The Twelfth Insight - James Redfield [55]
Returning to the Document, I saw that it made one last point. It said we could use this method to tune in to many different life situations, but we would not discover how deeply we could tune in, until enough people returned to the Mount.
The statement threw me into deep thought. Was that meant to be taken literally or was it symbolic? And if it was literal, what Mount? There were dozens of mountains mentioned in the sacred writings of the world. Looking over at Wil, I saw he had placed his pages on his lap and was gazing into the distance. Hira and Adjar were doing the same thing nearby. When I caught sight of Coleman, he was slowly strolling down toward the big cottonwood, also appearing to be deep in thought. I immediately knew what they were doing: they were pondering our current situation and looking for guidance. They were already tuning in.
Clearing my mind, I attempted to do the same thing, first seeing if anything just popped into my mind. For a long time I simply looked around the area, letting my mind drift. I mused about how nice this homestead felt, and how sad I would be to leave it. Then I thought about our group’s joint experiences on Secret Mountain, and whether the Mount the Document mentioned might be that mountain.
Suddenly, I got the image of another place, a hazy, very rocky, mountainous region. And I was there with Rachel! Which gave me a blast of energy. Barely able to contain my excitement, I looked at Wil again, who seemed to be waiting for me to finish.
He stood up and came over to me. I caught sight of Coleman walking my way as well. Hira and Adjar were right behind him. Soon we were all standing in a circle facing one another.
“I know what I need to do,” Wil said. “We still have no idea where the Twelfth part of this Document has been released, if anywhere. Sooner or later we’re going to have to find it. I’m going to my friend’s place in Cairo to see if I can discover a clue.”
Adjar stepped forward. “I’m going back home to Saudi Arabia. There’s another mountain there that has something to do with all this.”
All eyes then fell on me.
“I saw myself with Rachel,” I said. “Where was she going?”
Wil gave me a big smile. “She went to the city of St. Katherine, Egypt, near Mount Sinai!”
I just looked at him as the others laughed. The energy was soaring. The Document said we all had to return to the Mount. Maybe we were all going to different ones.
“What about you?” I asked Coleman. “Where are you going?”
“I’m going with you,” he replied.
“Are you sure?”
“Look, all this is new to me. I’m the one who went the wrong way when the extremists were shooting at us from the ridge, remember? I tried to discern what to do, and all I saw was myself with you, on another really rocky mountain of some kind.” He smiled and winked.
I looked over at Wil, amazed at how much our energy was elevating.
“Do you feel this?” I asked. “We’re getting the Seventh Integration, aren’t we?”
He shot me a look. “Yeah, and we’ve felt it before!”
We looked at one another. Of course. We were recapturing this part of our Connection on Secret Mountain. We were stuck in this world all alone. We were guided. The full memory came back to me: the way I spontaneously knew what I was being led to do, the exact moves to make.
Hira stepped forward.
“Remember the template,” she said. “We also have to come to agreement about guidance. Obeying God is talked about a lot in our tradition.”
“Also in the Christian tradition,” I said, feeling as though I was speaking for Rachel. “It’s called doing God’s will.”
Wil was nodding. “In Eastern thought, it’s best expressed in Zen, as a flow in harmony with the Divine.”
“Yes,” Adjar said. “But no tradition points to this ability more than my tradition. We call it surrendering to God. It is the foundation of our whole religion. The ego must be put in its proper place by the daily seeking