11/3/10

What about free will on some of the paradise worlds? In Philosophy of Religion Prof. James Hall asks can a world be good and the people still have free will. I need to think about this because Jesus has taken me to a range of planets, all the way from dead and dying, to civilizations like earth which are always at war, to more evolved planets that we labeled as paradise worlds where no wrongness exists. On those worlds, is it possible to sin? Do they still have free will? Or am I asking the wrong questions? From what I have learned so far, some worlds are more evolved or advanced than earth. Does this necessarily make the people better behaved and sinless? Earth civilization has advanced greatly in the last hundred years, but I wouldn't say it made us freer of sin.

I think that when Jesus talks about a world as being more evolved he means one more filled with God, not one that is more advanced. I know that on some worlds, the people's minds are continually filled with thoughts of God. I could feel the aura of God filling me when we visited these paradise worlds. There was no strife or anger or any other bad attitudes that I could notice.

So what do these blessed people on a paradise world do for a challenge? Some send their minds out into the universe to help other wayward beings like ourselves. Other than that, I really don’t know. Perhaps challenges aren’t needed or perhaps they challenge themselves to become as godlike as possible. Jesus has just intimidated to me that this is so. But I have seen them at play, so the challenge must be to be Godlike while behaving like a normal, socially involved person. Well, this is going beyond my simple understanding.

What may be more important to think about are those worlds that sit between our earth and paradise. Cotton world comes to mind right away. (Oh, I haven’t visited for a while and need to do so) This world has people just like us working and living but they are closer to God and do not wage war among themselves. Perhaps they have arguments from time to time; I don’t know. I do know their society isn’t as complex as earth’s. Their challenge seems to be inventing new substances in chemistry and just enjoying family life.

There might be some danger, for example, getting lost at the bottom of the cotton during a trip. Once when I visited, a young man was on just such a trip, a rite of passage into adulthood. Jesus tells me now that the danger was slight, but a real challenge to find your way back home through all that fluff that rises above the height of a normal person. Like falling into a huge snow drift but without the ice and freezing cold. Jesus tells me that if a person did get lost, a search party would be sent out to find them. They would especially keep track of a child. What else do I remember about that world? There are long tunnels that connect underground and the people keep their work underground but live above inside living tree trunks. They also have space travel and showed me one of their ships once.

I used to wonder what earth would be like if there was no hunger or pain or torture because it seems to me that the mind of each person effects all of us. I have believed this to be true for a long time. When Jesus took me to other planets, this idea seems to have proved true. All the minds on a planet are part of that planet sphere and effect everyone and everything upon it. Some planets are so filled with the thought of God they don’t even need to worship, their every act is a worship, God is within them at all times as they are within God.

Most worlds Jesus took me to were either totally strange, had humans settled on them, or were more peaceful than earth. There have been exceptions. I remember a place I labeled Silver World because of the beautiful people that was very earthlike in behavior because they destroyed one of their continents with biological weapons and had put machines of war on their moon. Yes, very earthlike. I hope we never go that far.

Our Beautiful Earth from Space

11/3/10

Jesus told me this morning that we would go visit a world he wanted me to see because I have been thinking about earthlike planets; so, this afternoon Jesus, myself, and two friends walked in the sky-tunnel towards it. I noticed for the first time ads I rubbed my hand over the mahogany-like sides of the sky tunnel or bridge that twining rope filled the ceiling along with huge leaves and with the huge windows, it looked very homey and content. Of course, all of this natural splendor is invisible except to those who travel its length. I remember once that Jesus told me if an army ever did try and walk this bridge it would collapse right away.

Well, we stood at the end and followed Jesus as he stepped off. We suddenly found ourselves surrounded by huge waves splashing water drops at us. We were standing on the deck of a boat that I can’t really describe. My most vivid impression was that it was old, rickety but seaworthy and a lot of rope lay curled on the deck or stood in bundles to the side.

Right away, we felt a jolt as the boat landed and we followed the people ashore. The people were human-like so I think I 0should call them humanoids. I took note of the dark skin of one of the men who had bare arms. His skin was brown but with a tinge of green which made some of the areas like around his neck look darker. Jesus said that there were different variations in skin shade here but that none were so opposite as can be found on earth.

