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SPEAKER_01 (00:02):
Ever wonder why most aircraft approach patterns to
airfields are counterclockwise?
SPEAKER_00 (00:09):
What if I told you that there's more to it?
That there are benefits andresources from heaven that are
available to help you in thislife, and you've never heard
about it.
Are you curious?
Well, join Gordon Merrill if hedigs deeper into making heaven
real in this life.
SPEAKER_01 (00:36):
Welcome back to Making Heaven Real.
Previously, we've kind of usedthis analogy with airplanes and
aircraft several times, andwe've discussed how airplanes
get their help and assistanceand navigation and control from
air traffic control or ATC.
We've also discussed a coupledifferent episodes on how our
(00:58):
spirit can get its direction andhelp and navigation assistance
through this life from ourspirit team or STC.
So today let's take that analogyjust a little bit further.
We started out the episode byasking if you knew why airplane
(01:23):
approach patterns normally orcounterclockwise.
Well, if you've ever been apilot or work in the aviation
industry, you probably have aheads up on how to answer that
question more appropriately thanmost people would.
But it's really quite simple.
(01:44):
In most cases, in most aircraft,the primary pilot seat is on the
left side of the airplane.
So that being the case, ifyou're going counterclockwise,
the left window has the betterview for visualizing the
airport, the airfield, thewindsock, looking for animals,
(02:08):
birds, other obstructions in oraround the airport.
So there's a reason for that.
Yeah, you will find in somecases there's some air traffic
patterns that go the otherdirection, basically, because of
interference or traffic patternsover municipal areas or, you
(02:30):
know, airfield is close to amountain, those kind of things.
But very few.
And in most cases, most allapproach patterns are
counterclockwise.
There's also the point that youneed to look at as far as
understanding approach toairfields.
(02:51):
There's a big difference onwhether it is a controlled
airfield or an uncontrolledairfield.
Primarily for commercial ormilitary, or there are a few
(03:12):
exceptions for controlled towersthat are not commercial or
military.
In some cases, they're privateairstrips or airfields that used
to be military airfields.
But from a pilot perspective,when you're trying to land or
(03:33):
approach an airfield, you'retaught early on that there's a
very large uptick in yourresponsibility, other than just
flying the airplane, when itcomes time to approach for a
landing.
One thing we were kind ofjokingly taught when you go
(03:55):
through private pilot trainingis takeoffs are optional, but
landings are mandatory.
So you're always looking at theidea and aspect of how can I
land this effectively, safelywithout any concerns or issues.
(04:19):
So let's just quickly look at anuncontrolled airfield.
It's quite possible for you toapproach that airfield, go
through the approach pattern, doall the pieces and parts that
are necessary to land on thatfield, and land on that field
with nobody else being aroundand nobody else even knowing
that you're there.
(04:41):
So when you look at it that way,you have all kinds of things to
concern about.
What's the weather like?
Do you have a clearvisualization of the airfield?
Is the weather crosswinds on thefield different than what you're
having in the pattern?
(05:04):
So you're always looking at allkinds of things that are
required for you to safelyassess the situation.
The weather, the midfieldflyover, crosswinds, anything
that's potentially anobstruction on the airfield,
whether it's animals, birds,planes, vehicles, debris.
(05:30):
You're also communicating onradio.
So that anybody else who may beout there that you don't see
will know that you're there.
And the two of you can startdiscussing who needs to go first
in order to land.
So, quite honestly, there'sprobably about a dozen things
(05:51):
that you're responsible for whenyou enter the pattern to land at
an uncontrolled airfield.
You know, we've been talking fora while here that the main
reason we're on this earth isbecause spirit has been put in
human form in order to learncontrast.
(06:12):
Most notably what it's like tonot be in God's presence all the
time.
Or what it's like to not becontinually in an atmosphere of
unprecedented love.
(06:35):
So let's compare and contrast acontrolled airfield with an
uncontrolled field.
Well, if you're going to acontrolled airfield, first thing
you do is you talk to ATC.
Air traffic control.
