192 A single Flame

Onward Journey

192 A single Flame

“I don’t want to think about it anymore” Body woke up saying after yet another dream had dragged her out of her sleep at 3.30am. She put on the bedside light and reached for her pen and notepad, dutifully writing down all she could remember of it “if I can ever read it again” she muttered to herself “it’s almost illegible” as the words appeared faster than her pen could sensibly follow. The dream had involved her standing in the witness box giving her testimony.

She had only ever been in court once before she remembered and it seemed like a lifetime ago when her previous partner and herself had taken the builder to court for breach of contract (her life seemed to be plagued with bad builders she mused).
“And won I might add” Spirit called “against all the odds.”
“I know” Body admitted ” but it is old ground nothing to do with todays dream as she remembered this old case and a strange event that happened on that day in court. She remembered being in court in the witness box and seeing herself in real time giving testimony whilst her own ‘body’ floated above herself and looked on from a higher perspective, her back being against the court room ceiling. She had put it down to stress of the situation at the time having never experienced it before. Stress does do peculiar things to the body.

“Floating is not one of them” Brain said as a matter of fact. “Not unless you believe in levitation” Brain made sarcasm drip from Body’s lips.
“Stop that Brain, you are not always in control of me” Body replied standing tall.
“True” Brain admitted. “Some of your movements are involuntary and do not require my thought, like breathing and heartbeat for example, and thank goodness for that as I have far more important things to think about.”
“Such pride” Soul sighed in dismay.
“But floating out of your Body is not involuntary nor do I control that either” Brain admitted.
“No but the Spirit does” called Spirit. “It was for our protection. The exact point in time, if I remember correctly, we did not know for sure about the question we had been asked by the builders defence barrister.”

“What path was that?” Soul sighed.
“Exactly. The barrister was being deliberately unclear and trying to trap us into the wrong answer. One he could use against us to the benefit of his client.”
“And how exactly would ‘floating’ above our body been beneficial to our answer?” Brain demanded.
“Our own barrister, the good guy if you like, had advised us that if we were asked a question we were unsure of or didn’t know, we were to ask him to repeat the question and that in itself would buy us some time to think about the answer and be clearer of what exactly he was asking us” Spirit recalled.

“There is no harm in that” cried Heart. “We all have different levels of understanding and need for clarity. No one can be punished by asking for clarity surely? ”

“That may be the case Heart but it made us sound stupid” Brain stated. “The judge had to ask the barrister (the bad guy) to rephrase the question so we could understand it better after the second time we had asked him to repeat it! It was so embarrassing!” Brain cringed.
“Not so” called Spirit “it did give us time to think about the question.”
“It was not required” stated Brain “I knew the answer based on facts. There was no need to think about it.”

“Yes there was need, because it was not just a factual question. The barrister was being tricksy and trying to lead us down a path based on implication and the phraseology he used not just facts. Asking him to repeat it, even if we did ask twice, did give us time to think about how we answered rather than just with the facts. Floating up above ‘ourselves’ helped us as we saw the intention behind his implications then from a birds eye view. From a bigger picture. We saw the trap he was setting for us by relying on our haste to get the facts out of our mouth. We had guidance from our Spirit team. We were protected.”
“In fact” Brain reticently admitted “that was the turning point of the case.”
“It was. We answered well. We answered with a question they could not answer or deny” Spirit laughed. “It was perfect. In fact even our partner at the time had to admit we were brilliant, and he never ever gave us a compliment.”
“A rare gift from him” Heart cried.

“Anyway, why are we thinking about a court case long gone in our past?” Body questioned. “This dream we have just woken up from was in a different Court. A room we have never been in. With people, our family and friends, with whom we have never had a court case scenario. It was like we were sitting there watching it all unseen from the public gallery?”
“Then perhaps it is a future event?” called Spirit.
“I certainly hope not” cried Heart.

“Then it is something that had recently taken place” called Spirit.
“My memory is certainly not that bad!” exclaimed Brain. “Especially in an English speaking court when we haven’t visited the UK recently.”

“Nor are my eyes that bad!” exclaimed Body “I was looking and watching myself but I knew the person in the box was not me! but I recognised her never the less! I can’t quite place my finger on it.”
“Perhaps we had gotten older?” Heart cried.
“Perhaps our path had changed us and our appearance” sighed Soul.

“Perhaps we have seen a snippet of someone else’s life. An event that took place that we were not a part of or behind our back” called Spirit “Perhaps an impersonator or a former life”
“Oh come on now” Brain was exasperated “who would want to do that? and who has proof of former lives?”
“Someone who looks similar and had something to gain in our absence. Maybe money? Maybe our partner? Maybe our destiny? Maybe our spiritual gifts?” Spirit called them all out.

“We don’t have any money” Brain mocked.

“Not that I am aware of” agreed Body

There was a pause as the previous words were catching up to them. “Are we gifted then? Spiritually?” Body went on to ask.
“I am presently not sure” Spirit acknowledged ” but it would appear to be the case. So many odd coincidences and signs, so many strange events and potential accidents. So many betrayals and odd behaviours that make no sense. Our dreams, our intuition, our voices. All at once.”
“Within the last two years to be precise” Brain confirmed ” although there are many tangents and patterns that go even further back in years and much deeper than we suspect.”

“It makes me fearful” cried Heart.
“It is along our path and is becoming” sighed Soul “and as we become aware of them these ‘gifts’, whatever one may call them, so do others. Others will become aware of them too that may not agree with our path, or necessarily be pleased about it. It is why we must discern the wheat from the chaff and seek only Big voice or those voices we hear of the light and for the good, and the same with the people we want to include in our lives.”

It was a weighty moment of self realisation. They were not ‘crazy’, they had gifts that were becoming and as yet unknown of.

“I feel ignorant of all of this” Brain finally spoke.
“It’s news to all of us too!” they stated.

“What do we do with them?” The Little Red Haired Girl asked.
“I am not sure child” Heart cried. “We have to keep our intentions good”
“We should never go to the dark side ” called Spirit.

“Of the moon?” Brain mocked in reference to Pink Floyd.

Spirit ignored Brain. “We must keep our intentions for good. We may have to wander within dark places if we have to but never stay there.”

“In that case I will fetch a candle. We can light our way and make sure we can see.”
“A good call little one” called Spirit. “We will light our path so others may see it as well.”

“Whatever happens from here on in, we must trust the process, the path, we must surrender to it and let Big voice guide us” Soul sighed. “If it is meant for us, it will be.”