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I’ve long understood that, while most of us arrive here with the task of self-evolution, there are higher-level souls who occasionally arrive as ‘Messengers’, souls who have already done the Work in past lives and are sent to accomplish great tasks and help the rest of us. They might be recognized by their extraordinary wisdom (too many Teachers to name), by events in their lives that seem unfathomable (a young George Washington riding between lines of relentless explosive rifle fire and emerging unscathed), or perhaps by their uncanny ability to know when their own death is at hand (Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane).
Well, I don't know what will happen now. We've got some difficult days ahead. But it really doesn't matter with me now, because I've been to the mountaintop.
And I don't mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land!
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If you read the story of Martin Luther King’s life, you find that at age three he fell off a high roof and was somehow, miraculously, uninjured. You see that he quite suddenly emerged, almost inexplicably, at the head of the Civil Rights Movement, preaching non-violence and love. And then there’s that final speech he gave the night before he was killed…
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"I've Been to the Mountaintop"
Delivered 3 April 1968, Mason Temple (Church of God in Christ Headquarters), Memphis, Tennessee [You can read the complete speech here]
Delivered 3 April 1968, Mason Temple (Church of God in Christ Headquarters), Memphis, Tennessee [You can read the complete speech here]
And I don't mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land!
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Kerry Lauerman
Joan Walsh
Salon.com
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