oversimplification of life
I am a former devotee of this series. I suffer from anxiety and depression, two closely related conditions where the sufferer inevitably focuses on the negative. Thus, telling someone in this condition that they "create their own reality" is a terrifying prospect. I tried to "choose differently", I "talked to God", meditated, you name it. In the end, I still had the condition. I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong. Terrified of the power of my negative thoughts caused by my illnes, which I could not simply "snap out" of, I was finally forced to abandon the books. While thought provoking, Walsch presents what is at best a vast oversimplification of the complexities of life. Walsch, despite what he claims, knows nothing more than any of the rest of us do. We, not others, are the highest authorities on our own truths.