Teachings Come in Layers - Chapter 3
An angel's approach to teaching explained...
Chapter 3 of 5
This is the third excerpt in my series “Layers.” To read the first excerpt click here.
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Teachings Come in Layers
As soon as I closed my eyes, I could see a pond with fallen leaves under it and the shadow of a tree over a little of it. I was amazed at the crystal clarity I was seeing with, it was just as good as if I were on earth. I then saw Marcus’ reflection appear in the tree’s shadow. We moved over near a sunny spot, and a creature like him appeared in a reflection.
I looked around at the pond and saw many trees scattered around, as wide as a patch could be while still being called wooded terrain. There was grass around, and picnic tables nearby. There was even a rocky area on one side of the pond to my left. It looked like a nature park that Storm and I might visit, though it was not a place I’d ever been before.
Marcus then began giving me instructions on how to sharpen my visions.
Soon I was pestering him with questions. I wanted to understand how things work, having faced constant annoyance with others who could not explain how their own gift functioned. “We can’t get very far unless we can understand our experiences well enough to hone them in others.” I vented to him.
“You are wise to ask these questions. Some just make assumptions.”
“But, even more common is a lack of desire to seek understanding with the same tenacity as the person seeks for the gift itself. See, many might want to see in the spirit, and they might pray or do other things until they get their sight. But they are not equally as passionate about understanding and wisdom.”
“So, once they have their own breakthrough, they do not invest much energy into understanding their newfound skill and why it is working for them. They are content with their own ability. You and Storm are determined, you will not be satisfied by merely seeing a thing, you wish for deeper spiritual sight, which is understanding. Spiritual sight is seeing hidden things, but there are layers to that. There are always deeper layers of understanding. And there are layers of things hidden more deeply than the last, you and Storm seek to unearth another layer, this is commendable and honored in the kingdom. Hearts like yours are in company with Solomon and others, it is rare to seek deeper and deeper depths, beyond a certain extent. These are the minds that God loves, because he loves to be sought out. (This includes seeking God’s ways, and the systems of nature herself, it is not limited to seeking him directly.)”
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I then looked at the reflection again. Akiemba appeared to have an open, white vest on, this was new to my eyes. I began to ask another question…
“Just look child, just look,” Marcus instructed.
“That’s the trouble with you, sometimes you don’t finish your current layer before you go looking to dig into the next. That never works well because such things are meant to be layered, you must understand the previous layer to draw correct understanding of the next. One layer at a time. It is all right to eat just one layer.”
As he said this, I saw two images overlaid with one another. Somehow they were not competing with each other, and my mind was able to process two things existing in the same space at the same time without difficulty. My understanding of it felt clear.
The first image was of a small, chocolate layer cake. The layers were thin, but there were many of them, each with icing in between. I was digging into the cake with a spoon. I saw no need to slice it up. I dug into the middle of the cake, eating a little of the top layer. Then I began digging into the next, rather than finishing the previous layer, hollowing out the layer beneath. I then dug even deeper, into the third layer, undermining the upper layers and making a mess of the cake.
The second scene was a hill covered in grass. We were digging, searching for fossils. Once again, there were distinct layers in the soil, yet I was digging deeper when there where still layers to be dug out across the width of the dig area.
I understood what Marcus was conveying to me. Finish one level before beginning the next.
I sighed, “this is why you only teach me a certain amount on one topic sometimes, isn’t it? Even though I want to finish the topic, you stop half way through and don’t return to it until a long time later. You’re finishing a level first aren’t you?”
“Yes.” Marcus set a hand on my shoulder. “Sometimes we stop when you are tired. But other times it is because we will only take you so far on a topic until your understanding has broadened. Then, when we show you the next layer, everything comes easily because you have many understandings to pull from and the concepts are easily illustrated.”
“We teach you in patterns that build many illustrations for later things. This is how Jesus taught. He was always giving parables - illustrations for deeper things. He was drawing analogies from what they already knew.”
“If they had continued to be taught by him, he then could have used their new understanding to build new parables, creating higher and higher illustrations. Each layer works like a rung on a ladder. Each rung takes you closer to heaven and understanding it. It can be good to learn a topic, yes, but it can also be good to get the broad scope of a landscape first. Then build upon that, layer by layer…”
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I then looked at the pond again and saw Akiemba’s reflection in it. I could see gray goat legs, the bare chest with a white vest on, then arms and white wings spread-out to his sides, each independent of the other. I saw two more sets of wings below the first. They were clear, like the wings on a dragonfly, yet they sparkled. They look like fairy wings! I thought to myself.
“Watch,” Marcus told me as he grabbed his armor above the chest and pulled it open. The weave of the armor shifted, as if it was made to pull open in the middle. Now there were only a few strings criss-crossed over the center of his chest, like a laced, deep, V-neck shirt. “It’s always open to hug you.” He scooped me up and pulled me in.
Emotions began welling up within me as I whispered, “how come you’re so accessible?”
“That’s how it works in Father’s kingdom.” Marcus whispered in my ear as he held me. “The spiritual is much more accessible than the physical. It is also because we are loving. When you love someone, you have a certain availability to them.”
“More accessible…” I pondered, then stopped myself from asking another question. “I know, I know, a lesson for another time, right?”
“That’s right.” He smiled. “Just know that the barriers in the spiritual world are different than the barriers in the physical world…”
“Now, let’s do a little more looking before you leave, aye?” Marcus set me down from holding me while we hugged.
I saw a sword on Marcus’s side and a horn, or possibly a horn-shaped flask hanging on Marcus’ other side. I also saw a purple crystal hung from a golden necklace and a belt around a white kilt from which the items hung. His torso was bare, save for the breastplate I described. His arms and wings were joined until just above the elbow. White feathered wings, matching hair, a mix of normal strands and dreadlocks, each dread with a feather growing from it’s tip. And a broad face beaming with love and pride toward me.
Dive date: March 16 2022
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Layers Series - Table of Contents
A description of my angel Akiemba who then teaches how seeing & knowing overlap in the spirit realm.
Spiritual Insights Come in Layers
How to unlock spiritual flow - a lesson from an angel.
You are here - Chapter 3
On going within to find relief from grief, poor beliefs & the external laws of institutions.
Imagination: A Layer of Reality
Our imagination is like the soil from which things grows...
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Great post Willow! Spirit obce told me ... you can only learm to the level (one could say layer here though) thst you have reached .
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