The Twelfth Insight - James Redfield [62]
My sister already informed me of your arrival. I would love to speak with you. Please call.
I looked back at him. He was smiling broadly. Coleman laughed out loud. It was Joseph.
Immediately, the man jumped up and walked over to us.
“Quite good timing,” he said with a thick Egyptian accent. “I’m Joseph. Glad to meet you.”
Coleman gave me a look to remind me to practice Oneness, and I immediately held that intention, introducing both of us and telling Joseph that we were looking for some of our friends who had joined a group studying the Document here in St. Katherine.
“I know one group here,” he said. “But tell me, how far along are you with the Integrations?”
“We’ve formed a template group,” I said, “and are tuning in to our Guidance. We’ve just begun Oneness.”
“So you’ve just begun the Eighth step,” he said, as though more was coming.
“That’s right,” Coleman replied.
Joseph asked me to describe Tommy and Rachel to him and when I did, he looked surprised.
“I think I know who your friends are,” he said. “I haven’t met them yet, but they are here. I will take you to them.”
He took one last look out toward the mountains.
“Which peak is Sinai?” I asked.
He pointed farther toward the southeast. “Jebel Musa? That’s it right there. Just to the right of St. Katherine’s Cathedral.”
We stared at it for a long time, and as I tuned in, I thought I felt a calming, welcoming sensation. A flash of memory suddenly broke through, and I realized I was getting a hint, once again, of that mysterious point of Connection I had experienced on Secret Mountain.
“I noticed,” I said to Joseph, “that you were kneeling toward Mount Sinai when we walked up.”
He smiled. “Oh, no. I was looking toward Mecca. From here, Mecca is almost exactly on the other side of Jebel Musa. But when I’m in prayer, the two places feel aligned inside me.”
He looked closely at Mount Sinai again. “It is said that Moses looked upon the face of God there. Wouldn’t you love to experience that?”
In just thirty minutes, we were pulling through the gate of a large gray stone house about a mile away from the hotel. Joseph had driven us in his Toyota SUV.
At that moment, I was hit by a stark realization. I was about to see Rachel again. Would I be able to open up to her in Oneness? Or would I feel the same old hesitation? I knew we had connected spontaneously on Secret Mountain, but since then, for some reason I had still resisted opening up to her. The Connection seemed too deep, or would lead to complications or something.
As we got out of the vehicle, the door of the house flung open and Rachel and Tommy rushed out to greet us. I rubbed Tommy’s head and embraced Rachel, but I cut it short and again avoided prolonged eye contact with her.
Coleman came along and swept Rachel into a big hug. He among everyone seemed to be the most excited about the reunion, and as we walked toward the house, he confided in me about his feelings.
“I grew up with cold scientists as parents, bless their hearts,” he said. “I’ve never had a real family before.”
Inside, we walked into a great room that was filled with nice leather furniture and Persian rugs. A dozen more people were waiting for us, all of them looking toward me intensely, and I looked away from them as well.
Tommy was suddenly tugging me by the arm, taking me over to meet his mother. When we were close enough, I introduced myself and Tommy said her name was Love of Mountain.
“Tommy has told me about all of you,” she said, her arm around her son. “Now I know why he didn’t want to come with me originally. He must have known he was going to meet you.”
“Why did you come to St. Katherine?” I asked her.
She looked at me proudly. “To visit my namesake,” she said. “Sister Mountain. My father, who was a trader, brought me here when I was young, and it was love at first sight. Secret Mountain and Jebel Musa have the same energy. They both open you up.” Tommy was nodding.
A question came to my mind then with such force that I just blurted it