Some Interesting Thoughts

A number of years ago I read a book, Illusions, by Richard Bach. Within it is another book which is helpful to the story line. It is entitled The Messiahs Handbook: Reminders For The Advanced Soul. I tried to cite a page from that book in a comment to one of Pete Bog's postings. I couldn't remember it precisely so I paraphrased. I got pretty close, but close only counts in horsehoes, hand grenades and an ass-chewing.

In an effort to be more accurate I looked it up and here is the quote I wanted to make:

Live never to be ashamed if anything you do or say is published around the world--even if what is published is not true.

The nice thing about going back to the book is rediscovering the joy of reading it again. In Illusions the instructions with the Handbook indicate that the statements in the Handbook will help the reader to live a more authentic and spiritual life. It is suggested that when the reader has a question about life to randomly select a page from the Handbook and the answer will be provided. The reader may have to ponder it for a while. To that end a friend of mine typed each of the pages onto a separate 3x5 card so that I can randomly select the page to get the answers.

I would like to share another with you today and in the future I will consider sharing others. I strongly urge those of you who are on your own spiritual quest to read the book. I had asked for it for a Christmas present right after it was published. I received for Christmas and was able to finish reading it that very same day which was a momentous day on many fronts.

It was Christmas and our two young daughters were busy opening gifts and showing them to dear, old dad. We were visiting my in-laws who celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary that day. And if that were not excitement enough, Penn State was playing Arizona State in some football bowl game. You might have guessed that Maryann and I graduated from those schools. She from PSU and me from ASU.

With all of that I still completed reading the book and time to eat dinner too. You have the possibility of being as taken with it as I was. Now for one more page from the handbook:

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

If you're alive, it isn't.

Serve well! Live fully! Do good works!