Rob: I’m seeing James, walking me to the Rainbow Bridge, which in my landscape is a little bridge over a little creek, running down to the water. Huh … we’re stopping on the bridge. I guess we’re gonna have a conversation right here.
St James: Greetings, all. This is James. Yes, James the Apostle. And as you rightly discerned, there were many James in the company in and around Yeshua, but I am coming to you as James, son of Thunder, son of Zebedee, brother of John the Beloved.
And as you well know, my experience then, in that life, as you would consider it, didn’t end all that well. Yes, I was put to death early, but none of that matters now. If anything, that is simply a testimony that being rather brash can get you into some trouble! Perhaps [it’s] wise to be more prudent, to make conscious decisions about how you’re going to proceed, how that will be received.
So we stopped here on the bridge today to make a point that prudence is really an implementation of the sense of balance. So as we stand here in the center of the bridge, at the high point, it is a point of balance, neither this side nor that, but finding that middle ground where you can see more clearly, perhaps even in an elevated position above the ground on each side, so you can survey which way is the way to go from a more clear vantage point.
In these times in which you live, where there is so much going on, there is so much to stimulate you all of the time, this is the time of returning to that place of balance, maintaining that place of balance within yourself. Yes, your teammate is correct: [it is] being present.
For you, Rob, this would be a most valuable lesson to remind yourself every day to just be present in that moment. For when you ARE present, when you ARE in that place of being somewhat detached from the events that are happening in the world, then you DO find yourself in that place of balance, naturally. And once in that place of balance, then the blessing of prudence is a natural outcome, because then you can see more clearly how you should proceed at any given moment.
But the first step is to separate yourself from whatever is going on around you, whatever stimulation there is that’s pulling at you, that’s grabbing for your attention. Step back, breathe, feel, and hold that place in your heart where you can see more clearly. I think you know all of this, but it is also true that you know you don’t spend as much time as you should, perhaps keeping yourself in that place of presence.
So with that, we’ll see if anyone has any questions for me.
A Lighthouse for the Soul 