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<v Speaker 1>My name is Will and unlike Boulder and Scully, so

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<v Speaker 1>we've embarked in a journey of discovery. We've talked to

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<v Speaker 1>people deeply entrenched in the spiritual and metaphysical world. We've

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<v Speaker 1>thrown ourselves into weird and wonderful experiences. I even joined

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<v Speaker 1>a coven of witches and wait, you joined a coven yep,

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<v Speaker 1>all on the interest of finding something, anything that will

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<v Speaker 1>prove that there's something beyond this physical, three dimensional world

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<v Speaker 1>we all live in. This is the skeptic metaphysicians.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome back to the skeptic and positions. I'm Will, and

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<v Speaker 2>today I'm going to be reading a little bit of

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<v Speaker 2>the book that started it all for me. That's right,

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<v Speaker 2>Conversations with God and Uncommon Dialogue Book one by Neil

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<v Speaker 2>Donald Walsh. This book changed my life and I can't

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<v Speaker 2>urge you enough to pick it up and read it

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<v Speaker 2>for yourself. So maybe this little excerpt that I'm about

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<v Speaker 2>to read, Mike just intentione to do that if you'd

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<v Speaker 2>ever wondered what it was about, this might give you

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<v Speaker 2>an idea. We're gonna start with the introduction from Neil

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<v Speaker 2>Donald Walsh himself. Introduction, you are about to have an

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<v Speaker 2>extraordinary experience. You are about to have a conversation with God. Yes, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>I know that's not possible. You probably think, or have

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<v Speaker 2>been taught that's not possible. One can talk to God, sure,

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<v Speaker 2>but not with God. I mean, God's not going to

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<v Speaker 2>talk back, right, at least not in the form of

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<v Speaker 2>a regular, everyday kind of conversation. That's what I thought too.

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<v Speaker 2>Then this book happened to me, and I mean that literally.

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<v Speaker 2>This book was not written by me. It happened to me,

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<v Speaker 2>and in your reading of it, it will happen to you,

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<v Speaker 2>for we are all led to the truth for which

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<v Speaker 2>we are ready. My life would probably be much easier

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<v Speaker 2>if I had kept all of this quiet. That was

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<v Speaker 2>the reason it happened to me. In whatever inconveniences the

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<v Speaker 2>book may cause me, such as being called a blasphemer,

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<v Speaker 2>a fraud, a hypocrite for not having lived these truths

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<v Speaker 2>in the past, or perhaps worse, a holy man, it

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<v Speaker 2>is not possible for me to stop the process now,

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<v Speaker 2>nor do I wish to. I've had my chances to

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<v Speaker 2>step away from this whole thing, and I haven't taken them.

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<v Speaker 2>I've decided to stick with what my instincts are telling

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<v Speaker 2>me rather than what much of the world will tell

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<v Speaker 2>me about the material. Here, those instincts say this book

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<v Speaker 2>is not nonsense, the overworkings of a frustrated spiritual imagination,

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<v Speaker 2>or simply the self justification of a man seeking vindication

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<v Speaker 2>from a life misled. Well, I've thought of all those things,

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<v Speaker 2>every one of them. So I gave this material to

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<v Speaker 2>a few people to read while it was still in

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<v Speaker 2>manuscript form. They were moved, and they cried, and they

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<v Speaker 2>laughed for the joy and the humor in it, and

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<v Speaker 2>their lives they changed, They were transfixed, they were empowered.

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<v Speaker 2>Many said they were transformed. That's when I knew this

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<v Speaker 2>book was for everyone, and that it had to be published.

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<v Speaker 2>For it is a wonderful gift to all those who

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<v Speaker 2>truly want answers and who truly care about the questions,

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<v Speaker 2>for all those who have embarked upon quests for truth

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<v Speaker 2>with sincerity of heart, longing of soul, and openness of mind,

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<v Speaker 2>and that is pretty much all of us. This book

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<v Speaker 2>addresses most, if not all, the questions we have ever

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<v Speaker 2>asked about life and love, purpose and function, people and relationships,

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<v Speaker 2>good and evil, guilt and sin, forgiveness and redemption. The

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<v Speaker 2>Path to God and the Road to Hell. Everything. It

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<v Speaker 2>directly discusses sex, power, money, children, marriage, divorce, life, work, health,

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<v Speaker 2>and the hereafter that before now everything. It explores war

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<v Speaker 2>and peace, knowing and not knowing, giving and taking, joy

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<v Speaker 2>and sorrow. It looks at the concrete and the abstract,

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<v Speaker 2>the visible and the invisible, the truth and the untruth.

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<v Speaker 2>You could say that this book is God's latest word

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<v Speaker 2>on things, although some people might have a little trouble

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<v Speaker 2>with that, particularly if they think that God stop talking

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<v Speaker 2>two thousand years ago, or that if God has continued communicating,

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<v Speaker 2>it's been only with holy men, medicine, women, or someone

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<v Speaker 2>who's been meditating for thirty years, or good for twenty

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<v Speaker 2>or at least half decent for ten, none of which

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<v Speaker 2>categories include me. The truth is God talks to everybody,

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<v Speaker 2>the good and the bad, the saint and the scoundrel,

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<v Speaker 2>and certainly all of us in between. Take you, for instance.

