Conversations with God, Book 2

by Neil Donald Walsch

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Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads 1997 263pp $19.95

Marvelously engaging discussions on wide-ranging topics, cutting to the core issues and processes - from spirituality to conflicts and (yes) even sex. Here is a sample:

All conflict arises from misplaced desire.

The only peace in all the world that is sustaining is internal Peace. . .

. . . "Not needing" . . . frees you, first, from fear: fear that ther is something you won't have; fear that there is something you have that you will lose; and fear that without a certain thing, you won't be happy.

Secondly, "not needing" frees you from anger. Anger is fear announced. When you have nothing to fear, you have nothing over which to be angry. . .

You are not angry when you see others doing what you don't want them to do, because you don't need them to do or not do any particular thing. Hence, no anger.

You are not angry when someone is unkind, because you have no need for them to be kind. You have no anger when someone is unloving, because you have no need for them to love you. You have no anger when someone is cruel, or hurtful, or seeks to damage you, for you have no need for them to behave any other way, and you are clear that you cannot be damaged.

You do not even have anger should someone seek to take your life, because you do not fear death.

When fear is taken from you, all else can be taken from you and you will not be angry. . .

This one simple change – seeking and finding peace within – could, were it undertaken by everyone, end all wars, eliminate conflict, prevent injustice, and bring the world to everlasting peace.

There is no other formula necessary, or possible. World peace is a personal thing!

What is needed is not a change in circumstances, but a change of consciousness.

Although some of the discussions, such as the above, seem unrealistically idealistic, there are great gems of wisdom here.

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