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December 27th, 2002
Santa Cruz, California
Received by F.A.B.
I am here, Joseph.
It is our desire to channel through you messages that will be of
interest to mortals, and the aspects of these messages will be in
harmony, of course, with your own interests.
Last time we wrote about great composers. Today we wish to talk
about William Shakespeare. As you have discerned, he did not put
a priority on spiritual themes in his writings. He did write the
plays attributed to him, despite the various controversies. He had
his hands full on earth, and therefore did not put a priority on
spiritual matters. But when he came over here, he was extremely
curious, and had a great desire to know things. He thus did find
his way to the concept of the New Birth of the soul, and, of course,
the resultant happiness. When he is ready, he will write you himself.
But he is here now, and wishes to say that he wished he had understood
the importance of spiritual things while on earth. He had on earth
an inkling of his greatness as a writer, and knew that his work
would live after him. As he observed his reputation grow on earth,
he was very happy to know that he had produced a work that would
bring pleasure. He was a keen observer of human nature, and, of
course, had a natural facility with words. He never thought, as
some more modern people have felt, that somehow creative writing
or art was a form of salvation; he simply saw himself as an observer,
that is, he simply recorded what he noticed in human nature. He
is saying that his felicity with language was simply a gift which
was second nature to him, so he never saw it as extraordinary, since
it came as naturally as breathing.
He is saying that he did not discern the greater importance of
the spiritual in life, and so he chose subjects to write about more
in keeping with the humanism of the time.
As I have said, he came over here extremely curious about this
world of spirits. And then, as a result of his desire to know, he
discovered certain inharmonies of his earth life that caused him
some regret and suffering. But this did not last long, for his curiosity
had attracted bright spirits, who told him about the Divine Love
and the New Birth. He was actually able to override his regrets
to try the experiment, and succeeded, to the point where he is now
in the seventh sphere and working hard toward the First Celestial.
You may wonder, if he was so curious, why, after 400 years, he
did not reach the Celestial Spheres. Well, first of all, his curiosity
took him to many other forms of learning, and thus found the New
Birth idea after many other searches, through trial and error. And
secondly, he had to account for certain inharmonies, which also
took some time. But he is now free of these sins, and is saying
that from his new vantage point, life looks very different to him
than it did on earth. As a mortal, he was unsure about many things
and didn't realize many things about life. But now, life seems clearer
to him, and he has felt that spiritual things are the most important.
His earthly fame, as you can imagine, does not concern him - he
cares now about his spiritual progress. When he is ready, he will
come to you and write in more detail about his life. But he is saying
now that mortals must see the spiritual as the most important aspect
of life.
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