You May Not like This, But...
What happened to me and why it matters to you.
Hello, thank you for visiting. I apologise for the fact that there are as yet no downloads yet available, but they will be. I am in the process of digitising and uploading my library, but this is a slow process. I do assure you that much is being done towards this. The actual production and remastering the audio recordings into mp3 (believe it or not, some are ripped from old 78 records that are so old they are not even on vinyl but like a black china-like stuff), together with the recording of new mp3's and production of e-books that I feel are essential to have.
Part One
I asked myself what I would say to people I had never met, who are uninitiated, as it were, and probably for valid reasons to them were opposed to my thoughts, feelings, beliefs, etc. When a list began to emerge, the above phrase kept recurring. Hence the title. During the course of reading what follows, you will find that this title was not chosen for nothing. I have for clarity and your convenience, divided the subject matter into order of priority. There was going to be an objections section, but I have decided to ditch this by virtue of the fact that
there are so many that even I can think of, let alone yourself, that progress would be impossible. After all, there comes a point in life when all you can do is stick to the facts and tell it like it is. Agreed? Good! So far... Early days yet, though...
Things you absolutely need to know right now:
1. You need to know what happened to me.
2. You need to know that this is not unique.
3. You need to know that this cannot be controlled or manipulated by anyone.
4. You need to know that this can and must happen to you.
5. You need to know that this can and must happen to everyone.
Mind you, not that I'm laying the law down or anything...
Perish the thought.
At this point, I would like to make a big BIG request: Even if you ABSOLUTELY HATE EVERYTHING that immediately follows, please read it right through because I do assure you, it is worth it. Thank you.
Religion, Philosophy, the Occult, or Self-Help. You decide.
On the day "it happened" it was beautiful. A glorious summer's day. I had left school at an early age (15) so that I go to college to study business and industrial society. I was, on that turn-key day, only about three weeks away from completing my first year of preparation study. And I was, as you may readily appreciate, in the best frame of mind as could be expected. But then, I happened to look to my left, and I saw something I had never seen before, nor have I ever seen since.
The sky was falling.
This could only mean one thing.
The end of the world.
Understandably, you'll agree, I was a tad concerned.
I was not on college campus when this took place, but in the middle of the town square. The reason I came to this apocalypse-driven conclusion was simple. My great grand mother, Gran to everybody who knew her, was old and I do mean OLD. She was born during the reign of Queen Victoria, only wore black and spoke to her children, grand children, great grand children and anyone else who happened to come within earshot, about the end of the world. She was, in short, enough to scare seven kinds of stuffing out of anyone. As a child, even the thought of a visit to Gran fair put the wind up me, I can tell you. She passed away when I was about nine years old. That night, I was not allowed in the room to see where Gran was, but when I heard everyone crying, I ran in. But before I could get far, a woman then and now unknown to me, stopped me and told me,
"Oh you can't go in there, love. The angels are in there. They've come to take Gran to heaven."
She was about one hundred years old and that was my last memory of her. And on that day on the town square, her words leapt to mind:
"When the end of the world comes, the sky will begin to fall."
It looked to me that this was literally happening before my very eyes. The clouds looked as if they were propped up on the apexes of the roofs of the buildings. I was glad I was in the town where there were so many buildings otherwise I might have been crushed. There was only one course of action open to me in the circumstances:
Pray.
But where?
I mean, you can't just pray any old where, can you? Yes, I know you can, but at the time, it just never occurred to me. I absolutely had to find somewhere appropriate to pray. Well after all it was the end of the world! I had to do it properly, and it was now or never, you might say. Well anyway, after a good look around I found what seemed to be the very spot. A church. Not just any old church either. Saint E. It was the tallest building in town. Just the sort of place to be when the sky was falling, then...
But on arrival, I was devastatingly disappointed.
After getting past the huge iron gates, I was to find that the doors were locked solid.
No praying today for you, my lad.
And at the end of the world as well! What would Gran say?
I sat on the steps of this great holy edifice, put my face in my hands and cried like a baby. Now at this point, if you're still reading, that is, you must be thinking that this is about as surreal as it gets. Well, my friend, that would be where you are wrong.
Because this is where everything went dark.
And yes, someone spoke to me. Told you, didn't I?
"Hey, boy, you alright?"
"Eh? what?"
"I said, are you alright?"
