THE POINT OF NO RETURN

 There is a law of sowing and reaping. But it lies on the world not like a judgement but a promise. It is the law of creativity. And it says:
"Sow and you shall reap. But you shall sow what is yours to sow, that you may reap what is life's to give. For the seed is in your hand, but the harvest is in life's hand. Sow a thought and reap a revelation. Sow a hope, and reap a miracle. Sow a dream, and reap a new life for yourself and perhaps for all the world."
                                                            -    James Dillet Freeman

BEAUTY FULL WORDS

As you know I just luuurve James Dillet Freeman's poetry, along with millions who have read and used many of his prominent works such as "I Am There", "The Traveller" and "Prayer For Protection". But his work isn't limited to poetry. He also was a very deep THINKER and shared his thoughts with all of us through his Unity Church. His quote above is not his most famous but it is one that means a lot to me. Since I found ME I went looking for, and found James Dillet Freeman. Again it is one of the Carl Jung's Synchronicity revelations. A meaningful co-incidence which has enriched my life. No hocus pocus. Fact. Here is a man who was blessed with the ability to move people through his writing, or to be more specific through his FEELING. For as he put pen to paper his FEELINGS were transformed into magic, not just through the ink in his pen but also through the THOUGHTS running so freely from his MIND, SOUL and CONSCOUSNESS. He had a gift. He shared.

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one of life's tragedies...

Each and every one of us is tested in life. Each and every one of us must endure some sort of hardship, suffering, pain and grief usually caused by loss of some kind. When I read Victor Frankl's books (Man's Search For Meaning, A Will To Meaning) I was in awe of the manner in which he overcame what must have been some of the most difficult circumstances anybody could endure in a lifetime, during the Holocaust. Losing his beloved wife, parents and sister in the concentration camps and having to live through his own living Hell at four different camps he was shown the face of death daily for many years. Somehow he was one of the few survivors. But Victor was able to turn tragedy into triumph and became one of the world's great psychiatrists. He created a new philosophy called Logotherapy, which is the study of human emotion from a point of view of man's search for meaning. Indeed it was his own experiences that he used in showing people that they can survive the worst trauma if they look inside themselves. He helped suffering people find their ME through their will to meaning. Victor Frankyl has helped millions of traumatised patients overcome their grief. Their demons. He shared his experiences to better the world we live in. He gave back.

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always light on the horizon....

When I lived in La Chateau Tento I was able to use the experience to learn. I learned about myself. I searched for meaning. Why, what for, how. The questions. Life questions. The most difficult part of hard times is the hurt hidden inside the unknown. I talked in my book about what I call NEGOBS which many of you now know is NEGATIVITY through OBSTACLES. The obstacle is the loss that causes the grief. Loss of a partner, loss of children, loss of homes and businesses. Loss is the reason for the pain. But it is the NEGATIVITY that follows the loss. We don't understand. We have walked into the dark. The unknown. We don't know what to do, how to fight. We don't know how to find the light to guide us through the hurt. I'll never forget how sick I felt at the beginning of my homeless Journey. I had never experienced such hardship before. I asked myself THOSE questions. The negativity had taken a hold of my weakened state. It was eating me up. But I was one of the lucky ones. I had time to THINK my way through the questions. I asked for help. "Dear Mister Someone Out-There.........".
I made decisions. Hard decisions. I decided to change. The experience toughened me. Each day of living homeless, going to soup kitchens, made me stronger. I began fighting the demons, the negativity. After a while I accepted my fate, taking peeks from under my rock. I re-invented myself. I found ME. And I decided to share my experiences. I was creating my own story to write about. I would survive my own holocaust and share my feelings.
The strange thing is that if I hadn't caused my own demise through greed and a life lived poorly I would never have searched for meaning. I would have had nothing to share.
It's not an easy road. But TIME helps heal. It gets easier to handle. But there is one lesson I have learned through my experiences and that is when you decide to change your life and beat the odds, the decision to move forward cannot be reversed. No matter how hard, no matter how long, you have to commit to yourself, commit to your ME. If you do so then the negativity from the obstacle can be beaten. But that will only happen if you reach THAT point in your MIND.......

                            THE POINT OF NO RETURN.......

It's the point where you will continue to STEP forward. The obstacle has come and gone. It hurt. Probably for a very long time. But the negativity from the obstacle will weaken over TIME. You will beat the odds.
 

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