We walked a path through thick bushes and trees, not tropical, but semi-tropical. They looked like deciduous trees to me because the path itself was full of leaves. We understood that the continents on this planet were small and that most of the living was done on the seas. I saw later that the people were well fit to stay under water for long periods of time and had webbed hands and I presume feet as well. I looked back at the boat we had arrived on and it just looked like a small, unpainted ship to me. But Jesus pointed down slope to a close shore and showed us a large group of ships grouped together and said this is their usual means of travel if they are going a long distance. It provides more safety from the elements.

We kept walking and finally arrived at a center for worship. I noticed that the building was larger than any surrounding buildings and it rose up shaped into a curved peak. It was made out of thick wooden twigs or ropes and huge leaves all weaved together to form a pattern. The effect as the sunlight shone though was amazing and beautiful. The sunlight created small, intricate patterns on the smooth dirt floor. I could tell that these patterns changed with the rising and setting of their sun.

Jesus told us that the building had been planned for this position and the purpose of worship.

Is there a statue or someone special to worship? I asked.

Jesus answered in the negative. They have great people in their history, but only worship God who created the oceans, land and everything else on their planet.

"They look very primitive." I couldn't help saying.

"Perhaps to you they look primitive, but they are not. They don’t have technology but they but they are a peaceful and playful people. They have what they need and get along very well in large groups.

“No war?

Jesus said "No."

"Ever?"

"No."

"What makes them so different from us?" I asked.

Jesus answered, “This is the reason I brought you here, something to think about.

It certainly is, I thought and remembered the city states of long ago on earth.

“Don’t they have cities here?"

The answer was no, unless we consider a group of connected boats a city. These groups of boats could number in the hundreds. To me they looked simple and to be made of only twine and bark.

"Why are we so different?"

Jesus didn't answer that question. He only said, "These people have some writing, and some symbols with strings tied together, but most often, they use their minds to communicate with one another. Some of their greatest minds can reach up to the stars to communicate with other people they find out there on different planets."

Well, that puts us to shame, doesn’t it. So what happened to us? Why don't we get along? Why aren't we peaceful? Jesus didn't answer and I think he means for us to figure it out for ourselves before he makes further comments on the subject. I am left with a lot to think about after this trip.

11/6/10

This morning as I met with Jesus and walked with him I felt calm and under control, less restless which helped me pay better attention to Jesus and my surroundings. As we walked over a slight ridge covered in small boulders, brush and short grass, my feet tingled from the cool grass and stones. I stopped as we topped the ridge at the sight of so many people meeting together as one. The sight was overwhelming and so beautiful I sat down on a large boulder for a moment to take it all in. Each person was visible in outline form but their real self could often flicker in and out bringing soft colors into play from various skin shades and bright clothing, and this was all surrounded by a soft glowing light of God energy.

At my side, Jesus suddenly said, “There are many more people than you know here, people from around the world.”

Oh, I believed it right away. Each person in the group, perhaps numbering in the thousands stood in a circle holding hands, many hands inside one another because space is different where minds meet. The whole group was pulsating with love. Now I couldn’t wait to join them.

“Let’s hurry.” I said to Jesus and he smiled.

The glow as people call to God has become so intense we don’t need to send the light into the center any more, it just grows as people gather. Then God just fills each of us all with such love as we can hold, any more and our mere humanness couldn’t contain it. At such abundance, we must turn outward and send this same love out in rolls of waves like a golden tsunami wrapping itself around the world. As we did this, Jesus called more people to join the gathering.

Finally, we were so sated with God’s love that each of us, walked across the land and back to our homes as invisible giants for a moment, our job unfinished. Our job is to spread God’s love-energy far and wide and call more people to join in the gathering on God’s holy mountain.

I went to a man sitting in a board room of a company and surrounded him with light and whispered that he should create more jobs.

“Let some profit go,” I said, “People are more important.”

Did he hear me? I don’t know, but at the very least, I believe his soul received some of the love-energy God sent to him.

Then I went to a man on the street and told him that Jesus needed him to help spread love and prayer through his community of street people.

“Jesus calls you,” I said.

I am not sure how he might do this work, perhaps through organizations like St. Vincent de Paul or The Salvation Army.

Then I went to Children’s Hospital and spread God’s light energy around. I found one girl child feeling sad and afraid because her mother had had to leave. To a child this can be traumatic so I hugged her and told her that her mother would return soon. My words seemed calm her. As I looked at her, I felt such love for this little child who has probably never went without which is true of many children today so her short hospital stay will be a little lesson in life. She was so beautiful and innocent and trusting. She believed me right away and became calm.

