DAILY MESSAGE ARCHIVES NOVEMBER 2019

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November 24, 2019

CHANGING THE WORLD

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Tolstoy and Einstein are among the most enduring voices in history that still reach out to us to share their deep wisdom. In this case, they both seem to be saying the same thing, only in their own way.

Another way of stating this same idea of how to make the world a better place is, "be the change you want to see in the world." This is often attributed to Gandhi, but likely it came from someone after him, though we're not exactly sure who.

In any case, it’s good for to be reminded that things don't change for the better unless we, as humans, are prepared to change how we think about things. Some might consider this change a call to commit ourselves to greater stewardship towards our planet. This, of course, means acting more responsible by taking on more obligations.

I'm not sure, however, this world is prepared to take on more responsibilities, especially if it's tinged with someone's 'do gooder' guilt. Perhaps a better approach for positive change is to employ the root word 'response,' rather than 'responsiblity.' The idea of 'response' is more appealing than responsibility, because it suggests what happens outwardly, in this case, changing the world, is a result of the affections within. When we respond to something, generally it comes from the emotive centre of the heart, rather than what our thinking mind keeps harping on us as about our responsibilities, obligations and duties.

I have paraphrased some statements below on the difference of responsibility and response from A Course of Love by Mari Perron. (Page 214)

"Responsibility implies guardianship regarding needs that would not have been met without you. Response, however, is given as a natural act of giving and receiving as one. Responsibility is a demanded response, a necessary response… an obligation. Responsibility is all about dealing with an outside world. Response happens from within. Charity is a responsibility, but love is a response. It is the idea of responsibility that leads to oppression. Your call is to respond rather than to be responsible. But how can you be free to respond when you're thinking remains tied to responsibility?"

For most of humanity, the dictates of the cold rational 'thinking' mind seem to have little appeal, and so it doesn't bring the kind of change that response brings when engaged from the affections of the heart. If there is a desire, it comes from the heart, not the mind. And so, it seems to me, just thinking is not adequate to effect change, it must first come from the response of the heart.

I'm confident that both Einstein and Tolstoy would agree with this assessment, including what French scientist and philosopher Pascal once said; The heart has its reasons, which reason knows not.

Thinking is necessary for change, but, on its own, it's not sufficient. Rather, lasting change requires the union of the heart and the mind. This was the topic of a previous post, Union of Heart and Mind. If you wish to read the post, the link is: https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/union-of-heart-and-mind

NGM

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November 10, 2019

THE WINDOWS OF THE SOUL

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t has been said, “the eyes are the windows of the soul.” Actually, this phrase is derived from the French phrase, 'Les yeux sont le miroir de l'dme,’’ meaning, “the eyes are the mirror of the soul”.

If this is true, Audrey Hepburn and Sophia Loren may be correct in saying that the beauty of a woman, be she a model or old woman like Mother Teresa (as pictured above), resides within and is reflected outwardly through her eyes.

This would be consistent with the scripture that says: The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! Matthew 6:22,23 (KJV).

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Obviously, this principle would also apply to men, whereby the eyes refect the character of man's inward soul.

Perhaps we all should take a look at our eyes in the mirror to see what they mirror back to us. Do we see our soul reflected in our eyes, and if so, how does that look?

This is what James, the protagonist in Elysium's Passage has to ask himself and why he has such problems in sustaining loving relationships with women in his life. Then he meets a woman whose eyes changes everything for him:

The clock on the wall said 03:00. Likely things would remain quiet on the ward now that she had completed her scheduled rounds. With most of the patients asleep, I hoped she would remain by the bedside for as long as possible.

Gone was the detached efficacy, now noticeably transformed into tender concern as she continued to stand motionless by the fall guy, gazing silently into his face. What was she thinking? Perhaps she was hoping to find some hint or trace of conscious resuscitation. I could tell by her intent expression there must be some concern, possibly wondering if the fall guy would ever recover.

Though she didn`t speak, her crystal blue eyes said it all. I could see the windows to her soul moistened, and her face betrayed a curious mix of hope and sadness. Finally, she reached for the fall guy’s right hand and tenderly clasped it into hers while whispering a few imploring words, wishing he would hear her. And he did, but not as she might have expected. I could feel the loving connection with her soul as I momentarily became the fall guy again since it really was my heart she touched. I could feel the affection she directed towards my comatose body. Without her knowing it, it was to me she spoke; not the body on the bed.

