Letter from the Field: Awakeness Speaks Loudly and Clearly Through the Wounded and Broken
This is a YouTube comment I just found this morning. It really moved me and I want to share it with readers here.
You’ve bowled me over, Tom! Thanks so much! The first guy I ever woke up, back in 2010, had a motorcycle wreck about two weeks ago. I’ve been to see him several time in hospital. I could see that clarity was still there even in the worst of it, when he raised his hand for me to take it. I could see it in his eyes. He’s got a broken arm, a shattered hand, a skull fracture, a broken collar bone, both and both legs are broken. When I walked in his room Monday night I asked, “So how are you doing?” He answered, “Fred, I’m just doing great. Everything is being taken care of, I’ve always been provided more than enough of what I need, and I couldn’t be doing any better.” And that’s true, he couldn’t, because in Reality there is no such thing as comparison. There is just This, and everything is as It Is. I’m going to post your letter on AwakeningClarityNow.com, using just your first name. So many can learn so much. My hat is off to You, Awakeness! Beautiful.
December 9, 2016 @ 8:41 pm
Thanks, Fred and Tom for the inspiring exchange. Love to you both.
Kathleen
December 9, 2016 @ 9:33 pm
Thank you, Kathleen.
December 12, 2016 @ 7:11 pm
There is a documentary about a person missing a leg overcoming odds in his hostile African culture to become a runner (got an artificial leg). What was odd was the seeming hero-izing of wanting to be “normal” and show others they could to. Instead I realized Inspiration was what was really the Hero. In this person’s case it showed he could get a leg back and much more (especially he was doing it all along for others like him). I felt though that movies like this could point more to this recognizing of our True Nature as what is Inspiring. Otherwise the action figure gets another cape for how wonderful “it” is! I didn’t honor mySelf when I first thought to write this (now it’s old by internet time now!). Reading this again, this time I couldn’t not reply! Fredness is like the example of these stories, turned coach. And there’s something so inspiring, compassionate, and patient to be willing (oops there’s another one!) to continue to share his (Awakeness’s) experience/strength/hope with those in his (A)wake. And Its humility since its told through a Fred story and it gets reflected back to it through all the gratitude.
One more then, Thanks!
December 12, 2016 @ 7:15 pm
Thank you, Mike. _()_