First thing they're going towant to know is have you
listened in on the specialfrequency assigned to that field
(07:00):
where you get automated weatherupdates.
And when you get ready to landand you start to ask air traffic
control to be put in the patternand segueed into landing into
that field, first thing they'rewanting to know is if you've
heard, understood the weatherinformation.
(07:23):
So by that point, you've alreadytaken care of several things
that are on our list for anuncontrolled field because you
have the weather informationprovided for you, you have the
crosswinds provided for you, youknow which runway is active
already.
So all of that information hasalready been provided.
Final positioning and airtraffic on the radio, it's all
(07:49):
done by one communication toATC.
And then once you are on theground, it switches from ATC to
ground control, and you're done.
So instead of having abouttwelve different things you're
responsible for on anuncontrolled field, ATC helping
(08:12):
you to provide you with properinformation, scheduling, segue,
communication takes all of thatoff your plate and helps you
land safely in a controlledenvironment.
The big thing about that thoughis you have to always be
(08:34):
prepared.
Even if ATC has everything inorder and everything scheduled
out for you and everythingplanned for you, there is always
a chance of something happening.
Let me give you a quick example.
(08:56):
My wife and I had gone on avacation out west, and on our
return trip home, we had a stopover in Chicago O'Hare Airport.
If you're familiar with O'Hare,they have bisecting runways that
are active at all times.
(09:18):
So you would have planes thatmay be landing north to south
and planes that may be landingwest to east all at the same
time.
I was able years ago to getpermission to go view the air
traffic control tower at O'Hare.
And from that perspective, it'sreally almost nerve-wracking to
(09:41):
watch how a plane will come inand land from north to south,
and almost as soon as that tailcrosses the runway from west to
east, the nose of the next onetaking off is already crossing
the runway.
(10:04):
Very tightly controlled, verytightly timed.
And as you are watching thatsegue of aircraft from one side
to the other, you can also lookbackwards behind that and see a
row of landing lights ten,twelve deep, depending on how
(10:27):
clear it is outside.
All staged and patterned andready for landing.
That's a very strong example ofthe control and navigation and
support from ATC.
However, coming back onvacation, I had my wife sit up
(10:51):
next to the window becauseobviously I've been around
aviation for a while.
And it was kind of good for herto be able to look out and see
where things were and how thingswere happening.
And as we're coming in for alanding at O'Hare, we were
watching as the other runway wasaccepting traffic, most of it in
(11:12):
smaller commuter aircraft thatwould land, stop by a certain
point, and veer off onto ataxiway.
In our particular case, we'rewatching, and an aircraft comes
in on the bisecting runway andjust keeps moving and keeps
moving and keeps moving until itactually crosses our runway.
(11:38):
In FAA terms, they call that anincursion.
And as soon as our pilot sawthat pilot and that aircraft
make a runway incursion on hisrunway, it was up to him to
respond immediately by fullthrust and pulling the aircraft
(12:02):
up to abort the landing and todo what's called a go-around.
ATC had perfectly patterned him.
ATC had perfectly well clearedhim for that runway.
But ATC had no way of knowingthat the other pilot was not
(12:27):
going to hold short.
But the pilot on our aircraftwas observant, responded
appropriately, and initiated anofficial go-round.
Now the nice thing about that iswhen you stop and think about
(12:48):
it, it was out of ATC's control.
The pilot respondedappropriately, but ATC did not
leave them hanging.
ATC picked them up immediately,sequenced them back into the
pattern for landing later,helped them to navigate around
(13:11):
the traffic at the airport untilit was safely able to get back
in line and land.
Several things to learn fromthis.
One, it's perfect and awesomethat we as spirits here on Earth
(13:32):
in a human body and in a humanform have the ability to have
all of that control, all of thatorganization, all of that help
from our STC.
But at the same time, it's alsorefreshing to know that if
something were to happen, STC isstill there.
(13:57):
It's still there to help you.
It will still help organize yourday and help you meet your goal.
