Sunday 24th of March  2019

The Prayer
 
                                                                     A Druidry prayer
 
Grant, O God, thy protection,
and in protection, strength,
and in strength, understanding,
and in understanding, knowledge,
and in knowledge, the knowledge of justice,
and in the knowledge of justice, the love of it,
and in that love, the love of all existences,
and in the love of all existences, the love of God,
God and all goodness.
 
Amen

Meditation
                                                                  By Tamara & Friend
 
In silence let us concentrate to this peaceful moment, a moment dedicated specifically to you. Allow your mind to relax, let all your thoughts, good or bad, go away from you! Feel this strong and loving energy penetrate all your organs, all your muscles, all your arteries and veins! Feel the blood running with great intensity, to your arms, your legs, your feet and your hands. You are now completely relaxed, you are calm and in peace, you are ready for a journey prepared just for you!
 
See yourself, now, going higher and higher. See yourself going through different layers of energy, the one higher than the previous one.
 
First you go through the Red layer. This Red energy gives you courage and strength to reach deep inside you and discover the problems that are keeping you back from achieving what you came here to achieve.
 
As the Red layer is fading away an Orange energy is coming over you. The Orange energy gives you loyalty to all those who care for you, to all those who make you happy in your life!
 
As the Orange energy is now slowly going away from you a shining Yellow energy starts to wrap all around you! As this energy penetrates your body it fills you with strength, clarity and curiosity to learn from your actions only loving and positive lessons.
 
A great feeling of Love is now coming over you! You know it is the Green energy that is now wrapping over you. The Green energy fills you with feelings of forgiveness, caring and trust in others! You feel Happy!
 
Curiosity is growing in you! You are wondering where this journey is taking you to. At this moment a white and golden door appears in front of you. You slowly open the door and you see a smiling figure coming towards you. Immediately you recognise this figure; it is your Guide who is happy to see you there, to be with you again! Hand in hand now you both start to fly, you fly among the stars. Each star has a different colour, and on every star, there is an Angel playing a different music. On one star they play a music of protection, while on the next they play a music of courage while on another a music of compassion etc. You stop for a moment and you admire all the stars with their beautiful colours and all the Angels with their music of unconditional Love!
 
With happiness now you start flying again with your Guide. You are taken higher and higher, you are taken in a place made of white marble. You enter this building and you find yourself standing in front of a big throne. On the throne an old Gentleman is sitting. He has white hair and a white beard. Standing there in front of this old Gentleman you are filled with a feeling of Love and Respect! He knows who you are, he knows everything about you! A strong energy of clarity, understanding, faith and healing is wrapping all around you.
 
You are grateful to this old Gentleman and to your Guide for this beautiful and healing experience they organised for you.  Your thoughts now go to all your relatives, friends and acquaintances who could not be here with us today, and whose names are mentioned in our Absent Healing book; you present them to the Guides and you ask that they extend to them too these healing energies you have just experienced. Bring these friends in your mind now and send them your love and healing.
 
You now look at your Guides with pride, with great love and respect and you thank them and the Father for the healing extended to all of us and to all our friends too. You know that we all have being helped and healed.
 
Your Guide is taking you now by the hand and tells you it is time to get back. You thank the old Gentleman for the healing and the blessing he extended to you and with your Guide by your side you start flying once more. You go lower and lower till you find yourself among the colourful stars. You continue flying now till you get to the white and golden door. There with a strong hug you thank your Guide for meeting you there and for the healing experience that was prepared especially for you. Slowly, slowly now you continue your descend. You go first through the layer of Green energy, then through the Yellow, followed by the Orange and finally through the Red. Once more you find yourself standing in the middle of this hall. Slowly, slowly find your way back to your seat.
 
Feel now your body becoming heavier and heavier, feel your heart beating stronger and stronger, feel yourself breathing heavier, feel the chair you are sitting on, fell your feet touching the ground. Move your fingers and your toes and when you are ready open your eyes and welcome back.   
 
 
The Story
                                                                     The wise old man
 
People have been coming to the wise man, complaining about the same problems every time. One day he told them a joke and everyone roared in laughter.
 
After a couple of minutes, he told them the same joke and only a few of them smiled.
When he told the same joke for the third time no one laughed anymore.
The wise man smiled and said:
 
“You can’t laugh at the same joke over and over. So why are you always crying about the same problem?”
 
Dear friends “worrying won’t solve your problems, it’ll just waste your time and energy.”
 
THE JOKE
 
While walking down the street one day a Member of Parliament is tragically hit by a truck and dies. His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance.

'Welcome to heaven,' says St. Peter. 'Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts, you see, so we're not sure what to do with you.'

'No problem, just let me in,' says the man.

'Well, I'd like to, but I have orders from higher up.  What we'll do is have you spend one day in hell and one in heaven.  Then you can choose where to spend eternity.'

'Really, I've made up my mind.  I want to be in heaven,' says the MP.

'I'm sorry, but we have our rules.'

And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he went down, down, down to hell.  The doors open and he found himself in the middle of a green golf course.  In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front of it are all his friends and other politicians who had worked with him.

Everyone is very happy and dressed in evening dress. They run to greet him, shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had while getting rich at the expense of the people.
They played a friendly game of golf and then dined on lobster, caviar and champagne.

 Also present is the devil, who really is a very friendly & nice guy who has a good time dancing and telling jokes.  They are having such a good time that before he realizes it, it's time to go.

Everyone gives him a hearty farewell and wave whilst the elevator rises....

The elevator rises and the door opens in heaven where St. Peter is waiting for him.

'Now it's time to visit heaven.'

So, 24 hours pass with the MP joining a group of contented souls moving from cloud to cloud, playing the harp and singing.  They have a good time and, before he realizes it, the 24 hours have gone by and St. Peter returns.

'Well, then, you've spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now choose your eternity.'

The MP reflects for a minute, then he answers: 'Well, I would never have said it  before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but I think I would be better off in hell.'

So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell.
When the doors open he's in the middle of a barren land covered with waste and garbage.

He sees all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash and putting it in black bags as more trash falls from above.

The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulder. ' I don't understand,' stammers the MP.
​
'Yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar, drank champagne, danced and had a great time. Now there's just a wasteland full of garbage and my friends look miserable.  What happened? '

The devil looks at him, smiles and says, 'Yesterday we were campaigning… Today you voted!’

                                                                  © Copyright 2019, Pakenham Spiritualist Church