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Life & Wisdom Quote by Neale Donald Walsch

"I think in metaphysical terms, I would call that increasing the speed of the vibration of life"

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“Increasing the speed of the vibration of life” is New Age talk that tries to make a private feeling sound like a law of physics. Neale Donald Walsch isn’t just describing an inner shift; he’s rebranding it as metaphysical mechanics. The phrasing does two useful things at once: it grants spiritual experience the prestige of science-adjacent language (“speed,” “vibration”), and it dodges the messier work of naming what’s actually changing (grief, desire, anxiety, relief, devotion). If you can frame transformation as frequency, you don’t have to argue your case; you can imply it.

The intent is aspirational and invitational. Walsch’s broader project (especially in the Conversations with God era) is to offer readers a user-friendly spirituality that feels empowering rather than doctrinal. “I think” and “I would call that” soften the claim into a personal taxonomy, keeping it immune from hard scrutiny. It’s a rhetorical shrug that still sells certainty: I’m not forcing this on you, I’m simply naming what’s real.

Subtext: growth is acceleration, stagnation is low frequency, and your suffering can be recoded as a solvable tuning problem. That’s comforting in a culture steeped in self-optimization, where even enlightenment gets treated like a performance metric. The line works because it flatters the listener: you’re not broken, you’re just running at the wrong setting. It’s a spiritual pep talk disguised as metaphysics, offering meaning without demanding obedience.

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Walsch, Neale Donald. (2026, January 17). I think in metaphysical terms, I would call that increasing the speed of the vibration of life. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-think-in-metaphysical-terms-i-would-call-that-71540/

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Walsch, Neale Donald. "I think in metaphysical terms, I would call that increasing the speed of the vibration of life." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-think-in-metaphysical-terms-i-would-call-that-71540/.

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"I think in metaphysical terms, I would call that increasing the speed of the vibration of life." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-think-in-metaphysical-terms-i-would-call-that-71540/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Neale Donald Walsch (born September 10, 1943) is a Author from USA.

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