Reqeium for Gem

At some conspicuous moment, one must examine a life lived and determine whether it is lived consciously or unconsciously. This meaning to take a preemptive role or to take a reactive role; this process requires extreme disciplines of mind and courage to seek the true of the self.

Before inception, a prescriptive life is readied for us by those expecting our birth. Our role seemingly becomes that of an actor, seeking to gain favor of his audience. And our audience each seems to gain some influence upon us. Alternatively, a descriptive life offers an active development of our own lives; who we are and what we’d like to accomplish with our life lease is kept under our own self-direction when we are ready. The nature of life is freedom. Love is freedom. Let us look inside ourselves to begin our liberation and journey a life of freedom . - igman

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” Lao Tzu
“Life is what is happening now while you are busy making plans. Capture this moment.” - J. Autry

....Gem wanted to live; yet today he dies. Stand witness to the death of Gem; a citizen of an unseen land of Love. He dwelled in Love, the city of good abode, where the doctrine of love actually exists; a place where love is not a metaphor but actually the sustenance of life itself; a place of destination whose purpose is to be richly and abundantly enjoyed and not some nebulous state of being to be sought; for there can be no need to seek when love is purely existent.

Gem revelled, madly in love with life in this land. Here, he was free to co-create with the awesome power of love. Here he could build with one purpose; that is for the betterment of the citizens. Ah yes citizens. Where are the citizens? “I’m lonely in this place of love and I need someone to share it with,” Gem lamented. But in this land, the power of love has no ability to create citizens.

“I must seek citizens, but from where do I get them? Oh yes, now I remember…I must again get on the road less traveled and go back to the land of prescription and lead others to this place. “But what will I say to tell them about this place and how can I make them know that this land really does exist?” “How will they know that I’m not a quack who’s lost his faculties?” “Will they think differently of me than the “preacher” on the street corner, addressing no one in particular, but empowered no less to get his message out?” “How did I find this place?”

Gem began writing his own words about experiences he'd found true and valid from his own spiritual existence in the physical world. His journey began not outside himself but inside. Great vision is borne looking deeply inside. After understanding is gained from this continually insightful look, only then can we truly see and find the power to reach the “better place.” Only then can we acquire “long-seeing” vision.

With great difficulty and trepidation, Gem empowered himself by seeking knowledge, realizing that others had plodded this course before him and he could learn from them. He would be careful not to merely accept the prescription of others, but to contemplate and meditate on the knowledge for understanding. Gem had to find that which he believes for himself or that belief to which he could consciously surrender himself toward. He must find “his state of awareness” and become receptive to his findings. He must understand that he is not special being able to find and utilize insightful power. That power is available to any who seek knowledge of it. It lies latent and dormant, waiting to be activated. That will be his message to attract citizens to his beloved land. He would attract and lead them back one person at a time.

Gem circulated his writings and the writings of others to whet the appetite of the curious. But finding the curious would become his undoing. He sought dialog with those who would appear enlightened but consistently found their true interest level to be minimal and mostly nonexistent. He shared his insights with those who had never given much thought of his perspective, as well as those who were educated and had good intellectual stimulation ability; surely to find hope reigning eternal with them but that was all they wanted to do....hope. Yet the same lack of interest resulted. “Why, I can’t even gain the attention of those in my own household. It seems everyone is busy trying to make plans for the next life or too busy struggling, trying to live in this one."

Finding an audience was more difficult than he’d planned. “At this rate, I’ll be lonely forever in my beloved land.” Perhaps my message lacks the impetus to attract attention. Maybe I'm not a good messenger.”

What is the message you ask? The message is "how do you determine the truth about life, reality, and the powers we have to accomplish things? What role if any does imagination, belief, and expectation play if any? Do you take action on your dreams to make them come true."

This message isn’t wishful thinking; it’s the way things have always been done. It's not because of lucky breaks, or silver spoons, or always knowing the right people or practicing the right religion. We just need to understand the principles and concepts that have been shared since the beginning of time about stating and beleiving in our intention to create the life we imagine. There is an unlimited abundance of power, energy, and people to assist us in doing so. Our dreams are not momentary accidents of brainwaves. They are exactly what is meant to be. Yet, we have a role in making our dreams reality. Understanding the laws that govern dream manifestation can be learned. Untold others' have done just that. They learn to respect the power of Love.

Think of the most successful people in our society. Are they all smarter than you or do you believe they are smarter than you? Are they more deserving? Have they paid more dues? Whether through intelligence or accident, they engage these universal principles and laws. Anyone else can do the same. If you let this opportunity go by, there will be others. But how much longer should you wait and keep struggling to live trying to get ahead?

Discover your intentions and the laws that await your taking action?

Maybe I am like the man on the corner preaching to no one!”

After years of dialogs, speeches, articles, and essays, Gem grew weary. Not only was he lonely for his beloved land; he was now lonely in this one. But he couldn’t go back without at least one citizen. As time passed, he slowly became ostracized from those around him. He found himself feeling the void in life and not the abundance. He was constantly told of the years he had wasted not doing this and that. He was forever reminded of his previous indiscretions. Never was there a moment for celebration or jubilation for just making it wherever we are at this moment. Wasn’t that an accomplishment? Did Gem play a role in getting here, or was this yet another non-existential miracle without any order or discipline? Unlikely.

As another year grinded to an end, Gem decided to attend a gathering during the holidays. He would do a little PR and leave after a short period. Then as suddenly as he had decided to leave, a brief encounter led to a surprising eureka moment. An audience. He met someone who was interesting and interested. There was no real need to position the dialog because it was already flowing so freely. At long last, communication…connection…someone willing to journey inside on the road less traveled. Someone to return to the beloved land of Love…someone with which to co-create....so they embarked to the city of Love.

Gem found living to be greater than ever. Joy returned. Sharing, giving, receiving…. creating…all a part of the land where love reigns supreme. This new citizen was more than he’d dreamed. This citizen was…. what was her name…uh…uh…it ...oh....it was his responsibility to name her…what shall it be? What represents her best…. ok.she’s free.free…fancy free…I have it…. FANCY!

Fancy brought new heights to Gem. Fancy made the sun shine brighter. Gem inspired Fancy. Together, they made miracles. Yet Fancy was troubled and longed for the old things. They couldn’t exist forever in this land alone. There were all-to-frequent trips to the physical world where other responsibilities exist for each of them. Then as suddenly as they’d become citizens of Love, the physical realities reappeared. The boundaries of the physical laws separated them. These laws had no power in this land of Love, so it was necessary to return to the land of the physical/prescriptive, where the tools of separation are abundant. There, these tools could forge distance between the citizens.

Gem sought to compromise but Fancy’s ability to detach was already activated. No compromise. “It’s for the best,” she said. Fancy gained confidence in her decision. She gained support from the descriptive laws. She closed the door on her citizenship in the land of Love, and would hold onto it as a memory.

Gem, who was created just for Fancy, and was named by Fancy, lacked the energy to sustain himself. His raging fire now only flickered. Gem didn’t want to go back to his beloved land of Love with any other citizen. Gem had lost Fancy and Gem was now dying of heartbreak. His thousand-mile journey had ended. Life was not what is happening now while we are busy making plans; for there is now no moment to capture….

Then gem died.

“To dream anything that you want to dream. That’s the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do. That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits. That is the courage to succeed.”
– Bernard Edmonds

“Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn’t have it in the beginning.”
– Mahatma Ghandi