So going counterclockwise inorder to reach an attack pattern
or an approach pattern forlanding kind of helps us as well
(14:22):
when we're looking at ourspiritual cardinal positions.
You know, we started looking atthis a couple weeks ago.
We started with the North, andwe found out that the North
tended spiritually to representintrospection and challenges and
(14:43):
things that we were running intowhere we were going to need some
help and support.
Last week we talked about theWest, which tends to refer to
endings and reflection.
Native American tradition, forexample, seems to indicate that
(15:07):
their elders, their ancestors,go to the West when they pass.
So the West is an indicator ofendings and reflection, which
from our perspective is adirection spiritually that we
(15:29):
can look to when we're grievingthe loss of someone.
But more importantly, we alsosaw there that not only is it
sometimes endings in reflection,but that's the direction that we
can move in order to transitioninternally from the effects of
(15:52):
the outer world and lookinternal to our inner world or
our spirit world.
That kind of tees up this week'sdiscussion where we're talking
about south.
If we're going counterclockwisearound the airport from north to
west, then the next one would besouth.
(16:14):
And south.
Everybody seems to love southfor several reasons because it
tends to indicate or beindicative of warmth, growth,
life.
We expect gardens to grow, weexpect crops in the field to
(16:36):
grow, all of that during warmsummer months.
But at the same time, we alsohave the south indicating growth
and life.
Considering our spirits in humanform here for the purpose of
learning, growing, and maturing,then the South can be very
(17:00):
representative spiritually ofthat growth, of that
enlightenment, of thatunderstanding, of the knowledge
that's gained through thatgrowth.
It's also linked to illuminationand clarity.
(17:25):
And I think that's veryindicative, especially for
someone who is going through theloss of someone special and
going through the griefassociated with that.
Because here we're expecting, orwell, okay, I like the word
expecting.
(17:45):
Wasn't expecting that, but itjust came out and it makes
sense.
At this point, when we'relooking to the south, we're
expecting our STC to help us.
We're expecting our spirit teamto provide that extra
understanding, that extra bit ofillumination on what has
(18:09):
happened and how we can, numberone, actually survive that and
come out of that with a goal, apurpose, a direction.
Some cultures look at it as theSouth being an element of fire,
(18:33):
symbolizing passion,transformation.
There's not anybody out therewho has had the loss of a
significant loved one and gonethrough the grief associated
with that, who does notunderstand the transformation
involved.
(18:56):
To have someone that you're soclosely attached to be a part of
your life for so long, andsuddenly have that person, for
lack of a better term, literallyripped away from your life.
There's a transformationinvolved.
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Doesn't mean that you're on yourown.
Doesn't mean that you're not thesame person you were.
Doesn't mean that you don't havethe same friends that you had.
Some of them may havedisappeared because just like we
talked about earlier, they don'tknow how to handle somebody in
(19:38):
grief.
They've never been taught, theyhave no working knowledge of it.
And the performance anxiety ofnot being able to know what to
do to help you may make themrun.
But what doesn't run is yourspirit team.
(20:02):
What doesn't leave you are thosewho are close to you who have
passed on before.
And what is not missing is thelack of direction and guidance
that your spirit team provides.
(20:23):
Now, there's a couple things Iwanted to talk about
specifically in this particularepisode.
There will always, always bedetractors.
There's always going to besomebody who's going to tell you
that you believing in yourspirit team is just a bunch of
(20:46):
hooey because they don't knowwhat they don't know.
Remember back in episode onewhen we started talking about
that?
Just because they don't knowwhat they don't know doesn't
mean that what you know is notcorrect.
(21:08):
You know, we know that we have aspirit team to guide us and
direct us.
They don't know that.
Maybe it's partly up to us atsome point in time to help them
with that and help themunderstand that.
The whole reason for thispodcast is be was because I was
(21:29):
told that I needed to helppeople understand what I didn't
know when this happened to me.
So there'll be detractors.
There'll people be people whodon't understand.
If you remember back in theBible, Stephen had that same
(21:52):
situation.
