Thilosophical Thoughts
THE SOUL IN THE CAVERN
There was a soul whose time had come to take a human birth and so it went to the great cavern, where all such souls went. In the cavern were hundreds of thousands of souls, each manifesting a small blue flame. When its turn came, the soul stood up and said my time has come to take human incarnation, for I have work to do and many lessons to learn. In my life as a human I shall need family and loving friends to help me, to love me and to nuture me. Who will be my family on earth?”
A ripple flickered across the thousands of flames and shortly a few stood forward and said. :‘
“We do not know you, we have not met before and we are strangers, but being kind and giving love is a pleasant and easy task. We will be your friends and family on earth”.
“ The Soul spoke out again and said
" And on earth I shall need teacher's, people to guide me, to correct me and to discipline me. Who will be my teachers?”
Again a ripple went out around the assembled flames, and a group came forward and said
“We have known you in other lives and we have grown to respect you and like you. We will take on the task of being your teachers in life”
And a third time the soul spoke out and said.
“On earth if I am to learn the greatest lesson of all, the lesson of humility, tolerance under provocation and to love those who hate me, 1 shall need people to hate me and to do violence to me. Who will do this for me? Who will be my enemies?” •
There was a long pause in the cavern until at last, a small group ‘came forward and said.
“We are your soul group, we have known you over aeons of time and your growth and your learning are as dear to us as our own. This is the most delicate and difficult task and if you are to be hurt and abused it would be better done by loving friends. We will be your enemies on earth”.
There was a soul whose time had come to take a human birth and so it went to the great cavern, where all such souls went. In the cavern were hundreds of thousands of souls, each manifesting a small blue flame. When its turn came, the soul stood up and said my time has come to take human incarnation, for I have work to do and many lessons to learn. In my life as a human I shall need family and loving friends to help me, to love me and to nuture me. Who will be my family on earth?”
A ripple flickered across the thousands of flames and shortly a few stood forward and said. :‘
“We do not know you, we have not met before and we are strangers, but being kind and giving love is a pleasant and easy task. We will be your friends and family on earth”.
“ The Soul spoke out again and said
" And on earth I shall need teacher's, people to guide me, to correct me and to discipline me. Who will be my teachers?”
Again a ripple went out around the assembled flames, and a group came forward and said
“We have known you in other lives and we have grown to respect you and like you. We will take on the task of being your teachers in life”
And a third time the soul spoke out and said.
“On earth if I am to learn the greatest lesson of all, the lesson of humility, tolerance under provocation and to love those who hate me, 1 shall need people to hate me and to do violence to me. Who will do this for me? Who will be my enemies?” •
There was a long pause in the cavern until at last, a small group ‘came forward and said.
“We are your soul group, we have known you over aeons of time and your growth and your learning are as dear to us as our own. This is the most delicate and difficult task and if you are to be hurt and abused it would be better done by loving friends. We will be your enemies on earth”.
-Look into the darkness, you will find a small speck of light concentrate on this and it will start to grow larger and larger until it is the darkness that is the speck.
-There is a difference in believing in ‘God’ and experiencing God.
-Listen: or your tongue will make you deaf.
-I can not change the direction of the wind but I can change the direction of my sails to reach my destination.
-The cleverest thing Lucifer, Satan the Devil ever did was to persuade mankind, man and women, that he does not exists.
- The Monk does not live in the Monastry, the Monastry lives within the Monk.
- Silence is not external, but is internal.
- To be free we need to free ourselves from all that binds us.
- Pure Awareness - If we are conscious of praying, we are not in true prayer.
Michael J. Sheehan
3
