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Soulmate, Myself:
Omega Point

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Elenchus. I can tell you have something on your mind.

Kairissi. Am I such an open book to you?

E. Of course.

K. (sighing) I had an experience… a mystical experience… I have learned in these cases that it’s really a kind of message from God; more specifically, a form of answered prayer.

E. Are you able to share this experience?

K. I would very much like our readers to know about this, and I will try to explain; although, it’s not possible to truly describe a mystical experience, it won’t sound like very much when I put it into words; however, because you and I share a deep connection, I know that you will understand.

E. I think everyone will be willing to learn what they can from whatever you say, Kriss.

K. Let me begin by stating that what I saw, with the “eyes of the soul,” falls well in line with the concluding remarks of “Freedom From Illusion, Part III”; meaning, the closer we align our minds and hearts to Mother-Father God, the clearer will be our perceptions of ultimate reality.

E. (silence)

K. What I felt, what I experienced, in my moments of ecstatic vision, was more than, for example, seeing wonderful images on a movie screen. There was some of that, but that’s not what moved me so deeply. My elation was the result of a higher level of consciousness. I was taken to a “higher mountain,” so to speak. What I experienced, deep within me, was like being immersed in pure joy, like being inside of joy, totally enveloped by it… But, I know, this doesn’t really help another to understand.

E. It’s alright, Kriss, just keep going.

K. I’m searching for an analogy that might help. In the movie Infinity Wars, we find Thor holding open a portal. As he does, he’s blasted with the power of a star…

K. I think this comes closest to what I want to say. What I felt was like being blasted with overwhelming joy… like being inundated with images of what your heart has always wanted, and then multiplying that plenitude by a hundred.

E. Are we allowed to ask about the nature of these images?

K. I will share a little, but each person harbors a private definition of happiness. We’re all somewhat different that way. But even though the readers’ concept of happiness might vary from mine and yours, I will offer a brief outline of some of the secret longings of my heart.

E. (silence)

K. You and I have made known some of our history. We had a rocky beginning. And then sent each other on a long journey, without each other, through life. And some of my present “haunting 3 AM shadows” whisper to me what might have been had I been more mature so many years ago now. These “late night confessions”, I finally understand, should not be viewed in a regretful way. We were what we were at the time and were not able to be more back then. The ensuing “severe classroom” was part of our education in this world, and you and I have come to accept the greater good of that stern discipline. Nevertheless, I have also come to see that what I grieve for most from that formative time reveals to me my deepest desires.

E. Things that we miss most tell us a lot about ourselves and our truest natures.

K. Yes… that’s right. And some of my haunting late-night visions, things that we lost which I grieve over most, instruct me on how I personally define happiness.

E. (softly) And what are some of those lost things that you grieve for most?

K. I wanted us to be teachers together. I wanted a simple life with both of us teaching at the same school. I see us working in a small town. We’re newlyweds and we buy 10 acres just on the outskirts of the village, allowing us to walk to work together in the morning. Our property is very private, a "secret garden" hide-away for us to enjoy nature. There are lots of trees and we plant more. There’s a small older barn where we can have animals with us. We build a small ranch home. There’s a full basement, and we finish the lower level with bedrooms for our planned-for three children. On the main-floor is our master bedroom, plus two rooms for each of us to have a study. We also decide to have a live-in nanny, an older lady, to help us with the kids and to do gardening and meal preparation. We consider her part of the family and want her to stay with us always. There’s a nice platform deck out the back where we have our meals during warm weather, and we like to see the kids play from there.

E. (silence)

K. As you can see, in my “late-night visions” I’ve painted lots of details, and so it’s all rather real to me. I know exactly what my heart always wanted with you. And so, recently, I’d been thinking, yes, I know, we didn’t get to do these things in this world – but, what about Summerland? Is it possible that we could yet salvage these dreams over there?

E. Tell me how this unfolds for you.

K. My first impressions were, I don’t know, maybe all this is too problematic for Summerland. But, the more I thought about it, the more I realized that there’s nothing in my vision that can’t be done over there. Elenchus, this is true even for the part about the nanny. You and I want to attend university over there and prepare ourselves for a particular service and teaching, but not everyone wants to go to university or to stand behind a lectern before a group of students. And it occurred to me that there would be all sorts of people – good people, jovial, good with kids, kind-hearted -- who would be very interested in helping with children and maintaining a household.

E. I think you’re correct.

K. Well, I was thinking about all these things, and noticed within myself a rising tide of well-being. But this assessment greatly understates what I felt. It’s hard for me to express my true feelings here. Now, someone hearing all this might exclaim, well, yes, with such a nice property it’s easy to see why you would be feeling good. But this view doesn’t do justice to my perceptions.

E. I think you’re doing fine explaining; just take your time and it will come out.

K. Maybe this will help. There are so many good things to see and do in Summerland. As we’ve said, it’s like a Disneyworld of activities. There’s everything that anyone would want. And yet, in my heart-of-hearts, what I was feeling was much more than “living in Disneyworld”. All of that is great, and we’ll want to sample it, but, when we do, without a certain missing element, it won’t produce the joy that I was feeling from imagining our coming “happiness on 10 acres.”

