Book Review - Conversations with God

The Conversations with God series is a trilogy revolving around a man who hears God speaking to him and transcribes his conversations in a series of questions and answers.  I first saw CWG about 10 years ago, but didn't pick it up because I was put off by the title.  I thought it was going to be about Christianity and Jesus saving your soul and dying on the cross for your sins.  But that's not the case at all.

Throughout the trilogy, and the subsequent title, Friendship with God, we learn the true nature of God as presented to the author, Neale Donald Walsh.  The main take home from the series is that god is everything and in everything.  He/She/It is you and is in you, He is the creator and the created, She is with you alway in all ways.  God has no preference and doesn't care what you do.  There is no good or evil.  Everything happens for a reason.  This is quite a simplified view of the book, of course.  It explores topics such as reincarnation, marriage, sex, your purpose on Earth, life on other planets, education, and society.  It's brilliantly written, and God is quite cheeky.  I like God.

I devoured these books.  I read all four in the span of about two weeks.  I highly recommend them if you have any inclination towards spirituality.

Now, I have an interesting manifestation story connected with these books.  I picked up number 2 at the Largo library used book store.  I was drawn to it because I'd remembered seeing it in the bookstore years ago, but didn't pick it up for the reasons I mentioned above.  Well, this time I picked it up and started thumbing through the preface and the author was talking about how its not a coincidence that the reader picked up the book, etc.  That line cinched it, and I bought it... it was only $1, so I figured I had nothing to lose anyway.

Well, after reading the 2nd book, I wanted more and went to the used section at Barnes and Nobles to see if I could find it there.  It wasn't there, and I decided to do an experiment.  I decided that I wanted to buy the rest of the series, but I didn't want to pay full price.  I visualized myself seeing the books in the used section of the bookstore, picking them, and feeling happy because I had manifested the books I wanted and manifested them at a used price.  I was thinking between $1 and $5.  That was my experiment.

Not a week later, my grandpa and I are having a tour of Rochester's used bookstores because he had a trunkful of books he was trying to sell.  We weren't doing so well... no one was too interested in the books we had.  Though, I did have a chance to look around the other books, and saw The Secret which I also wanted.  We had been at it for about 3 hours, we were getting tired and had only made about $12 on books.  But we decided to go to one more bookstore.  This man picked out 18 books he wanted from our pile and offered us either $15 cash or $30 in store credit.  Grandpa let me take the store credit, so I had a look around the bookstore.  And guess what I found:

All the Conversations with God books AND the fourth book that I didn't even know existed, Friendship with God.  So I got all the books I'd asked for a week earlier... FREE.  Plus, I got The Secret, which I'd seen earlier that day and two others!!!  What a great testament to the universe... you really do get whatever you ask for... Exactly the ideas in the CWG books too.  Perfect.

Pamala Oslie on "iyanla"

This is a video I found on YouTube with Pamala Oslie, author of Life Colors.  She's on a the Iyanla show talking about her book.  It's only an eight minute segment, so she doesn't go into much detail or depth.  On the show they are separated into 5 groups based on their colors, but Pam says she can actually see 14 different colors.  I suppose they had to cut it down to the most basic information for the sake of time.  Anyway, it's interesting nonetheless, and I thought you might enjoy it.

Unfortunately, embedding is disabled, so I have to give you the link instead.  You'll find the video here.

Book Review: Life Colors

To continue from my last post - April 3, 2010: The first time I saw my own aura


The next evening I went to the book store to look for something.  I didn't have anything in particular in mind, and in fact, I'd actually wanted to find a math review guide for the GMAT, but somehow found myself in the Spiritual section.  I came across a book called Life Colors by Pamala Oslie.  I picked it up and immediately turned to the section that described my color - the color I'd seen in the mirror the night before.

I have to say, it was like coming home.  Everything I'd been feeling, everything I'd intuitively known, but couldn't put words to was right there in that book.  It was like she had known me my entire life.  I felt weak and faint and had to sit down to finish reading, it was so spot on.  But the best part was, it gave me a voice... it put words to what I already knew, it gave me reasons for why I acted in certain ways and why I felt the way I did.  It validated the path that I was on in a way that I have never felt before.

I briefly mentioned in my introductory post that I thought there was a lot of garbage about auras out there.  This is definitely NOT one of those books.  I tend to ignore information most people give about the meaning of colors because they simply give a one or two sentence description of a generic meaning of the color.  A lot of people who "write" these, I question whether they actually can see auras and I doubt that they're as in tune with them as Pam is.

There's a quiz at the beginning of the book which tells you your color.  I didn't take the quiz since I saw my color.  But I do wonder, if maybe I have a secondary color in my aura that I can't see yet - though I don't think I do.  I also wonder about the accuracy of the test - not because I doubt her abilities, but because sometimes people have a tendency to project what think they should be, or what they want  to be, or take on characteristics that others want them to have.  And I think things like that would skew the results.

I gave the quiz to a couple of people, and the results were pretty accurate, though without seeing their color, I can't tell if it's because that actually is their color or because they were answering based on their actions, which would lead to a fairly good description of themselves, but not necessarily tell them their color.  My experiment will be to find a willing subject who will let me try and see their color, then have them take the test and see if the results match.  But that is something I will have to keep on the shelf for now.

Not only did this book tell me about myself, but it also gave me a better understanding of others.  By reading the descriptions of certain colors, I could see those traits in people I knew and it gave me a deeper understanding of them... what I could have done, if I'd known this information at the time... better ways to interact with people... know what works with certain people and what doesn't... how to relate to them... what they respond to and what they don't.

Reading this book renewed my interest in seeing auras.  I can see the benefits more clearly of being able to auras and I have a better understanding that other people can see mine too.  It's on display for the entire world... but that's for another post.