The Influencers

The below is an experience as best I can remember. Recently while watching a show on TV, a mention of dream vs vision was there are I felt this fit better in the vision category than dream, so I thought I will write this down and share with you. Share your thoughts in comments below if you are able to make something out of this.

 

Why are they there at the end of crowd? I can see them all but likely as they are engulfed in a haze of some sort. And why they don't mingle in the crowd? Why they are not talking? I felt myself asking these questions.

Do you see and hear them? The voice asked. Of course, I see them although like I said, they seem hazy at best. Also, now that you asked, I think I do hear them but not sure what they are saying. 

If you could hear them then why did you question that they were not talking? The voice teased. Oh okay, I was wrong but seem like all others in the crowd are oblivious of their presence. Am I right?

You are right no one knows they are there because they are Not. The voice said calmly. What do You mean that they are not there? I see them there. I said, feeling somewhat uneasy. The voice again very calmly replied, I never said anything about their where about. I just said that they are not. Don’t mean if they are there or here or anywhere. All I said was that they are not. Because they are not. At least not in any form that you can define or understand at your present level.

I felt too confused to ask what the voice meant by "They are Not" what are they 'not'. They are not as in they have no existence. 

They are 7 in number if you count and in the realm that we are speaking of, they are called what simply said in your language, the influencers.  I counted and there were indeed 7 of them. The 7 influencers who were Not.

The soul, voice continued, can move in many ways. But with the kind of soul you have, best way is that the soul to know the difference between spirit and material. The soul can then choose being spiritual instead of being bounded by bodily identity. But that can be a confusing process for some. These 7 are there to help one in that process. Simply communicate with a goal to help and influence. All you will need is to accept them fully in your mind and you will see and hear them with more clarity.

Are you speaking this for me to gain some higher knowledge or are you making a morbid suggestion? I asked. There was no answer. The voice stayed silent and I felt the burden of knowing the answer myself without the help of voice or the influencers.

I was feeling confused and getting an eerie feeling. The influencers all were looking at me, not saying anything anymore, just observing.

Strange, the voice said, you seem to be getting afraid. Well may be yes, I wanted to say, but I did not. The voice heard me still.

We will have to stop, in that case. The voice continued. As if talking to me and the influencers at the same time. They all seemed to start fading away. As if moving farther away from the crowd. None of them seemingly turned their face away from me. And their eyes kept the gaze on my face even after they had faded away completely. 

That is strange, I am not sure if I said that or if it was the voice. But then the voice continued, you should have been ready, but your confusion is strange. 

I am surprised you feel this way I responded. Who would not be surprised and question such an encounter? I don't even know who or what they were (or were “not” like you stated) so how could have I not felt strange in accepting them or speaking with them. All I know that were just some hazy silhouettes at a distance that I couldn't even properly see. How can one accept something that vague.

The voice responded, Yes strange that you questioned them because you couldn't see them properly, but you have not even asked or thought once about me, you are listening and agreeing even when you have not seen or physically felt me. You just accepted. Strange isn't it?

I know the voice was right. Who it was? Where was it? What and why? A million other questions flooded my mind. But I Couldn’t ask any, I knew the voice was not there to respond. I looked around. It was 4AM in the clock. I was alone in the room and sweating and felt as if had returned from a trip. A trip to the place where I had heard the voice and saw the influencers along with a large crowd. I didn't remember even 1 face from the crowd, but I do remember the place clearly. Even I could feel the salty moisture on my tongue and nostrils from that gazebo near the sea.

I knew I have been there. I knew the encounter was over. I knew I missed a chance. I was feeling afraid, not because of the encounter but because I may never have it again. I decided to keep my ears tuned to catch the voice when it contacts me again. I don't remember exactly how long it took for me to go back to sleep. 

The encounter was surreal, yet it was not a dream. I am not sure what could have been right course of action. Listen to the influencers or be confused like I did. I hope something prepares me better should I be there again ever in my life.

A few days later I had another one, but that time characters were different and the acts more dominating than a discussion. That one truly creeped me out . And hence I will not share till I get a better handle of what that one was.

