The voice of Soul
Is emerging into life
This is the ninth in a series of inspired articles which were channelled in the days following the attack by Hamas on Israel in October and the response by the IDF in the weeks that followed.
I have set up this publication just for the purpose of sharing this perspective. I make no claims as to its Source and I refrain from editing it, over and above making it readable.
I, like the majority of the world, am reliant on news stories for information. In that sense the starting point for this inspiration is what I read and see around me, and that will inevitably shape at least part of the response.
Equally, any reader will be influenced by their life experience and personal beliefs, and that is how it should be. I believe that by sharing our perspectives, hopes, fears, and dreams we will come to know each other better and our humanity will shine through. Surely, this is the road to peace?
‘Beloved one, let your tears flow because peace will flow behind them, not just within you but within all those suffering at this time. Suffering knows no borders, it fills the atmosphere of all life, and you breathe it in. With some it evokes sadness and for others revenge, but for the majority it evokes uncertainty and fear which is not aligned to anything obvious. Fear that feels ‘non-specific’, but is, in fact, quite specific, it is the voice of the soul seeking life.
‘Some would describe it as compassion and I would agree it carries compassion with it, but what is that compassion for? Well, and this may surprise you, first for the self. For the individual struggles that have assailed you in this life, for the choices you have made and the regrets you carry.
‘Why would the soul wait until it has returned to Spirit to review its progress through life? It does not, in times of reflection, often through reminders like photographs or poems, it recalls the feelings within that event, be they joyous or sad.
‘Remember the soul lives in a timeless Realm, so as you reflect, you retrace your steps and re-experience your feelings and your response. This is one of the reasons why people who are distant from their family, or lose them, benefit from a memory box, I think it is called.
‘Memories, however captured, evoke a sense of belonging and provide a wider perspective. It helps if this is done in an atmosphere of Love and reflection, a meditative state if you will.
‘I know in your mind, this adds to the tragedy unfolding in the Middle East, where all that is familiar is being wiped out for so many and replaced wholesale with an uncertain and fearful future. You weep for the young, whose abiding memory of this time will be terror and loss.
‘Within all conflict scenarios where there is intense pain and suffering, the memories run deep, they are embodied, like shrapnel, in the physical form and, increasingly, these days in the media, which will capture a partial image for posterity.
‘But be assured that the emergence of the soul in those that survive will be equally intense, especially in those that have experienced the futility of war and seek only peace.
‘You will find an emergence of the voice of soul in the aftermath of these conflicts, a new language that will reshape the memories of the very young. That will balance the pain and the suffering with hope for the future and a determination that violence must cease, and a deep conviction that peace holds hope within its hands.
‘Peace bears the seeds of the future and will scatter them across the bomb craters, over the graves and in the hearts of the children suffering today and in the generations that they themselves bear.
‘Take courage, beloved one, trust that intense suffering can foster intense healing. Peace be with you and will all mankind.’
© ZD Finn 2023
The full set of articles by ZD Finn on ‘Above the Clamour’ are now available as a free download on zdfinn.com.
These inspirations will eventually form part of ‘The Library of Lives,’ a series of inspired journals published by ZD Finn.
More information can be found on zdfinn.com and some of the terms and my use of capitals are explained in the Lexicon created by @zdfinn on Medium.
Finn runs a healing and meditation practice in London, and offers mentoring to those seeking to strengthen their own soul connection.