Did I? His recent, almost as brief as the quote above email, out of the blue, said so.
When we first met, here in front of the White House, I was on hunger
strike, and round the clock "occupation" of the bit of grass I was
seated on - for Darfur. He was a college student, traveling through DC.
We spoke for hours, about life and what it means to Live. He gave me
a cap inscribed with a deeply meaningful phrase - that tragically I've
forgotten. I gave him a book I treasured - and I don't remember which
one.
He told me of Ubuntu - an African word and I think he defined it for
me as - "I am who I am because you are who you are."
This was maybe 3 years ago. If I recall correctly, he came back
through DC about a year later, with a female friend in tow.
Not long ago I got an email, pretty much this brief -
"Start, you totally transformed my life. How can I ever thank you?" Michael
My professional life's work, for which I was paid shamefully much,
required that I be a powerful agent of change. There is much
concrete evidence that I was. My point? I have a frame of reference
to judge that yes, if I didn't change Michael, and he says that I did,
I KNOW that I've changed one, or two, or more these last four or five
years in DC. Is that enough? It is the best I can do so far. So, it is
"enough" for me, so far, it seems. God knows why.
MY REAL POINT - in this most toxic of all cultures ever, the best we
can do if we totally, totally, totally devote every waking second to
bringing positive change within ourselves and others - the best we
may achieve is helping one or two. And we've got to be OK with
that. Further, we've got to ACCEPT, we've got to EMBRACE that
most of our brothers and sisters are so clinically dead - brain and
heart - that we've got to let them go, for now - conserving our energy and
PREPARING FOR the rare, chance encounter with the rare individual
with enough Heart and Mind left in tact that we can do some open
heart surgery and help them Thrive - and Serve! This is OUR reality
today. This was JESUS reality 2000 years ago! "No one comes
to me except that the Father brings him." 'I can't control who and when!'
Start, "let them go?!?!!??!" We've got to get / spark / inspire / Raise...
help before we can help the masses who are so desperately damaged
by their upbringing in this dreadful, hateful, sick culture.
Now, you will blow me off here (still reading?) but one of the 10 most
important books to read is "Crossing the Chasm." Trust me. But
Start, you idiot, this is regarding success in the high tech industry.
TRUST ME. If you wish to bring radical change, YOU MUST READ THIS
BOOK, and understand, and apply. It will protect you, inform you,
enlighten you, focus you, leverage you.
FIRES START SMALL, AND GROW AT THEIR OWN PACE, OR
THEY GO OUT! For now, until you read it, THAT is the point.
AND at the Start, they require dry wood available of the right size and dryness.
In the meantime, when such "wood" (Michael?) is not available, we
need to prepare to burn bright and sure, if and when when it appears
in front of us.
I know little about them, but frequently life brings to my mind the
monks who would go and live in caves or the desert. I think some of
them didn't go there to retreat or hide. I think they went there so
that the could be seen and found by the oh so few with in tact Hearts
and Minds - and light FIRE(S) when the rare, dry wood came to them.
That is how my life feels to me.
Tech Support: Yes. I can help you. Are you ready to proceed?
Customer: Well, I'm not very technical, but I think I'm ready. What do I do first?
Tech Support: The first step is to open your Heart. Have you located your Heart?
Customer: Yes. But what if there are other programs running now? Is it okay to install Love while they are running?
Tech Support: Check to see what programs are running.
Customer: Let's see, hmmmm, nothing is running in my Heart - almost no Heart activity. Oh yes, I see, there are a few things running - I have Selfishness, Self-absorption, Past Hurt and Resentment running right now.
Tech Support: No problem, Love will gradually erase Past Hurt from your current operating system. It may remain in your permanent memory but it will no longer disrupt other programs. By continuously executing Love you will eventually replace Low Self-Esteem with a module of its own called High Self-Esteem. However, you have to lower the priority on Selfishness, Self-absorption and Resentment and keep Love at the Highest Priority. Otherwise those programs prevent Love from being properly installed and run - they crowd it out of memory. Can you do this ?
Customer: I don't know how. Can you tell me?
