I read his Conversations with God, and to me it was a copy of ACIM.  He just took the concepts and pretended he was getting the information straight from God.

It's really upsetting that frauds like this guy mislead so many sincere people.

He's laughing all the way to the bank.

Fuel for the atheist/skeptic fire.  *sigh*

..or it can be viewed as practising your discernment. Some has good intentions, but that doesn't mean what they present is good for ones path. Others can perhaps deliberately mislead, for various reasons like money, guru status and so on. You're the master. You choose to read it. You choose not to read it. You choose to read bits of it. You choose whether to go with all of it, something or nothing at all.

Back in the day, I was excited about the first book. The second and third book gradually started to piss me off. The outlined progression was lacking, and instead a rehashing of the first book. Now I feel no interest whatsoever for none the books. It was right for me at that moment. Now it's not. Change.

Don:

Perhaps it is significant that Robert Monroe shared past life experiences that are questionable.  You would think that if he was trying to pull the wool over our eyes, he would come up with more believable stories.

Regarding the aircraft/spear chucking story, he clearly stated that the story didn't come from this planet. Perhaps what he experienced was a symbolic way of his finding that his I-there had a previous lifetime where advanced beings shared the same planet with beings that weren't as advanced as his race of beings. I say symbolic, partly because it is hard to believe that natives would bother with throwing spears at an aircraft, because they couldn't throw a spear so far.  

Regarding the priest thing, I don't believe he said anything about becoming a Catholic priest. The word priest is used for religious orders that aren't Catholic. In Far Journeys, Robert used words that make it seem as if Catholicism wasn't involved. Even if Catholicism was involved, perhaps what he experienced was a symbolic way of saying that the Church he became a member of made a big point making certain new priests were pure hearted, because the church had problems with priests who took advantage of people sexually. If it can happen today, it can happen anytime.

Regarding the W.C. Fields thing, which wasn't a past life experience, I don't find it hard to believe that an alien being would present itself to Robert in such a way, because going by my experiences, spirit beings have a sense of humor.  I figure different races of beings learn all kinds of things from each other. Why not about humor?

There have been numerous times where information has been presented to me in a symbolic way. For various reasons, on some occasions, it works better to present information in such a way. You've heard the expression, "A picture is worth a thousand words." For a similar reason symbolic messages are received, rather than having a person go through a long literal experience. After a while you know that you can trust symbolic messages and you learn to appreciate the brevity.

He has been quite successful--monetarily. I wonder what he truly does believe.  No matter what his own experiences have been,
I think most will now find his claims unworthy of attention.

Perhaps he has been subconsciously wanting to abandon his
public persona as "mouthpiece" for God.  It's difficult to imagine
thinking that plagiarizing published writing wouldn't be detected.

Wow Lucy! Lots of power in your post!

Spooky

Candy Chand didn't consider it a form of flatery.  In fact, if one reads the article closely, she was very unhappy about Walsch doing as he did.

It isn't simply a matter of whether or not Walsch plagiarized somebody. When he was caught doing so,  as opposed to just admitting that he did so, it seems as if he tried to cover for himself by stating that he told the story numerous times as if it wasn't the result of his own experience, and then suddenly one day, despite the repetition of telling it as somebody else's story, he suddenly started to tell the story as if it is something that took place at his son's kindergarten pagent. This is quite a specific detail.  What does it say of his honesty if he is willing to "try" to cover himself in such a way?

Just because plagiarism happens a lot, that doesn't make it okay.

There are various reasons for which I don't believe that Walsch channeled God; however, one recent fact, in my mind, helps establish this fact.  He titled a book called "Happier than God." Now I'm not the sort of guy that gets in the worship mode, yet I believe that anybody who has felt God's presence in a substantial way, wouldn't name a book in such a way. To me, the title lacks reverence, humility and grattitude. The title isn't the biggest transgression in the World. But I don't believe it is a title that somebody who has been in contact with God would choose. If anything, the title sounds like a title a person would choose if he or she is trying to market a book and the CDs, DVDs, workshops, calendars, playing cards and Nitendo game that follow. I didn't read the book, so I can't speak of its content.

Is there anything that is sacred?