Another Hospice “Gig”

SAT., APR. 1, 2000, 7:56 PM
FARM, STUDY

This morning arrived, and so did you, at the designated church, and you were surprised at the number of young people attending this hospice training session. It appeared that some of them appreciated your contribution to their “education,” but, again, remember that you are doing it for Me. If it is an “offering” to Me you needn’t be concerned about “how it is received.” These young folks were mostly medical students, imbued with the important role of medicine (in its modern mode of practice) in saving lives and prolonging the life of the body. Yet if they are in this “training” they must also have some of the perspectives other than just the Humanistic.

Without the guitar you are not quite as unique as you have been (with it), but you recited the poems quite well… and its the best you can do now. Just consider that while you can’t be as effective as you have been in earlier years, you are better than anyone else in presenting these Perspectives… and I consider them important.

You weren’t as active a hospice volunteer, with patients, as you expected to be. Part of it was time… you had many responsibilities and tasks until recently, and you did like the “idea” of hospice more than actually spending time with dying patients. Consider becoming active again, as a volunteer with patients… though I’m not doing more than suggesting that you consider this, for it would be an addition to what you are doing now.

Also know that I have urged you to “work,” slowly and patiently on contemplation, rather than seeking to fill your time with more active tasks. I’ll now suggest that you take one or more Teachings and contemplate what I have said and how this can be a worthwhile venture in earth time.

As I have told you often, of hospice I approve. It is a fine alternative to further tests and more extensive medical treatments, and, while I am not against effective medical care it can be easily overdone. I recognize that it is rarely easy for a physician to cease treatment… because more would not likely be of true value. But it is quite “proper” for the damaged or diseased patient to make a personal (and, hopefully, a family) decision to halt the efforts and enjoy the trip “on over,” as much as possible.

Some who finally succumb, in spite of or because of the treatment, are glad that they tried to stay “alive,” but many more regret this brief extension of life, as a medical patient. Hospice is an alternative, and you may have a chance to test this out. You know it will be interesting, being a hospice patient… but not yet.

Now let Me offer some insight on these Perspectives. I’ve done it before. I can do it again. The Ecological perspective, even though it is devoid of spirit, as presented, actually encourages spirit in accepting death as a “fact of life,” for humans as well as for all other forms of life. There is something noble about humbling self, as “just one form of life,” rather than being too proud about being superior.

The Humanistic view is of most importance in the willingness to sacrifice self for others or for a worthy cause… accepting death with the dignity creatures in My Image should have. It certainly shows more courage in dying if you expect no more conscious life… than if this is your expectation.

The Christian perspective is obviously a favorite of Mine, but, as you understand Me, it should be combined with Reincarnation, or Eternal, Everlasting life, and with your Life after Life perception. There is a judgment at the death of a body, a judgment on the status of the soul, after this earth life. There may be what appears to be “punishment,” but hell is a reality only for those souls who still reject Me, refusing to grow positively in spirit.

Because of your long relationship with Me, Holy Spirit, and the way your life has been, as an educator, you need not fear the “evaluation” when your soul moves across, with the query, “What now?” Yet you don’t want to negate good karma, or generate some not-so-good, in these last months or years of life.