{"id":2657,"date":"2012-06-08T04:02:35","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T09:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unfoldingseries.com\/?p=2657"},"modified":"2013-04-14T06:26:02","modified_gmt":"2013-04-14T11:26:02","slug":"awakening-chapter-2-consequences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unfoldingseries.com\/uf9\/awakening-chapter-2-consequences\/","title":{"rendered":"Awakening Chapter 2 – Consequences"},"content":{"rendered":"

Presented here for your reading pleasure is the second of two free-content offering from Chapter 2 of Unfolding: Awakening<\/em>. In this, the subchapter Consequences<\/em>, Drew reflects on his meeting Tyler in a place few people know of <\/a>and fewer are able to visit. His musings are interrupted by a visit first from his sister Candice \u2014 then a powerful being.<\/p>\n

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Consequences<\/h2>\n

(Drew\u2019s Voice)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2013 SINGAPORE, Drew\u2019s Dreamscape, March, Sunday, 1:15 PM \u2013<\/p>\n

In the dream, I sat quietly on the patio. The plaque of images was now before me on the table where Tyler and I had been sitting. The one set that had become fully resolved was certainly Tyler\/former wife.<\/p>\n

Where is this leading?<\/p>\n

If Tyler and I had anything to complete from that lifetime, it would not be sexually based. We would both be too averse to the idea.<\/p>\n

With a growing awareness of another presence entering the dream, I watched the next image on the plaque resolve into that of my sister, Candice. With my peripheral vision, I saw, and simultaneously felt, her hand on my right shoulder. Raising my left hand, I returned the touch, bringing her hand to my lips and placing a kiss upon it.<\/p>\n

\u201cGood night, Sister. Listening to me dream?\u201d<\/p>\n

Withdrawing her hand so quickly it may as well have turned to smoke, she took a seat next to me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI fear it will not be good for long, My Brother. We are entering a new phase that may cause you great pain.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve felt pain before.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDrew, you can\u2019t fix the whole world. You have to let people do what they want and allow them to bear the consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am part of those consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou go around involving yourself with too many emotionally sick people and you\u2019ll wind up absorbing more than you can transmute. I am a part of the consequences every time you take on someone like this! He\u2019s poisoned!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was presented to me, Candice. I did not seek him out and therefore I cannot ignore his need. It is part of The Great Work. Should he ultimately choose to refuse my help, I\u2019ll willingly stand aside.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat about that woman friend of yours? Do you know what they are involved in?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is another sad part of it. As you fear for me, I fear for her. When she lost her marriage, she was an emotional wreck. I didn\u2019t know her well when it happened, though I felt her abandonment and physical distress to the point of nausea. It was one of those experiences where you just have to watch and wonder what possible connection could be manifesting itself.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, a decade later, the reasons are as unknown as at the beginning.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere wasn\u2019t much I could do at the time, as it was shortly after the awakening and there were too many events that we were already trying to keep in balance.<\/p>\n

