07-21-2011, 12:00 AM
I had a very inspiring thing happen to me this week.
My 17 year old son called me on the phone a few days ago, very exited. He has been staying for several days with an old friend who moved away about a year and a half ago.
He told me that his friend had "changed" in the respect that he was now interested in meditation and "deeper" things because of someone he had met and was teaching him some things. My son was pleasantly suprised and exited about their conversations, and that they were talking about things we (my son and I) had always talked about, etc.
Now yesterday morning he called again and told me that he was seeing everything "differently" and that the world had changed. He was seeing light around everything that was not man made, as he put it. Trees and grass and people all had light and colors surrounding them.
He also said that he realized that he had always been seeing this but was not aware of it. (Someone else used similar words recently, on this forum describing an experience , Castor maybe?) Then he also told me that everything I had always tried to tell him was true. He is ecstatic about what he is experiencing.
The bible tells us that there is one teacher and we are all disciples. That teacher, of course, is Jesus who teaches by his Spirit. And there is a prophecy in the bible that stated we shall all be taught of God.
As earthly "teachers" or guides, the best we can hope for is to play a part in sharing our viewpoints. In doing so, hopefully, sharing those things will help to bring a person to that point where they are learning directly from the Spirit.
I haven't heard all of the details of his experience yet. Only two short phone calls.
I am looking forward to our discussions when he gets home.
My 17 year old son called me on the phone a few days ago, very exited. He has been staying for several days with an old friend who moved away about a year and a half ago.
He told me that his friend had "changed" in the respect that he was now interested in meditation and "deeper" things because of someone he had met and was teaching him some things. My son was pleasantly suprised and exited about their conversations, and that they were talking about things we (my son and I) had always talked about, etc.
Now yesterday morning he called again and told me that he was seeing everything "differently" and that the world had changed. He was seeing light around everything that was not man made, as he put it. Trees and grass and people all had light and colors surrounding them.
He also said that he realized that he had always been seeing this but was not aware of it. (Someone else used similar words recently, on this forum describing an experience , Castor maybe?) Then he also told me that everything I had always tried to tell him was true. He is ecstatic about what he is experiencing.
The bible tells us that there is one teacher and we are all disciples. That teacher, of course, is Jesus who teaches by his Spirit. And there is a prophecy in the bible that stated we shall all be taught of God.
As earthly "teachers" or guides, the best we can hope for is to play a part in sharing our viewpoints. In doing so, hopefully, sharing those things will help to bring a person to that point where they are learning directly from the Spirit.
I haven't heard all of the details of his experience yet. Only two short phone calls.
I am looking forward to our discussions when he gets home.