~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Weekly Bulletin #314 October 24, 2008 You ARE God...but God ‘The Local', not God ‘The Universal' NOTE: The Weekly Bulletin is sent free of charge to anyone who asks for it. It is a publication of the ReCreation Foundation, a non-profit organization undertaking the work of sharing the message of Conversations with God with the world. That message is that the purpose of life is to recreate ourselves anew in the next grandest version of the greatest vision ever we held about Who We Are.

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Notes from Neale... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My dear friends... During the spiritual renewal retreat that we finished almost two weeks ago in Dorset, England, I told the participants that the Number One Message of Conversations with God is that We Are All One. We are, in other words, One with each other, One with Life, and One with God. This means, in a sense, that we are God. Well, not "in a sense." I don't want to equivocate on that. It means we are God no matter how you look at it. Yet there is a way to step into that, there is a way to embrace that and to live that, which can make it much more functional in your life. I am clear that the message "you are Divine," or "you are God," is absolute truth. I am also clear that you and I are individuations of the Divine – and that statement has important implications. There is only One Thing, and all things are part of the One Thing That Is. I call this One Thing "God." To me, God is The Singularity. That is, there is Only One Of It, and everything that "is" is "It". Yet there is a distinction between The Singularity and The Singularization of that Singularity. I believe that The Singularity (God) singularized Itself into a million-billion-kajillion parts that I call "Singularizations." I believe each such Singularization is made of the "same stuff" as the Whole – but in differing degrees, thus allowing differing expressions. I believe The Singularity to be an Essence – what I might call the Primal Essence. If I had to characterize this Essence in human terms I would call it Pure Intelligence. I believe this Essence to produce an Energy – what I might call Basic Energy (or ‘The Force'). I believe that the Singularizations of The Singular are imbued with varying degrees of this Primal Essence, and thus can produce varying degrees of Basic Energy. Looking at it in reverse, I believe that it is the Sum Total of All Of This Essence that forms what I will call the Allness: All Awareness, All Wisdom, All Understanding, All Knowing, All Experiencing, and All Being. I believe that no particular Singularization comprises, or by definition can comprise, the Sum Total of The Singularity. Nevertheless, I believe that a Singularization may, in fact, be able to give the Allness-All Awareness, All Wisdom, All Understanding, All Knowing, All Experiencing, and All Being-a Singularized (or Localized) Expression, proportionate to its size in relation to The Whole. In perhaps more human terms, I believe that an individual can demonstrate Godliness at the highest level with which any sentient being may do so-but that no sentient being is capable of individually duplicating, in power, impact, scope or reach, the Total Expression of The Singularity. Local Expression is not the same as Universal Expression. Or, to put all this simply, no human being can express the totality of God. Let me be clear on what all this means-and let me tell you why I am even bringing it all up. It is my knowing that a human being can act as one would expect God to act, in any localized way. This would allow the miracles of Jesus, the wisdom of Buddha, the insights of Muhammad, the power of Moses to part the sea. But I am told that the proportion of Primal Essence available to each Expression of that Essence is determined by its container. A butterfly contains more than a rock. A dog contains more than a butterfly. A dolphin contains more than a dog. A man contains more than a dolphin (presumably). And so forth. Further, it is clear that all beings of a particular species (or expression of physicality) are capable of reaching the same level; are capable of "containing" the same degree or amount of Primary Essence...or Pure Intelligence. Each physicalization of the species is capable of reaching the highest level of which that species itself is capable. And so, all humans are capable of becoming a Christ or a Buddha-which both Buddha and Christ declared. Repeatedly. ("Why are you so amazed? These things, and more, shall you do also.") I am bringing this up here because there is a potentially misleading (if not dangerous) aspect to the teaching that "you are God." If you do not distinguish between the Localized Expression of God and the Universal Expression of God, you may take that teaching to mean that, being God, you, as a drop, have all the power of the ocean itself. That would be a mistake. Next week, more on all this, as we look at the power of personal creation. Have a good week. Neale.