The Twelfth Insight - James Redfield [57]
“We were being shown,” I went on, “that if we participate in Conscious Conversation, we can always receive a larger truth about how spirituality works. And thus we contribute to the building of an ever more complete, spiritual worldview.
“The Third Integration gave us an even larger picture of what happens when we stay in this centered truth, showing us that if we operate in truth, we fall into Alignment with the Law of Truth and can see the other laws that support this flow: Connection, Karma, and Service.
“If we hold to our truth as it evolves with others, and never lie or manipulate but strive to be of service, then we fall in harmony with the Law of Karma, avoiding its corrections, and naturally attract those who are there to be of service to us, so that we rapidly flow forward into a higher Connection with each other and the Divine.
“The Fourth Integration showed us the stakes involved in our quest to reach this deeper spiritual Connection. Those stuck in secular obsession are building ever more polarized systems of untruth and becoming more extreme in their dehumanization of each other, endangering everything.
“Thankfully, the Fifth and Sixth showed us a glimpse of how deep our Connection with the Divine could become, where we find love and, most important, Protection, and an awareness of mission. We realized we have a part in helping one another move through the rest of the Integrations. Now we have to figure out how to Rise to Influence and create this Template of Agreement that, supposedly, will reach those in fear.”
I took a breath. “Which brings us to the present. The Seventh Integration showed us how to step up the Synchronicity even more by following the guidance that comes to us if we tune in.”
I paused and looked at him, somewhat surprised that I had been able to voice the Integrations so quickly.
“You were right,” Coleman said. “It’s all a consciousness that builds on itself.”
I looked at him a moment, then said, “It reminds me of a verse I learned as a child. Something like, ‘If you are honorable over little you are given much.’ I guess it turned out to be true.”
“So what do you think is going to happen now?” Coleman asked.
“Hopefully,” I said, “Synchronicity will continue to lead us through the remaining steps, and we’ll continue to integrate more of the Connection we reached on the mountain … until we remember it all. That’s when, I guess, we’ll reach our strongest influence.”
For a long moment we were both lost in thought.
Finally, Coleman said, “I just wish I could understand one thing I glimpsed up there. It was like a Connection point with all that I was feeling.”
“What? Are you kidding me?”
“No, I really felt something. It was elusive and seemed to come and go.”
I jumped to my feet. “I experienced the same thing!”
He looked amazed.
“Yeah,” I repeated, “almost exactly as you described it!”
The next morning we were up early and, by first light, heading back toward Sedona. Wolf had returned late the night before, just in time to grab a few hours of sleep and to help us load our gear. Now, as we rode along in the early light of dawn, he looked tired but was still full of mischief.
“I have a surprise,” he said.
“What is it?” I asked. Coleman was smiling from the backseat.
“Don’t ask,” he said. “You’ll get it later.”
We tried to pry it out of him, but he wouldn’t budge and eventually all of us fell into a lengthy silence. Then, as we entered the city limits, we were treated to a beautiful Sedona sunrise, and as usual, people were pulled over on the side of the road and standing on some of the hills, ushering in the day. I wondered if the sunrise was Wolf’s surprise, but I could tell from his face that it wasn’t.
The sunrise invigorated each of us. We were all completely centered and setting a tone of expectant waiting without even talking about it. And we were alert, not just for a Synchronicity, but for the guidance that preceded it.
Suddenly, Wolf pulled into a side street and stopped, a worried look on his face.
“There’s something wrong,