Alan, a previous post of yours stuck in my mind. You mentioned finding words that stand out, as an exercise, which you might spend an entire day "reclining" in, so to speak. The words that become BOLD in my mind in the following song are (please read lyrics provided, and then I will let you know which ones speak to me):
When the crying is over I’ll be missing you still
When mountains and valleys become rolling hills
When I’m finally standing on that desolate plain
I have but one dream that we’ll be together again
When the crying is over and my tears have run dry
I’ll be an old man and ready to die
I’ll see you in heaven, or you’ll know I’m in hell
Until we meet again here’s where I’ll dwell
When all this pain and heartache comes to an end
There’ll be no more tears, we’ll be together again
And when I’m finally standing on that desolate plain
I have but one dream, we’ll be together again
When the crying is over there’ll be no more pain
And when this heartache comes to an end
I’ll take you in my arms, we’ll be together again
Ian McLagan the Bump Band
http://www.maniacrecords.net/Soundpages/ncrying.htm----------------------------
Lyrics which are Bold when I look at them: WE'LL BE TOGETHER AGAIN and HERE'S WHERE I DWELL
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Perhaps there are others who would like to join in this, just for an occasion to try an experiment. Take any piece of literature nearby which has an emotional pull on you from it. Take a reasonable amount of text to look at. Then notice what stands out for you. What appears BOLD. There will be something, or a series.
Please share, anyone who might enjoy this.
I wonder, in retrievals, or any other kind of exploration, is this how we find each other? Do the thoughts that we think in the afterlife draw to us those who hear our voices in a particular way? Is this how we are drawn into particular areas which, in afterlife reality, belong to others? Is there a Utopian place for each of us, which consists of all that is "Bold" in our own imaginations, that which we believe and to which we are attracted? Or is is a more mutual activity? Can it be so automatic? Is "God" a robot, who would allow everything in Creation to simply "express" -- or is God somehow different? Must all the ideas of what is "real" be collected and condensed into some kind of hothouse rainforest? Or is it a much much much more individual process, our merge with Source as the culmination of life's experience?