William Samuel Sandy's Reflections

Sailing
By Sandy Jones

Tell me what is your latest 'revelation'? Tell me what things of Life and Light and Truth have been revealed to you in these passing days that I have been out sailing the deep blue seas. I was so far away, so far from land that I could not even communicate with anyone........I'd lost all contact with the old world that I had left behind and so you do not hear from me for ages.

I sailed for many months yet, out there on that wild and stormy sea, I did eventually come to new lands, I did find the new world....a strange and wonderful world, a world filled and brimming with treasures like an exotic market place in some grand bustling, vibrant city.... Yes, I have been on a long journey, a very long journey, and I am returning home now.

I had a most remarkable time, in fact it was extraordinary, dangerous, treacherous, wild, it was a journey filled with pain, and light and beauty all at once. It was mystical and magical and with all that it was, it was filled with a sorrow so very deep, a weeping sorrow so immensly deep and I was lost....although, glory be to God, that glimmering light house never left my sights.

Yet, I must tell you, this journey was the perfect agony of aloneness that opened the way to another world. .

I went to places that only a rare few get go because the price demanded is not one that many are willing to pay.

Oh, but, I would not have ever paid such a price....never, no, not willingly. My payment had to be ripped away from my clutching, possessive, fearful, arrogant, hauty, tight grasp......the payment was grabbed suddenly, stolen from me and I could do nothing about it.

As all hell broke loose, everything died....I died too.

Payment made, so why not just see what this enormously costly ticket was for.......so I went, I just went. I had nothing to lose at that point....so, I climbed in my boat and I went sailing.....

Then, as I set sail on these unknown seas, a wondrous thing began to happen...love started to billow my sails. Love moved me, Love bouyed my boat, Love blew sweetly here upon this sea and I could feel it gently pushing me along. I knew that this silent zephyr of love would lead the way. I could just know it, no doubts.

No matter how rough the sea, I just knew that it was Love that opened and filled my sails. The sweet salt air was all around, even in my heart and in my eyes flowing with the same salty watered tears of Love. Love never left my side, it caressed my being and it blew me away, away.

Love knows everything. Love came to me, Love did not and has not left me since.

It was a long journey, but now, I am returning, I see the familiar land that I had left behind, it is coming into view. It is the same, but I am not.

I am happy to tell you that I have brought you many wonderful gifts that I found while in those foreign lands.....I am bringing them to give to those I love......were you awaiting my return? When the time is right, I will start unwrapping my souvenirs, and you can have what ever ones you might want.

Yes, yes! It is all true....Everything they say, it's true.

Life is Beautiful.

Here, I will sing to you a sailors little ditty....

I know what I see,
And I know what is looking back at me,
There is nothing in-between what I see and what I be.
Or could I say,
The land, the sky and stars above,
and you my love,
The ocean breeze and forest trees,
Is all I am; one infinite sea
Light and Free,
My Heart, My Beloved You and Me

What would you like? I have many souvenirs for my loved ones.

Since I have made the trip, I can now venture out into the deep any time I feel like it. I know what's there, I know the sea, I know the depths and endless infinity of it all.....I found the new lands of ancient myths and fantastic discoveries.

I know this too, I know this most assuredly, God sails here in my boat with me, silver moon light covers us, I am not alone....It is me, my heart and Thee, we three are one, the Holy Trinity.....sailing on this infinite sea of Love.

Sailing this ocean blue...... vast without end and far far away we go.

I found that any fear and a tight un-giving, fixed grip or trying to hold my own course, thinking I know better than the natural give and take of things was very dangerous….If I held too tight, I found that the sails wouldl flap in the breeze and the boat would come to a stall...drifting round in circles, round and round for days on a sea without any sights of land. Any fear and I might have drifted perhaps for who knows how long....maybe never reaching those glorious foreign islands of refuge and wonder and delight that awaited me.

So, if you ever find yourself off shore, hold a gentle grip without fight on the rudder and the sails. Keep the ballast steady and true, that is most important. Do not loose sight of the distant light that beams from those shores unknown. Oh yes, and do listen for the fog horns longing call to you when you cannot see anything in the thick mist and fog....and sing, and sing....

Be brave my sailor friends....Be brave

Eventually you will see the sun rise and the sea will turn into a smooth tourquoise sparkling jewel and a new world will be discovered.

I bring you treasures and tell you of love, and I will paint wonder filled paintings for you that whisper the totality of light.

I will write the Child's song and sing a verse or two.

I will slip a little love note into your heart, a simple note which will read "It makes no difference, all is well," Sail away, sail away.

With Love, Sandy Jones

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