The Twelfth Insight - James Redfield [85]
The statement hit me hard. That meant there was a contagion from both sides, and the balance shifted daily depending on how consistently those in Alignment could hold their truth with others.
“Do you see what this is?” Coleman added. “It’s confirmation of Kant’s categorical imperative: Act and be as though how you are dictates that everyone else will be that same way. His peers thought he was crazy. But his intuition was absolutely correct. Influence works exactly this way!”
I caught his eye. “Rachel said that we would integrate how to amplify our positive influence together. Does the Document say how?”
Coleman was looking intently at the pages in his hand. “It says the first thing we must do is keep the balance scale fully in mind at all times, and to remember that every thought and every action reverberates far beyond ourselves.
“It also says if enough of us fail to hold the energy of Alignment, the world could slip into even more fear and anger. In politics that would mean the far Left and Right will continue their dehumanization of the other until one side does something extreme, usually an act of despotism to take over and control, out of a need to save the world. In the area of religious ideology, the polarization goes more negative as well. It says that in prior cases in history, the antagonism has always gone as far as the current technology could take it.”
We looked at each other, knowing that for this time period that meant an escalation to the nuclear level.
Suddenly, I realized we were nearing the guardhouse, where we had to be very careful. We could see individual soldiers patrolling in the area just below us, so I suggested to the others that they stay hidden while I moved back up the slope to take a better look.
As I climbed, I saw a movement above me and froze. As I strained to see who it was, the figure moved into plain view. It was one of Peterson’s operatives, motioning for me to come up. When I arrived, he pulled me out of sight and whispered something into a microphone mounted near his mouth. In five minutes, Peterson was standing in front of me.
“What are you doing here?” he said. “We’ve been following your movements. And we can’t make any sense of them.”
“It’s all intuitive,” I said. “The Document says that in order to keep rising in Influence, we have to return to the Mount. Something’s going to happen up there.”
He shook his head skeptically. “What else is this Document saying about Influence?”
“We’re finally understanding the power of intention and prayer. We’re going to learn how to amplify our Influence.”
“That’s it?” he said. “All you have left is prayer?!”
“It’s more than ordinary prayer,” I protested. “You have to be seeking a higher level of experience. Otherwise, you may add to the energy of those Apocalyptics up there.” I was looking at the next ridge ahead of us.
“Whoa!” he said, clearly shaken. “Are you telling me the Apocalyptics are up in these mountains somewhere?”
“Yeah, they’re up ahead about five hundred yards. We think someone in the Egyptian army is keeping the soldiers from going anywhere near them.”
He looked away, thinking, then said, “This is another piece of the puzzle. We know they have something planned in Jerusalem and in Saudi Arabia on the mountain where there’s a missile base. Now they’re here. They’re planning a whole chain of events that they think will bring the world to war. I told you, the charges are already placed under the Dome of the Rock.”
I looked at him, puzzled.
“Don’t you see?” he said. “They think they have to do everything according to scriptural Prophecy, which means Armageddon can’t come until David’s temple in Jerusalem is rebuilt. The Muslim mosque, the Dome of the Rock, is in the way. It has to be removed, so they’re going to blow it up.
“The Judeo-Christian faction in the Apocalyptic group is pushing for this, because they already have the capstone from the original temple. They think if the capstone is quickly