I snapped my eyes open and craned my head back and there he was. Who, I don't know, but there you go... You have to remember that this was a bright sunny day and I was sat down on the steps of the town's Grand Holy Edifice. And standing in front of me, blotting out the sun was, well, this guy. Nothing apocalyptic about him at all, really, just some guy. Oh yes, to retain some sense of mystique, as his shadow was over me, I couldn't see his face.
"Look kid, I haven't got all day. Are you alright?"
"He won' let me in!" I was still crying a bit. More whimpering, really, like you do when someone stops you when you're crying.
"No, sorry kid. Can't. Vandals, see. We've had break-ins. Stuff taken. Stuff broken. Not much you can do about vandals and all."
"No! no! no! You don't understand!” I was aware that I was moaning now. “He (pointing to the sky) won't let me in! It's the end of the world, and He won't let me in!"
"Eh? Oh! Religious, are you?"
"Me? Religious? Certainly not!" When I was in school, if you went to church or anything, it meant that you were a bit the other way, if you know what I mean.
"Well kid, you can't stay here. No one told me about the end of the world or anything, but for what it's worth, here's my advice. Calm down and go home. You see, when you get home, you can pray as much as you like." I carefully considered the stranger's advice. And given the situation and the circumstances, it seemed reasonable.
I decided to act on it.
"Well, okay then." I said, wiping my face. He gave my a friendly hand up to my feet and politely but quickly escorted me through the great iron gates. I was on my way home.
I hoped I hadn't missed the bus. End of the world or not.
Part Two.
If you are still reading you may be wondering (let's assume that as you have got this far that you have either enjoyed it or at least found it interesting), in a word, why? So what? Thanks for the interesting read and all, but what in the world has any of this got to do with me? Well, the reason I wrote all this is to share with you what is to me an absolutely fundamental principle. The events so far described took place when I was age 16. I am now age 54. It has taken me this amount of time to realise how important it is to do this. I assure you that if you will spend time simply meditating on these things, nothing will be impossible to you. You will be able to receive absolutely ANYTHING from God. Here's how it works. We have all been given the Divine privilege and responsibility to make a choice. However, so that we can make the very best choice, all the alternatives have to be made very clear. God has set before us the choice of life or death, blessing or curse. And, yes, the choice is ours. Of all the wonderful things that God has done and made ready for us, He has done everything, in fact, EXCEPT make that choice. We understand that He could of course do that, but He has not. This is because He wants us to be absolutely sure that we understand that the choice is ours. This is because He made us on an equal footing with Himself, with the full capacity to think and feel and decide for ourselves. So even thought He loves us all and does not want any of us to suffer, go broke, be ill, die, and end up in Hell, to make that choice for us would be a contradiction of the very way that He made us in the first place.
I assure you, that if you make the right choice, the same choice as myself and millions of others have made, and stick by it no matter what, life will never be the same. Yes, of course there is far more to it than this, and yes, there are many more arguments both for and against, but but I did not write all this to argue and debate; I wrote all these things to get good things to you and to start you off on learning how to get more of those good things to yourself – how ever impossible that may sound to you at this moment.
What you need to do:
1. Find a quiet place where you can spend some time in silence.
2. Sit very quietly and empty your mind of every anxious thought, no matter how frightening or imposing they may seem. Admittedly, this is the most difficult part, and could very well take up most of the time, but make sure you do it, because it is vital and you won't succeed if you don't.
3. Pray. Yes, that's right, pray. I was in a terrible state when I did this, but you need to do it as well. You might say that that is all very well, but if you have never done this before, what do you do? If I had not been told, I would have felt completely lost and so that you will not feel like that, I will share with you what I was told. And by the way, this is where it all happens.
4. Admit that you are a sinner in need of a Saviour.
5. Tell God absolutely EVERYTHING that you feel bad about, and again, absolutely
EVERYTHING that is troubling you.
6. Ask Jesus Christ to wash away your sins and come into your heart and be your Personal Saviour.
7. Ask God to forgive you for all the things you have ever thought, said and done, as these things are deeply offensive to Him as well as bad and unhealthy both mentally and physically to yourself – and us all, in fact.
If you are prepared to suspend disbelief and give the necessary time to do justice to these things, and far more importantly, if you actually do them, you may rest assured that life neither will never be nor can be, the same, and you will find without a doubt, that THERE IS NOTHING HERE NOT TO LIKE.
God bless you.
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