I also sent waves of God energy around in my neighborhood. They are having a Harvest Festival today with hay rides, cider mill, a bon fires and other pleasures. I can’t go because I have a cold and the weather chilled to winter outside. I hope everyone has a good time.

11/6/10-just a comment

I have been joining the gathering for years and I still can’t grasp the idea of time. I can easily understand the mind going to another place and standing upon God’s mountain, but it is still a puzzle to me that Jesus can gather so many minds at the same moment. The truth is that we aren’t actually gathered at any one specific time. People use their free time or prayer time to gather. One person might join at midnight while other might join the group in the morning, and still others at different times, but we all stand in one glowing gathering to worship of God for that moment. I am still amazed by the strangeness of the timing of such a gathering and may never understand it. This time problem also proves true for my travels with Jesus and also as we visit different people with light-energy. I might see a person sitting on the curb but that person may not actually be there at the moment of my visit but has been or will be there to receive the light.

I think this time-space thing has something to do with our minds residing in the mind of God, (I believe the whole universe is the mind of God) and also that thought is faster than light. All this may be true, but it doesn’t really solve the quandary.

A photo of Mary standing on a church in Egypt.

Another comment

There was a news blip about a Canadian statue of Our Blessed Mother that has cried real tears. The owners, for some reason, asked people not to visit. I don’t know much about this specific statue but I have heard about other statues of Mary that have cried real tears. It got me to thinking about these miracles and how they always take the form of helping someone or showing us something but never hurt or cause damage to another person. This is the way of heaven. A miracle will heal a person, show a wonder, or even redirect a person from a disaster, but doesn’t not harm anyone. If other people were not directed from a disaster it may be because those others don’t hear or ignored the warning. I think I am right in this. Heaven always works for people, never against.

Note-Watched the movie The Abyss again tonight. Good movie. When the unknown entities showed up towards the end, Jesus said to me, “That is where they are.”

I laughed with delight. Of course, it makes sense that they should reside in our seas. Why visit us messy people on top when they can stay well hidden in the deep ocean.

“I think I will put this on the web. If you don’t want me to, just tell me.” I said to Jesus.

Jesus said, “You can put anything I say to you on the web.”

11/10/10

I was half asleep this morning sitting in the chair, still getting over a cold, but I kept thinking of those babies in Pakistan who were failure to thrive, who looked like living bones with faces like old men, yet those deep black eyes begged to live. Nothing gets to me like an infant suffering from want. These innocents didn't ask to be born and their needless pain reaches into my heart and causes me pain.

This morning I asked God to give me energy to help those babies. I remembered God as the Source, the source of energy where all life comes from, and thought we can’t see it, it goes on continually. Surly, this great love energy can fix a few babies. And God did.

As I reached down and hugged the babies God stepped in as a giant spirit who held out his hand to enclose each of them in a womb of love. While I hugged them, God filled then with renewed life.

Amazed and quiet, I watched God work and I wondered how soon the doctors would notice a change. Perhaps not right away, but soon, because I knew those tiny ones would now thrive and continue to grow strong.

At first, overjoyed, I then began to wonder at the state of things. Shouldn’t a God with all that power prevent such problems in the first place? Certainly this problem is true of all nature, some thrive and some do not, but I wanted to know why. So I asked.

God showed me an image of space filled with a ball of tangled and knotted threads, where everything was so mixed up and twisted I couldn't see a beginning or end.

God said, “All of earth is like that.”

I got the impression that earth is a system that is more tied up than other worlds and that it is ourselves who create most of the knots and tangles. That being true, shouldn’t we be the ones to untangle the mess? A excellent example of our causing the mess is what happened in the 1970's. President Carter said we needed to begin to conserve energy and installed energy collectors on the White House roof. Regan, who we elected as the next president, tore it all down. Now our energy problem has tripled. If we kill ourselves over energy or heat up the earth to an unlivable degree and change the natural course of things, who is to blame?

So far as I can tell, Revelation is a warning of what we are going to do to our own planet and people. It is not God who is the heavy, nor angels, but us. The leaders of this planet should read Revelation with this information in mind, but we get what we asked for. I have read that some Republicans have decided that we humans aren’t at fault for the globe heating up. Well, we all know who’s money that protects. But Democrats have had ample time to change things too, as have all of us.

I was shocked at something Jesus told me the other day.

Jesus said to me, “The children will go first.”

