CwG Weekly Bulletin #191 - Neale talks about "Right and Wrong"…

Neale Talks About "Right" and "Wrong"…

One of the most controversial concepts in the messages of CwG is the idea that there is no absolute right and no absolute wrong in God’s universe.

The human mind finds this difficult to accept. If there is no absolute right, how can we know when we are on the path to God? By what measure shall we estimate our progress? By what determination shall we know what our actions should be in any given circumstance? How shall we create our laws? What shall constitute our values? And how shall we justify the meting out of our punishments?

The difficulty some people have with the “no right or wrong” message in CwG is that they assume the book to be saying that we need to eliminate “right” and “wrong” from our ways of doing things, and they do not see how we can proceed with any kind of orderly society if we do that.

Regarding the first assumption, they are mistaken. Regarding the second, they are correct. We cannot, given our current stage of development as a species, have an orderly society if we abandon our ideas of “right” and “wrong.”

Yet the CwG trilogy does not ask us to do that. It does not even suggest that this would be a good thing for us to attempt. Indeed, it does exactly the opposite. It suggests that we hold tight to our values, so long as we see that they serve us.

There is the key point. Values are only values so long as they are value-able. That is, able to be of value. We once thought it value-able to burn witches at the stake in this country, and we did so. Since then, our values have changed, and we don’t do that anymore. We may shoot doctors at abortion clinics, and we may electrocute murderers, but we no longer burn witches. So one presumes our society has made a step up.

The dialogue says that “every act is an act of self-definition.” It is precisely through our choices about what we currently call “right” and “wrong” that we define ourselves as individuals, and as a society.

So the CwG statement that “there’s no such thing as right and wrong” is not an argument for abandoning our current notions about what is right or wrong. It is an argument for being clear that our notions are precisely that; our notions. They represent our current ideas about things.

This has nothing to do with objective reality. In other words, it would be inaccurate to suggest that the reason we should make these our values is because these are God’s values.

God has no values. In the sense that God thinks that one course of action is “right,” and another “wrong,” God has no values. He has no preference in the matter. She does not sit in judgment saying, “You did this, and I wanted you to do that, so now you must be punished.”

Repeatedly, CwG makes the statement that “your will for you is God’s will for you.” This is difficult for many people to accept. It means, quite literally, that you may do whatever you wish, without recrimination from the Lord.

What we must do to make some sense out of the “no such thing as right and wrong” message of CwG is decide to stop using force (economic, spiritual, physical, emotional) in our attempts to get others to accept and adopt our point of view on things.

What allows us to use such force now, and to do so with impunity, is our thought that, after all, “right is on our side,” and so, we are justified in whatever we are doing to get others to see that.

And let’s be clear on something, or else even this discussion will be bogged down in misunderstanding. The reason for not using force is not that using force is “wrong.” The reason to stop using force is that it doesn’t work. War doesn’t work. Fighting and killing don’t work. Economic blackmail doesn’t work. Not for a society which says it wishes to live in peace and harmony.

CwG, Book 3 makes the point that Highly Evolved Beings (HEBs) living in advanced civilizations are different from human beings in two ways. First, they observe what is so, and, second, they do what works. Among the largest number of humans, observing what is so and telling the truth about it, is not common, and doing what works is even more rare.

The point here is that HEBs do not have a value system based on artificial concepts such as “right” and “wrong,” but rather, on what “works” and what “does not work” for their health, welfare and happiness.

If we applied such a rule-of-thumb here, everything would change overnight. - NDW

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We have some wonderful participants here from around the globe who are courageously exploring their issues with life and death, and through this study are recreating themselves anew.

I’ll have more to report next week after we complete this marvelous experience.

Neale Donald Walsch and the Conversations with God Foundation have been supporting and encouraging people to form Study Groups for the past 10 years now. We now want to introduce you to an even more powerful way of coming together in circles, that will help us move through the uncertain times ahead.

Introducing Heart Circles

Heart Circle is a wonderful way to get in touch with the deepest desire within you -- and to help you become more and more clear about exactly what it would "look like" for that desire to become reality in your life. There is no faster path to authenticity that I know of than this wonderful Heart Circle process.

Neale Donald Walsch

Do you have your own spiritual circle of some kind?
If you do, is it consistently supporting you in getting in touch with how you are really feeling and what you really want to create in your life?
If you don’t have one, is it time to find one or two friends to create a circle that will change the way you live your life FOREVER?

Everyone here at the CwG Foundation, including Neale has been part of a heart circle and it has incredibly impacted our lives.

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“From my experience there is a kind of magical energy that happens in Heart Circles: the kind of energy that can change a person’s life and help manifest their heart’s desires. I believe the world will change as more people make the commitment to come into circle.”

Dave Cobb, Sterling Heights

“Group for me was undoubtedly the best healing and growth experience of my life… Bar None! Nothing on this earth has ever provided me the safety, confidentiality, and permission to be myself that, weekly, I found sitting in circle.”

Bernie Ahearn, Detroit MI

Message From Marion...

I will report back to you the details of the Home with God retreat and how it went in the bulletin of May 19th.

