A00020 - The Call: Part One

On warm Summer evening in 1972, The Boy returned home from a long, hot day working at the Safeway store in High Desert, California.  As was not an unusual occurrence, The Boy often ventured outside in the backyard of his parents' house to look up at the sky at the beautiful array of celestial objects. For those familiar with the nighttime display of stars in Joshua Tree National Park, the stars of the High Desert in 1972 were just as spectacular.  They were stunning.

After viewing the stellar display for about half an hour, The Boy began to feel a certain impulse.  It was the first of such impulses, but it would not be the last.  At this time, the impulse -- the Divine Impulse -- was urging The Boy to abandon The Boy's previous life and to begin immediately to spread the Word of God.  The Boy took this to mean the Christian Word that The Boy had grown up with and so, in compliance with the Divine Impulse -- in compliance with "The Call", The Boy immediately began the ministry by walking to my nextdoor neighbor's house to announce the Glory of God.

Those first steps marked the beginning of a rather long Spiritual Journey.  The Boy's Spiritual Journey would result in The Boy's being hospitalized for the next three months, to an extended two-week coma during which The Boy dropped to a perilous 83 pounds, to a metaphysical journey beyond time and space, and ultimately to a return to a weakened body and clouded mind.

However, despite The Boy's pitiful condition, the Divine Impulse had begun to transform The Boy into what the Divine wanted The Boy to be.  Some may discount its reality.  

A00019 - I Dream of a Divine World

 You have heard it said*: "Some men see things as they are and say why - I dream things that never were and say why not."

But I say unto you**: "Some people see the world as it is and say why - I dream of a divine world that always has been and say why not."


*George Bernard Shaw (and often quoted by Robert F. Kennedy)

**The Boy Who Was With The God

A00018 - Imagination Transcends the Universe

 You have heard it said*: "Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."

But I say unto you:** "Imagination is more important than knowledge.  Knowledge is limited.  Imagination transcends the universe."


*Albert Einstein

**The Boy Who Was With The God

A00017 - A Love That Lasts Beyond Death

 While The Boy came to understand that the Only Eternal Love is the Love that The Boy has for The God Who Was With The Boy.  Over time, The Boy would come to experience the fact that the Love that The Boy had for Others would last beyond The Boy's Life provided that the Others Who The Boy Loved lived.  The Boy's Love for Others would only depart when both The Boy and the Loved Other both ceased to Live.  

A00016 - The Only Eternal Love

 It would take over fifty years for The Boy to understand the message from The God Who Was With The Boy.  There would be many endeavors to Love another Human Being.  However, at the end of the fifty years, The Boy came to understand that The God Who Was With The Boy wanted The Boy to find an Eternal Love and that the only Eternal Love that can ever be is To Love The God Who Was With The Boy. Any other form of Love is merely a temporary sentiment that passes once the physical existence comes to an end.  That is why marital vows typically include the provision of the "Til Death Do Us Part".  Even for married couples, the Love they share does not continue in the Life Hereafter.  Only the Love of The God Who Was With The Boy would continue in the Life Hereafter.    

A00015 - "To Love"

 As the Boy began to Heal and as the Boy began to venture forth to Learn, the Boy came to the realization that He had to follow the message from The God Who Was With The Boy which was "To Love".  But what did the message "To Love" mean.  Did it mean that the Boy was to Love the one that He already Loved?  To find out, the Boy decided to visit the One That He Already Loved.  

But while the Boy would travel to find the answer to the Question, the Boy would not find the answer there.  The answer was already embedded within the Soul of the Boy.  When The God Who Was With The Boy instructed The Boy "To Love", it was a Universal, Eternal Love that The God Who Was With The Boy wanted The Boy to pursue.  

It would take The Boy over Fifty Years to learn how "To Love."  The trip to visit the One That He Already Loved would only be a first stop on a Long Journey "To Love."

A00014 - The Messages from The God Who Was With The Boy

 Over the lifetime of The Boy, The God Who Was With The Boy would send The Boy a number of Messages.  The following are The Messages that The Boy received:

(1)  To See

(2)  To Live

(3)  To Learn

(4)  To Love

(5)  To Serve

(6)  To Lead

(7)  To Unite

(8)  To Overcome

(9)  To Procreate

(10) To Evolve

(11) To Write

(12) To See Again  

To the best of his ability, The Boy complied with the Messages he received from The God Who Was With The Boy.