\u201cLots of people at IntelliCon tried to help. Tyler, who I did not know at the time, was the one she eventually connected with. Through him she was able to put her life back in order, after a fashion at any rate.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe sucked him into her drama, Brother. He is married! She did him no good and would have done the same to you if you had tried to help her.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes. The way events unfolded, I would have been Tyler. I wouldn\u2019t have done any better in the condition I was in. Andrea is alive and well today because of his actions. How can I not accept his request, even if it initially came via her? People don\u2019t have to suffer so\u200d\u2014\u200d\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTerribly and they don\u2019t have to suffer in such drastic ways to compensate for the pain they have given others.\u2019 Yes, I know it and you know it, but getting\u00a0HIM\u00a0to know it without exposing yourself will not happen! I have seen Tyler\u2019s family with my vision, Drew. I started looking after he left. Do you know he has two daughters who he barely sees because he travels so much?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo,\u201d I said. \u201cHis family never came up in our conversations, or in my paranormal awareness.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut you knew something was odd. Right? That\u2019s just like a man.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, Candice. That\u2019s just like a human, or this human at any rate. Accepting what you say is true; I would still have had to agree to help. The difficulties I have seen him having these last few hours demonstrate how Tyler is currently at risk. If he doesn\u2019t make the cut, he\u2019s not going to be good for anyone near him.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomething like 20 percent of people in marriages cheat. Maybe half of all marriages fail. I don\u2019t know if the marriages that survive have active cheaters in them or not. I am not smart enough to know if monogamy is helping or hurting people who need more than one partner.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell I\u2019ll tell you, Drew! Cheating doesn\u2019t help anyone!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHow can we ever have a better world, Candice, if people who need help are left to reinforce and perpetuate their twisted or misunderstood realities?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe younger daughter is on the verge of rebellion, Drew. If he doesn\u2019t start spending time with that one, she will hit the streets living only for drugs.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s taught the older girl self-defense so she can protect herself, but forgot to balance his fear of her getting pregnant too early with some kind of common\u2013sense practices to let her enjoy the company of young men, so she winds up a man-eater, screwing up more lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s all the more reason I should offer my help. What chance would the children have if he implodes?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s not the point! You can\u2019t save a person simply because you feel some vibe with them!\u201d Almost as a sigh she ended with, \u201cThey have their own life\u2019s plan. Let it play out awhile longer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDid you see when Tyler was here?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, that\u2019s why I\u2019m afraid you could be badly hurt this time. You didn\u2019t teach him to clear himself. Instead, you transferred his pain to yourself, letting him go freely to make the same blundering mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pain has already dissipated. Look,\u201d I said as I momentarily stood, offering her a view of my astral self. \u201cI was able to operate high enough above his reality that his pain did not become my pain.\u201d Returning to my chair, I took her hand. \u201cI was merely a channel. I converted his perceptions of uncertainty and fear into a state that allows him to continue exploring his new awareness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Candice pulled away. \u201cYou did it too quickly and with no instruction. The fact that you did it here, in dreamtime, means he won\u2019t remember it well either.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s more likely than not to simply burn out. Maybe that\u2019s not such a bad idea, though. His family will not suffer any additional stigma after the affair is found out and will be allowed to get on with their lives. He isn\u2019t there anyhow. His home is more of an office and laundry service than a loving environment. They would adapt quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCandice! If he burns out, his life will most likely end in suicide. How\u2019s that going to allow his family to move on?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI was hoping for a heart attack. You know, the headline might read \u2018Distraught Traveler Dies Alone in Hotel Room\u2019 \u2026 that kind of thing. He has enough turmoil inside that it is a possibility. He knows the strain his work and lifestyle are having on his family, but he can\u2019t see how he can do anything else. Without a firm commitment to work on repairing the damage in his relationships, it might be his best exit strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, it can\u2019t be that bad. The family has to have some healthy feelings towards him. What about his wife?\u201d I asked. \u201cShe has to be a part of this affair in some way, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI have only caught a glimpse of her so far. She is distant. Since you told me Tyler is gone so often, I don\u2019t find that unusual. Her remoteness may have contributed to his affair. She appears to me only from the neck up. That would mean she is in her head, and not completely engaged with the family either.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCarol tells me Tyler will protect Andrea, so I assume they will continue to have some relationship after he peaks and enters a stable condition. Maybe Carol can give you knowledge. I know better than to ask her. I am too close to Andrea, and it would be impolite.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBrother, you do like skating on the edge don\u2019t you?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSister, I like doing my job. I did not \u2018involve\u2019 myself, as you say, and don\u2019t know how this will turn out. But I have the reserves to see Tyler and Andrea, and maybe his family, through to their next opportunities, if that\u2019s the way things are supposed to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMake this life a long one, Drew. I would miss you terribly if you have misjudged.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beginning with a small vibration, the plaque on the table changed before our eyes with the remaining images coming into focus. We felt and saw the energy in the dreamscape shift as the presence of another entity became manifest. It started as a twisting, growing amorphous shape, quickly becoming a humanoid form.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is your name?\u201d I demanded.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have no name, at present.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cStand fast and state the reason you\u2019re here.\u201d The creature had been careful about revealing its identity in order to make it more difficult for my sister and me to limit its action in the dreamscape. I was being equally diligent in my wording to avoid giving it an easy way to take direct action against us.<\/p>\n

Candice, who still liked to use tools in the dream worlds, had produced a violet flame, floating chest high, which quickly spread into a translucent protective field between us and our visitor.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe require a meeting of minds regarding your affairs. As your practice has allowed a stable container of sufficient capacity, and you have done it before, we wish to meet here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Only once.<\/em>\u00a0I thought to myself,\u00a0there wasn\u2019t a lot of choice in the matter.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cYou enjoyed it and continuously reinforced this environment with the hope it would happen again. This is the now in which that is to occur.\u201d<\/p>\n

With that, the flame Candice was using to keep the creature at bay went out. We looked at each other. I saw from the slight movement of her eyes that she had not removed the barrier.<\/p>\n

Our guest, now fully formed, had the appearance of a mature Asian woman.\u00a0Like almost everyone I meet in the spirit world, she was fit and without blemish.<\/p>\n

Scars and signs of a harsh life, such as missing limbs and wrinkles, need not be present on the astral plane.<\/p>\n

People you know, as when I saw Tyler, generally appear taller, more youthful and fit than in their corporeal forms. She was no exception, projecting a unified look of youth and experience.<\/p>\n

Her garment was a simple orange gown that appeared to be silk with no additional ornamentation. Her hair was jet black, her eyes a surprising sparkling blue, and her smile was one that possessed no affectation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI find that jewelry and excessive elegance detract from the message,\u201d she began. \u201cLet us sit to briefly discuss our agenda.<\/p>\n

\u201cCandice is rightfully concerned about your safety, Drew.\u201d<\/p>\n

I started to speak, but The Lady continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no denying the danger. Yet, this is why you live, is it not?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0____<\/p>\n

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–<\/strong> Jeffrey A. Limpert<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

__________________<\/span><\/p>\n

References:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

https:\/\/unfoldingseries.com\/awakening\/awakening-chapter-2-in-remembrance-of-dreams\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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