[book] Home with God | In a life that never ends, Neale Donald Walsch (10/10)

[Infinite Tsukuyomi]

I have completed books 1-4 of Neale Donald Walsch's Conversation with God as well as a separate entry called Home with God: In a life that never ends. For some background on me, I have been following actualized.org teachings for about a year and a half but I only joined the forum in the past few months. I have had four distinct awakenings, three of which I experienced what we call "death". In Home with God, God described three stages of death and to avoid spoiling the actual material, I will say that the stages 1 and 2 line up precisely with my direct experiences of death. The entirety of the five books I've finished so far have all surprised me as I was able to verify and confirm. These have my thumbs up if you want a written/verbal attempt at a description of the moment of death. It is not a replacement for having an awakening (in which you die) for yourself.

The book is guided by 18 remembrances or facets about life and death told to Neale by God. What I like about Neale is that he isn't afraid to call out God (he does often struggle to understand that he himself is God though.) Going through the dialogues in any of these books are really helpful for getting a look at how little debates and language do at getting to what's True. Leo and other teachers/messengers have mentioned these over the years. So the material is never really new, but through repetition the teachings slowly start to form new mental pathways. 

God covers suicide, child death and near death experiences. Methods of having your own experience of it through meditation and other techniques you've heard of from various teachers God also mentions. Other than the identical experiences of the first two stages of death mentioned, is the mention of dance as one of the techniques.

This is was interesting and a pleasant surprise to me, as I had two of my awakenings through dance. The first was after the effects of magic mushrooms had worn off and I began to dance. The second was after a 7 day modified meditation retreat I did, the night of the 7th day. The retreat itself ended around 4 or 5pm that day, and I went home frustrated, irritated after having tortured myself with boredom (do nothing work), concentration, self-inquiry, meditation and mindfulness. I used a very small amount of thc to calm myself down and then completely gave up trying to even have another awakening and started to dance. I allowed myself to be completely consumed the music until I suddenly noticed I was no longer controlling my movements. In a moment, I went "oh fuck" and then I slipped into the primordial chaos of Infinity/Insanity. It still shocks me how completely terrifying and amazing the experience is simultaneously.  Dance may be a missing ingredient to your consciousness work if you already meditate, inquire etc. The trick/hack is to give up and surrender. Become a puppet to the formless God that you haven't realized yet. 

Home with God has a 5 out of 5 from me, I actually picked it up from the local library after having purchased the other titles. If you haven't begun the series I do recommend starting from book one of Conversations with God. 

Believe or not, I was listening to this from Youtube in the background while dancing 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG2IK8oRZNA&t=13995s&ab_channel=GreenredProductions-RelaxingMusic

Enjoy

Edited Friday at 01:33 AM by Infinite Tsukuyomi

[cjoseph90]

Thanks for sharing.  I´ve read his books 1-4, so may check this one out. How long did it take for you to read?

[Infinite Tsukuyomi]

4 hours ago, cjoseph90 said:

Thanks for sharing.  I´ve read his books 1-4, so may check this one out. How long did it take for you to read?

 @cjoseph90 You'll love this book then

I returned it in six days, reading a few chapters per day. It is 300-315 pages or so. It can definitely be read in just 2 or 3 days.

 

[PenguinPablo]

@Infinite Tsukuyomi Just ordered it thanks.

Less than $5 for a hardcover on eBay.