So sorry for the interuption ....hey satori I have been looking for you!

Iam over on dear student99 do you have to study religion in order to be a christian and Iam having a real live mystical touch!

zulubear

Do you feel at peace when he left that he was going to a better place?

zulubear, Here I AM. In response to your question, not to sure, I suppose it depends on who you ask. For myself I find God in every living creature. I have never believed that to be loved by God I had to study religion or attend church. I have choose to attend church on occassion. I personally choose not to label my relationship with God(Christ Light, Lord, Jesus, Spirit) whatever one chooses to call it. I can ask my cousin, he is a Methodist Minister(I do not think I spelled that right, oops). And in regards to mystical touch, you are touched, whatcha mean? I am smiliing as I read and write this are you for real? I sense that you are profoundly GIFTED and INSPIRING, please reply soon I not sure if I understand clearly, Love & Light Judy

Planetaire, Please do not give me too much credit on this one. I think the fact that I was drunk, and could not remember most of what happened was the true blessing here. My husband thinks that within the rape that I must have thought I was going to die. The other girl, witness, said in her deposition that in the bathroom I was afraid that he would catch up to me if I ran and that he would kill me so it is possible that I surrendered at some point. After the incident, and during the questioning, is when I realized the power of the mind. I chose to not give in to the feelings of sadness that everyone expected me to feel. To me, it was just a sad story and I was the outsider looking in. I suppose this was the awareness.

Anyhow, I do not to this day see the incident creeping up on me in any way. I still look at it as a life changing time in my life. Only good had come from it. After reading Eckhart Tolles book it certainly all makes more sense to me and I realize why I felt such peace.

I have lost myself in thoughts over the years, thoughts not pertaining to the rape, and oddly enough I have to go back to the incident and the months following to remind me how to get back on track. So instead of trying to forget it, I return to it, often, and it brings me peace.

I do hope that he, the rapist, has forgiven himself. I hope he does not carry the guilt and blame, I pray for him.

Peace and joy always
Shannon

shannon - From the sound of your story, you have made of this something that has added immensely to the quality of your life as a human being -- and embodied soul.
When we choose acceptance, forgiveness and understanding over revenge, self-pity and rage, then we have taken a huge step towards the miracle of becoming, in the grace of God, what and who we are truly meant to be.
Yours is an immensely important story, and you inspire all who read it, including planetarie!

Thank you so much Planetaire for your kind words. I hope others are inspired by it too, for it truly is the only reason why I chose to tell the story. I do see how unimportant things are, in form, and how powerful our minds are. I will forever be grateful for all my experiences that have led me to this place of PEACE today. Peace to you and everybody else Shannon

"The most beautiful and profound emotion we can experience is the sensation of the mystical. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead. To know that what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty, which our dull faculties can comprehend only in their primitive forms - this knowledge, this feeling, is at the center of true religion." - Albert Einstein

kev416 - sory, but the script you used is not readable --- too dim.
I am always interested in what you have to say, so please try again.
Thanks

planetaire

Read kev416's post by highlighting it as you go-the experience of reading the beautiful words this way is almost mystical in itself..And take your time reading as the words highlight slowly..kinda neat.

Einstein What a Brillliant one that one is.

Just like you kev416

Moonlite 22 - thanks for the tip! Interesting --- yes --- Einstein would like this touch of mystery!

Today was a mystical day --- I drove through fog to pick up my son at the airport.

We arrived there and back --- in safety!

Shannon, you live within the pure truth that 'only love is real' in this dimension. Many people would benefit from hearing of your courageous love and peace. Everything is made of the essence of God. Forgiveness is to overlook unconscious behavior in others. Remarkable! lots of love! namaste

Celestina - It is always joyful when you intersect Planetarie's orbit!

1celestina,

Thank you.

I have thought about posting a thread to tell this experience of mine but I just cant seem to get myself to do it. I do not want to offend anyone by implying that rape is a good thing, it is a very touchy subject. But, I have noticed that my need to tell the story was from within, and so I spoke only from my heart. I guess after reading this thread I have noticed that it may not have been a mystical touch that I had but just an experience that gave me an awakening. Maybe I am not quite understanding the terminology of mystical touch.

Anyhow, I will still wait for the right time, if there is one, to retell my story on a new discussion thread.

I do know I feel very strongly about those in prison who have done wrong and are labelled by us(man) forever. They may find themselves in prison, and forgive themselves, but society will never forgive them. Mankind will never give them a chance to be anything other than their labels(murderer, rapist, theif, etc.) To me this is so very sad. They cant get decent jobs to make money to start over. They slip back into the label and than depression, possibley drugs and than back to prison they go. We must forgive them for they do not know what they do. We need to see beyond their labels when they come back into the manmade world. We need to give them a chance. We must not judge.

We can find a way to do this. Cant we?

LOVE

Shannon