I remember the year 2001 like it was yesterday. I was receiving answers from God daily in my writings, answers that were so profound, they were changing my life. My first book had already been written 'through' me from God. It felt exactly like taking dictation. I was petrified to tell people that I was receiving answers from God because I thought they would have put me in an insane asylum. I had never heard of a human being in our current times who was receiving answers from God. I used to walk around my house saying to myself, "I must be insane. I'm probably just a harmless psychopath. How can I tell this to anyone? They'll think I'm crazy." Then, a relative whom I had confided in suggested that I get a book that I had never heard of, by an author whom I had never heard of. The book was Conversations With God, Book 1, and the author was Neale Donald Walsch. I sat and read that book with my mouth dropped open in sheer shock. The words, the tone, many of the messages in that book, and the identical process that Neale described in his first book about receiving answers from God in writing was identical to my own. I immediately phoned Neale's office and spoke with a woman named Nancy. I had to ask her if Neale also went through the same fears that I did. She assured me that he, in fact, did. She snail mailed me a sheet of paper with inspirational quotes, and hand wrote a message at the top to keep going. I was more grateful than I can describe for this. Finally, I had discovered another human being whose process was identical to mine. I felt the deepest relief, because I realized that day that I wasn't insane after all. I was still petrified of exposing this to other people, in fear of being viewed as some kind of New Age fruitcake. However, God helped me dissolve the fears in my writings about letting people know the truth. A person who was very dear to me in my life had said, "People aren't viewing Neale as a New Age Fruitcake, why would they with you?" That was the clincher! My fear was transformed into a smile filled with relief. So I began to bring through more books, messages and help for people that all flowed into my mind when I asked God for the information and answers that were needed. There were many times when I was going through a lot of difficulty. The books that were all written through me from God were the books I needed to read the most. They helped me more than I can describe. Then one night while I was lying down in bed, just about to fall asleep, God's words came into my mind. They were, "Barbara, your next book title is If God Hears Me, I Want an Answer!" I thought to myself, "Wow, that's a great title." Then, I brought through the book by taking dictation as God's words flowed into my mind. What was amazing to me was that Neale's first book, Conversations With God was being made into a movie, directed and produced by Stephen Simon while I was bringing through If God Hears Me, I Want an Answer! I felt that there was something more to this coincidence than I was able to figure out. I was extremely devoted to helping Stephen Simon spread the word about Spiritual Cinema Circle when it first began. I felt that bringing people spiritual movies that answer the big questions in life was so needed. I promoted it with a pure heart to everyone I knew, just because it felt good to spread the word. When I sent Stephen chapters of my book, I received one of the greatest gifts from him, and that was an endorsement for it. I felt like a kid on Christmas morning who just received about a thousand presents. Because of the connection with Conversations With God, and the Stephen Simon's pure motives in co-founding Spiritual Cinema Circle, his endorsement went on the front cover. Now, the movie Conversations With God is being released, and after watching the trailer, I had chills the whole time, and got chocked up. It all came full circle, and it's all going to help humanity know that anyone really can receive answers from God. They only need a deep desire for those answers and ask with a pure heart. To watch this all unfold is an amazing experience. It almost feels like a real life movie. And yet, I know this is really just the beginning. It's like a spiral that will spread and spread in the most positive manner to all of humanity. What is so wonderful about this whole experience is that it may have come full circle, but now I know it will never end. Copyright 2006 by Barbara Rose, Ph.D. All Rights Reserved. |
