I received an email over the weekend which finally helped me understand a reaction to The Second Comforter: Conversing With the Lord Through the Veil. Apparently there are readers who think that the book is about me. It isn't. It is entirely about the reader. If someone reads it trying to get to a 'punch line' or great ending, they are reading with the wrong intent. The book isn't about that at all. It is a manual. It's purpose is to provide the reader instruction while they are on their own path back to the presence of the Lord.
To the extent that there are any personal matters in the book, they are designed to illustrate common mistakes. My mistakes and errors are set out in the beginning of the chapters. Then the chapter explains how to get the principle right. Other than showing how poor a student I have been, my presence in the book is entirely secondary. I do bear testimony about the truth of the teachings, which I think is required for a book of that nature. But the book is entirely about you, the reader.
I reiterate several times in the text that it is not a book for every reader. It is not publicized, advertised, or promoted in any way. It is entirely a word-of-mouth book which will find appropriate readers without any effort on my part to promote it.
To the extent that there are any personal matters in the book, they are designed to illustrate common mistakes. My mistakes and errors are set out in the beginning of the chapters. Then the chapter explains how to get the principle right. Other than showing how poor a student I have been, my presence in the book is entirely secondary. I do bear testimony about the truth of the teachings, which I think is required for a book of that nature. But the book is entirely about you, the reader.
I reiterate several times in the text that it is not a book for every reader. It is not publicized, advertised, or promoted in any way. It is entirely a word-of-mouth book which will find appropriate readers without any effort on my part to promote it.
I appreciated so much your sharing of excerpts from your personal life...your struggles and the hard things that you suffered. It gives me courage to keep moving forward in my own personal journey, and for me, it makes the path that you so beautifully expound upon attainable. Thank you.
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