2020-09-22 Pain Infuses Us to Ma

During my times of suffering when I needed to find the existence of a Higher Power guiding me, I was not satisfied with the idea that choosing good thoughts would lead me to a greater connection with my highest, most authentic self. This seemed such a nebulous and unconvincing way to start a new path. If there truly was a Higher Power, then surely, He/She would reach out to me in a way that left no doubt. I was the modern version of Thomas in the Bible who would not believe in Christ’s resurrection until he touched the nail wounds in Jesus’ hands. Such was the beginning of my search for messages from a Higher Power in the form of mystical experiences.

My curiosity about this topic was further aroused by Dr. Wayne Dyer’s mention in his book, Wishes Fulfilled, about “orbs” appearing next to him when people took photos of him. The book includes several of these pictures, and they are fascinating.

Klaus and Gundi Heineman wrote a book about these mystical apparitions titled, Orbs-Their Mission and Messages of Hope. It contains sixty-five pictures from average people who, with no special equipment other than a phone camera and flash, captured an image of these orbs. The Heinemans regularly see these orbs in their pictures and attempt to decipher their meaning. Every picture in the book contains an interpretation from the authors. They use their vision of orbs to confirm their life choices, no matter how small, such as what hotel to stay in during a vacation. They are both interesting books. I highly recommend them.

From these two books, I went on to read other books and articles by people who had experienced mystical occurrences. It is amazing what is out there, from out-of-body experiences, travels to another dimension, and apparitions of angels or glowing figures who bring special messages to them.

I didn’t know whether to judge these people as crazy or to be jealous of them. Like most mere mortals, I am don’t experience mystical beings who appear and lead me on the way to my enlightenment. This was never more apparent than when, after reading the two books about orbs, I tried taking pictures around my home, office, etc. to see if I could catch an orb or two. So far, I just have a lot of shitty pictures of inane things and rooms.