Chapter 6 - Mystic Way
Helder Dies.
In his 20s, Helder accidentally received an overdose of pain meds, died, and experienced life without his body, so he knew what to look forward to...
Thou Shalt Love
At the time the Spirit exhorted me with the words about becoming the Lover of God, She directed my attention to these words of Jesus from the gospels...
Only One Thing
The scribe who asked Jesus, “What is the most important commandment of all?” had a legitimate concern. No one could claim to keep all the laws attributed to Moses...
A Long Way To Fall
Helder told me about a series of identical dreams repeated over many months. He was standing naked on the very edge of a stone cliff...
In Her Arms
My experience of the one I knew as a child, whom I now name Sacred, Creator, Reality, Mother, Father, Great, or Holy Spirit, not only denies PSAT because of Her lavish practice of forgiveness but loves me without reserve...
Spirit/Soul?
Helder, if I remember correctly, you subscribe to the concept that humans, while living in the biological sense, are inhabited by an immortal soul. Do I understand correctly?...
In Christ
A favorite metaphor taught by the Apostle Paul was “in Christ (Romans 12:5).” In this sense, he is not referring to Jesus’ last name when using the word 'Christ'...
My Father and I Are One
Helder inquires of Passerby, “What would you suppose if I were to say to you, our Father and I are one?” “I would assume that you must be perfect"...
The Prophet
In a sense, the calling of the prophet may be described as that of an advocate or champion, speaking for those who are too weak to plead their own cause...
Saying No to Love
In Her image, she created humans with the right and the responsibility to say no to Her Love as we choose. If our answer to Her offer of Love could not be no, with Her blessing, then what She offers us would not be Love...
A Mind at Trust
The pattering of light rain on the porch’s metal roof and a hot cup of chamomile at Helder's place settled my mind, soothing the insult of this morning's bad news...
Overcome
Helder came to visit me one fine Fall morning in the middle of a cul-de-sac at a busy construction site where I worked...
She is Jesus-like
Jesus, his life example, and his teaching are how we know his Father. Father and Son are bound to the same highest way of all things, the way of Love...
They, Them, Their
Passerby, the anthropomorphizing of the Spirit who conceived and birthed all things has done more to alienate—even though the intent was to help with understanding—the human-kind from Her...
No Shortcuts
But Passerby, as I said previously, nothing makes up for the lack of the one thing: falling head over heels in Love with Her...
Weeping/Laughing On The Road
One morning—no different from any other boring drive to a job that was killing me—sadness overcame me—no, more like extreme grief over the loss of all that I loved...
The Grey People
One of the more challenging chapters of Helder's experience are the Grey People Stories. My challenge isn’t their voracity but my spiritual capacity to absorb it all.
Crown of Thorns
This morning, we woke to a lovely blanket of snow. Spring was in full swing at my home, 6,000’ lower than Helder's cabin; Easter was just around the corner...
Am I Good?
Passerby asks, “Helder, are you sinless”? “Your question invites me to understand that you have a very different relationship to personal imperfection than I do...
Father of Jesus?
Passerby asks, “If, as you say, all the world's wisdom literature contains something of the will and nature of the Great Spirit, to our benefit, and at the same time, contains a version of god that men created, then how am I to discern the difference...