You'll remember Stephen was theone that was eventually stoned
to death and Saul, who laterbecame Paul, was the person who
was standing there holding thecoats of the people who were
stoning him.
But if you back the story up alittle bit, what you find out is
(22:12):
we have Stephen who was callingout the religious leaders
because of their lack ofknowledge or their lack of
presenting the knowledge toother people.
(22:32):
In Acts 7, Stephen's known forsaying that the religious
leaders are stiff-necked people,and your heart and ears are
hardened, just like yourancestors.
Okay.
Why do you resist the spirit?
(22:56):
Have you ever had a prophet thatyour ancestors did not
persecute?
Okay.
So what we know about the Bibleand what they call a prophet is
somebody who gets a message fromGod or from spirit and tells the
(23:19):
people what that message is inan effort to help them guide
them or direct them.
So using that definition andthat actual working definition
of what a prophet is, we havenow a realization that it's not
(23:46):
as ethereal of a position as wemay have thought it was or were
led to believe growing up.
It's merely a position where Godor a spirit provides them a
message.
We have that available to usourselves.
(24:08):
So with the story from Stephen,he's reminding us that the
tragedy is not the ignorance,but the willful resistance.
You know, even if the religiousleaders have never experienced
that before, you know, back tothe you don't know what you
don't know.
What is the problem is theyrefuse to know what they don't
(24:33):
know.
You will find people who maygive you a hard time because
that you're finding answers,direction, and solace from your
spirit team.
But they don't know what theydon't know.
(24:59):
Those who knew the scripturesthe most in Stephen's time and
practiced religion regularly,they were the ones yet who chose
to close their hearts to thespirit when it moved in ways
that challenged their comfort.
(25:22):
Remember what we talked aboutwith free will?
They chose not to believe.
(26:14):
The messages and indicationsfrom their STC.
Yet they're a little overwhelmedat what's going on in the world
and politics and news and socialmedia, etc., etc.
I think the best place to starton that is the typical serenity
(26:36):
prayer.
God grant me the serenity toaccept the things I cannot
change, the courage to changethose that I can, and the wisdom
to know the difference.
A lot of what's going on in thecountry, in the world, in the
news, we personally cannot doanything about.
(27:01):
What we can do is remainpositive, start our day with
affirmation, do everything wecan to turn a negative into a
positive, and raise our energy.
As we do that individually,those like-minded people
(27:27):
collectively raise the energy intheir area.
And that makes a difference.
(28:01):
And then give us the wisdom toknow the difference.
Sarah Young in her book writes,You can make plans as you gaze
into the day that stretches outbefore you.
But hold those planstentatively, knowing that Spirit
or your STC may have other days,other ideas how to organize your
(28:24):
day.
As you make your plans, rememberit should be spirit who
orchestrates the events of yourlife.
The other part of that, too, isgoing back to the example on
landing at a controlledairfield.
It's so much easier and takes alot off the pilot's plate if
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he's got ATC to help him withthe organization, the spacing,
and the timing andcommunication.
So think how much easier it isgoing to be for you to
spiritually allow STC toorganize and manage and control
(29:10):
not only your day, but yourfuture.
Keeping in mind that they havein front of them your life's
plan, know what goals you haveleft to accomplish, and know how
to best make that happen.
Making sure that every step youtake, if you're following their
(29:34):
direction, has the mostefficient, easiest path forward
with the least obstacles.
Going back to the Chicagoexample, they can put everything
in place and have everythingmapped out for you.
(29:57):
Yet something may still crossyour path that you and them have
to adjust for.
But when you have to do theforced go around in order to
avoid the obstruction anddeviate from the plan slightly,
(30:21):
they, just like ATC, will beright there to grab you, direct
you, make sure that you're safeas you readjust and get back on
track.
Even if controlled airspace iseasier, we have to be aware of
(30:46):
potential incursions on ourday-to-day mission, just like
the pilot did in Chicago.
Just like ATC rejoined that jetback into the pattern,
understood their need to abortand go around, STC is also there
(31:10):
to help us go around and realignour final approach.