What led up to this statement were my thoughts about the need leave earth some day. If we need to do it as traveling with Jesus many people would be left behind. The possibility that anyone could be left behind on a prison planet, especially children, appalls me and sends shudders up my spine. This is when he made the statement to me about the children. He didn’t say when, but his words implied certainty, his voice sounded sad. Heaven’s effort to turn us right, so far, is not working. Those who run the political and economic systems seem unable to make the change, and it must start now in order to have the right effect.

I guess all we can do is sit back and watch the show. It will all happen as written: a third of the land will burn up=fires happening now; a third of the sea will turn to blood=red tide; a third of the water will turn to wormwood=Chernobyl; three days of silence in heaven=9/11.

I felt depressed as I edited this weeks writing.

Suddenly I heard Jesus say, “There is still hope.”

My heart panged with happiness. I guess as long as heaven is willing to stay on the job and not give up, we should do the same. Jesus told me something else, that I would write about Revelation again. I don’t want to do so. It is too depressing. He told me this once before, but I keep putting it off. Maybe one day, if I think it is really necessary.

11/12/10

Jesus explained something to me this morning that I found hard to grasp but wonderful. As we met on the mountain, the rosary was playing and I thought of the many nuns who in the convent who made this rosary program. I thought of their life dedicated to Jesus.

Jesus said, “I am with each of them like I am with you.”

He meant our close friendship, sometimes so real and vital I think if I were to loose sight of our friendship, my whole psyche would collapse. Then I got an image of the spirit of Jesus dispersing as invisible particles settling down on and joining everyone who loves him, like mist on the wind. How can this be? We think of Jesus as a single human person, either as spirit or as someone who walked on earth once before. How can a single person be an intimate friend to thousands at any single moment. Not just a friend, a loving friend, one who reaches into the heart, one who laughs, one who speaks, one who teaches, and one who binds us together as we move forward

It is Jesus' mind that binds himself to us and us to each other, and as Jesus explained to me this morning, his deep friendship isn't always obvious. He is a friend to people who work for others all the time even though they may not converse with him. He befriends all those who continually call upon him. He would gather the whole of humanity into his arms if we would allow it. And somehow he would create a close binding friendship with the whole six billion of us. But alas, too many of us turn the other way when he calls. I am saddened at their loss. I thank Jesus deeply for calling and pulling me out from their number. Now I must try and pull others out.

11/13/10

I didn’t do real well during meditation this morning because I have a lot to do today and I kept thinking about it. But I know I did some good. The angels helped me reach out to find a few young boys who have been wild and rowdy. I hugged them. One boy felt my concern and I could feel his emotions swell as I stayed close to him. The other boy seem more hardened to life. Oh, if only we could catch every child before they turn in the wrong direction. Once on that downward path it becomes almost too steep to pull back again.

Jesus and I went to Haiti because I worried about the babies dying from cholera, as if Haiti didn't have enough problems. As my emotions poured out with love energy, Jesus as an invisible, giant God stood in front of me and said, “I will take them into myself.”

My whole body felt the relief at Jesus words. After all, the babies are innocent and happiness should be their heaven. I imagined them in a timeless paradise such as I saw once on Angel World. Thinking about the babies I thought about older children and teens and asked myself, exactly when do we grow up? When do we stop being babies? Isn’t a child who does pranks still acting like a baby? What about an adult who cheats? Isn’t there something wrong there, a selfishness that was never grown out of? When do we grow up? Well, I don’t know but I am certain Jesus knows. I remember once Jesus telling me that each person is judged according to their own personality—a pleasant thought in which to end today’s prayer and writing.

11/21/10

This afternoon I sat down to rest and meditate in my favorite chair to speak with Jesus. Yesterday, I told Jesus that I would travel with him today instead of meditating.

I wanted to make sure I kept that promise. So on this lazy afternoon, I and number of other people traveled with Jesus. I said I wanted to make this trip special by inviting children to go with us. We all thought that was a great idea as did Jesus.

He explained that the children will be the first to use this ability of mind travel in space as part of their everyday lives.

I suddenly realized that I misunderstood Jesus meaning in my last writing. English is an ambiguous language and we can read different things from one simple phrase. Now, I realized that Jesus meant the children would be the first to step off the planet earth as part of their culture, the first to do so in great numbers. I believe that it is these children already born who will begin the exodus to other worlds, in mind and body. They will colonize the new earth-like planets.

If we think about it, and they do manage to transport themselves bodily to a different earth planet, they wouldn’t be able to take many material objects with them. So if they decided to stay and live on that new planet, they would need to begin from scratch, without much technology or even familiar livestock. They would need to live low tech lives, perhaps happily contented ones because they will have learned a lesson from damaged earth.

