by Peter Perkins
First I want to state that I have been on a rollercoaster of emotions over the new health care reform recently made law here in America. It has so divided our country that it’s almost as if there are two countries. It is not new, I saw the amount of hate vented at George Bush when he was president; most of the media was on that bandwagon. Now with Obama as president it is the same thing except the media is not on the bandwagon – but mainstream media is not the source a lot of Americans go to anymore.
The amount of discontent is incredible; death threats and anger is at a point where it seems like the country is ripping itself apart at the seams. We have legislation passed with lightning speed and without the checks and balances that are in place for a reason. Instead of working together to overcome problems facing our nation it seems like congress is more like bullies on a playground. I don’t even think any of them read the legislation they vote on.
With the attack on an IRS building in Texas involving the pilot Mr. Stack, I only see tensions becoming more and more, you would think the politicians would try and calm the anger and division down. Sadly you have both sides saying, “Bring it on!” and planning to use the unrest to further political goals of either party.
I felt strongly like this is all a big distraction. Look at the political tension and infighting and don’t pay attention to what’s going on behind the screen, like in the Wizard of Oz. Even though I know this is a distraction and know that there are things going on behind the screen, I still found myself disheartened over it all.
My thoughts turned very negative. I try and maintain a positive outlook but it was very hard for me to do. I attended a meeting of the local ARE and when asked how I was doing I was tempted to vent and talk about all the things that have been on my mind and bothering me. I didn’t and I am glad that I did not do so; it would have been easy to simply dwell on the negative.
I decided to clear the slate and take the moment right then for what it was; a chance for me to gather together with other members of the metaphysical community and to mutually work together so that we could all benefit.
I shielded, wanting to remove my negative energies and bring myself into a more positive energy state. It worked it worked so well that my vibrational shift was something that I find hard to describe. To put it into terms hopefully others will understand it would be like going from reverse to fourth gear all at once.
That day at the meeting we had a teleconference with Dorothy Slemmer who wrote “Sunrise, Day One.” As she spoke to us I got so many verifications for things that I had experienced in out of body states. Indeed while I was listening I felt like I was floating, as if I was a balloon only loosely tethered to my body.
I have felt this way in the past and grounding helps out but I tend to ground hard and will lose my abilities for a few days to a week; so I didn’t want to ground hard. While I was listening and aware of the meeting and certainly listening to Dorothy speak, I was also out of body and out there exploring. Eventually Linda who heads the ARE group mentioned I had been silent the whole time and it took me some time to actually formulate my thoughts.
It was funny because another member mentioned that I wasn’t there with them at the moment and it was partially true. I loved listening to Dorothy speaking about her book, I had never read it but I had visions very similar to the things she had described. In fact when I described some of the things I had experienced to my friend Jan, she mentioned those things were in the book.
So here I am at the ARE meeting trying to formulate thoughts and bring myself back to my body so I could communicate with everyone. Even though I succeeded and was able to express how much I liked hearing Dorothy talk as well as sharing some of my own experiences which synced up with the book I was still in that state of being only partially in my body my spirit wanted to go out there.
I talked with Daniel who helped me ground but not in a hard way. I am thankful for that. As I became more aware and focused on the here and now I found one of my other lives had come to visit and was sharing my consciousness. I, myself in the past, have leapt into my other lives and experienced life through their eyes so what was happening was the same exact thing in reverse. This too had happened to me over the years; still, it has been a very long time since this has occurred.
My other life knew my emotions were all topsy-turvy and they had come to help me as well as to enjoy a moment of my life and what I was experiencing. He stayed for almost twenty four hours before he thanked me and went back to living his life.
Later that day I tried and was able to visit him and see through his eyes. We talked a bit and I thanked him for his visit. We both looked out over a beautiful pristine forest. Something we both share is a like for such vistas.
Both this visit and a discussion at the ARE meeting, focused on the here and now instead of worrying about the future or dwelling on the past was just what I needed to clear my head.
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