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January 9, 2005
Santa Cruz, California
Received by F.A.B.
I am here, Stephen Foster.
It is I, America's first professional songwriter. I have
been meaning to write you for some time now, and it was
felt that tonight was appropriate.
Let me start by thanking you for sharing my music with the
world. I experienced mental illness. I suffered mostly
depression. It seemed to come out of nowhere. It paralyzed
my life. When I came over here, I found that this
depression left me, and enabled me to work out my destiny
free of this great and heavy burden. You must understand
that troubles of this sort do not pass with the mortal
into spirit. I know you received a message that said that
anxiety is not a chemical imbalance, but an attitudinal
choice. Well, as you well know, there is a type of mental
pain that is truly caused by chemical imbalance. The proof
of this is that medication has helped so many mortals. I
wish I had had the benefit of medication. But that is all
over in the past.
As you can well understand, music was always supremely
important to me, and it continues to mean so much to me
over here. But music in the spirit world is really such a
different phenomenon. On earth, of course, music is
produced by fingers and/or the vocal cords. Over here, our
inner thoughts and feelings produce music. We do have
instruments, but they bond with us. On earth, you use your
fingers or your vocal cords to activate instrumental
sound. Over here, it is our meditative perceptions that
activate the sound. I know you have no comprehension of
this concept. Indeed, how could you?
A mortal violinist loves his or her violin. It is a
treasured possession. Over here, our instruments become
more intimately a part of our lives. We become one with
them.
You know that a great mortal musician also becomes one
with his or her instrument or voice. Well, the same
principle applies over here, only greatly amplified. In
the higher spheres, and certainly in the Celestial
Spheres, a musician exemplifies the concept that "music is
a form of communication." When you hear great mortal music
that is superbly performed, you have that exalted sense of
being in the presence of something unearthly and divine.
Well, magnify that a million times and you will understand
the utter joy music is to us here. Of course you can't
comprehend it!
I will say, paradoxically, that the circumstances of some
mortal concerts are such that they far surpass experience
in the lower spheres. That is, the conjunction of a great
composer, great musicians, and a deeply sensitive and
appreciative mortal audience, often creates a very
significant experience for many lower spirits. And these
lower spirits who attend are often benefited to believe
there is a higher life, though they do not know what this
higher life consists of nor how to attain it.
As Beethoven wrote you, some of us Celestial Angels (for I
am one of them) are fairly consumed with music. I am one
of them. When I wrote my songs, I often had the sense of a
higher presence watching over me. It was during this
activity that I felt most alive, and closest to my life's
purpose and the meaning of my life.
I had just finished working on "Beautiful Dreamer" when I
got sick. I died shortly after.
My earth life has meaning by the word "yearning." There
was what you might call a burning yearning in my soul,
which you can hear in my songs. I knew that these songs I
wrote would remain and be loved - I just knew it. I know
you have channeled some composers who said they did not
realize their greatness. Well, I did. My fame, though
brief, nurtured this feeling. I knew, as you say, that "I
was on to something."
Well, I will end here. Thank you for allowing me to share
my thoughts with you.
Love,
Stephen Foster
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