Be sure to read what happens next in the forthcoming book in the series: Elysium's Passage: Quantum Leaps.

Meanwhile, may access the Amazon page for the first novel of the series, ELYSIUM'S PASSAGE: THE SUMMIT by going to www.elysiumspassage.com

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November 2, 2019 undefined

There is a sense in which Marilyn is correct; we are all sparkling stars in God’s sky. Ideally speaking. However, it is apparent that there are many who appear more like black holes with nary a twinkle or sparkle.

Though she was no theologian, she had some profound insight into our nature. No matter how outwardly depraved humanity may descend, the divine qualities of the twinkle still remain latent within us. These are often thwarted and denied and, for some, may never again be revealed in this lifetime. I don’t wish to go on this dark tangent since I have already discussed/speculated on what fate might await such a soul in my post ‘NERO, ONE HELLUVA STORY.’ See https://digitalbloggers.com/book-reviews/one-helleva-story

If we realize we have the capacity to realize and live out our true nature as a twinkle of light, expressing love and goodness, then we at least might seek this divine light within. Jesus said the kingdom (domain) of heaven is within. No one can take that ‘right’ away for us, except us. It’s our inheritance. If we ignore what it means to be a child of God, created in the image and likeness of God, then the light of what we are can no longer shine, or even ‘twinkle.’

The Hebrew scriptures that state in Psalms 82:6: Ye are gods, and all of you are children of the most High. (KJV). In fact, Jesus quoted this verse in John 10:34 when answering the Pharisees about being the son of God: Jesus replied, is it not written in your Law, I have said you are gods (NIV). What this means is that we, our divine essence, is much more than what we can imagine. This leads to a deep philosophical/theological discussion that I don’t wish to even begin to get into here, but you may read about these considerations and much more throughout the ELYSIUM’S PASSAGE novel series. I hope you do. www.elysiumspassage.com

SUMMARY OF ELYSIUM'S PASSAGE SERIES

This the first in a series of five Elysium narrations regarding a young British philosopher named James Phillips who finds himself living in an altered state of reality while still remaining on earth.

After experiencing a near-fatal fall while climbing to the summit of a remote mountain in the Andes, James awakens in a new dimension. He soon encounters two mysterious beings who provide him with a very different perspective on the nature of his existence. Over the next year, before his body recovers from the coma, he is challenged to re-examine his understanding about life’s meaning and purpose far beyond anything he previously believed or could believe.

An engaging and sometime surreal adventure with intimations of impending romance, the narrative explores the most important questions about life, death, reality and our ultimate destiny.

The Plains of Elysium (Champs-Élysées) was described by Homer, Hesiod, Virgil and many other poets as the paradisiac afterlife realm reserved for heroes. As the title suggests, this is about a journey through a passage that leads towards Elysium’s exciting realm of existence.

To read a sample press review at: https://www.prweb.com/releases/2018/05/prweb15515775.htm

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(ATTEMPTED) INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES

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ELYSIUM'S PASSAGE: READER REVIEWS

The following comments are excerpts from among the first readers including a number of Amazon five star reviews. To read the full reviews, go to READER REVIEWS on www.elysiumspassage.com or directly at https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/reader-reviews

"A delightful mix of fantasy, reality, conjecture and humour; Mr Meyers draws the reader into the story with a gentle narrative that captures the imagination, leaving one anxious to get to the next page drawing you into his exceptional world.”

"Quietly, gently, and without imposition, the Author unfolds the pages, creating an intricate, interlocking bridge spanning the chasm between mind and heart. Renewing, refreshing, restoring. In my bereavement, it was vigil and light…"

“Excellently written with an exceedingly deep understanding of this world and the next. The characters are very well written and engaging. I can't wait to complete this book!"

“Takes the reader on both a philosophical and spiritual journey, a journey that at times is both disquieting and tranquil. James, a British Philosopher can be irreverent and caustic, traits that should have left me cringing, but instead made me laugh out loud. Elysium’s Passage is a fun, enlightening and remarkable book.”

“This is a masterful fantasy, becoming a real possibility, as the reader is drawn into the story. The Summit leaves you anxious for the next book in the series, yet also leaves you totally satisfied with the world you have just visited. Genius! An exciting, yet calming, experience that is not to be missed."

