“A FINAL FARE-WELL”

Back in the very early part of 2010, as I was preparing to walk my 1000+ km Peace Pilgrimage to Pompano Beach, I sent quite a few folks a copy of a CD that I had arranged. I figured if “something happened to me” along the way, I wanted folks to have access to most of my Message.

While I did listen to the CD once to make sure the recording functioned, I had never actually read the words that I “channeled” at that time — until today. It just so happens that the Peace Artist compiled the text from his copy of that CD and posted it all on Facebook yesterday. What a wonderful surprise to find them here when I logged on this afternoon!

Anyway, since most of you did not receive a copy of that “Final Fare-Well” CD (contact me if interested, and I will try to mail you a copy), I thought I would post them here now, that you can “hear” what I offered then by reading the text that follows …

EnJOY — & Bon Yoyage!

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“And the time comes in your life when you set aside self-centered desires, expectations, hopes, and dreams. When you gently set aside all that is not working for you, and you Awaken. You awaken to the Truth that is whispered by those small voices inside you, saying that something isn’t right, that there must be something more to life. You awaken to the Truth that you’ve known since your conception: that you CAN live a meaningful, powerful, peaceful, and joyful existence.

And when you sense this Truth, you have a desire to just tip your toes in the river, just to test the water and see how it is. You don’t do anything radical the first time in, you make small shifts in behaviors — you notice the simple beauties in life, and you treasure them more. You glimpse the Truth that “Heaven” truly IS already here and now; that happiness truly IS always a choice, that you truly ARE a powerful being, and that peace really DOES indeed wait for you.

And then of course, guidance is sought. This is the infancy of humility when you realize that there is “something more”; this is the infancy of the courage that has you choosing to go and find it. You look for someone who has walked The Way before you to be a guide on your own journey. In the beginning you look for teachers that teach comfortable things, that encourage you to obtain your own peace, to find salvation for yourself, and/or to accumulate your own wealth or comfort. But as you progress, you begin to look for teachers that provide you with a more challenging regimen; teachers who present a possibly more difficult road, but one that is more complete, one that resides and harmonizes with unconditional Love. It is on these giant shoulders that we eventually ride.

Thereafter, to truly blossom into our True Self we eventually choose to Care for those who have harmed us. We realize that Love doesn’t heal, Love IS the healing. And, this Love only exists when it is powerfully given to those we least wish to give it.

And after having done this, after having forgiven wholeheartedly, we then realize with a greater degree of certainty that there is nothing else to learn. We realize that we already know THE WAY to true Contentment. We realize that we are already dancing with everything that IS — as opposed to those things that could, should, or would be — and we begin to embrace those things with deep gratitude.

And as we do so, we see clearly that our time — in this particular body, with this particular identity, and in this particular lifetime — is very limited indeed. It is priceless … A sense of urgency awakens within us, and we know that there is no time to wait.

And yet, we are afraid to leap. We understand that we cannot erase, fight, or combat fear. We cannot rid ourselves of our egos, we can only courageously harness them by choosing to Care especially in those moments when we least wish to do so. And yet we waiver…

Eventually of course, having come so far, we DO indeed leap. We DO perish to our ego and our self-centeredness. We are reborn in that leaping as the conscientious, loving, ethical, moral, virtuous beings that we truly are, and our newly awakened True Self blossoms into our actions. We set aside the previous beliefs that we are “only human”, and we replace them with an understanding that we are HUMAN(e). We set aside old beliefs that say I am only one and powerless, and realize instead that we are all significant parts of the IT, the ONE, the Universe — of all that which IS. And because of this, we come to realize that we are already quite Power-full.

And as we go forth courageously thereafter, our desires begin to shift. We begin to yearn to serve rather than be served. Our ego wants to be loved, and yet we understand that our Soul just wants to Love. We understand that there is a different desire, and we choose this deeper desire — the desire to Care, and are completely willing to bring it to fruition.

We persist in actualizing this selflessness, and we do so consciously — regardless of what another does, says, or believes about it.

And we begin to do so over and over and over again.

At this point our calling, our mission, and our vocation become clear. And, not only does it become clear, we accept it … We ACCEPT it … WE accept that it is real — that it is part of us, and that we are a part of it. That this mission is what WE can do for humanity, and only what WE can do for humanity is a part of us. We become part of it, and we set forth to LIVE it.

And here is where life becomes smooth. Strife and conflict are set aside, desires and fears are lessened or muted (if not completely dismissed) … And our life becomes a string of moments mellowed by mirth & meaning.

At this point, we detach from ourselves. Our identities and our personalities still exist, of course — we still remember who we are, and yet WHO WE ARE, what we are, and what we do no long hold any importance for us. Our identity remains but not to further itself, to live a longer, healthier, and happier life for itself, but rather it exists only to be used for the betterment of all. Both dwelling on the past and worrying about the future disappear. We sink deep into the moment, and focus primarily on what we can DO in this moment for others.

And as we do so, our perspective reaches crystal clarity. We relax into the Universal Flow all around us — the Oneness of which we are an integral part. We see this flow, and because our desires and fears are no longer controlling our choices, we can respond to this flow and harmonize with it. We see others while walking in their shoes…we see life while walking in the shoes of the Divine.

And here we begin to serve from a place of deep serenity. Some call it living the life of a Saint. This is not to put ourselves on a pedestal, EVERY sentient being is innately a Saint — though most of us are not acting like it. But at this stage of growth, we have awakened to this inner True Self. We have made it real … we have lived it often enough to allow our initial responses to situation to shift from “Fight or Flight” to “Serve & Give”. And in this shift, life becomes joyous and smooth.

We know Love, and become Love to all.

And thereafter, these moments of “reBirth” escalate in their depth and intensify in their frequency. We understand at this point that there is no “growth process”, that there is no “state of enlightenment” to strive for, that there are no “levels of mastery” to attain. Rather, we can return to our own innate inner “perfection” whenever we wish — by simply pausing in any given moment and choosing to Love, especially when we least wish to do so.”

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