The Only Thing That Matters

253 Pages·2012·0.84 MB·English

by  Neale Donald Walsch

Life has a reason and a purpose.
All people yearn to know what it is.
Most have not yet clearly understood.
We have been told that humanity’s
Basic Instinct is survival.
That is not our Basic Instinct at all.

Copyright © 2012 by Neale Donald Walsch
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2012945053
ISBN: 978-1-4019-4236-6
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1st edition, October 2012
Printed in the United States of America
This book is dedicated to Em Claire, the American poet whose voice has brought an
end to loneliness and a new level of feeling, insight, clarity, honesty, and beauty to
thousands of people around the world. I am thankful for the gifts she has given to us
all, and to me, in a special, life-changing, and heart-stopping way, as my dearest
friend, my wife, and, truly, my Other.
Table of Contents
Part 1
1: Your Soul Knows Exactly What It Is Doing
2: Can You Believe This?
3: It’s Important That You Know That You Know What You Know
4: You’re About to Become an Author
Part 2
5: Back to Basics
6: Remembering Again
7: Moving Past “Oh No!”
8: Surprising News about Your Body and Your Mind
9: Of Snowflakes and Trees
10: There’s Even More to Remember
11: The Most Important Question of Your Life
12: A Complete Explanation of “Completion”
13: Evolution Never Stops
14: The Process, The Path, and The Purpose
15: How It All Works
16: Eliminating Life’s Complexity
17: Putting It All Together
18: The Map
Part 3
19: Should One Really Spend a Lifetime Catering Only to One’s Desire?
20: What The Path of the Soul Is Not
21: A Look At What One Desires and What One Does on The Path
22: Who Are You and Who Am I?
23: A Dare, from the Author to the Author
24: Taking the Dare
25: A Demonstration of Free Will
26: It Is Time for the Struggle to Be Over
27: An Enormous Power Has Just Been Placed in Your Hands
28: Enlarging the Challenge—Voluntarily
29: Can Emotions Be Selected?
30: Knowing About the Tool and Using It Are Two Different Things
31: The Biggest Choice You Will Ever Make
32: Another Gift, Another Tool
33: How High Is the Bar?
34: A Final Tool
35: Mental Emptiness
36: Sustaining the Connection Between the Mind and the Soul
37: The First Gift
38: A Bit More About Basic Instinct