Spirituality and Mental Health

Is Conversations with God a Form of Active Imagination

“No one will believe this. They will say I am just talking to myself.” “Well, you are.”

In a philosophy where there is only God, or only love, there are no others, and even human individuals are parts of God, necessarily divided in order for God to experience itself. Though one might argue there are only two emotions, love and fear, it might be easier to say there is only love. It is well known in spiritual circles; what you fear you attract to you. If fear was just love, why wouldn’t you draw that scary towards you? How else could you explore it or resolve it?

Maybe breaking down this book of Conversations with God, by Neale Donald Walsch, should be a series, instead of one definitive essay. It’s really that rich, improbably challenging to break down. Every nugget of gold that spun me off in a daydream has me missing content, only to return to the narrative unfolding, thinking ‘what did I miss,’ then hearing the next nugget that spun me off chasing glittery rainbows.

Imagine you’re dreaming. Imagine every character in a dream is you. That’s not hard to do, as that is the primary psychological explanation for dreams. You play all the roles in all your dreams, good guys…