IATH: I know that this looks like ordinary laundry lint, but do
you have any idea of what this really is? {I shook my head no.
His voice became almost a whisper, yet carried the excitement of
telling a forbidden secret.}
Well, I'll tell you. This
is no ordinary lint. This is space lint. You see, I've been
meeting with these viral beings from the Andromida Strain and
they've shown me the secret of collecting space lint. And I
wouldn't lie to you, brother - you don't mind if I call you
brother, brother; we'll all the same God you know; and you being
divine, you'd know if I was lying to you anyway - this space
lint cures everything from cancer to verbal diarrhea.
Now I normally sell this panacea for all your problems for only
$99.99 - but I've decided that I'm going to do my part for
humanity. I'm going to give it away - for the unbelievable price
of... not $69.99, no, not even $59.99, but... And my accountant
is telling me I'll go broke in a hurry.... just $49.99!!! (Plus
$25.00 shipping and handling, of course.)
And I'll tell
you John, your whole life is going to change. I'm talking
instant enlightenment here! Think of it - no more calling Lois
and Clark's Psychic Hot Line for your lucky numbers. You'll win
the lottery! Think of all the money you're going to save! Better
yet, think of all the ways you can use that money to help your
less fortunate brothers! John, you owe it to yourself; think of
how much karma you can burn off just like that! {He snapped his
fingers.}
{I noticed that the couple in the next booth
was openly ease dropping at this point. It seemed to me, judging
by the look on their faces, they were calculating whether or not
they had enough cash between them to take him up on his offer.
Aaron noticed it too, and we both started laughing.}
JP
You missed your calling in life.
IATH I don't think so,
John. I really do feel like I've found it, and I don't think
that I can change it.
JP Oh, I don't know. I get the
feeling you can do anything that you set your mind to.
IATH I can. You can too, John. But you missed the point; I don't
want to change it. We all can do what ever it is we set our mind
to. We are by nature all totally powerful spiritual beings. The
only limitations we experience are those that we have placed
upon ourselves. But let's get back to the New Age thing.
JP Okay. But I believe you just made another New Age statement.
IATH No, John. That we are limitless by nature is no more
New Age than what I said before, that we all have a place of
inner knowing - and that place inside us is all powerful as
well, by the way.
Those concepts have been around as
long as man has been on this planet, John. And poets, saints,
and sages throughout all the ages have tried to get us to
understand them. I can take you to any public library and show
you these same very same statements by Ralph Waldo Emerson, St.
Augustine, Shakespeare, Thorton Wilder, Jesus, Buddha, Plato, Aristotle,
Homer, and even in the oldest written records of mankind, The
Vedas.
These understandings are as old as recorded
history - and I’d feel quite comfortable betting the rest of
eternity that they’re much older than that, too. There's nothing
at all new about them. Except perhaps, that maybe... just
maybe...we're finally beginning to return to understanding them
a little better than we have been.
So you see, I'm not opposed to
the New Age Movement, or any other movement for that matter - if
that movement helps bring about a better understanding of the
age old truths. It's just that "Truth for Sale" and "I've got a
corner on truth" are concepts that really turn my stomach.
Now, I believe we were talking about the earth changes
lecture, weren't we?
JP Well, we started on that, and you
were talking about how you put the pieces of the puzzle
together, but somehow I got the impression that you were talking
about more than that also.
IATH That was quite observant
of you, John. On one level I was answering your question on how
I relate to understanding the earth changes, but on another, I
was explaining to your readers how I started... and this is so
simple, it can be applied and utilized by anybody... how I began
to understand the big picture, and find my own inner place of
knowing.
Do you want to go back to that... or shall we
just forge ahead?
JP Let's forge ahead, after we go back. I'd
really like to hear about that.
IATH Okay. It all boils
down to one word, John. Parables!
JP Huh?
IATH Parables...
you know, like in the bible?
JP Yeah, I know what The
Parables are. I just can't see the connection between the
parables and the earth changes.
IATH Parables, John; not
The Parables. One word; not two.
JP {Sarcastically.}
Okay, so sue me for the extra three letters and the capitol T.
Not The Parables. But I still don't understand.
IATH Okay, John. A parable is
basically a story used to convey in more simplistic terms, a
quite complicated, deep, or difficult to understand concept.
Think of The Parables; was Jesus really talking about sheep, or
wheat and chaff? Or was it something else?
JP Something
else, of course.
IATH Now. Pick a parable that you’re familiar
with - and don’t tell me what it is.
JP Okay, I’ve got
one.