"There was hardly a page on which I did not find at least one sentence worthy of hi-lighting for future reference. In addition, I thoroughly enjoyed the main character, James, whose personality and passionate verbal exchanges with the other characters, kept me coming back for more. I am reading the book for a second time while I wait for the next one in this series to be made available."

“N.G. Meyers has clearly put a great deal of research and thought into what the afterlife may look like and I like his perspective. It’s an altogether welcoming and exciting vision. The book gives one a great deal to think about and a reassuring confidence that the end of our lives is truly the beginning of life in the next. I highly recommend it."

"I am really enjoying your book, it’s fantastic! It is so incredible and diversified that I can’t really explain it to other people, so what I say is just read this book. Thank you so much for the blessings that you’ve given the world!"

“The humour interjected into a serious discussion makes me laugh out loud. Totally unexpected....l may be in the presence of at least a master, if not a genius. A fair ride into reality... seeking that which is unseen, yet absolutely real.”

“An engaging story of adventure embracing man's deepest desire to search for meaning and purpose, N.G. Meyers takes the reader on an adventurous thought-provoking journey. This book has substance. It is a perfect blend of adventure and fantasy combined with spiritual philosophy. It ignited my imagination. The author magically weaves a good story laced with wit and humour together with deep philosophical wisdom. This book has it all!”

“An evolution in thought is triggered by many fresh philosophical themes which could inspire readers to re-think their reality and former ideologies that have dictated their lives… the author fires readers’ imaginations to view what could be possible when spirit vacates the body.”

“This is the book spiritual seekers have been waiting for. For me, it granted a great read as well as increased inspiration to live every day with a heightened sense of purpose. I highly recommend it.

“The Summit is capable of hooking readers and luring them to search for Book 2 to discover more about Dr. Philip’s surreal trek into the mysterious unknown universe. This thick book is well worth the read and to share…”

“Mind-blowing statements and speculation (‘…everyone is a non-physical thought form conceived in the Mind of God, preserved for all eternity because God’s thoughts never die…’). Many will find Meyers’ journey up the Mountain intriguing—and possibly even life-changing.” (BLUEINK REVIEW)

“In its effort to grapple with fundamental questions about the meaning of life, it raises questions that have echoed throughout the ages, including about where we come from, where we are going, who we are.” (CLARION REVIEW)

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PENDING PUBLICATIONS IN THE SERIES

The following titles in the ELYSIUM’S PASSAGE series are projected to be released in 2024

1. The Ascent is the first novel in the Chronicles of Elysium Passage series that’s foundational to everything else that happens in the following books, embarking on an adventure that will surprise and delight the reader like no other book.

It all begins with an extreme adventure of climbing a remote and challenging mountain somewhere in the Andean Mountains. Just as James, the protagonist, is about to reach the mountain summit, he falls into an abyss that leaves him in a coma for almost a year.

After being airlifted by a forestry helicopter and flown back to London, where his body remains for almost a year. Eventually, he learns it was not him but his body that was rescued. Several days later, without understanding what happened, he continues to climb to the summit in an alternate dimension of higher consciousness.

Fortuitously, he meets two adventurers on the summit ridge who are no longer of this world. After that, his surreal life leads him to several new adventures in the subsequent chronicles that include a rich mix of adventure, romance, and fantasy, along with profound discussions of philosophy, spirituality and the afterlife.

2. The Summit, the second novel in the Chronicles of Elysium Passage series, carries on where James, the narrator and protagonist, is taught more about a multidimensional reality that he finds difficult to comprehend.

Not only does he find he’s not as clever as he imagined, but his off-world companions on the summit demonstrate that much of what he believed about life was not just parochial but wrong. At first, he finds this difficult to comprehend since their teachings are contrary to his limited understanding of non-material reality.

After being tricked into teleporting off a ledge where he was trapped, James becomes aware of the new reality that makes him capable of far more adventures than could have ever been experienced previously in his physical body back home.

Now, if only he would win over the only woman in this life who matters, the nurse on the other side of the veil, who continually demonstrates her unconditional love toward his healing.

Warning: This book may also open the reader’s eyes to a much vaster reality than most might be aware. As with the other Chronicles, there are discussions of philosophy, the spiritual afterlife and what might seem like fantasy.

