One night, broke and furious, a man grabbed a pen and wrote a letter to God.
And he was pissed, demanding answers for why his life was falling apart.
Then something extraordinary happened: God answered.
That moment kicked off Conversations with God, Neale Donald Walsch’s book series that redefined what it means to have a conversation with the divine and pushed Neale onto The New York Times bestseller list. It’s deemed a miracle to many, but he prefers the term “remembering.”
He discovered that God isn’t some distant, bearded figure on a cosmic throne. Instead, divinity lives within, speaking to anyone willing to listen.
Like Prometheus bringing fire to humanity, Neale’s words awaken a divine spark in everyone ready to remember who they really are.
Who is Neale Donald Walsch?
Chances are, you’ve heard of the name “Neale Donald Walsch”. He is, after all, the author of Conversations with God, the best-selling series that every mystic today knows by heart. The books have been translated into 37 languages, read by millions, and passed down, hand to hand, like sacred contraband by those waking up to something greater than themselves.
Each of us is to God as the wave is to the ocean.
— Neale Donald Walsch, author of Conversations with God
But he’s no prophet or guru. And before the books, the stage, and the millions of readers, there was just one man, a pen, and a prayer. The biography of the Neale Donald Walsch, whom we know of today, started with him being broke, divorced, and in a beat-up tent.
Life hit him hard. Feeling beaten, he decided to hit back the only way he knew how: by penning angst and sorrow onto paper.
The genesis of Conversations with God
When asked about this iconic start of his spiritual journey, Neale would often describe it as a simple act of “listening in” post pen on paper. And what came through was a calm, clear presence inside his mind. It felt familiar, like how your own voice would feel to you…
Except it wasn’t his voice.
The presence was far bigger than himself. And it spoke through him, not at him. “It was exploding within me, an awareness of something I couldn’t even name, but I could feel,” he describes in Awakening the Species, his exclusive program on Mindvalley.
The sentences from then on arrived whole. Fully formed. Direct.
He wrote them down without thinking, without filtering. Questions, then answers, back and forth. Hours would pass, then days and weeks, before the whole letter became a manuscript.
And that manuscript eventually evolved into the famous Conversations with God series that the world came to love. And the rest, you can say, is history.
What he experienced may sound like something reserved for mystics and outliers alone. But as Neale insists, divine connection is actually universal.
“The information [in the book] was accessible to me because it’s accessible to everyone,” he says. Because “each of us is to God as the wave is to the ocean.”
Well, his book sparked a lot of waves, so much so that Neale sat on The New York Times Best Sellers list for a whopping 137 weeks. Not bad for a man who was once so defeated, he was on the brink of giving up on life.
Neale Donald Walsch’s books
Neale didn’t plan to become an author. The night he furiously scribbled his heart out to God, his only desire was to ease through the night.
“You don’t even know that it’s happening,” he recalls on the nature of communing with the divine and his spiritual awakening. “But it is. Life is happening through you, in you, as you.”
But from that one session emerged a dialogue-turned-manuscript that eventually reshaped spiritual language across generations. The first book, Conversations with God: Book 1, hit shelves in 1995 and has never really left since.
Then came more books, each carrying the next wave of conversation. They moved hand to hand, heart to heart. Whispered across cafés. Left on nightstands. And, more importantly, they’re often the perfect gifts for people in need of more light in their lives.
Here’s the full arc of Neale’s canon:
The Conversations with God series
- Conversations with God: Book 1. Begins the dialogue that made Neale a household name. It encapsulates the unfiltered exchange between him and the divine on the purpose of life and the nature of the divine.
- Conversations with God: Book 2. This book zooms out to explore politics, education, and economics through a spiritual lens. Think of it as a container for big questions that unveil even bigger truths.
- Conversations with God: Book 3. The one is even more cosmic than the last, covering the soul’s journey, life beyond Earth, and humanity’s place in the entire universe.
- Friendship with God. This volume is where Neale’s literary tone shifts a notch from awe to intimacy. It reminds you that you’re not meant to worship God from a distance but to “walk” with Him daily—through your choices, conversations with other people, healthy doubts, and small moments of truth.
- Communion with God. Consider this a guide to an even deeper connection with the One. Less talking to Him and more about learning to tune in to His wisdom with discernment.
- The New Revelations. A spiritual dispatch for navigating modern chaos. Here, Neale calls humanity to evolve or repeat history.
- Tomorrow’s God. It reimagines God through the lens of a future culture, one that chooses unity over doctrine.