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Best of the Blogs... Each week we present in this space the best from past entries on the worldwide CwG Blog. The blog may be accessed daily on the home page at www.beliefnet.com. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Posted on Beliefnet on Oct 12, 2008 What is God's agenda? What is God's requirement? Do you know? Are you sure? On this Sunday, let us think about that. We continue today our series called Sunday School All Week, by inviting you to consider the following... We have been told of a God who wants humans to keep His commandments, and if they do not, and if they fail to seek and obtain forgiveness in the proper and prescribed manner, He then wants them to go to hell, there to suffer intolerable anguish. But think about this. Why would God punish humans so horribly for their confusion and weakness? If we wanted someone to understand us better and to obey us always and in everything, and if we just could not get them to do it, would we make it their fault? (Well, of course, we would and we do. But who can blame us? We are using God as our model. Yet what if our model is based on faulty assumptions?) We have been told of a God whose justice is perfect. Yet why would a God who is vulnerable to nothing and cannot be hurt or damaged in any way need to punish anyone for anything, much less sentence them to torture? We have been told of a God who wants and invites humans to go to battle for Him, to kill others for Him, just as He has been recorded in the Scriptures as having killed thousands who incurred His wrath. But why? Why would God kill anybody, or ask others to kill in His name? Does God really want humans to massacre others while fighting for His Cause? What is His Cause, anyway? What is God up to? What is "God's Cause"? Is it to get everybody on earth to join a single religion? Is that it? Is that What God Wants? Why? Why would God want that? Why would God care? Does it really matter to God whether you are a Muslim or a Jew, a Hindu or a Christian, a Buddhist or a Bahai'i? What if you are a good person, a kind, caring, compassionate and loving individual, but are a member of no organized religion at all? What if you actually speak out against organized religions and their extremes? Does that make you an apostate? Does that mean you are doomed? Does that make you an infidel and render you eligible to be killed by a True Believer? Is this What God Wants? Why? Why does it matter? Who told you that it mattered? Was it the organized religion that wants you to be its member? Think about this. Is this the purpose of religion on the earth? Is this the Cause of God? What happens to all of this, what becomes of this entire thought system, if it's declared that God wants nothing, nothing at all, from human beings? Can you believe in a God who wants nothing? Is it possible to hold such a thought in your reality? Can you even imagine it? (This posting is an excerpt from What God Wants, from Atria Books.)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Calendar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A look at events at which Neale Donald Walsch will share the message of Conversations with God in the weeks ahead. You can learn more about the work of the ReCreation Foundation at these events...and on its official website, www.cwg.org, as well. NOTE: Not all events are sponsored by the ReCreation Foundation, but because all of the events move forward the message of Conversations with God, which is the mission of the Foundation, the Foundation is pleased to inform you of them. October 24 - 26, 2008 Cabourg, Normandy, France Workshop: Another Way of Loving Tel: 00331 5375 3535 Email: info@recreer.net www.grandfestival.fr October 31 - November 2, 2008 Copenhagen, Denmark Workshop Email: svend.trier@get2net.dk November 5, 2009 New York City, New York Free evening program: Have Your Own Conversation with God East West Living Book Store 6:30 to 9 pm Tel: 352-442-2244 Email: support@nealedonaldwalsch.com November 6, 2008 Happier Than God: The One Day Experience A spiritual renewal event New York City Tel: 352-442-2244 Email: support@nealedonaldwalsch.com November 8 - 11, 2008 Phoenix, AZ Celebrate Your Life Contact +1-480-970-8447 www.celebrateyourlife.org November 12, 2008 Dallas, Texas Benefit Lecture for Free2BU program "Peace begins at home" Unity Church of Dallas Tel: (214) 717-1310 Email: Angel@Free2BU.com December 28, 2008 - January 1, 2009 Ashland, OR Your Conversation with God The Holiday Retreat - The 5-Day Experience Will: +1-352-442-2244 Email: will@cwg.org www.cwg.org/main.php?p=Retreats&sub=RSchedule January 22 - 25, 2009 Los Angeles, CA The Freedom Formula Experience Contact: +1-800-930-3713 Email: Info@thefreedomfoformula.com March 10 - 12, 2009 Ashland, OR Deep Study CwG Intensive Contact Will 352-442-2244 email: will@cwg.org March 20 - 21, 2009 Denver, CO Weekend Workshop Mile Hi Church Contact: +1 303-232-4079 June 19 - 22, 2009 Golden, B.C. Canada Quantum Leap Retreat Quantum Leaps Lodge Email: info@quantumleaps.ca quantumleaps.ca/neale_donald_walsch.php

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