When I would meet the people that had gone through the extremes, who had cracked open, they would look at me with this sparkle of hope in their eyes, like they had been through the ringer; I mean, really through the ringer. They were resonating with what I was talking about. I would say, ‘Be of good cheer! You’re only once removed from reality.’ And metaphorically speaking, once removed is better than twice removed; but not in reality, as there is no order of difficulty in miracles.

That’s why, when things start to fall apart and things start to be extreme, you don’t know it! You think, Uh oh, the wheels are falling off the car and the shit is hitting the fan and it’s getting to be really nasty! The ego is judging that. The Spirit is just saying, ‘Keep coming. You’re really coming in here. You’re zeroing in to the Atonement. You are getting closer to reality.’ The less you hide it and the less you hide your pain, the more you’re able to release your pain. Isn’t that different from the body builders ‘no pain no gain’ attitude!? You see how different that is. Let it come through, be aware of it. Let it come up but don’t hide it. Give it over to the Holy Spirit. That is very different.

So, to me that was amazing. That is what I loved about traveling around the world and going to other countries, because the Holy Spirit, Jesus, was saying, ‘Pay attention. I’m going to show you this world is backwards and upside down. I’m going to show you the way, but it’s not what you think it is.’ The way seems straight and narrow, like he said in the Bible, and I was shown what that was and how insidious the ego is. It’ll try to fool you into thinking that you’re succeeding when you’re just wrapped up in more veils. That is what we have to do here. We have to really see it for what it is. It’s important!”