Introspection a way to seek peace of mind

Do you often talk to yourself? If you do, it would be easier for you to have a peaceful mind even while facing a problem. If you don't, there is a book that can teach you how to converse with yourself: Conversations with God. Its Chinese translation was published in July this year.

It is actually a sequence of nine books written by Neale Donald Walsch. In the book, Walsch asks questions and God answers. At a low period in his life, Walsch wrote an angry letter to God, asking questions such as why his wife was not working. Having written down all his questions, he heard a voice over his right shoulder say: "Do you really want an answer to all these questions or are you just venting?" He turned around and saw no one, but he felt answers to his questions filling his mind and decided to write them down. That is the inception of his books.

For us, non-Christians, it is not important whether God really talks or, if he does, who he talks to. What really makes a difference is whether we want to listen. The voice of God states in Book One that words are not the truth, and so readers must ultimately take what is being said and consult their own feelings to determine if they are in agreement with it.