IATH Now in your mind, go back to when you first heard, or
learned about it. And you don’t have to tell me about it - this
isn’t a bible quiz.
JP Huh... Okay... I’ve got it.
IATH Now this is very important - take your time. Don’t answer
until you have actually thought about it - don’t just play back
the mental tape with the recorded imprint of what you were
taught... Does that parable mean the same thing to you now?
JP Huh... ... ... No! When I actually think about it, it
seems to have taken on quite a different meaning than what I
thought as a boy. It’s vaguely along the same line, but I seem
to have a much deeper understanding of the concept behind it.
IATH And
parables are like that. They can be interpreted on many
different levels. The deeper you search for the meaning, the
deeper the meaning you will find. But even on the most
superficial levels, there is still a meaning for the superficial
minds.
Have you ever read Genesis?
JP The first book
in the Bible? {He nodded.} As an adult... about half of it. I
just couldn’t get into the whole Adam and Eve thing anymore, so
I stopped.
IATH Yeah, me too. But let me ask you this,
John. How do you think Moses wrote it?
JP I guess the
accepted thought is that God dictated it to him... and I guess
the more fundamentalist tendencies one has... the more that they
believe that it was dictated word for word. Myself, I don’t
know. I personally don’t think it was dictated,... so... I guess
it was a vision of some sort... and then he wrote it down.
IATH
I’ll buy that. I’ve never liked the term "channeled" information
- I only use it for the lack of a better word...
JP
Channeled? You mean...? Well, I’ve never thought of... Do you
think...?
IATH Now calm down, John. I don’t like that term either.
It’s just that... well, I can’t seem to think of another word
that will get the concept across in today’s language. I know
that channeling has taken on a lot of what I consider to be
questionable meanings lately.
JP No, it’s not that! It’s
just... I’ve never put that together before. I guess that not
only Moses, but a lot of the prophets were just that - what we
would call today - psychics, mediums, and channelers.
IATH I think so. And in Bree's and my experiences in channeling,
we are often presented with concepts and symbols that are quite
difficult to put into spoken words. The understanding is
there... but no words to express it accurately. So sometimes we
come back with information that can only be expressed in...
parables.
JP And Moses... explained what he saw and
experienced in the only way that the language of the day
allowed.... and it’s a parable! This is wonderful. It sheds a
whole new light on, well, a lot of things! I mean...
IATH
It’s only an opinion; it’s only the way that I look at things.
JP Yeah. But gee... it makes so much sense!
IATH For
me. And maybe for you, too. But it’s up to each individual to
decide for themselves. Take our friend James, the gentleman
giving the lecture this evening; he is of a different opinion.
He spoke of a vision he had. I feel that it was a true and
genuine precognitive experience for him. But yet, I don’t agree
with him at all.
JP You’re talking about the earth
changes prediction... or channeling... or vision... he spoke of
- in which he saw the earth’s rotation stopping and then
reversing and spinning the other way?
IATH Exactly.
I personally think that hell will freeze over before that
happens.
JP But you said that you felt it was a true
precognitive vision!
IATH I do. But it is also my opinion that he, like many
other gifted psychics, mediums, channelers, visionaries -
whatever you choose to call them - have legitimate gifts, yet do
not truly understand the gifts themselves. I believe that the
picture he perceived was exactly what was presented to him. And
I believe that he did a wonderful job of bringing back that
picture as accurately as possible. And the way he presented it
was as it should be - he basically said, "This is what is right
for me; take it or leave it - as you wish".
JP I’m
missing something here. It seems like you’re speaking in
riddles.
IATH Parables, John. Not riddles. It was a parable. A
simplistic representation of a complicated concept. That
concept, in my opinion, was that for eons the earth has been
headed in a certain direction; (rotation) that direction could
be thought of as materialism, selfishness, greed, war, away from
the source - there’s a thousand ways to say it. And I believe
that that direction (again symbolized by the direction of the
rotation) is shortly going to change... reverse. In other
words... the picture, the vision, the experience was
legitimately real and true. But the concept was conveyed to him
as a visual parable.
I feel that there are many gifted
people out there relaying their legitimate experiences - not
only concerning the earth changes, but all facets of
spirituality - that are
unmeaningfully creating confusion. That is not to say that I
feel that way about all of them. But one has to be careful.
Perhaps that is the role these people play in the big picture;
perhaps they are serving as teachers in ways that they
themselves do not understand - that of teaching that one must
always look for the truth within themselves. And perhaps they
also bring home the point that there is a difference between
being psychic and being wise.
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