In our case, we can decide toquit trying to fly solo and land
at a distant uncontrolledairplane or airport, or we can
employ our STC, re-request theirflight following, and allow them
(31:36):
to position us for a perfectlycontrolled approach each and
every day.
To reflect, making heaven realin your life.
SPEAKER_00 (31:55):
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heaven real in this life withGordon Murray.
Ever wonder why most aircraft approach patterns to
airfields are counterclockwise?
SPEAKER_00 (00:09):
What if I told you that there's more to it?
That there are benefits andresources from heaven that are
available to help you in thislife, and you've never heard
about it.
Are you curious?
Well, join Gordon Merrill if hedigs deeper into making heaven
real in this life.
SPEAKER_01 (00:36):
Welcome back to Making Heaven Real.
Previously, we've kind of usedthis analogy with airplanes and
aircraft several times, andwe've discussed how airplanes
get their help and assistanceand navigation and control from
air traffic control or ATC.
We've also discussed a coupledifferent episodes on how our
(00:58):
spirit can get its direction andhelp and navigation assistance
through this life from ourspirit team or STC.
So today let's take that analogyjust a little bit further.
We started out the episode byasking if you knew why airplane
(01:23):
approach patterns normally orcounterclockwise.
Well, if you've ever been apilot or work in the aviation
industry, you probably have aheads up on how to answer that
question more appropriately thanmost people would.
But it's really quite simple.
(01:44):
In most cases, in most aircraft,the primary pilot seat is on the
left side of the airplane.
So that being the case, ifyou're going counterclockwise,
the left window has the betterview for visualizing the
airport, the airfield, thewindsock, looking for animals,
(02:08):
birds, other obstructions in oraround the airport.
So there's a reason for that.
Yeah, you will find in somecases there's some air traffic
patterns that go the otherdirection, basically, because of
interference or traffic patternsover municipal areas or, you
(02:30):
know, airfield is close to amountain, those kind of things.
But very few.
And in most cases, most allapproach patterns are
counterclockwise.
There's also the point that youneed to look at as far as
understanding approach toairfields.
(02:51):
There's a big difference onwhether it is a controlled
airfield or an uncontrolledairfield.
Primarily for commercial ormilitary, or there are a few
(03:12):
exceptions for controlled towersthat are not commercial or
military.
In some cases, they're privateairstrips or airfields that used
to be military airfields.
But from a pilot perspective,when you're trying to land or
(03:33):
approach an airfield, you'retaught early on that there's a
very large uptick in yourresponsibility, other than just
flying the airplane, when itcomes time to approach for a
landing.
One thing we were kind ofjokingly taught when you go
(03:55):
through private pilot trainingis takeoffs are optional, but
landings are mandatory.
So you're always looking at theidea and aspect of how can I
land this effectively, safelywithout any concerns or issues.
(04:19):
So let's just quickly look at anuncontrolled airfield.
It's quite possible for you toapproach that airfield, go
through the approach pattern, doall the pieces and parts that
are necessary to land on thatfield, and land on that field
with nobody else being aroundand nobody else even knowing
that you're there.
(04:41):
So when you look at it that way,you have all kinds of things to
concern about.
What's the weather like?
Do you have a clearvisualization of the airfield?
Is the weather crosswinds on thefield different than what you're
having in the pattern?
(05:04):
So you're always looking at allkinds of things that are
required for you to safelyassess the situation.
The weather, the midfieldflyover, crosswinds, anything
that's potentially anobstruction on the airfield,
whether it's animals, birds,planes, vehicles, debris.
(05:30):
You're also communicating onradio.
So that anybody else who may beout there that you don't see
will know that you're there.
And the two of you can startdiscussing who needs to go first
in order to land.
So, quite honestly, there'sprobably about a dozen things
(05:51):
that you're responsible for whenyou enter the pattern to land at
an uncontrolled airfield.
You know, we've been talking fora while here that the main
reason we're on this earth isbecause spirit has been put in
human form in order to learncontrast.
(06:12):
Most notably what it's like tonot be in God's presence all the
time.
