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CoralFrequency Knowflake Posts: 170 From: Registered: Feb 2007
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posted March 13, 2007 06:43 AM
quote: Jackson's story shows what it means to die consciously. Jackson contacted me for a reading because he had a malignant brain tumour. His pain was constant and intense. He was intent upon doing all that he could do to become whole, he said, regardless of whether he lived or died. We discussed every piece of unfinished business we could identify in his life, from relationships that needed closure to fears that needed confronting. He even thought of thank-you notes he should have sent. Jackson focused on completion, but with this emphasis: he was not completing his life - he was completing his unfinished business with his level of consciousness. He asked himself continually, "What am I expected to learn in this life?" Each time an insight or an answer occurred to him, he acted on it.He noted, for instance, that he had never explained to his former wife, why he had wanted a divorce. He had just told her one day that he had had enough of being married and wanted out of the vow, as he put it. He knew she had been devastated and confused, and though she had asked for an explanation, he had deliberately refrained from giving one. This behaviour, he realised, was a pattern, because his former wife was only one of several people whom he had hurt in that manner. She was merely the most dramatic victim. Jackson admitted that he had liked the feeling of power that he got when he saw the confusion he created by leaving people or situations. The ability to create chaos had made him feel important. Now he chose to create clarity. He contacted each person who he felt had been a victim of his actions and sent them, via letter, an explanation of his behaviour along with an apology. Again and again Jackson examined his shadow side and took every step he could to bring his shadow into the light. Still, he was going to die. Yet he said to me that all was well because he believed he had completed his life's lessons.
From: Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing by Caroline Myss http://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Spirit-Seven-Stages-Healing/dp/0609800140 PS. Caroline Myss was a professional healer for many years.. IP: Logged |
AcousticGod Knowflake Posts: 8733 From: Pleasanton, CA, USA Registered: May 2005
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posted March 13, 2007 07:02 PM
Neat story.IP: Logged |
soconfused Knowflake Posts: 53 From: nj Registered: Feb 2007
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posted March 20, 2007 08:29 PM
wow - that's great I hope all involved got closure
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InLoveWithLife Knowflake Posts: 1094 From: Wonderland Registered: Aug 2006
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posted April 12, 2007 06:00 AM
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ScorpSagSag Knowflake Posts: 93 From: Detroit, MI Registered: Aug 2006
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posted April 12, 2007 07:40 AM
It's too bad that people wait until its too late to right their wrongs...the world would be a better place if everyone did what he did without the the threat of death hanging over their heads.It's not hard to do. This story makes me sad. IP: Logged |
ALeonine Knowflake Posts: 267 From: Registered: Apr 2006
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posted April 12, 2007 08:07 AM
y do ppl need something like death hanging over their head for them to think with clarity and behave in a compassionate way towards all beings?????this reminds me of a story i read a long time back...i am producing it here for all... quote:
THE BRICK A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no children appeared. Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag's side door! He slammed on the brakes and backed the Jag back to the spot where the brick had been thrown. The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car shouting, "What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing? That's a new car and that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money. Why did you do it?" The young boy was apologetic. "Please, mister...please, I'm sorry but I didn't know what else to do," He pleaded. "I threw the brick because no one else would stop..." With tears dripping down his face and off his chin, the youth pointed to a spot just around a parked car. "It's my brother, "he said. "He rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up." Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive, "Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me." Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. He hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into the wheelchair, then took out a linen handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh scrapes and cuts. A quick look told him everything was going to be okay. "Thank you and may God bless you," the grateful child told the stranger. Too shook up for words, the man simply watched the boy! push his wheelchair-bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home. It was a long, slow walk back to the Jaguar. The damage was very noticeable, but the driver never bothered to repair the dented side door. He kept the dent there to remind him of this message: "Don't go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention!" God whispers in our souls and speaks to our hearts. Sometimes when we don't have time to listen, He has to throw a brick at us. It's our choice to listen or not.
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InLoveWithLife Knowflake Posts: 1094 From: Wonderland Registered: Aug 2006
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posted April 12, 2007 12:55 PM
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