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a wife, or lover, but the intimacy shared with all spirits brings unimaginable joy.
“ The earthly body, though beautiful, has many limitations; particularly in the way it appears to separate you from every other human, rejoicing in your individuality while continually struggling for intimacy.
“Try to imagine a place where each body is unique and appealing; yet has no existence separate from every other heavenly being. We belong completely to our Maker and to one another.
“ There is no pretense and no loneliness; no competition for love or resources or striving to prove oneself and no possibility of rejection.
“ Each of us is totally integrated and entirely compatible with all other beings.”
“Okay, Zachri, I can buy that f or you, but my friend, Bob, has known the other kind of existence. Have you forgotten what you couldn’t keep your mind off?”
“Not forgotten, exchanged for something better: true love. Think of how you felt when you and Janie touched each other at soul level. You called that love. If you can capture that sensation and magnify its intensity by the radiance of a star-filled sky, you’ll have at least a hint of what I’ve found.”
Bob said this with such sincerity that Mark knew it was useless to argue.
Bob continued:
“Am I missing something by not engaging in lovemaking as I knew it? No, my friend, what humans label ‘orgasm’ is as inferior to our intimacy as the single plunk of a rubber-band banjo is to a concert of Beethoven’s music presented at New York’s Metropolitan Opera.”
Zachri chose this moment to add to the explanation. “People tend toward believing that the sum is greater than its parts but we are the sum and the parts; perfect collectively and individually - a reality that humans cannot experience.”
As Mark sat between the two spirits, trying without much success to grasp the meaning of their words, he noticed the occasional gleam in the space ahead of them , like golden nuggets or threads catching the sun’s rays.
‘Could it be true that we on Earth are separated from the spirit world only by an imperceptible veil? Am I on the other side of it now?’
These thoughts could have been highly disturbing but Mark was experiencing a surprising serenity, in direct contrast to the reaction elicited by the stark violence he had just observed.
He almost missed the tail end of Zachri’s explanation, forcing his attention back to his companions just as Zachri was saying:
“One taste of this form of intimacy and you would no longer be fit for your world.”
“I’m highly satisfied with the form of loving I share with Janie, thank you. So how do I return to her?”
His guide replied firmly.
“It’s not yet time to answer that question; this journey is not finished.”
“You told me that by returning to the experiences which altered my life, I could be healed. I’ve learned some things. For one: I would never again let the Service turn me or my men into machines. We could have obeyed orders without dehumanizing our enemies and celebrating their deaths.”
Zachri had a question for Mark.
“Tell us the ways in which your military experiences changed your future.”
“Hmm…I might still have gone to work for the bank but without my naval experience they wouldn’t have chosen me to run an international shipping company.
“ Bankers don’t typically make the kind of money I have, so my lifestyle would have been very different.
“ I probably wouldn’t be living in Geneva or have a home in the Florida Keys and my son wouldn’t have had the advantage of an excellent education in a military school. We probably couldn’t have gone scuba diving and sailing as often and, if I’d had a less fulfilling single life, I might have remarried sooner and missed out on knowing Janie.”
“Those are conceivable differences but having less money wouldn’t have altered your relationships.”
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PURGING NIGHTMARES
While Mark
“ The earthly body, though beautiful, has many limitations; particularly in the way it appears to separate you from every other human, rejoicing in your individuality while continually struggling for intimacy.
“Try to imagine a place where each body is unique and appealing; yet has no existence separate from every other heavenly being. We belong completely to our Maker and to one another.
“ There is no pretense and no loneliness; no competition for love or resources or striving to prove oneself and no possibility of rejection.
“ Each of us is totally integrated and entirely compatible with all other beings.”
“Okay, Zachri, I can buy that f or you, but my friend, Bob, has known the other kind of existence. Have you forgotten what you couldn’t keep your mind off?”
“Not forgotten, exchanged for something better: true love. Think of how you felt when you and Janie touched each other at soul level. You called that love. If you can capture that sensation and magnify its intensity by the radiance of a star-filled sky, you’ll have at least a hint of what I’ve found.”
Bob said this with such sincerity that Mark knew it was useless to argue.
Bob continued:
“Am I missing something by not engaging in lovemaking as I knew it? No, my friend, what humans label ‘orgasm’ is as inferior to our intimacy as the single plunk of a rubber-band banjo is to a concert of Beethoven’s music presented at New York’s Metropolitan Opera.”
Zachri chose this moment to add to the explanation. “People tend toward believing that the sum is greater than its parts but we are the sum and the parts; perfect collectively and individually - a reality that humans cannot experience.”
As Mark sat between the two spirits, trying without much success to grasp the meaning of their words, he noticed the occasional gleam in the space ahead of them , like golden nuggets or threads catching the sun’s rays.
‘Could it be true that we on Earth are separated from the spirit world only by an imperceptible veil? Am I on the other side of it now?’
These thoughts could have been highly disturbing but Mark was experiencing a surprising serenity, in direct contrast to the reaction elicited by the stark violence he had just observed.
He almost missed the tail end of Zachri’s explanation, forcing his attention back to his companions just as Zachri was saying:
“One taste of this form of intimacy and you would no longer be fit for your world.”
“I’m highly satisfied with the form of loving I share with Janie, thank you. So how do I return to her?”
His guide replied firmly.
“It’s not yet time to answer that question; this journey is not finished.”
“You told me that by returning to the experiences which altered my life, I could be healed. I’ve learned some things. For one: I would never again let the Service turn me or my men into machines. We could have obeyed orders without dehumanizing our enemies and celebrating their deaths.”
Zachri had a question for Mark.
“Tell us the ways in which your military experiences changed your future.”
“Hmm…I might still have gone to work for the bank but without my naval experience they wouldn’t have chosen me to run an international shipping company.
“ Bankers don’t typically make the kind of money I have, so my lifestyle would have been very different.
“ I probably wouldn’t be living in Geneva or have a home in the Florida Keys and my son wouldn’t have had the advantage of an excellent education in a military school. We probably couldn’t have gone scuba diving and sailing as often and, if I’d had a less fulfilling single life, I might have remarried sooner and missed out on knowing Janie.”
“Those are conceivable differences but having less money wouldn’t have altered your relationships.”
14
PURGING NIGHTMARES
While Mark
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