3. Quantum Leaps is the third novel in Chronicles of Elysium Passage, where James, the philosopher-protagonist, teleports back to London to visit his body and make contact with the special nurse taking care of it in his absence. Immediately, he feels an inexplicable spiritual bond with her for reasons he remains unaware of.

Now aroused by a renewed interest in matters of love, the beginnings of a relationship begin to emerge as he attempts to reach across the chasm of their worlds. But it’s not until the fifth novel, Mystical Romance, that he encounters her in a way that he finds difficult to believe.

However, before that can happen, there is much about his failed relationships that must be resolved before he is ready to move forward in his new life in Elysium’s Passage. It is during this time he christens his comatose body as the fall guy since it took the fall for him down the abyss so he could learn the lessons he’s now learning.

That will be the next focus of his life, where in his next Surreal Adventures, he is given virtual lessons to release many of his past beliefs about life.

4. Surreal Adventures is the fourth novel in the Chronicles of Elysium Passage, which finds James, the protagonist and narrator, escorted by his companions to a remote South Pacific Island, where he is left to reflect on what he’s learned.

During the next forty days, he battles the demons of his past as he works through some rather painful issues from his early youth. Here, in a tropical storm, he encounters an eery suspended spectre of the one he loved yet still resents for abandoning him as a child.

After this, he achieves peace of mind and is ready to return to his lodge to join his off-world companions on the Andes summit. However, just when it seemed things couldn’t get any stranger, a sixteenth-century sea captain sails his ancient ‘ghost’ ship onto the beach. Together, they sail off on a mystical ocean voyage to a couple of virtual islands supposedly in the South Pacific, where he witnesses and, at times, participates in several important life lessons.

His surreal encounters in the Flatlands illustrate the deficiencies of contemporary academia. Next, they sail off to the next island, the Hill Country, where he witnesses several peculiarities in organized religion. These experiences, though virtual, provide him with fascinating and enlightening allegorical examples of his life in the world.

Near the end, these encounters help prepare him for a new challenge within the interior of a mountain, where he falls deep into a dark tomb of fear. After being rescued by a mysterious stranger wielding his Excaliber, he continues on to where his life is about to be transformed in the following chronicle, Mystical Romance.

5. Mystical Romance is the fifth chronicle in Elysium Passage, which will surprise the reader with a romantic twist of how love is expressed in higher realms. From this lofty perspective, everything about intimacy is understood as within, so without.

After escaping his tomb, James, the narrator and protagonist, makes his way through a maze of tunnels until he arrives at a large oak door, which he opens with the golden key he had been given. There, he steps into Elysium’s Passage’s Great Hall, where his life and recent achievements are celebrated now that his eyes have been opened to perceive a fascinating interior world of wonderment… and romance.

To say more might risk diminishing the multitude of delightful surprises as circumstances begin to open to The Elixir, where James is about to re-enter his earthly body’s existence.

6. The Elixir is the sixth chronicle of the Elysium Passage series that prepares James, the narrator-protagonist, to awaken and return to his body in London. Before that can happen, however, his off-worlder friend presents a mysterious equation enshrouded with a light code frequency that will stimulate multidimensional DNA strands within him.

Much of this narration is centred in London, where his nurse unknowingly becomes involved in how the Elixir’s equation finds its way from a taxi cab driver to higher echelons of science. There are many twists in how she unwittingly brings the Elixir to the attention of mathematicians and physicists, after which they eventually discover how to code the equation into a laser ray to stimulate his fall-guy body into full consciousness.

Ostensibly a new Adam, he is destined to return humanity to a higher multidimensional existence. How this happens is filled with intrigue, as is his shocking return to his earthly body.

7. The Return is the seventh and last chronicle in the series where James, the narrator and protagonist, has re-emerged from Elysium’s Passage as he readjusts to life in the third dimension. Many of the events experienced in the previous novels are tied together in an exciting, fast-moving, action-packed narrative.

Now, back in the third dimension, all memories seem to have been lost, with his fall guy’s brain not being aware of what happened to him in the last year. As a consequence, it takes a while for him to be convinced he had been out of his earthly body for almost a year.

Through some rather unexpected events and his girlfriend’s urging, he is brought to an awareness of much that occurred out of the body. Though much of the chronicle, this brain hasn’t caught up to the changes he experienced in his heart in the alternate realm.

Through some harsh life lessons back home, he discovers what he has become and the many challenges that lie ahead of him in fulfilling his mission to bring change to this planet.

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