobok, given to us when we need it most.

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The human race has reached a Time of Choosing. Our options are being placed before us by the tide of events - and by those who are creating them. We can either move forward, building together at last a new world of peace and harmony based on new beliefs about God and Life, or move backward, separately and continuously reconstructing the old world of conflict and discord. The New Revelations provides us with the tools to move forward, to pull ourselves out of despair, lifting the whole human race to a new expression of its grandest vision. In this book, which offers possible and powerful answers to the questions facing the world, bestselling author Neale Donald Walsch urges us to open our hearts and minds to what may be one of the most important spiritual statements of our time. A conversation with God that began as a simple plea from one human being to the God of his understanding, The New Revelations is a life-altering book, given to us when we need it most.

About the Author
Neale Donald WaIsch lives in Ashland, Oregon, with his wife, Nancy. Together they have formed the Conversations with God Foundation, a non-profit organization whose purpose is to assist in healing the world by making the messages in his bestselling books available to the largest number of people in the shortest amount of time. Mr. WaIsch travels throughout the world presenting lectures, workshops and retreats based on The New Revelations. He may be reached at neale@cwg.info


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THE NEW REVELATIONS is well structured for both education and persuasion. Author Neale Donald Walsh voices important questions about God, humanity, peace, and belief. Ed Asner and Ellen Burstyn offer a strong sense of the many facets of the divine. These two experienced actors bring a wealth of nuance to the work, wringing emotion from every word, every pause. However, the content of this discussion is less impressive than its structure or delivery. Little new is included; most concepts will be familiar from other New Age works, and Walsh's treatment of established religion will likely strike some listeners as too harsh. G.T.B. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine


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