Unconscious, yet AWAKE to the LIGHT
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Not of This World Things of this world have lost their allure for me. After the light I moved away from the compulsive assimilation of material things. I campaigned for the de-cluttering of our lives, along with our closets! It is a most liberating experience to have less crowded drawers and wardrobe. Try it, and in your heart be detached from the non-essentials of life. By your own choice, do without things beyond what you need. Frugality, or sensible spending, is a prudent alternative. But keep on being generous to the Church, and good causes. Always try to please God. Do not love the world or the things of the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, sensual lust, enticement for the eyes, and a pretentious life, is not from the Father but is from the world. Yet the world and its enticement are passing away. But whoever does the will of God remains forever. (1 John 2:15-17) While keeping personal dignity, I opted for the least I could get away with in appearance. Blessed Mother Teresa instructed her sisters as follows: “Let us remember that our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, and for that reason we must respect it always with neatly mended clothes. Patched clothes are no disgrace. Remember, we do not profess the poverty of beggars, but the poverty of Christ.” Jewellery had become less attractive to me. Apart from my wedding ring, and a wrist watch, I go without. The times that I yielded to the promptings of close friends, I felt the adornment almost hurting my flesh. In these my sunset years, I will not be racing to recapture my youth. I have had my time. Now, I relinquish the stage to the young. I became a grandmother for the first time after the brain operation. True to form, I stopped coloring my hair, favouring the natural course - going grey. Since I was not part of the work force anymore, there was less chance of negatively affecting the vivacity of any workplace. The dance floor had somehow become repulsive to me too. I prefer just watching others enjoy it. I can’t imagine why I loved to dance before! Romantic novels used to occupy my leisure hours. Now I find them a waste of time. Once in a while I might still read good fiction like The Chronicles of Narnia or even The Lord of the Rings. But they somehow leave me empty.
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Most people who heard of my story referred to it as “near-death experience.” However there was no out-of-body perception involved. I was just somewhere, but not in this world. It’s like being “all eyes and heart” for I saw, and felt, but did not exist - bodily! For some who might have similar experiences, this might be a time of sharing a story. Mysterious. Mystical. Yet, very hopeful! While trying to understand what happened, I studied the supernatural experiences of Saints, and others. It was quite an eye-opener for a regular Catholic who is suddenly faced with a new, life-changing outlook. Life became more challenging, but also spiritually rewarding.
About the Author
N. Gamil Dawes is a retired Textile Engineer. She started writing her first religious book after she had almost died from a stroke in 2002. She now lives in Ottawa, Ontario with her retired husband. They have two children, who had given them five grandchildren.