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<v Speaker 2>God has come to you many ways in your life,

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<v Speaker 2>and this is another one of them. How many times

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<v Speaker 2>have you heard the old axiom when the student is ready,

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<v Speaker 2>the teacher will appear. Well, this book is our teacher.

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<v Speaker 2>Shortly after this material began happening, to me. I knew

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<v Speaker 2>that I was talking to God directly, personally, irrefutably, and

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<v Speaker 2>that God was responding to my questions in direct proportion

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<v Speaker 2>to my ability to comprehend. That is, I was being

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<v Speaker 2>answered in ways and with language that God knew I

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<v Speaker 2>would understand. This accounts for much of the colloquial style

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<v Speaker 2>of the writing and the occasional references to material I

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<v Speaker 2>gathered from other sources and prior experiences in my life.

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<v Speaker 2>I know now that everything that has ever come to

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<v Speaker 2>me in my life has come to me from God,

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<v Speaker 2>and it was now being drawn together, pulled together in

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<v Speaker 2>a magnificent, complete response to every question I ever had.

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<v Speaker 2>And somewhere along the way, I realized a book was

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<v Speaker 2>being produced, a book intended for publication. Indeed, I was

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<v Speaker 2>told specifically during the latter part of the dialogue in

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<v Speaker 2>February of nineteen ninety three, that three books would actually

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<v Speaker 2>be produced, and that one, the first, would deal mainly

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<v Speaker 2>with personal topics, focusing on the individual's life challenges and opportunities. Two,

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<v Speaker 2>the second, would deal with more global topics of geopolitical

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<v Speaker 2>and metaphysical life on the planet and the challenges now

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<v Speaker 2>facing the world. Three, the third would deal with universal

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<v Speaker 2>truths of the highest order and the challenges and opportunities

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<v Speaker 2>of the soul. This is the first of those books,

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<v Speaker 2>completed in February nineteen ninety three. For clarity, I should

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<v Speaker 2>explain that as I transcribed this dialogue by hand, I

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<v Speaker 2>underlined or circled words and sentences which came to me

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<v Speaker 2>with particular emphasis, as if God were booming them, and

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<v Speaker 2>these were later placed in italics in the typesetter. I

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<v Speaker 2>need now to say that I am, having read and

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<v Speaker 2>re read the wisdom contained here, deeply embarrassed by my

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<v Speaker 2>own life, which has been marked by continued mistakes and misdeeds,

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<v Speaker 2>some very shameful behaviors, and some choices and decisions which

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<v Speaker 2>I am certain others consider hurtful and unforgivable. Though I

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<v Speaker 2>have profound remorse that I was through others' pain, I

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<v Speaker 2>am unspeakably grateful for all that I have learned, and

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<v Speaker 2>found that I have still yet to learn because of

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<v Speaker 2>the people in my life. I apologize to everybody for

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<v Speaker 2>the slowness of that learning. Yet I am encouraged by

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<v Speaker 2>God to grant myself forgiveness from my failings, and not

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<v Speaker 2>to live in fear and guilt, but to always keep trying,

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<v Speaker 2>keep on trying to live a grander vision. I know

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<v Speaker 2>that's what God wants for all of us. Neil Donald Walsh,

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<v Speaker 2>Central Point Organ, Christmas, nineteen ninety four. Well, that was

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<v Speaker 2>quite the introduction. I read that when I was younger,

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<v Speaker 2>and I wasn't ready for the book, simply because he

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<v Speaker 2>kept talking about God and the book had the word

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<v Speaker 2>God in the title. So I carried it around with

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<v Speaker 2>me for a very long time, waiting for the day

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<v Speaker 2>when maybe it would be my time to read it. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>if something similar has happened to you, if you've heard

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<v Speaker 2>about this book a lot, but yet you haven't gone

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<v Speaker 2>out and gotten it started reading it for one reason

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<v Speaker 2>or another, maybe this is your sign that it's time

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<v Speaker 2>for you to pick up the book. It might just

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<v Speaker 2>surprise the heck out of you. And hey, if you

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<v Speaker 2>read the first ten, fifteen, twenty pages and it doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>ring a bell, well close it. Come back to it

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<v Speaker 2>again in a few years when you feel that maybe

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<v Speaker 2>it's time for you to be ready. Anyway, I thank

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<v Speaker 2>you so much for listening in this time around. I

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<v Speaker 2>do plan on reading some more from this book and

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<v Speaker 2>others like them. In the weeks to come, so stick

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<v Speaker 2>with us. If you like these types of things, please

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<v Speaker 2>feel free to follow along with us. And I hope

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<v Speaker 2>that you found this helpful, enlightening, entertaining, educational, informative, whatever

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<v Speaker 2>you want it to be. I thank you for spending

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<v Speaker 2>this time with me. Until next time, I'm will and

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<v Speaker 2>we'll see you in the next episode of The Skeptic Metaphysicians.

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<v Speaker 2>Until then, take care,