This seems to be a case of marked deflection of ray, to use Mr. Kendal’s
simile, for up to the day when this manuscript goes to the printer the
Gaylord family have been unable to identify “Bob,” although there was
a confused intimation, late in April, that Mrs. Z—— had made a mistake
in the name, and a suggestion that the surname was Roberts. It is not
impossible that this was one of those wily incursions of disintegrating
force, with intent to confuse, to which we afterward grew accustomed.
On Friday and Saturday of that week (March 29th and 30th), there were
interviews of great interest, but of too personal a character to be
extensively quoted.
Replying to the inquiry of a man for his father, Mary K. said: “He was a
great force here, but has passed on into the life beyond ours. He can and
will return to talk to you, but not immediately.”
“Tell G—— the constructive forces are working for him, as he for them,”
was the answer to questions about a man in this life. “Temporary
disappointments are unimportant. Do not fear. We build together, and
surely. The result is certain and for his purpose—progress, light, and
justice. His individual concern is to have faith, follow his purpose,
and trust us. The only failure possible comes from admitting doubt,
disintegration, and fear.”
An expression of anxiety concerning another man on this plane was met
thus: “N—— has felt his own purpose stirring a little.... A perfectly
good purpose when he finds it. He has had many forces fighting, within
and without. He will wake when this message is given to the world. He is
too intelligent not to recognize truth as obvious as this will be.” Some
one asked when this would occur. “When Margaret completes the book she
will publish soon.” This was the first intimation of the way in which I
was expected to carry out Mary K.’s instructions to make this experience
known, concerning which we had wondered not a little.
It was suggested that a member of this person’s family might help him,
from the next plane, but this was said to be impossible, as they were not
of the same purpose.
“The family connection is nothing here. His own purposes know him, both
good and bad, and they are fighting it out. He has answered first one,
then another. But fundamentally he is for justice. He will answer to that
in the end.... Sometimes he will shut it all out and yield to the forces
seeking to destroy him, but he will fight in the end for freedom and
justice.”
“She is not of our forces,” was the reply to an inquiry about an artist
who left this life twenty years ago. This was crossed out, however, and
“not mentally free” substituted.
When I was alone, I asked Mary K. about this woman, and she returned:
“She is not a destructive force, but is deterrent. She is working out
problems not met when she should have met them, and is fighting for
growth, just as she soon or late will fight for progress. She fights for
herself, her own growth, and not for progress in the larger sense.”
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