If we consider why we are damaging our own nest, it all boils down to greed and power. A person who lands on a planet with only the cloths on their back will have a different outlook. For one thing, if they use the sky-tunnel, their minds must be attuned to a spiritual outlook. Also, what need would a person or small family have for grand objects on a new world. The human need for shelter grew out of the need for protection from elements and wild animals. A person who can step out of an area at need would have a different mind set than we do today. I am not sure it would ever be easy to move so easily, so common sense would still drive needs, easily furnished on a pristine world.

Jesus took me to visit humans on other worlds many times and they all seemed to live simply and seemed to use technology sparingly. Were these children who stepped off earth? A grand picture of a far off potential future, a future of Adam and Eve writ new; yet, this truth is where Jesus seems to be leading me, like following a meandering river to its end without knowing where it will lead until I get there.

Jesus seems to like what I write here, although many won’t. Many are still waiting for God to swoop his huge hand down to pick us up and save us from ourselves, and maybe God will, but I suspect that we must first take steps to save ourselves. God already gave us a huge universe to play in, what more do we need.

So this afternoon, all of us walked in the sky tunnel and took note of the twist of tree branches that made up the whole of it, the huge openings that the children liked to lean out of. I showed one child the city below. Plants and birds and butterflies now inhabit the sky tunnel which is out of time and has no seasons.

We walked to the end of the tunnel and stepped off onto Mars. I wanted to give the children a glimpse of that planet that can be seen hanging over earth. I told them to feel the ground beneath their feet. And being kids who like superlatives, we then took them up to stand on the highest mountain in the solar system. I don’t take children off planet often unless it is to see the moon because they still have so much to learn about earth, but the children, some very young but some much older and mature, were delighted with everything we showed them. In fact they seemed able to see further and better than any of us adults.

Then Jesus told us to follow him. He had a special treat for the children. We all followed him and suddenly we were floating in misty air high above the ground. Things were floating all around us, ribbons of different colors and other objects like balloons that floated past. The whole scene was almost too strange to take in. At one point, still hovering in the air, we watched as a giant amorphous being, made out of a gelatinous material with holes, three times larger than ourselves, though its actions seemed intelligent, floated or swam past.

Jesus suggested that we follow the being, so we followed it downward. As it went further down, it latched onto a high coral like hill and grabbed and collected stones as it lowered itself. It looke4d like the stones gave it weight to continue down. It also changed its shape slightly as it slid down. When it got close to the bottom, it went into a cave made out of coral or lacy rock. We followed.

Inside we saw another amorphous being. Both had changed shape into almost a human form, but with extra long limbs like an octopus. More forms joined the first two looking like drops of rain. I got the impression of offspring.

It was then that I suggested that we leave because it was too much to take in. The adults agreed readily, but I think the children might have stayed longer but we told them to pop back home and they did. Then we left right away, feeling relief as we did so.

Jesus laughed at our relief. He explained that he usually took us adults to rocky planets because it was easer for us to accept. The planet he just took us to today had been a gas giant. He said that the children could see it better then we could and were better at noticing the shape of strange objects. That their young imaginations were more versatile then ours. Well, I couldn’t disagree with that. I still felt weary and worn out. We nodded our good-bys to each other and I began to write it down so I wouldn’t forget. It was so strange, how could I?

11/22/10

Jesus tells me that I don’t realize how radical this writing is. I truly don’t. I have been traveling with Jesus off and on for ten years and can’t see the strangeness of it. Yet, the children will one day not only travel with their minds, they will learn how to become physical when they arrive at their destination. I assume that day will be a long way off, but Jesus tells me not so long as I think.

I asked him what would happen if a person became physical inside one of those giant planets or a sun? He said that wouldn’t happen because a person would always think first and know. I suppose the gathering of minds is also radical to some people. Yet, we must be capable of change. Jesus is the one calling people from around the world to gather together, mind to mind, for prayer or worship or…actually, I am not sure what to call what we do. We call to God with love and receive unbounded love in return. I guess I’ll let the children label it one day.

