Q: Have you used the facility of the Halls of Learning to see the past?
Henry: We can see the past. We can see the future to a point.
Q: Is the purpose of seeing the future so that you can adjust it?
Henry: That we may guide our thoughts, that we may guide thoughts of others to avert what is unhealthy, what is illness. That we may bring about health and goodness, yes.
Q: Perhaps if you ever return to the world in a future time it will be a better world by then.
Henry: Well, a quieter world perhaps. But you can have quieter world if you all reach out with your hearts my friends; yes, you can have quieter world.
Q: When people arrive in the spirit world and realise that perhaps they could have done more to bring about world peace; do they then have a greater need to return quite soon to try to put right what they didn’t do when they were here? Is that how it works sometimes?
Henry: This can happen; for people are aware, sensitive to what they have not done; what they have not accomplished, what they have not contributed to. Therefore they feel strong karma over this matter. Therefore they feel the need to influence things for good; to help to do good. So, like they forget to polish floor (with amusement); so they come back to help polish the floor.
Q: You can still help in the spirit world though can’t you?
Henry: Yes, we can help in spirit world. We can help the world still. Sometimes though, we must come back to help in more physical, concrete way.
Q: Some spirits seem to return to an earthly life after a relatively short period of time and yet some seem to have been in the spirit world for hundreds of years. Are some less evolved and so need to return more quickly?
Henry: This does not follow, what you say, because you may have soul who wishes to experience many things; to grow through the experience of these many things. This is not statement about evolvement, stage of your soul. It’s a statement about your exploration, growth.
One of the members of the group explained that he felt more detached now. He still cared about things but was more detached. He asked Henry if he could explain this to him.
Henry: We slipped the thread with our knife. You are my friend. You grew attached to things in old days. This is common while you live on the earth plane, because you are attached to things. You see things from the spectrum of where you stand, where you sit. You see them through your own perspective; through your self-interest. Therefore you see them in certain ways, in certain light, but if you are able to distance yourselves, if you are able to look on things, experience things, without thinking: "What is in this for me? What is it that affects me in this situation? What will come of it for me?" If we are able to put aside these considerations and just to see thing in its purity, in its reality, in its nowness; then we are not troubled by the associations, by our egos which distort our vision; which distort the reality which we perceive before us.
So this great treasure, this ability to see the world with open eyes; clear vision without thinking: "What is in it for me? Will this affect me? Will this harm me? Will this assist me?" If we can look upon our environment, situations which come before us, which we experience, with openness, without thought of loss or gain, we are able to see them in their true light and use them, work with them for good rather than creating obstacles through our attachement to them and the outcome. Skillful living my friend.
Q: I sometimes feel like a bystander though.
Henry: You must not distance yourself too much. What you speak of is to remove yourself from situation in your mind psychologically. You speak of removing yourself, but I speak of middle ground where ego is detached but you are in harmony with situation. You are living in situation; you are at one with situation, without second thought for gain. But this is not detached to point you speak of. For if you detach yourself to point you speak of it is like you see show in front of eyes. Then we are disengaged too much. We cannot influence, because we are disconnected from it. So we must be connected my friend, but yet we must be detached in terms of our ego. But if you have accomplished some detachment my friend you should be able to re-engage without the attachment of ego. Then you will have achieved sklful living, balanced life.
Eileen stated that unfortunately it was now time to end the sitting.
Henry: We like sharing dialogue in conversation. This is the heart of love: gentle conversation. We wish you great peace my friends in your world. In your hearts we wish you great peace, freedom from troubles of mind, of heart, great contentment in your lives.