And voila!! I am face-to-face with the most radical aspect of the work of Jesus. The one that flies in the face of ‘just wars’ and even an act of violence in self-defense of a victim against their perpetrator.
Sticky arguments of just self-defense aside, what I see in this is to return evil with good. Do not respond in kind to evil. “An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind,” as Ghandi said.
Past lives and mediumship experiences and insights. As people wake up spiritually it seems natural to me that they would want to explore ways of understanding and experiencing that go outside the societal norms. I’ll share some of my own journey on these topics with you here along with some conclusions I’ve reached.
I love You – This is a song about reconciliation and forgiveness between two people. It’s also a song about finding love inside of oneself and the courage to continue loving even after feeling hurt.
A few days ago I completed a Peace Awareness Training, PAT. If you’ve taken one you know that it’s much more than peace awareness. For me it was an experience that ran from ebullient joyful laughter to profound sacred revelation. At times my entire body was shaking with mirth. At other times I couldn’t speak from being moved so deeply by the presence of the Traveler and its emissaries.
Your last day has come. And how will you spend it? A trip to the ocean, a feast with friends? Will you hurry through a list of someday-maybe’s, or will you savor the last drops of a drink that is sweetest at the bottom?
Here’s a chapter excerpted from a book I wrote and self-published during the pandemic. The book is full of short stories like this one that illustrate lessons on spiritual topics. This particular story talks about putting devotion and persistence over phenomena and fast results. Enjoy! ### Chapter 6 Love is the Means and the End “Be the love, the appreciation