spirituality

This Class is Different.

Learning is everywhere here. We have classes after classes after classes and where we learn is my favorite. These learning halls are beautiful and vast and full of love and curiosity. The casting director and guide for this class stood among us and asked us to absorb all the energy we could. What an experience. So many souls in the same place. So much vibrance.

“Am I in the right class?” – with so many classes to experience, this energy felt different and we didn’t sign up, as we typically do, we were told we had been selected.

The casting director continued, “You’re uniquely curious, you are some of our most intense learners, so you have an opportunity to do something most don’t receive. To be in this enrollment is a blessing, yet to finish this class is the privilege. Should you choose this class - you are required to leave this place – and where you’ll go is majestic.”

Leave this place? This beauty – this learning – this family. No other class was like this, no one left this place voluntarily, did they? You can imagine how intrigued all of us were.

When one soul thinks, all souls absorb and feel it, and the curiosity about this class sends energy barreling through every one of us.

The casting director continued, “Yes – this class will pull you from this place and if you’re chosen, you get the opportunity to be human.” – the eruption of love was uncontrollable.

We heard stories about the privilege of being human. Other classes taught us about languages they used to communicate, how they describe energies – they apparently call them “feelings and experiences” and every soul who returns share the most amazing stories.

I was ready to experience things I hadn’t experienced before. Afterall, this class was given to us as a gift, which doesn’t happen often, if ever. The casting director said that this selection was made for first-time visitors, and it required strength and grace. I already learned that Humans named everything as if they had created it themselves, so I knew that they call His energy different names to describe different experiences: excitement; nervousness; and I’d recently learned about anticipation. I really liked anticipation.

“What was this class called, again?” – I’m loving this.

No one seemed to care about what the class was called, it was all too fresh and exciting for us and the casting director rolled on.

“Before you confirm your willingness to visit – know that once you depart, you’ll forget this place – not for eternity, simply during your visit. While there, you’ll experience taste, touch, and smell. You’ll hear with instruments called ears, you’ll see with instruments called eyes, and you’ll have the most amazing sense of feeling, which they call emotions. Oh- you’ll also experience time. Time was constructed to make sense of the visit, so you’ll learn about things called seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years.

“How do we know that we’ve learned what was intended to be learned?”, we asked.

“Yes”. The conclusion of this class is the most magical part.

“Once your time is up, you’ll return home and you’ll complete your final exam. The end of this class will be determined before you depart, and you won’t remember when the departure’s planned.

 He designed this class, so you don’t waste time thinking about the end. If you spend time thinking about the end, you’ll become acutely aware of another human creation, fear. This fear could ruin a visit, and He wants you to embrace all the learnings we have planned for you.

“How do we get back home?”, curiosity was spilling through the learning hall.

 The casting director shared, “You’ll get the choice to select how you return home”, and he pointed to a sign that said we could review return method options on the tables located at each of the exits from the learning hall.”

“Humans call this return home, Death. And Death creates another spectacular feeling for those remaining on their visit, called sadness.”, the director continued.

“Is it true that we have our final exam with Him?” each one of us were so excited that we might sit with Him and learn with Him.

“Yes - upon return, you will experience something called exhaustion, which comes from learning and experiencing so intensely. Love, hate, dark, light, hunger, satiation, warmth, cold, hurt, joy, growth, pain, suffering, elation, vibrance are just a few of the experiences you’ll have and He’ll want to learn with you, so you’ll sit with Him and share what you’ve experienced, what you’ve learned, and this cleansing process is how we reignite you with love and welcome you back home.”  

We were awestruck and I was ready. We’d never heard words used like this and they sparked an energy I’d been longing for. This class felt exciting, it felt fresh, and it felt unnerving, and most of all, it felt inspiring. It was a privilege and I loved learning, so off I went.

What was this class called?

He called it Life.

I was ready for my life, and I hope that I appreciate everything I experience while I’m there. What could possibly prevent that from happening?

 

God bless all of you- and may He send peace and learnings to you during your times on this planet.

Much love- Trav

 

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Everyone deserves a love letter. This one's yours.

We all have a choice; don’t forget that.

My choice is to stay with you – close to you.

This declaration isn’t hyperbole from some high and mighty energy, one side of a two-sided coin where one side has it ‘all figured out’ and the opposite side is convinced they haven’t a clue.

This declaration of ‘I won’t leave you’ is rooted in the beauty that comes into my life.

I won’t leave you because of the growth I’ve experienced with you.

I won’t leave you because of the hole it would leave in the universe. How does one side of a coin ever truly leave the other?

I won’t leave you because I love you.

I love you for the tenacity and tolerance you bring to life.

I love you for the deep care you provide.

I love you for the way you look, the way you smell, the smile that’s inside of you, the intelligence you carry, the comfort you bring to chaos, and the perspectives you bring.

I choose not to leave you because I don’t want to leave the side of someone I love, someone I learn from, and someone who ignites this type of reflection in my soul.

I choose not to leave, and I hope any doubt planted, by me, in your soul, will be ripped out by the roots never to grow again. Trust in me.

We always have a choice, don’t we?

 If we did leave - we did make that choice - everything would be different. Complicated for a bit and things would work out. Afterall, we are incredible as standalone ingredients in this mosaic of experiences.

So - what do you choose?

 We have an opportunity to do something incredible on this planet. Let’s stay close and let’s stay together – our two-sided coin is awfully powerful.

Sincerely,

Faith

God bless all of you- and may He send peace and learnings to you during your times on this planet.

Much love- Trav

 

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The Why Hunter.

He was detailed and methodical.

 He combed the trails, the brush, the marsh, and the bogs. He looked everywhere for something that may never be found. The experiences of life caused him to question. Other’s behaviors caused him to question and caused confusion. Behaviors of others ran through his head like chards of glass when shattered. This hunter was unique, as he was looking for reasons, and reasons are rarely visible.

 

He was persistent and curious.

He called these behaviors “the whys”. These whys were elusive and beautifully camouflaged. These whys were hidden in a way that made them impossible to find and he continued to hunt.

 

He was lost and didn’t know it.

Searching and hunting for answers to questions had an unintended effect. While he searched for the why in everyone else’s behavior, he forgot the most important why…his own.

His why was at every turn. His hunt, his adventures – always being on the move became the ultimate distraction and this constant movement caused him to miss his why, day in and day out.

 “Look around”, they whispered, but he just couldn’t hear them. His why was never hidden. Only others’ whys were, yet he kept searching and he felt confident that when he found their why, he would find his. The hunter’s why was in front of him all along – in the beauty of the trails, the strength of the brush, the majesty of the marsh, and in the ominous power of the bog – if he could only see it.

 

He began to listen, and he rested.

Unable to find the other whys, he grew tired and decided to sit. Once he sat, he could listen, he could observe, and he could find. It was in his quiet that he noticed the sounds, the smells, the tastes, and the energy. His why shined brightly. It was quiet observation and thoughtful sentiment, yet he could never find his why while looking for others.

The Why Hunter laid down his desire for the understanding of everyone else’s why and he began to focus on his.

This made Him smile – and by Him, we mean God.

 

God bless all of you- and may He send peace to you during your times on this planet.

Much love- Trav

 

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