How The Voices of Spirit First Entered My Life
In the early 1980’s I received a Transcendental Meditation mantra. My practice was to sit in a chair in my room and recite the mantra. My purpose was purely to quiet the mind, to free myself from the agitation and distraction that overpowered me. Not only did I have no interest in channeling, I had no idea about it,
Then, one day I was in an otherwise empty train car on my way to a screen writing course in downtown Miami. I heard a voice and looked around. No one else was on the train. Having read many spiritually oriented books, I wondered if I were having some kind of mystical experience. “I can’t handle this right now,” I thought but I swore to myself that when I got home, I would sit and meditate. I did and the words kept coming.
The voice revealed itself to be a guide named Onan: "You are involved in a process as old as time (time, that is, in your concept), he told me. It is definitely nothing new, except to your consciousness. As you become more and more aware, you will drop the barriers to our presence and allow a discourse which can only have illuminating effects on your universe.
"I am Onan and I have been your spiritual guide through many incarnations. I have found you to be easy and likeable, but hard of head. That seems to have eased as of late.
"There are many things I wish to discuss with you and this is a very good time for us to do it."
My immediate reaction was that of amazement. How could this complete stranger know all this about me and articulate it so convincingly? Somehow my mind accommodated the moment and I asked: What is my uppermost project in order to fulfill my mission here on earth?
"First, you must put your house in order. Not that you are leaving that soon, but your disorder keeps us from having this kind of time together.
"You must learn to develop disciplined work habits and allot a proper amount of time for each project.
"You are already fulfilling that mission by speaking and acting in such a manner as to spread the word. Each ripple becomes like a wave when ocean begins to move inexorably towards its distant shore. We are your distant shore and will welcome you home when it's your time! For now, continue along your path and keep in touch."
-Onan-
Then, one day I was in an otherwise empty train car on my way to a screen writing course in downtown Miami. I heard a voice and looked around. No one else was on the train. Having read many spiritually oriented books, I wondered if I were having some kind of mystical experience. “I can’t handle this right now,” I thought but I swore to myself that when I got home, I would sit and meditate. I did and the words kept coming.
The voice revealed itself to be a guide named Onan: "You are involved in a process as old as time (time, that is, in your concept), he told me. It is definitely nothing new, except to your consciousness. As you become more and more aware, you will drop the barriers to our presence and allow a discourse which can only have illuminating effects on your universe.
"I am Onan and I have been your spiritual guide through many incarnations. I have found you to be easy and likeable, but hard of head. That seems to have eased as of late.
"There are many things I wish to discuss with you and this is a very good time for us to do it."
My immediate reaction was that of amazement. How could this complete stranger know all this about me and articulate it so convincingly? Somehow my mind accommodated the moment and I asked: What is my uppermost project in order to fulfill my mission here on earth?
"First, you must put your house in order. Not that you are leaving that soon, but your disorder keeps us from having this kind of time together.
"You must learn to develop disciplined work habits and allot a proper amount of time for each project.
"You are already fulfilling that mission by speaking and acting in such a manner as to spread the word. Each ripple becomes like a wave when ocean begins to move inexorably towards its distant shore. We are your distant shore and will welcome you home when it's your time! For now, continue along your path and keep in touch."
-Onan-
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