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'Cosmic Voices'
Kobe Bryant
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from https://www.cosmicvoices.network/bryant
Kobe Bean Bryant (1978-2020) was a professional basketball player who spent his entire career with the Los Angeles Lakers and was regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. He retired after the 2015–16 season, and died at age 41, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others, in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California on January 26, 2020.
via Jeanne Love, August 21, 2020
... The thing is, when the copter was struggling to right itself, I did see my family in front of my eyes. I was tightly holding onto Gigi and praying. We had a moment or two to pray. I was frightened. I didn’t want this to be the end, but I had this sinking feeling that it would be the last time I would successfully take a breath of air. I prayed for help to manage my feelings. I remember looking around the cabin and seeing everyone else’s’ horror at what we were experiencing. There was no time for words. And then it was done. And yet I was still “alive,” or so I thought. We all got up and walked out of the copter. It was a mangled mess. Then we collectively looked at one another, realizing "uh-oh." What happened after that was kind of a blur. Gigi was crying as were the other girls. But none of us felt any physical pain. That was incredible in and of itself...
I don’t remember exactly how I got to the next place, but I found myself at this beautiful lake scene. The most beautiful, rich colors, sounds and voices. There was no one else there but me, or so I thought. All of a sudden, I was alone with myself. No angels, choirs, pearly gates. It was then that I finally knew the truth about life. While I was sitting in this reflective space I was overcome with the presence of LOVE. It was the most intense LOVE I have EVER experienced. As I sat there, I was overcome with the emotions of the moment. I looked around for Gigi but she was not anywhere around me. I learned later that she had been taken to a different area to help her in a similar fashion but with more help. She wasn’t alone...
People who were broken in the physical world are whole here. Those people who were lost are FOUND here. Those whose hearts who were filled with hatred and want to heal their own heart, are working to forgive their past mistakes.
WE are ALIVE.
What would I leave with you in this last bit of Kobe wisdom? -- If there is such a thing -- To understand, seek and know that GOD IS EVERYWHERE. And He/She can be found in the simplest of things and experiences. God is the work of LOVE and how we treat one another. God is in every living creature. We must honor that. We must honor this creation we are participating in because it is GOD and the reverence that we might perpetuate for a few minutes a week needs to change into being perpetual…perpetual LOVE...
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