 

Welcome 2021

 12 months ago, when 2020 started, and we welcomed the year with open arms, I remember having some promises and some excitement shared at that time before welcoming it with “2020 here we are, let us make it memorable.”

And Memorable the year had been, although not for the best reasons. On all fronts this has been a never before year for most of humanity. Even those who have seen Wars and Famine and other calamities would have felt different this year. In short so many things went wrong this year on small and big level.

The one big threat that whole humanity faced in 2020 (and continues to face) is Covid-19. Pandemics have happened in the past, but so many lifetimes ago that we never could fathom that a microscopic virus will make all of us lock ourselves in the homes and veil our faces behind masks. But it did happen in 2020 and not only that, Tens of millions infected and millions lost their life sadly many of them in
isolation, with no loved one around. On a brighter note, millions rose to the need as doctors, nurses, emergency workers, teachers and many more to help. The war on virus still is on and the virus still as menacing (supported by ignorance in many cases). Let us start 2021 with the faith that there is light at the end of the tunnel even if we may not be able to see that light today.

The virus didn’t only hit health and lives but also damaged families, businesses, employment as unavoidable collateral damage. Once again many rose to soften the blow on the worst hit. The stories of generosity and humanity are as commonplace as the terror of virus. 2020 in some way restored our faith in the strength that humanity offers. 2021 will remain the year to build on that strength.

In addition to the pandemic and the related damages, 2020 also offered worst climate anomalies, like worst hurricane season on record, worst wildfires and so on. A reminder that humans are wrong, our actions are deteriorating the climate drastically. Urging us to act and before acting take responsibility. We know the problem; however, we keep on ignoring; but we must own it and solve it. 2021 will need that pledge to be reassured

2020 shook Beirut with a massive explosion. What caused that had human ignorance
and procrastination as the core reason. While Lebanon builds it back, let us not forget that explosion and why it is important for us Humans to be more responsible and more responsive to threats that our ignorance may be causing. Prayers for those who lost home or family or work due to that explosion and hope your lives resurrect in 2021.

My birth country and my new home both continue to see political divide widening. 2020 saw that divide really getting to massive proportions. Intolerance should not be what defines us as humans. Know this Corona Virus has shown us all that an external enemy will not see our nationality, religion, color, ethnicity, political belief or any other factor we have been dividing us for. Even a microorganism as virus sees all of us humans as one. Can we not pledge in 2021 to be at least better than that nasty virus and start being united? Bridge the gaps and don’t make the walls. Don’t just try to be right, try to be good. Remember “Being Good is Right.” Being Good is Being Human. Isn’t that what our scriptures tell us, irrespective of the faith we follow?

On a personal side, I experienced something in early 2020 which made me feel how vulnerable life has been. One small moment of a sickness and 10 seconds of time when the world could have changed, and thankfully it did not. Few of you know what I am talking about, but only I and my soulmate know how those 10 seconds felt. I am writing this more than 10 months after those 10 seconds. I don’t think I will ever forget that. So 2021; I renew my commitment to waste no moment in useless things like anger, worry, stress, hate, jealousy (worry and occasional anger do take me off track from time to time but I am working on minimizing their frequency and duration each time)

I still am working on my promises from last few years but will sure add a few this year

• Value Life – It is a gift and should be honored
• Value Humanity – It is what define us
• Be Grateful – Nothing is granted, every breath is a gift and so stay grateful 
• Be Strong – The world will need rebuilding , so strength is a needed trait now
• Be Humble – Strength without humility is ego. So, stay humble in your strength
• Pray – WE ALL NEED IT

Let us welcome 2021 with open arms and open minds. Let 2021 be the year of Healing. Let us all commit to ascend to a higher version of ourselves. A version that is at peace with what is and ready to share what have and offer to heal as needed. 2021 hope we live you with grace and remember you always as a year that healed our hearts, our minds and reduced our greed, our pettiness, our pain and on the whole re-defined us as Human. Let 2021 be the year of the Human Being Re-committing to be Human again