| Some of us met on the pages of When You Can | | | | have begun to understand what the great teachers of |
| Walk on Water, Take the Boat. Others of us may | | | | history have been attempting to explain to us for |
| have met at lectures, seminars, airports, on telephones | | | | centuries - that we are all children of the Infinite, that |
| or in letters. Still others have met in areas beyond the | | | | we are all on a journey home and that love is the |
| more familiar, three-dimensional world. And yet, though | | | | most powerful force in the universe. |
| our meeting may have been as brief as two ships | | | | But sometimes, there is a high price to be paid for this |
| passing in the night,or as long as a lifetime, we are | | | | growth and understanding- tears in the night, fears and |
| drawn together by gifts that transcend time itself - | | | | guilt lurking in dark corners and the constant pressures |
| gifts such as truth, freedom, joy, peace, love and, most | | | | of everyday living. This is where we face our greatest |
| important, life itself. | | | | battles - regretting the past and fearing the future. This |
| And so, we meet again, or meet again for the first | | | | is, also, where we can attain our greatest victories - |
| time, to unite once more in the glorious adventure of | | | | living in the present. We are never alone, even though |
| life. Humankind has advanced tremendously from the | | | | all our senses may be testifying to this "fact," and |
| days when our ancestors hunted the mammoth and | | | | crying out in pain; even though it appears that hope has |
| danced under a full moon to celebrate the "glories of | | | | died and all we held dear has been blown to the winds. |
| the kill." If,perchance,there are other, more advanced | | | | There is a Presence and a Power, there is a purpose |
| civilizations watching us, they might be intrigued by our | | | | and a plan and if we keep on keeping on, we shall |
| progress. They might even remember the times, when | | | | finally prevail. |
| in a less enlightened state,they,too,traveled our path | | | | It is not by accident that we meet here. Nothing is ever |
| and they, too, brought down fire and brimstone upon | | | | accidental. We have met to learn from each other |
| one another, even as we did in times | | | | again. Let us explore the infinite potential of our |
| past.Perhaps,they would remember their struggles, and | | | | "creaturehood" and in the end we'll find that tragedy is |
| in remembering,would applaud our efforts and cheer | | | | but triumph turned inside out, that failure is only the |
| us onward. | | | | other side of success and that all paths eventually lead |
| Yes, we have come a long way but we still have a | | | | up to the mountain top. |
| long way to go. Not only are we moving toward a | | | | It is my privilege and joy to share with you, dear friend, |
| greater tolerance and understanding of one another | | | | portions of the story of our journey home. We are |
| but we are beginning to develop a greater reverence | | | | much alike, you and I, pilgrims in the search of the |
| for all the other life forms with which we share the | | | | peace and joy that have always existed in the "secret |
| planet. | | | | place of the Most High" under the "Shadow of the |
| There appears to be a more enlightened | | | | Almighty. |
| consciousness on Earth, and it may well be that we | | | | |