- Home with God: In a Life That Never Ends. In this bold transmission,
- death is reframed as a return to the divine and not the ending humans tend to imagine it to be. The whole premise is written as a gentle conversation between Neale and God on the soul’s purpose to learn and evolve.
- Conversations with God: Awaken the Species. Here, Neale unpacks the reality that human beings aren’t the apex of evolution, that there are more highly evolved beings out there. He lists the 16 traits that make them distinguishable and how humanity can emulate them on its own path to evolution.
Other spiritual titles
- Happier Than God. This book flips the script on the God-human relationship and asks: What if joy is your natural state? Here, Neale outlines how to consciously create happiness by aligning with divine intention through conscious choice.
- When Everything Changes, Change Everything is a lifeline for those in chaos. Neale breaks down how to navigate sudden loss, disruption, or transition by shifting perception, not just behavior. A spiritual survival manual for the hardest days.
- The Storm Before the Calm. This title frames the world’s upheaval as labor pains, not a breakdown. Neale positions current global dysfunction as part of a spiritual contraction that precedes collective rebirth.
- The Only Thing That Matters. It’s Neale’s invitation to strip away distractions and root your life in one sacred pursuit: remembering who you really are.
- What God Said summarizes the Conversations with God series into 25 core messages that people can live by and share as bite-sized takeaways. Each one’s a life principle, a mirror, and a spiritual directive rolled into a few potent lines.
- God’s Message to the World: You’ve Got Me All Wrong. A bold correction of humanity’s longest-running misconception. Here, Neale speaks directly to our fear-based theology and reframes God as love without limits, borders, or bias.
- The Essential Path. Take this book as a clarion call to align yourself and your values in a fractured world. From start to end, Neale urges readers to step off the ego loop and onto the soul’s path. The latter’s where unity, not separation, drives the future.
- The God Solution. This one’s a real mic drop, where Neale redefines God as pure love: unbranded, unconditional, and universally accessible.
Books for children (and your inner child, too)
- The Little Soul and the Sun. The whole book’s a parable about forgiveness, written like a bedtime story but coded with deep soul wisdom. It teaches that even pain can serve a divine purpose when you peer at it with discernment and awareness.
- The Little Soul and the Earth. This one continues to dissect the soul’s journey, exploring, in a kid-friendly way, how experience shapes growth. It’s gentle, a tad playful, and packs a profound punch.
- Santa’s God. A holiday tale that tackles the biggest question of all: “Who is God?” (Because this question’s coming, for all newbie parents out there.) Expect wisdom rolled out in childlike honesty and wide-eyed wonderment.
Companion works and study tools
- Meditations from Conversations with God. Short, sharp passages to ground you daily. Each is a reminder of what your soul already knows to be true.
- Questions and Answers on Conversations with God. Here, Neale clarifies, expands, and deepens key teachings from the series that changed the world. Expect candid, easy-to-digest responses to the most common reader questions about the divine.
- Conversations with God for Teens. It’s the same messages from the series, but condensed for humans on the brink of becoming. Pro-tip: It’s a perfect gift for the budding seekers you know who are currently navigating the labyrinth of identity, life purpose, and what it means to come into adulthood.
- Conversations with God for Parents. It’s a toolkit for raising spiritually conscious kids. Inside, Neale unpacks the challenges of parenting through the lens of compassion and soul evolution.
- The Conversations with God Companion. More than just a workbook, it’s a “soul map” walking you through Neale’s teachings in real-world applications and scenarios. It’s ideal for both solo reflection and group studies.
20 inspiring quotes from Neale Donald Walsch
There are days when your soul doesn’t want advice from your mom or your fave weekly astrology column. It just wants remembrance—semblances of your soul’s timeless truths, returning to you through noise-cutting prose.
That’s what quotes by Neale are.
They hit the hardest when you’re in the in-between moments in life. You know, when you’ve outgrown the old but haven’t named the new. And when you’re cracked open by grief, or wired on wonder, or just walking through your life asking yourself, “What now?”
Here’s where you can let Neale’s soothing words take you over. The truth is, they sound a lot like your own voice, the one that whispers your deepest soul’s desires, nudging you towards the path to peace.
On your inherent divinity
- “You are goodness and mercy and compassion and understanding. You are peace, and joy, and light.”
- “Your soul doesn’t get bigger or become more than it always was, is now, and always will be.”
- “It is not possible to experience that which you are not. Therefore, to experience anything, you have to first be it.”