Tech Support: With Joy. Go to your start menu and invoke Forgiveness. Do this as many times as necessary until Resentment has been completely erased. As to Selfishness and Self-absorption, when you raised the priority on Love, you set in motion the driving of these out of Memory. It takes time, but if you keep the Priority for Love set on Highest, Selfishness and Self-absorption will gradually cease to run; you won't notice it, but they will be gone, pretty much.
Tech Support: But oh, I forgot the most important thing. Right click on Love and select "preferences." Now select the box marked "Universal Love", although on some systems it is called "Love of the Least of These." And make sure that Love of Pleasure, Romantic Love and Love / Lust are UN-CHECKED. These are NOT Love and were actually placed under Love by a malicious employee. Nothing has created more problems or failure than his horrible act. But his coding has been near impossible to undo. But if you've now carefully chosen Universal Love, and unchecked these others, you'll be OK.
Customer: Okay, done! Love has started installing itself. Is that normal?
Tech Support: Yes, but remember that you have only the base program. You need to spend time every day connecting to other Hearts in order to get the upgrades. Prioritize connecting to the neediest hearts that you can quickly access, and afford. Spend absolutely all you can afford on these, stretch, but avoid going broke. It is a mystery I cannot explain, but over time you will be able to afford more, and more, and more connections - an exponential growth - until you are connected to every heart, born and unborn.
Customer: Oops! I have an error message already. It says, "Virus Attack - Those Around Me Fearful of My Change." What should I do?
Tech Support: Don't worry. This always happens. Loving the Least of These provokes an immediate, and unrelenting attack from practically all other Hearts in your network, because they haven't gone through this process with me yet. You'll be fine because Love of the Least of these is the Ultimate Anti-Virus Program. But be vigilant, and persistent - If you let Love of the Least of these be de-activated it will Hurt your Heart enormously.
Customer: So, what should I do to keep Love of the Least of These from being de-activated?
Tech Support: Pull down one or more of the following: Prayer, Meditation, Study, and Contemplation. With the proper options set they all do pretty much the same thing. Now, right click on each of them, and select "Preferences." Now, uncheck - Personal Desires, Lust, Diversions, Unimportant Tasks and Time-passers; and Most IMPORTANT put a Check in the box - "Ponder the SUFFERING OF Least of These - Deeply." Now, before clicking "OK," set the Frequency to "Run Daily or more frequently as required." Now click, "Apply," and "OK."
Customer: Okay, done.
Tech Support: Now, copy them to the "My Heart" directory. The system will begin overwriting any conflicting files and begin patching faulty programming. Also, you need to delete Verbose Self-Criticism from all directories and empty your Recycle Bin to make sure it is completely gone and never comes back.
Customer: Got it. Hey! My heart is filling up with new files. Smile is playing on my monitor and Love, Joy, Peace and Life are copying themselves all over My Heart.
Tech Support: Yes, your system is really fast, it seems. For others it takes awhile, but eventually everything gets it at the proper time.
Customer: But wait! A new file is running called Agony! Is this normal?
Tech Support: It is all normal, perfectly normal - how it is always supposed to be. Joy, Peace and Life are automatically pulled into memory when you run Love. Agony too, but Agony runs in the background, so don't worry. It is the Agony of the Least of These your Universal Family. Love can't run without their Agony in the background, but you'll see, it is OK. It is there in all properly running Hearts - always. In fact, if you look in your Heart and their Agony is not there, repeat the step above regarding the routines of Prayer, Study, etc.
Tech Support: So Love is installed and running. One more thing before we hang up. Love is Freeware. Be sure to give it and its various modules to everyone you meet. They will in turn share it with others and return some cool modules back to you.
Customer: Thank you. You've been awesome! I'm sorry, but I forgot to ask your name!
Tech Support: Oh, no problem. I'm always here for everyone, and I get pretty much taken for granted. Doesn't bother me. Some call me Good. Some Conscience. Some Humanity. Others Supra Consciousness. Some know me as God. One lady, one of my most expert clients, she calls me The Great Black Rock in the Sky. LOL. Makes no difference to me. I just like to help. By the way, I Love you, Universally. Be well; do Good Works; and, keep in touch.
Pass it on.
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