GodTalk: Experiences of Humanity's Connections with a Higher Power

Lovely book. Inspiring. Easy steps to practice ( and honor) connecting with God/Spirit/Source.

Informative and helpful 👍

I loved GodTalk and I am keeping it at the top of my book pile so I can read all or parts of it again and again! What an incredible gift to give ourselves and others - a deep understanding that we are not alone and God talks to us all the time! Read GodTalk to find out more!

In GodTalk, Neale Donald Walsch beautifully conveys deep wisdom in an easy-to-read and inspiring way. If you're looking for a book to uplift your heart, give you inner peace, and help you have your own conversation with God ... GodTalk is it!

I think Neale has a solid grasp on the craft of writing and he does present some interesting concepts in interesting ways from time to time. Just not here. The God Solution, still something he wrote, was far more personal and far more well-told and, well, had more substance. Certainly more relatable substance.In this book, he exhibits his other great skill, which is flowery repetition. There was next to nothing said for the first thirty page or the last thirty pages. Truly. I don't say that to be a jerk. He does his normal lingering point-buildup but never actually say anything. It's all hype, and mild hype at that.But the stories were next to impossible for me to finish, so if you're brave enough, know this is technically an illegitimate review because I couldn't get through the middle of it. Part of it is unfair expectation, so I'll be real with you: I was expecting something more concrete.Like, if someone writes a book about God talking back to us, in verbal and non-verbal forms, and anchors that book around stories from people who had experiences similar to his (unlikely) or even just, hey, this interesting thing happened to me, and isn't it need how the universe seems to 'speak out' by tying all these threads together to make me think, or teach a lesson, or whatever the person is looking for.Some stories are like that, like witnessing a sad moment while dealing with your own grief. Something to chew on and let sit in your brain and maybe sort of apply perspective-wise to your own life.But it also opens with, primarily, less relatable stories like someone screaming their fool head off where a very supportive friend endures their histrionics and they hunt through the wilds off the side of the road and see stuff that isn't there and are shaken to their core by it, leaving the mystique of ambiguous meaning.Not two stories later someone sees a face melting from the side of a mountain.I'm a little cornier than that. It's more my speed to think, "I miss this person" listening to my lite rock station, the same one I've listened to every night for four years during my evening drive, totally familiar with the entire rotation of songs they always play, and I get particularly sad about missing them and there's a way different song that comes on that happens to be a song they were into but that doesn't belong on that station and frankly it's weird that they played it. That's comforting, and I would think sells the point that nobody needs to have a booming Bible voice rain fireworks upon them to go "Hey, maybe we aren't all alone and maybe there's something bigger," or maybe it's all coincidence depending on your belief.But so many stories are things that people who took all the drugs in the sixties have happen to them and get super weird about, and it turns out there's a credits section where he thanks all the contributors who, wow, total surprise, you search their names and it's people who make a living off of telling you how spiritual they are (not enormously different from influencers in my opinion).Which, hey, to each their own. Everyone needs to make a buck and if they aren't taking advantage of anyone with actual grifting, that's on them and their conscience and maybe they do sincerely believe it. Maybe it's real. I don't know. I'm sure it can happen.The ONLY point I am making is it's super tone deaf to say "you, a normal person, can experience, in practical terms, the relationship you imagine you already have with God, experientially" and give warm fuzzies and make people broaden their perspectives about where message can come from and how we can discern which are really from him and which are intrusive and then have people talking about the total casual experience of coming across like unhinged people with uncontrolled magical powers.I am gonna give it another chance at some point and edit my review if my sentiment changes, but if anyone thought this would be about how to have a dialogue (written or otherwise), even in part, or make them think something new, or hear something new, that would put them in a frame of mind to be more open to have such an experience, you just might be pushed farther away with this un-book.Not everything has to be written and shared, Neale. You've done enough. Being "told" to make a fourth book that most people didn't know about and fewer people cared about should have been a sign. Call it a day, or get a better filter.

Das Buch ist sehr schön mit sehr interessanten Erfahrungen von anderen Menschen. Leicht zu lesen.

I like that it holds a few experiences by others but has advice at the tail end. I prefer it to be N.D.W all of the way through, but at least there were explanations at the end of each experience.I love Neale anyway. Amazing purpose in life.

I’ve enjoyed all Neal Donald Walsh’s Conversations with God books. This one uses other people’s experiences as well as his own. He tells how to look for messages. A very good read.

This book explains very well how God communicates with us in our daily lives in many different ways. We just need to have an open mind.Neale is an excellent spiritual leader and a guide on your spiritual journey. All his books are worth reading. There is so much to learn from.Highly recommend this book and also all his "Conversations with God" books, too.

I really enjoyed it