Or what it's like to not becontinually in an atmosphere of
unprecedented love.
(06:35):
So let's compare and contrast acontrolled airfield with an
uncontrolled field.
Well, if you're going to acontrolled airfield, first thing
you do is you talk to ATC.
Air traffic control.
First thing they're going towant to know is have you
listened in on the specialfrequency assigned to that field
(07:00):
where you get automated weatherupdates.
And when you get ready to landand you start to ask air traffic
control to be put in the patternand segueed into landing into
that field, first thing they'rewanting to know is if you've
heard, understood the weatherinformation.
(07:23):
So by that point, you've alreadytaken care of several things
that are on our list for anuncontrolled field because you
have the weather informationprovided for you, you have the
crosswinds provided for you, youknow which runway is active
already.
So all of that information hasalready been provided.
Final positioning and airtraffic on the radio, it's all
(07:49):
done by one communication toATC.
And then once you are on theground, it switches from ATC to
ground control, and you're done.
So instead of having abouttwelve different things you're
responsible for on anuncontrolled field, ATC helping
(08:12):
you to provide you with properinformation, scheduling, segue,
communication takes all of thatoff your plate and helps you
land safely in a controlledenvironment.
The big thing about that thoughis you have to always be
(08:34):
prepared.
Even if ATC has everything inorder and everything scheduled
out for you and everythingplanned for you, there is always
a chance of something happening.
Let me give you a quick example.
(08:56):
My wife and I had gone on avacation out west, and on our
return trip home, we had a stopover in Chicago O'Hare Airport.
If you're familiar with O'Hare,they have bisecting runways that
are active at all times.
(09:18):
So you would have planes thatmay be landing north to south
and planes that may be landingwest to east all at the same
time.
I was able years ago to getpermission to go view the air
traffic control tower at O'Hare.
And from that perspective, it'sreally almost nerve-wracking to
(09:41):
watch how a plane will come inand land from north to south,
and almost as soon as that tailcrosses the runway from west to
east, the nose of the next onetaking off is already crossing
the runway.
(10:04):
Very tightly controlled, verytightly timed.
And as you are watching thatsegue of aircraft from one side
to the other, you can also lookbackwards behind that and see a
row of landing lights ten,twelve deep, depending on how
(10:27):
clear it is outside.
All staged and patterned andready for landing.
That's a very strong example ofthe control and navigation and
support from ATC.
However, coming back onvacation, I had my wife sit up
(10:51):
next to the window becauseobviously I've been around
aviation for a while.
And it was kind of good for herto be able to look out and see
where things were and how thingswere happening.
And as we're coming in for alanding at O'Hare, we were
watching as the other runway wasaccepting traffic, most of it in
(11:12):
smaller commuter aircraft thatwould land, stop by a certain
point, and veer off onto ataxiway.
In our particular case, we'rewatching, and an aircraft comes
in on the bisecting runway andjust keeps moving and keeps
moving and keeps moving until itactually crosses our runway.
(11:38):
In FAA terms, they call that anincursion.
And as soon as our pilot sawthat pilot and that aircraft
make a runway incursion on hisrunway, it was up to him to
respond immediately by fullthrust and pulling the aircraft
(12:02):
up to abort the landing and todo what's called a go-around.
ATC had perfectly patterned him.
ATC had perfectly well clearedhim for that runway.
But ATC had no way of knowingthat the other pilot was not
(12:27):
going to hold short.
But the pilot on our aircraftwas observant, responded
appropriately, and initiated anofficial go-round.
Now the nice thing about that iswhen you stop and think about
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it, it was out of ATC's control.
The pilot respondedappropriately, but ATC did not
leave them hanging.
ATC picked them up immediately,sequenced them back into the
pattern for landing later,helped them to navigate around
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the traffic at the airport untilit was safely able to get back
in line and land.
Several things to learn fromthis.
One, it's perfect and awesomethat we as spirits here on Earth
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in a human body and in a humanform have the ability to have
all of that control, all of thatorganization, all of that help
from our STC.
