Do What It Takes

An excerpt from Conversations with God – Book 2 – By Neale Donald Walsch

Get close to God. Do what you can. Do what you have to. Do what it takes.
Say a rosary. Kiss a stone. Bow to the East. Chant a chant.

Swing a pendulum. Test a muscle. Or write a book. Do what it takes.

Each of you has your own construction. Each of you has understood Me (God) – Create Me (God) – in your own way.
To some of you I am a man. To some of you I am a woman. To some, I am both. To some, I am neither.

To some of you I am pure energy. To some, the ultimate feeling, which you call love. And some of you have no idea what I am. You simply know that I AM. (God) And so it is.

I AM.

I am the wind which rustles you hair. I am the sun which warms your body. I am the rain which dances on your face. I am the smell of flowers in the air, and I am the flowers which send their fragrance upward. I am the air which carries the fragrance.

I am the beginning of your first thought. I am the end of your last. I am the idea which sparked your most brilliant moment. I am the glory of its fulfillment. I am the feeling which fueled the most loving thing you ever did. I am the part of you which yearns for that feeling again and again.

Whatever works for you, whatever makes it happen – whatever ritual, ceremony, demonstration, meditation, thought, song, word, or action it takes for you to “reconnect” – do this.

Do this in remembrance of Me. (God)

YATA, YATA, YATA

You Are The Answer (YATA) is a vision conceived by both, my business partner, Nevada Redd, and myself, to assist you to open new doors and enable you to: “Become the next grandest version of the greatest vision ever you held about who you are.” This will encompass talking about a plethora of subjects, books, and ideas we feel will help you recognize that in every question or uncertainty or trial or tribulation, You Are The Answer. (YATA)

Issues concerning spirituality, health, relationships or income, You Are The Answer. (YATA)

What ever difficulty you may be facing at this very moment, You Are The Answer. (YATA)

So, remember, when you feel you have lost your way or don’t know what to do, just remind yourself, “YATA, YATA, YATA,” and trust you’re feeling that comes from within.
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Quote from Friendship with God, by Neale Donald Walsch.

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Go Within, Not Without

Whenever I get into conversations with friends about what we need in life and what makes us happy, the subject of going within always comes to the forefront. They'll ask, “What does that mean?"

I reply with the full quote by Neale Donald Walsch, “If you don’t go within, then you’ll go without.” It means that everything we need is inside of ourselves. If we don’t look inside ourselves to find our needs, we will invariable go “outside” ourselves and try to find fulfillment and justification from others. Notice I say, “Try,” because we will never find it outside of ourselves.

How many times do we seek the perfect relationship, work ourselves into bad health climbing the corporate ladder, extend ourselves by purchasing the biggest and best of everything thinking that one or all of the above will fill the huge void inside? That, maybe then…just maybe… someone will think we are worthy?

But suddenly, we loose our job or that perfect relationship or our house and we become totally lost because we no longer have some type of title or brand to define ourselves. What then?

Stop the crazy merry-go-round. Take a deep breath and be still for just a moment. Feels good doesn't it?

Anyone who can be alone with themselves and enjoy it… is going within. When you don’t have the need to tell others of your accomplishments, or point out your wealth or point out your good looks, or brag about your expensive car in order to receive admiration from others…you are going within.

When you start giving to others that very thing you thought you needed, slowly you start to realize the terrible void inside isn't as bad. You realize in order to give something to someone else, you have to possess it first. You begin to feel full, begin to feel like you’re wrapped up in a warm soft blanket on a very cold night, secure at last, with a "knowing" of who you are, not an "idea." The void is finally filled. The need to be validated by others is gone. Going within is powerful.
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