Marion Black, CEO
ReCreation Foundation, Inc.
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Last week's letter from Neale about growing older really caught my eye—in June I will cross the half century mark. I don’t know why I let these passages into new decades get to me, because thus far I’ve felt no different the day after entering a new decade than I did the day before. So, why can’t I just skip the anticipation phase? I don’t know.

My idea of having a good time has changed over the years—that’s for sure. I, too, don’t like doing things that don’t bring more meaning to my life. It’s odd, though, Neale, when I saw that you went to a piano bar and it looked as though you were about to step off into some relaxing fun, I felt an odd jealously in that I wished that kind of thing appealed to me more. Then when you said after seven songs you felt like an old fuddy duddy, I felt, “Whew, it’s not just me.”

I, too, demand a lot more of my time. Consequently, I tend to look at others around me and not understand why they are not as motivated as I am. Is this an age thing? I don’t know. I want to do as much as possible that isn’t ordinary. I relish the “aha” moments. This doesn’t mean I can’t have an “aha” doing ordinary things. Aha! It means that in those seemingly ordinary moments (watching a television program, going to a piano bar, going for a walk) I must continue to become more aware of the possibility of the extraordinary tucked inside the ordinary. I suppose what I’ve just realized right this minute is, maybe I’m passing by an extraordinary moment by passing by what I deem to be ordinary and not necessarily meaningful. I could so feel that feeling of sitting at the piano bar and thinking, I should be writing, I should be reading, I should be working, I should, I should, I should . . . The trick, I guess, is to stay in the moment and avoid the “I shoulds” which more than likely prevent me from seeing the extraordinary right in front of me.

This reminds me of William Blake’s lines from his poem Auguries of Innocence

To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.

On to forgiveness. We all know we are our own worst critics and we’re that last one to forgive ourselves. Just what you’ve written below, Neale . . . in your contemplation of forgiveness, you wrote a beautiful prayer/meditation. The fact that you even ask for guidance reveals your intentions. You are grateful and you see the ways in which you can improve—AND if God knows it, YOU know it. Find comfort in the ability to ask. I have a sister that is so messed up with years of alcohol and drug abuse, and all the pain she’s caused people, she doesn’t even think she’s worthy to ask for guidance, let alone forgiveness.

Please God, help me to find a way to forgive myself for those transgressions. I remember every one of them---even the ones that not another living soul knows about or suspects. Help me to remember my offenses with a gentle compassion, and grant me the grace to feel good about myself in spite of myself. And thank you, God, for all the good times, all the abundant joy, all the laughter and all the love. Thank you for the talents that you gave me, of which I used only a tiny portion. Remind me in my next lifetime to use more. And dear God, on these, my final days, please help me to bring harmony to my world, and to show my fellow travelers on this planet a way to end their conflicts and to find lasting happiness. Let me be an instrument of Thy peace, oh God, that I may leave a gift worthy of the gift you have given me.

Dear Neale,

Recently my best friend was lucky enough to have a new granddaughter added to her family. However, shortly after birth the baby was found to have a very rare skin disease. My friend asked me and several other Reiki Masters to send the baby Reiki and our prayers. We have all done this as asked. My question to you is, are we interfering with what this baby's soul has chosen for this life to endure by sending healing and prayers to her? I know from your teachings that we all choose the path for this lifetime. Thank you in advance for your answer.

Diane

The answer, Diane, is no. Prayers for another are never interferences. Sending good energy to someone is never unwelcome by any soul. It could be that, at the soul level, this Divine Essence is inviting your good energy in, and that is why you have been caused to even know about this.

"Doing good," or doing something wonderful, is never, ever a violation of karmic law. Try not to over-intellectualize your spirituality. Use common sense instead. What feels good and makes sense to your heart is what makes sense to God as well, for your heart is where God dwells.

Hugs and love....neale.

Neale,

You continue to amaze me! You share your lows and highs so beautifully. I so appreciate how you share your struggles with being human and then you blow me away with new insights. This week’s bulletin with what I took as a slightly different angle on “declaring who you are and then watching everything opposite of that show up” was GREAT. It definitely helped me grasp that truth a little better. And you came up with that after having received the unwelcome news by e-mail? Now that’s just AWESOME!! Keep it up brother! Keep on sharing your strengths AND weaknesses with us. At least for me, it helps me not to put you up (too high!) on the proverbial pedestal.
Ya know, I was really intrigued by your blog from last week about your experience in the piano bar. Why do you seem rushed to make as much as you can out of each moment you have left in this life, knowing full well Who You Really Are and that you will continue to live and create when you leave the earth? Is this just part of your human side, your physical nature that knows that you “don’t have much time left” with your current body? I don’t know if I’m expressing clearly enough, but I just felt a great contrast there given all the wisdom you have brought through.

Well anyway, I LOVE YOU, MAN!

Jeff in Massachusetts

Dear Jeff...Thanks for your very refreshing note and your love! Hugs...neale.

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The CwG Weekly Bulletin is written by Neale Donald Walsch. It is produced by Joanna Gabriel and edited by Rose Wolfenbarger with technical contributions from Marion K. Black and Roger Mellon.