But at the same time, it's alsorefreshing to know that if
something were to happen, STC isstill there.
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It's still there to help you.
It will still help organize yourday and help you meet your goal.
So going counterclockwise inorder to reach an attack pattern
or an approach pattern forlanding kind of helps us as well
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when we're looking at ourspiritual cardinal positions.
You know, we started looking atthis a couple weeks ago.
We started with the North, andwe found out that the North
tended spiritually to representintrospection and challenges and
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things that we were running intowhere we were going to need some
help and support.
Last week we talked about theWest, which tends to refer to
endings and reflection.
Native American tradition, forexample, seems to indicate that
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their elders, their ancestors,go to the West when they pass.
So the West is an indicator ofendings and reflection, which
from our perspective is adirection spiritually that we
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can look to when we're grievingthe loss of someone.
But more importantly, we alsosaw there that not only is it
sometimes endings in reflection,but that's the direction that we
can move in order to transitioninternally from the effects of
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the outer world and lookinternal to our inner world or
our spirit world.
That kind of tees up this week'sdiscussion where we're talking
about south.
If we're going counterclockwisearound the airport from north to
west, then the next one would besouth.
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And south.
Everybody seems to love southfor several reasons because it
tends to indicate or beindicative of warmth, growth,
life.
We expect gardens to grow, weexpect crops in the field to
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grow, all of that during warmsummer months.
But at the same time, we alsohave the south indicating growth
and life.
Considering our spirits in humanform here for the purpose of
learning, growing, and maturing,then the South can be very
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representative spiritually ofthat growth, of that
enlightenment, of thatunderstanding, of the knowledge
that's gained through thatgrowth.
It's also linked to illuminationand clarity.
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And I think that's veryindicative, especially for
someone who is going through theloss of someone special and
going through the griefassociated with that.
Because here we're expecting, orwell, okay, I like the word
expecting.
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Wasn't expecting that, but itjust came out and it makes
sense.
At this point, when we'relooking to the south, we're
expecting our STC to help us.
We're expecting our spirit teamto provide that extra
understanding, that extra bit ofillumination on what has
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happened and how we can, numberone, actually survive that and
come out of that with a goal, apurpose, a direction.
Some cultures look at it as theSouth being an element of fire,
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symbolizing passion,transformation.
There's not anybody out therewho has had the loss of a
significant loved one and gonethrough the grief associated
with that, who does notunderstand the transformation
involved.
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To have someone that you're soclosely attached to be a part of
your life for so long, andsuddenly have that person, for
lack of a better term, literallyripped away from your life.
There's a transformationinvolved.
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Doesn't mean that you're on yourown.
Doesn't mean that you're not thesame person you were.
Doesn't mean that you don't havethe same friends that you had.
Some of them may havedisappeared because just like we
talked about earlier, they don'tknow how to handle somebody in
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grief.
They've never been taught, theyhave no working knowledge of it.
And the performance anxiety ofnot being able to know what to
do to help you may make themrun.
But what doesn't run is yourspirit team.
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What doesn't leave you are thosewho are close to you who have
passed on before.
And what is not missing is thelack of direction and guidance
that your spirit team provides.
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Now, there's a couple things Iwanted to talk about
specifically in this particularepisode.
There will always, always bedetractors.
There's always going to besomebody who's going to tell you
that you believing in yourspirit team is just a bunch of
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hooey because they don't knowwhat they don't know.
Remember back in episode onewhen we started talking about
that?
Just because they don't knowwhat they don't know doesn't
mean that what you know is notcorrect.
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You know, we know that we have aspirit team to guide us and
direct us.
They don't know that.
Maybe it's partly up to us atsome point in time to help them
with that and help themunderstand that.
The whole reason for thispodcast is be was because I was
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told that I needed to helppeople understand what I didn't
know when this happened to me.
So there'll be detractors.
There'll people be people whodon't understand.
If you remember back in theBible, Stephen had that same
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situation.
