A Feather From Heaven



Dr. Peebles through Summer Bacon

[Note from Summer: Last month, November 2007, the Summer Bacon Institute lecture series was on the subject of "Creating Movement through Living Life with a Thankful Heart." As always, the monthly lectures by Dr. Peebles were fabulous. But, little did we know that the fifteen minute mini-lecture on Friday, November 16, would take us on a journey with Dr. Peebles into his life on this school called planet earth. Dr. Peebles told an incredibly personal and heartwarming tale of his own journey into darkness and emergence into the light of understanding. The audio and video files of this story shows his tremendous vulnerability and downright "human-ness" as he cries real tears through me. It was possibly the most awesome moment I have personally ever experienced in channeling. It was the heavens and the earth united; the unity in the diversity; a demonstration of the oneness, of the angels that we humans are, or that we will one day become. Enjoy as you read the transcript of his story in its entirety. I believe it is just the story we need for this holiday season. May God eternally bless you.]

My dear friends, when you set your sights upon God's love, upon laboring in love, God [Note: Dr. Peebles is addressing us as God here], suddenly your pains, your woes, your tears, your fears, disappear. Living life with a thankful heart really isn't that hard after all, and it can be a life of great fulfillment.

I, myself, when I journeyed upon this school called planet earth, I had my moments of despair, my moments of agony. I loathed myself at times. I often wondered, "What is the point of existence? Why am I even here, and why would anybody care what I have to say?"

I lost my ability to laugh at one time, and I cried for months on end. I left the world. I left it for about three years. And I sat in the darkness, and I stared into the sand, and I stared into the ocean, and I stared at my feet, and I stared at nothing. And I questioned whether God exists, and I could not find him because I questioned, and in my question there was doubt. I was walking one day down the cobblestone. It was not a bad day really. As days go, it was rather warm. As days go, it was a nice day. People were fairly friendly, and as far as I was concerned they were friendly because they left me alone. It was a day rather like any other where I looked down to the ground to the cobblestone and I looked into nothing.

And my mind was filled with thoughts about the world; how the world is so distrusting of one another; filled with greed; so much strife and pain; children dying; parents who are less than loving towards their children. "Oh, the acts of unkindness in the world! The soldiers being drawn and quartered! What a terrible place! How could God do this to anyone if God is a loving God? Why would earth be like this?"

And I walked down that cobblestone, and I looked into nothing. I saw faces of sadness and fear. I saw the tangled spirits that were delivered. I saw the pain of a man who wore no clothing, and his leg had been crushed, and I had to sever it from him. I was a Doctor! And as I worked to save his life another man took his life right there in front of me. And this man, he looked into my eyes. I had worked to save him, and yet another killed him! But, he had one last breath and he looked into my eyes, this man who was naked whose leg was crushed. His eyes were blue. His face was drawn, but there was so much love within his heart that with his last breath he looked into my eyes and he said, "Thank you."

I thought of this, my dear friends, as I walked along the cobblestone, as I gazed into nothing. As I planted my feet in front of me, I felt despair like none other I had ever felt. The sadness was overwhelming. The belief in nothing existed within me. I was separate. I was alone. And as I gazed down I saw my feet; I saw my weathered shoes.

And I took a step...and I tripped! And I fell! And I hit my knees! And I took a tumble like nothing else I had ever taken! And I rolled, and I rolled, and I rolled down that street, and the horses' carriages, they all nearly hit me! But they didn't! And I fell, and I landed in a pile of manure face first. It got into my mouth and everything. In my eyes, in my nose, in my hair, and I sat up and I thought I could not be any lower than this, and as I struggled to regain my senses and to wipe the manure from my eyes, I suddenly heard what I thought was the twittering of birds, but was the laughter of little children. And they laughed, and they laughed, and they laughed, and they laughed, and they gathered round: one and then two and then three and then four! It seemed there were four hundred children around me, all laughing, all pointing at my misery, and at my pain.

And one little girl came to me and touched me, and pulled my tie and said, "Please Sir, why don't you laugh? It's the funniest thing we've ever seen! And you're quite all right, aren't you? Here, let's clean you up."

And so, my dear friends, as the little girl touched my tie and pulled it, I was pulled to my senses, and I laughed, and I laughed, and I laughed. And the little girl wrapped her arms around my neck, and she stroked my beard, and she said, "Thank you, Sir. Thank you so much. We were having such an awful day until you took your tumble. Come. Come play!"

And she took my hand, and we walked, and we talked, and we laughed, and we joked, and we giggled, and I did something I hadn't done in years. I took my shoes off and I walked in the creek, and we skipped stones together, and we picked up a bird's feather. And she stuck it behind my ear. And she looked to the heavens and thanked the birdie. She thanked the birdie for giving her the feather!

And I thanked her for giving it to me, and I said to her, "You are so kind to give me the feather."

And she said, "No, Sir, I didn't give you the feather. The angels did. And, they told me that you are one of them."

My dear friends, as you journey through life, fill your heart with gratitude. Live a thankful life. You are beautiful spirits. We mean that when we say it. And we love you so very much. God bless you, indeed. Go your way in peace love and harmony. Please, my dear friends. And enjoy the journey to your own heart. Enjoy the journey to your own enlightenment, and as you do, give thanks. Live your life with a thankful heart and you will--my dear friends, it's a promise--you will lighten up, not just a little bit more...you will lighten up forevermore. God bless you, indeed!