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ISSN: 1539-431X September 18, 2003 Oneness, Diversity, and All That Is
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John Cali My part of this week’s newsletter is a bit longer than I prefer, but it will soon be clear to you why. Last week I got a letter from a member of the present-day Nez Perce Tribe. She will remain anonymous for obvious reasons. Here are her words: "John, I have just discovered your website, at first with delight and then with dismay. Chief Joseph is my Spirit Guide and I have long been hoping to make contact with anyone else who is fortunate enough to be guided by this wonderful man. I thought I had found such a person in you, but on reading the supposed words spoken by the Chief I find these to be a sham. "Joseph has channelled many words to me over the years and what you have printed in his name does not ring with his voice. I have asked The Chief if these are his words and he says ‘No.’ "Do you have anything to say which would convince me otherwise? If not shame on you, John." I did not respond to her except to say I had nothing to say, for we were obviously on different paths. I got to thinking about this letter last weekend. I’ve received similarly critical letters before, but this is the first from a Native American who actually believed in spirit guides and channelling. Not that other Native Americans don’t–we’ve quite a few of them on our mailing list. And they support Joseph and me, and accept the phenomenon of channelling and other related spiritual concepts. This lady just didn’t accept that Chief Joseph would bring forth such messages as he does with me. So he could not really be Joseph. Only "her" Joseph was the "real" one. That seems a bit strange to me since "my" Joseph’s messages are always so uplifting and empowering. High spirit guides always uplift and empower you, and never drag you down. And then another letter also arrived last week. This was from someone apparently affiliated with Native Americans in some unclear way. This person totally discounted the phenomenon of channelling. As he put it, did I think someone could talk to me after I died? I did not respond at all to that letter. I’ve not received a lot of these sorts of letters over the years. But there’ve been enough that I’ve found the best approach is to ignore them. Whatever we focus on, we create more of. If we’re resisting anything or anyone, we’re focusing on what we don’t want. And thereby creating more of it. As negative as these letter writers are, I truly appreciate them. For they clearly demonstrate this work Joseph and I are doing is getting out there. My personal motto is to always look for the positives in all situations, to make the best of whatever circumstances I find myself in. Or, as Joseph said not long ago, "Seek the joy in every experience." So I never take any of this personally. Whenever any of us is critical or judgemental of another, it has nothing to do with that other person. It has only to do with us, and it reflects the way we feel about ourselves. Enough said about that. However, these two letters got me thinking about the world situation today, and the commemoration last week of the events of September 11, 2001. What we really need, I thought to myself, is not more divisiveness, more criticism, more judgement, more resistance. To see why not you don’t need to look beyond the headlines of your daily newspaper. What we need is to remember who we all are, to remember the oneness and diversity that make life on our Mother Earth such a joy and pleasure. We need to simply allow all others to be, to follow their chosen paths, even when those paths are different from ours. And we need to avoid getting mired down in past grievances. All our power is in this present moment. As much as we may want to drag our feet, we cannot go backward from this present moment. We can go only forward. Of course, that’s where many of us go astray. We get hung up on the past, especially the negative past, the past of pain and suffering. And we thereby create more negativity, pain, and suffering in our present and future moments. We often see oneness and diversity as opposites. And yet they are not. They are simply part of the colorful fabric we have all chosen to weave in this physical incarnation. We are all connected, diverse though we may be. We are all part of all that is and All That Is. So the bottom-line question for me here is just exactly what and who are spirit guides? And, for that matter, who are we, incarnated as we are in these physical bodies? These questions are particularly poignant and pertinent during these times of rapidly accelerating energies on our planet. Many of you have written us recently about the powerful effects these energies are having in your personal lives–in your bodies, your emotions, your relationships, and so on. And the energies are also obviously having powerful effects on a global scale. Perhaps it’s not just "coincidence" that the Nez Perce Chief Joseph made his transition from physical to non-physical 99 years ago this coming Sunday, September 21. Let me conclude this long-winded monologue with this: In these newsletters it’s not often I get the opportunity to really "spout off" and open up to you with my personal feelings, thoughts, and beliefs–and to come to you from my heart. So thank you for listening. Next week we’ll hear Joseph’s thoughts.
This article was originally published here.
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