You'll remember Stephen was theone that was eventually stoned
to death and Saul, who laterbecame Paul, was the person who
was standing there holding thecoats of the people who were
stoning him.
But if you back the story up alittle bit, what you find out is
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we have Stephen who was callingout the religious leaders
because of their lack ofknowledge or their lack of
presenting the knowledge toother people.
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In Acts 7, Stephen's known forsaying that the religious
leaders are stiff-necked people,and your heart and ears are
hardened, just like yourancestors.
Okay.
Why do you resist the spirit?
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Have you ever had a prophet thatyour ancestors did not
persecute?
Okay.
So what we know about the Bibleand what they call a prophet is
somebody who gets a message fromGod or from spirit and tells the
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people what that message is inan effort to help them guide
them or direct them.
So using that definition andthat actual working definition
of what a prophet is, we havenow a realization that it's not
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as ethereal of a position as wemay have thought it was or were
led to believe growing up.
It's merely a position where Godor a spirit provides them a
message.
We have that available to usourselves.
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So with the story from Stephen,he's reminding us that the
tragedy is not the ignorance,but the willful resistance.
You know, even if the religiousleaders have never experienced
that before, you know, back tothe you don't know what you
don't know.
What is the problem is theyrefuse to know what they don't
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know.
You will find people who maygive you a hard time because
that you're finding answers,direction, and solace from your
spirit team.
But they don't know what theydon't know.
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Those who knew the scripturesthe most in Stephen's time and
practiced religion regularly,they were the ones yet who chose
to close their hearts to thespirit when it moved in ways
that challenged their comfort.
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Remember what we talked aboutwith free will?
They chose not to believe.
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The messages and indicationsfrom their STC.
Yet they're a little overwhelmedat what's going on in the world
and politics and news and socialmedia, etc., etc.
I think the best place to starton that is the typical serenity
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prayer.
God grant me the serenity toaccept the things I cannot
change, the courage to changethose that I can, and the wisdom
to know the difference.
A lot of what's going on in thecountry, in the world, in the
news, we personally cannot doanything about.
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What we can do is remainpositive, start our day with
affirmation, do everything wecan to turn a negative into a
positive, and raise our energy.
As we do that individually,those like-minded people
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collectively raise the energy intheir area.
And that makes a difference.
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And then give us the wisdom toknow the difference.
Sarah Young in her book writes,You can make plans as you gaze
into the day that stretches outbefore you.
But hold those planstentatively, knowing that Spirit
or your STC may have other days,other ideas how to organize your
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day.
As you make your plans, rememberit should be spirit who
orchestrates the events of yourlife.
The other part of that, too, isgoing back to the example on
landing at a controlledairfield.
It's so much easier and takes alot off the pilot's plate if
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he's got ATC to help him withthe organization, the spacing,
and the timing andcommunication.
So think how much easier it isgoing to be for you to
spiritually allow STC toorganize and manage and control
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not only your day, but yourfuture.
Keeping in mind that they havein front of them your life's
plan, know what goals you haveleft to accomplish, and know how
to best make that happen.
Making sure that every step youtake, if you're following their
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direction, has the mostefficient, easiest path forward
with the least obstacles.
Going back to the Chicagoexample, they can put everything
in place and have everythingmapped out for you.
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Yet something may still crossyour path that you and them have
to adjust for.
But when you have to do theforced go around in order to
avoid the obstruction anddeviate from the plan slightly,
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they, just like ATC, will beright there to grab you, direct
you, make sure that you're safeas you readjust and get back on
track.
Even if controlled airspace iseasier, we have to be aware of
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potential incursions on ourday-to-day mission, just like
the pilot did in Chicago.
Just like ATC rejoined that jetback into the pattern,
understood their need to abortand go around, STC is also there
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to help us go around and realignour final approach.
In our case, we can decide toquit trying to fly solo and land
at a distant uncontrolledairplane or airport, or we can
employ our STC, re-request theirflight following, and allow them
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to position us for a perfectlycontrolled approach each and
every day.
To reflect, making heaven realin your life.
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and his resources during ourtime together.
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