Mystical Spiritualist Church

The truth is that I feel very much like Neal, himself, describes on page 286:

This Book, "has given me some wonderful spiritual insights and deeper understandings and awarenesses that have brought me comfort, and that I hope bring comfort to many others - especially to people who are dealing with the death of a loved one, or those who themselves are approaching death."     I do this because I want to share this loving view of creation.

This is really getting to be an amazing discussion. First we got into perception theory and quantum physics, then superstring theory and metaphorical metaphysical cosmology and now we’re into alchemy! Whew."

CLASS INTRODUCTION:

This is a continuing class in discussing the uncommon dialogs found in Neale Donald Walsch's Conversations with God books.  We hope that in this class, you will also engage in conversations with your fellow OLLI students, so tyhat you may come closer to finding your truths.

If you have seen the movie, "Conversations with God", you have seen how Neal was down and out, living with the street people in a park, when after much soul searching and praying to a God that he did not know if it even existed, started hearing "answers" to his questions about life.  Then, following the advice of his new-found girl friend, he then started writing this material down.  In terms of parapsychology, this is a form of automatic writing. 

Neal wrote and wrote, almost giving up several times and finally, following the advice of his girl friend and a few other friends he was developing, he submitted his material to publishers.  Finally, when he was about to again give up, one of them agreed to publish "Book 1".  Books 2 and 3 of his "uncommon dialog" series followed within a few years.

The OLLI Program has offered classes covering the original trilogy of "Conversations with God" (Books 1, 2 & 3) and may cover these again, according to popular demand, in the future.

This book is number 9 in his series of "channeled" books, created over 12 year.  Thus, if you find trouble understanding this material, you may find it helpful to go back to Book 1, especially as that discussion group is offered at OLLI Prescott.  Other books that may be offered, in this series, may include, "Friendship with God", "Communion with God" and others, as desired by the friends and supporters of OLLI.

PREREQUSITES:

It is advisable that you should buy, borrow, beg, but not steal, this book from your library, book store or from an on-line source.  Prices may vary from $.25 to $18, depending on the source

                                How many pages do I have to read each week?

Week 1                 only 27 pages ... just to get acquainted with the book and the material

Week 2                 just 63 pages ... now that you are getting acquainted with the scope of this adventure

Week 3                 up to 75 pages ... now we're getting used to the pace and rolling along

Week 4                 only 50 pages ... puts us just past half way through this book!

Week 5                 only 80 pages... as we begin to understand both life and death in new ways

Week 6                 just 67 pages ... excluding the optional "Afterwords"

CHAPTER           AWARENESS                                                                                                                    PAGE  Introduction                     "The destination for all of us is the same.                                                        v-x                                  We are all on a journey Home and we shall not fail to arrive there."
                                                                     

1              "Everybody is doing everything for themselves ... When you understand                               1         
             that this is true, even about dying, you will never fear dying again."
                                                                                 

2              "Once you answer most of the questions you've had about death, you'll have                      4             
                answered most of the questions you've ever had about life."
                                                                                                  

3              "Do you think that dying is something that happens against your will?"                                 9

4              "There is no truth except that which resides within you.  Everything else is                         14
                  what someone else is telling you." 
                                                                                                                                                          

5              "No matter which way you go, you cannot fail to get Home."                                                 18  

6              "Whatever you do, do not believe what is said here."                                                             23  

7              "All souls find peace after death.  Not all souls find peace before it."                              

8              "You're afraid to die, and you're afraid to live.  What a way to exist!"                                   19

9              ""There are no victims and there are no villains in the world.                                               48

10           "You are all At Cause in the matter of everything that is going on in your life -                    59  
                 including your death."

11           "You are different from God, but you are not divided from God.                                           70   
                That is why you can never die.

12           "There are those who say that seeing is believing.  I am telling you that                               75    
               believing is seeing."               

13           "Objective observation is impossible.  Nothing which is observed is unaffected                   86                                   by the observer."
                                                                                                                                                                 

14           "Let us be clear, Hell does not exist.  There simply is no place."                                              97  

15           "Death in intriguing.  It is exciting and intriguing and totally wonderful."                             105

16           "You experience a three dimensional world, but you do not live in one.                              117
                Ultimate Reality is far more complex than you may ever have imagined." 

17           "There is nothing mysterious  about the universe once you look right at it."                       126

18           "It is your intention to fully know yourself through your experience,                                   135
                 not to partially know yourself."
                                                                                                                                      

CHAPTER           AWARENESS                                                                                                                       PAGE 
19       "You have imagined that there is so much you need in order to be happy and even             140
            to survive.   You have made this all up."
                                                                                                                                

20       "Death is a process by which you establish your identity."                                                         144

21       "Not all things are the way they seem.  There are more possibilities in every moment            157                    within every lifetime than you might have previously imagined."

22       "There is no such thing as the truth."                                                                                             168

23       "No death is wasted and all death brings a message to those who leave the earth                  180                       and those who remain." 
                                                                                                                                                                    

24       "The entire universe is composed of one thing, acting differently.  ...                                         187                       You are experiencing your Self as the Multitudinous Individuality." 
                                                                 

25       "Death is the passageway between the physical world and the spiritual realm ...                      189                      and back again."           

26       "You can't change your experience - in this lifetime or the next - until you know                       205                            how you've created it."     

27       "Most human beings are focused, most of the time, on things that do not really matter."      211

28       "In death, all of your individual identities are shed, ending the separation of you                    226
             from you, at last."           

29       "The moment you surr4ender to love and allow it to lead you to exactly where                       230                       your soul wants to go, you will have no difficulty." 
                                                                                                                        

30       "There is no suffering of any kind in the Afterlife."                                                                       238

31       "The individual moments of your life are what you used to create your experience                 248
              of Self."
           

32       "Nearly every person who is dying in not dying for the first time."                                             255

33       "I am you, simply causing you to remember me."                                                                         268

34       "To truly understand Ultimate Reality you have to be out of your mind."                                 277

35       "You don't have to be 'ordained' to be a minister in the world.  God has ordained you          283                                 by virtue of your being alive."

36       "Your ancestors will walk with you.  Your heirs stand beside you, watching                              298                    your every decision."

AFTERWORD                                                                                                                                                315 Optional