#435 Here is a Test - Messiah's Handbook

Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished:

If you're alive, it isn't.

Recently I have become more aware of the transitory nature of being human. My mother, a dear friend, the friends of others have passed on. There has been sadness and tears at the time of their passing. There is a tendency to dwell on the loss. Such loss is particularly difficult when death comes to a young person.

Many years ago, when I first read Illusions, I was quite struck by the wisdom written in that portion of the book that was entitled, The Messiah's Handbook, Reminders for the Advanced Soul. At that time, it made a lot of sense. (It still does.) It crystallized many thoughts of why, that I had asked myself. It was a way to make sense of this life. It was not the only influence. There were many other books that helped direct my thinking about this question.

Each of us usually gives this question of "Why am I here?", some thought. Some of us more than others. Regardless of our answer it still boils down to a couple of answers - choice and mission accomplishment. Determining our mission(s) is a choice. Whether we consciously know what the mission(s) is or not we will be working to fulfill it. That is the destiny we have chosen for ourselves.

There are many guidelines to help us on our journey. We can choose to follow them or not. It might be helpful to consider why:

• "bad" things are happening to us.
• "bad" things are happening to others.
• "I can never get a break", etc.

A simple answer might be, this is my life's mission. I must learn the lessons that come with these events. It all seems to boil down to choice.

The last entry in the Messiah's Handbook was this one:

Everything in this book may be wrong.

Thanks to Richard Bach, Illusions, Delacorte Press, 1977.

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