I got the Christian Science Monitor magazine in the mail today with an article about a group of 40 of the richest people in the world who have agreed to donate half of their wealth to various institutions and foundations. This was wonderful news. I began a page titled “The Financial Page the Angels Read,” but haven’t kept it up. For a long while I saw most people taking instead of giving. Bill and Amanda Gates, Warren Buffet and the others should be commended for keeping their gifts going. Recently, I saw a program about President Carter, a truly great man, who is using his fame and money to eradicate a serious worm sickness in Africa. I am sure Jesus is calling to these people to give. Imagine if Jesus hadn’t died on the cross. Would we still remember him? Still give to our neighbor? Still give without expecting anything in return? We do get a return, it just isn’t counted in money wealth but only wealth of soul. Ah, if only we could measure that.

11/24/10

This morning as I sent God’s light to people hungry for spiritual food, I centered on a few homeless men. I know they can’t hear me if I speak, only those who are orientated towards God can hear, but as I spoke, I poured out God’s nourishment into their souls. Yet, at the same time I did, I wondered if it would do any good.

Then I got an image from Jesus of a soul filling up little by little and after a time overflowing with light-energy, like a beer foaming over the edge. At some point, well fed, the person may look at themselves and wonder how they got there and see the need to change their life for the better.

“Not all people will turn around.” Jesus said.

But I felt encouraged It is hard to keep going when you don’t see any results. Children are easy, I can often talk to them and help them. Adults are often hard core realists who refuse to see further than their nose. Oh, well.

11/27/10

This morning I tried to meditate deep but didn’t succeed except for a short time. When I meditate it is usually light and when I travel with Jesus I don’t meditate at all, I just relax and settle my mind down before we begin. The only reason I wanted to go deep was because I wanted to recapture the event where Jesus showed me the universe as a globe. It didn’t work. Sometimes Jesus just takes me by the hand and pulls me into a closeness with him that is almost unbearable in strength. Other times, it is up to me to join with him, like this morning.

We stood atop a huge mountain range full of snow and icy peaks. We kept walking until we saw a large valley where the wind whistled all around us but didn’t penetrate the hallow where the others stood in prayer.

As we walked towards them, I thought about reaching down and picking up some snow but then remembered that I couldn’t do it with a spirit body. Well, I will be able to pick up snow soon enough because winter is almost here. But this day, I wanted the pleasure of snow without the coldness of it, so tried to pick some up anyway. I surprised myself because think I did pick some up for a slight moment.

Jesus said, “When people materialize in another place they wait until they decide it is safe.

“So some people do it all the time? The people on new earth or who live in the far future?”

“You will be able to do it one day.”

The implication of this silenced me for a moment. I thought of going to visit on Cotton World and really sitting down to enjoy a real festival with them. Wouldn’t that be nice.”

Then, although I was walking to meet with the others down below in the hallow, I flipped away into a hot desert because I wanted to try out Jesus’ notion that I may be able to materialize one day.

So there I stood in the middle of a sand dune with the sun blazing down on me. I sunk my feed into the deep sand and waited to feel the hot grains against my skin. I think I did for a split second, then I was back with Jesus high on the mountain walking to greet the others. I think it will take a lot more attention and ability then I have at present for me to achieve that next step, but I am glad to know that people will achieve such a feat one day.

The others greeted us warming as we walked into the center of the huge rock walls that made up the valley. The mountain range and valley was truly a majestic sight. As we stood joining hands, I thanked God for this beautiful earth. All of us sent our praise to God and felt God’s blazing energy surround us and fill our bodies with light. I saw that a few Tibetan children were with the gathering so called a few children I knew to join as well. I am not sure if they were able to stay for more than a moment.

God’s energy flowed out of all of us in huge sea waves as if the sea were reborn in light. We watched as the waves filled the valley and rolled over the brim to roll over the whole earth. Of course, the whole earth is already filled with God energy else it would not be alive, so God’s gift during the gathering is just pouring frosting on a cake already sweet.

I wondered at the few children I had called to join us and if any of them understood or took notice of what was happening. I think it takes knowing how to meditate to mind travel. Some children from other lands, specifically children trained in Buddhism, are taught how to sit, contemplate, and meditate. It is the more mature of these children who often choose to join in the gathering and travel with us. It only takes five minutes or less for the gathering before we scatter to spread God’s energy. So it doesn’t take much time out of a child’s life, but it does take some form of training. The children who are training to be Buddhist may have a great burden one day of teaching the others to travel.

Buddhist monks take to mind travel like fish to water. They have studied the mind through the centuries and kept this knowledge in their traditions. They know much more about the human mind’s potential than most of us in the west. Yet, I believe that our children, by necessity or choice, will also begin that long process of learning how to move through space just as Jesus has taught me. If I can learn it, anyone can; thought, sometimes I think of myself as a grown up child.