The Twelfth Insight - James Redfield [89]
Coleman was listening intensely. “What did the device look like?”
“It’s a boxlike item,” I said, “like a small suitcase with handles. There are lights on one side.”
He grimaced and stared at all of us. Our hearts sank. We knew what he was going to say.
“It has to be a small nuke,” he voiced.
We were all shocked and speechless. Everyone’s fear had just turned into a reality.
“Why here?” Tommy finally asked.
“Probably,” I guessed, “to make it look as if someone had attacked Egypt, so that other countries would retaliate, igniting the war.”
For a long moment, we were all alone with our thoughts, knowing this could be the end. Every one of us might die right here on Mount Sinai.
Then I saw something down below. Hundreds of people were approaching Mount Sinai from all directions, pressing up against the checkpoints and being held back at gunpoint by the soldiers.
“Hurry,” Tommy shouted. “We have to connect with them.”
THE RETURN
Tommy was gathering us all together at the top of the outcropping. Down below, the crowds were becoming larger every minute.
“First,” Tommy was saying, the Document in his lap, “we have to amplify Agape with one another and with the Great Spirit.”
We all elevated into that Connection in seconds.
“Then,” he continued, “it says to project the Agape to ever larger groups, by intending Oneness with everyone who is genuinely seeking spiritual Connection, across all religions, especially those down below us.”
As we did so, our energy increased even more until we regained the level of collective intention that we had felt spontaneously on Secret Mountain. For a moment we looked at one another, feeling the Eleventh elevation fully, then immediately went into a template discussion.
Joseph quickly pointed out that while most traditions emphasized prayer, some, like the Sufi of Islam, advocated a lived prayer very close to what we were feeling now.
“Christianity,” I said quickly, “also strongly emphasizes the power of collective prayer.” In minutes, we agreed that the emphasis placed on prayer by Islam and Christianity most reflected the reality of connected group intention. A rush of energy from the agreement sent us soaring even higher.
I looked at my phone, knowing what was about to occur. The text ring sounded twice, and I opened it to find messages from Hira and Adjar, both expressing heartbreak about Rachel and telling us they had worked through the Tenth and Eleventh Integrations and were feeling Unity with us and her. They were making preparations to reach out more widely, mentioning that hundreds of people were collecting in Jerusalem and near the Mount in Saudi Arabia.
For several long minutes, we focused on the people down below, and those in Jerusalem and Saudi Arabia. At first nothing happened, and then slowly we began to see individuals at the checkpoints grouping together as though they were picking up on what we were doing. Some had copies of the Document and were showing them to others. People near the soldiers began to reach out and talk to them as well.
“Bring the soldiers into Agape with us,” Tommy said. “See them lifting up into their own Connection with Spirit.”
Almost instantly, we could see some of the soldiers lowering their weapons. Some even joined the group that seemed to be forming. Looking angry, the officers came forward and tried to stop the interaction, but some soldiers were allowing individuals to walk past them and head up the trails toward the summit.
At the mound, we could see the Apocalyptics looking over the rocks at the scene below. Anish glared up directly at us, obviously concerned.
“Look at that,” I said to Coleman. “He knows what we’re doing.”
“Focus on the Apocalyptics!” Tommy yelled.
I pictured seeing a higher expression on their faces that reflected their souls’ desire to move into Connection. After a while, several of the extremists actually left their positions to see what the crowd was doing.
Suddenly, my phone rang twice. It was Hira and Adjar, telling us the crowds there were pushing forward at both the Temple Mount and the