E. I believe I know the answer, but, for the benefit of our readers, tell us about this missing element.

K. On the “Summerland 1-Minute” page, the question is asked, will there ever come a time when the Family of God – that’s you and me and all of us – will not be involved in the development of “children”? Allow me to quote from that writing:

Everyone in Summerland, as part of one’s way of life, is engaged in some aspect of charitable service. But will a time come when service becomes obsolete, when everyone is mature with no further need of support?

Will the Family of God, of which we are all members, ever reach a point where there are no new souls being formed and educated, no new immature ones entering the “kindergarten” experience of mortal existence?

always time for a good Curious George story

There are no official answers from the “higher ups” on a question like this. But my sense is this: the Family of God will always – forever, amen -- be in the business of bringing into existence, preparing, educating, and aiding new “children” to reach the level of mature sons or daughters of God.

too great to fail

Why do I feel this to be the case? Why will the Family of God ever be in the “child-rearing business”? I think the answer is simple: The gift of life is too great to ever shut down the system. The pleasures, simply to be alive, for a mature Spirit Being, are too wonderful, too marvelous, to part with. I say this in spite of all the sorrows and sufferings that occur on our tear-stained planet. No price is too high to pay for all the blessings in the offing.

The eventual benefit will be so vast, so monumental, that even those who suffered the most while here will readily concede that they’d do it all again, or a hundred times, in order to live life on that advanced, joyful level to come.

I do not believe that Mother-Father God would ever, in effect, close the doors to the Family. This seems unthinkable to me. The very fact that the ancient Guides refer to God as “Mother-Father” suggests, to me, that the Divine Parent(s) will always and ever live up to their names. It's what they do.

E. Maybe I can help crystallize your main point. Our “10 acres of home-and-hearth” is much more than an example of Summerland’s beautiful gardens, retreats, and place for loving pets. All that is wonderful, but it's not what opened the floodgates of joy for you.

K. You are correct, Elenchus. I love gardens, pets, and a nice home as much as anyone, but something else sent me into ecstasy. Our “10 acres of home-and-hearth” is in fact a microcosm of the ultimate reality of Mother-Father God and the work they do in terms of “child rearing.” And I began to see that when we align and attune our spirits, our minds and life's work, with the will and intentions of the Divine Parent(s), we discover, deep within, such an outpouring of joy that my analogy of the star’s blast furnace is not overstated.

postscript:

E. So, Krissi, is the “10 acres of home-and-hearth” what you’d like to have as our home-base when we finally get over there?

K. I’m really tempted to say ‘yes,’ it’s just that, there’s so much variety of excellent living arrangement there that maybe we should scout out the possibilities before deciding. I have to say though, there’s something very appealing about a cozy 10-acre hide-away. What I do know is that I would like for us to have children. We’ve learned that this is possible in the coming world.

E. And about deciding on environment, we also like open meadows and lakes, and we might want that as well.

K. I think we’ll be able to have everything we want and within close proximity. Let's keep in mind, too, that we can travel, in a heartbeat, to whatever scenic view we'd like; also, we can have vacation homes in the mountains or in the "canopy" above the Amazon forest or in the painted desert. We can have what we like. However, whatever we do, I just know that I want to do it with you, or I’m going to fall off the existential cliff into an abyss of grief, just as I did in this world. I won't soon be forgetting that lesson.

Editor’s restatement:

There is happiness, albeit fleeting, for John and Mary to find each other. For a while, they really think they’ve found an answer to the underlying emptiness in their lives.

And for Twins, too, but in a more profound way, they experience great joy in simply being together. The magnitude of their happiness is much more than they believed it could be.

However, as Twins progress in their “traveling on,” they discover that a joy of simple darling companionship is just a beginning. As they mature and “eyes open,” they learn that the more they align and attune their lives and spirits with the Great Mind, that of Mother-Father God, joy begins to multiply.

Everything that Mother-Father God approves and promotes, plans and makes provision for, one finally discerns, serves to facilitate the greater good, development, and happiness for all. And when Twins begin to understand their destiny of emulating the Divine Parent(s), they will direct their efforts, not just toward personal goals but, to reflect the “mission statement” of the Family of God.

Someday, you and your Twin mate will decide how and where you’d like to live. It doesn’t need to be on “10 acres of home-and-hearth.” You can create your own oasis of peace and happiness. But, whatever the choice of living environment, we, as Twin couples, will design our lifestyles to aid the less developed “children in the Family” to attain maturity.

a full package of blessing: in addition to marital companionship, Twin mates are offered an expansive array of happiness as they assume their roles as mature sons and daughters in the Family

A Twin couple's increasingly closely-aligned spirits with Mother-Father God release a floodtide of joy previously unknown. This could not happen if we were not "hard-wired," if our "spiritual DNA" did not lead us, to experience this kind of profound happiness.

We begin to emulate, more and more, the burgeoning sense of well-being that the Divine Parent(s) live in, and desire to share. What we've been given fuels our desire to help everyone enjoy the same. This is the story of eternal life.