- “Nothing happens randomly in the universe. Life is not a series of random events.”
- “Decide who you are—who you want to be—and then do everything in your power to be that.”
On the creative nature of life
- “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.”
- “What you resist persists. What you look at disappears.”
- “If you want the best the world has to offer, offer the world your best.”
- “All you see in your world is the outcome of your idea about it.”
- “The deepest secret is that life is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation.”
On communing with God
- “You are not alone. Ever. Period.”
- “Words may help you understand something, but experience allows you to know.”
- “Glorify who you are today, do not condemn who you were yesterday.”
- “To notice the Divine is to know you are the Divine.”
- “I talk to God. My conversations with God are real.”
On truth and honesty (which empower everything)
- “Say only what you mean. Mean only what you say.”
- “Honesty is the highest form of intimacy.”
- “There is no truth except the truth that exists within you.”
- “You cannot lie to yourself and be honest with the world.”
- “Tell your truth, but soothe your words with peace.”
Learn more with Neale Donald Walsch
Besides his books, Neale also shows up for humanity in other ways, including his online program and live talks for his global following.
The spaces he’s established below are where the soul could stretch a little further in practice. Where you could apply the things you’ve learned from his books in your Monday mornings, hard conversations at work, and your relationships.
Explore them all:
Awaken the Species program
Remember Neale’s book, Conversations with God: Awaken the Species? This exclusive, 36-day program on Mindvalley is an extension of it.
Each day, you’ll explore one of the 16 traits of highly evolved beings—like truth-telling, non-attachment, radical compassion—and learn how to live them. No theories, just actual change in how you speak, show up, and choose.
And it’s shifted so many lives. Just ask Joanne Copp, a consultant economist in Brisbane who struggled with negative thoughts. “‘[Neale’s teachings] jolted me right back to a more awakened mindset,” she shares.
Meanwhile, Nesma Osman, a research assistant in the U.S., says the program has deepened her belief in God as a Muslim. “Nothing [in the program] contradicts my beliefs,” she explains. “It opens new paths to think about the concepts I’m used to.”
Here, Neale makes sure you know that remembrance is a universal right.
His online talks
1. On the point of your existence on Earth
If you’ve never heard Neale speak, start here. In this one-hour talk for Mindvalley, he breaks down truths that keep recurring throughout his books.
It’s simple, the kind of talk you can play on a restless night so you can learn how to reprogram your subconscious mind to have more faith. Or ground yourself after an unexpectedly soul-rattling conversation with someone.
Watch the whole talk:
2. On dropping your old story and rewriting a new one
This talk is a blueprint for living without apology. Neale reveals why God doesn’t forgive: because there’s nothing to forgive. Only eternal love and understanding that knows no bounds.
In this session, he speaks about “recontextualization,” that is, seeing life not as punishment, but as purpose. He also touches on loving money, sex, and power without guilt, and more.
If you’ve been ready to walk away from the weight of your old narratives, then this one’s for you.
Watch the whole talk:
2. On how everything is a mirror of love
In an interview with Vishen, Neale shares that every act, even the darkest ones, springs from love. Not pure love, but love distorted: a thief loves possession, a tyrant loves control…
And when we truly understand that fear is love in disguise, he says, “understanding replaces forgiveness in the mind of the master.”
Watch the whole talk:
4. On the power of servitude
This session is a call to live from oneness instead of separation and to want for others what you wish for yourself.
Here, Neale opens up about the moment he realized his life wasn’t working, and why. The big shift came when he heard, “Your life is not about you. It’s about everyone whose life you touch and the way in which you touch it.”
Watch the whole talk:
Expand your consciousness
Everything Neale shares—his books, his questions, his late-night letters to God—points back to one sacred truth: You are the divine, in motion. And the moment you remember that, your life starts to reflect it.
If you’re ready to explore what that looks like for you, Mindvalley’s free soul-searching tools can help you get started. They’re instantly accessible, simple to use, and made to meet you right where you are.
Here are a few things you’ll find and can try:
- The manifestation journal, to get what’s in your heart down on paper.
- The Manifestor Type quiz to see how your unique energy signature can ripple out the change you want to see in the world.
- Mindvalley’s free masterclasses, led by the world’s leading personal transformation experts to start decoding what you truly want.
And there’s plenty more where these tools come from.
Each is a unique doorway to hearing your soul’s calls more clearly. A step towards remembering who you already are within.
So, try one, try all… get closer to the next chapter of your evolution, because it’s waiting for you to step in.
Welcome in.
