Life Has Its Hills And Valleys…

MON., AUG. 16, 1982, 5:31 AM
ZANE’S KITCHEN, HALEIWA

You have been away for some time, o son, but I realize the circumstances were not ideal for this communion. Now you are here and ready, so hear some observations on the hills and valleys of life in the past few days.

The hills have been the enjoyment of tropic beauty, the nostalgia of return to scenes remembered, the joys of extended family life… even the soft, easy creation of music. Your body works well for its age, and you are balancing your opportunities for interaction with people with your needs for aloneness and contemplation. Replace the post cards and send a few small bits of light to scattered people.

Your Mother’s illness is troublesome, and the circumstances of treatment have not been perfect, but do not focus entirely on the might-have-beens. Her time in the earth is not much longer, and all do not leave easily and quickly. Peter, who should have had many years of promise and accomplishment ahead of him, passed on over with exceeding quickness. Your Mother, with her accomplishments completed, lingers on in bodily life. Your suspicion about her spirit being absent at times is accurate. At those times when she seems least like herself (or not like herself at all) her spirit has left the tired old body to the diseased mind. It moves out, sometimes close and observing, sometimes off exploring other realms. As long as the body lives and the mind functions, however, the spirit has a commitment to remain fundamentally a part of the being.

Remember that the spirit, as it is developed, is that part of the earth person that does not push for its own way, but is the unifying force in the personality. Hers is a spirit developed fairly well, so it will not leave permanently as long as physical life remains. But her mind has a sickness, and just as a strong spirit cannot instantly heal a gaping would in the flesh or overcome coronary blockage, so it cannot unify and coordinate a mind that is sick and has an inordinate desire to focus on self. If treatment comes in time, you shall see or hear of her spirit’s resurgence. Still, the time to move on to other realms is at hand, so the spirit is more dutiful than avid in its relationship to the present structure.

Continue to lend your presence and let your spirit grow in this experience, for, yes, it is one of growth, for all of you involved.