Words from the Norse

“The world has changed a great deal since I last came,” he said.  “I lived in the North by the lakes and survived by my hunting skills.  I killed beast and fish for my tribe and my family.  We lived in Norse Land, what you might call Norway today.  There were many mountains.  There were sunny times of year and there were dark times too, but we learned how to survive, how to make shelter.  We learned how to keep food when it was dark and cold, so that there was always something to eat and to sustain us.

          “You people today would find it a hard life, but we were happy.  We had no enemies.  We had all that God sent us that we needed.  We had meat.  We had skins. We had shelter, for apart from the crude shacks that we put up in summer we found caves for us in the winter.  We did not live as long as you do, but we shared what we had and all looked after the children and old people.

          “We lived in harmony.  We did not fight each other.  What was there to fight for?  There was enough of what we needed and we respected the life that we took so that our lives could continue.  We gave thanks for what we had, knowing that God, whatever he was, wherever he was, was there somewhere, who gave us love and laughter and each other.

“We formed some relationships, some families, but we always stayed fairly close together.  There was safety in being close.  When you are with those who you love, who love you, you do not know fear.  You do not know greed, because there is enough and you do not know of other things that you had not experienced, but in the marketing world today you are told that you need to go out and buy.

“Our life was simple.  It was satisfactory.  We had stones and bones and wood to make what we needed.  We found time to play, especially with the children and we taught them through games in life how to survive in this world that was not cruel.  It was not harsh.  Sometimes it was warm.  Sometimes it was hot.  Sometimes it could be very cold, but we never put ourselves in the way of being unhappy about the extremes, so if the wind blew we sheltered in the caves.

“If it rained heavily we simply moved to higher ground.  We made ourselves comfortable with what we had and we gave thanks to whoever created it all.  Whoever gave us what we needed, whoever kept us safe and we respected each other and we shared what we had and there was peace and harmony.

          “Somewhere along the line Mankind has forgotten these simple truths.  He is vicious.  He is selfish.  He only thinks about himself and he wonders where all the greed and hatred has come from, because he has turned away from the truth. The needs of survival, the family values and there was the Creator that made it all possible and gives us what we need, if we turn and give ourselves to him, so that we serve his great love.

“Even if we cannot see him we know he is there, because if we are honest with ourselves, wherever we look, there is a Higher Intelligence who has mind and wisdom way, way above our puny intellects and yet today, like spoilt and miserable children, Mankind runs riot to take what he doesn’t need, to deprive others of what they have got and to take pleasure in killing, destroying and moving on, leaving behind pain, famine and misery and destruction.

“Time is near to coming, when it may be that all the destruction will wipe away the so called progress of civilisation and famine and drought and disease will conquer this earth plane.  It was once so luxuriant and beautiful.  Unless those who know, those who are guided and those who are loved, stand up for what is right and are led by the Spirit to play their part, this world will cease to exist.

“It will be destroyed by the horrors and darkness of the evil that has invaded the mind-sets of so many people.  Most of whom do not know why they behave in this way.  They just do, as a flock of sheep runs out together, not knowing why or where they are going.

          “Religion has been born, as a contraption of power over the minds of men and wars are fought in the names of it and these warriors turn their backs on the creation and the beauty that our Creator made.

“Light must enter their darkness of ignorance and all of those of us who know better must look to the opportunities that will be given to us to ensure that God’s love is for all people on this earth.  Young and old, all together in harmony and peace, as we once lived in the twilight of the northern mountains, where we loved each other and we gave thanks for all that we had.

“I come today to offer you the thought that we must all go out and do likewise and the Spirit of Our Creator will find a way to fan the flames, so what is wrong will be burnt away and the humble and loving and kind people will prosper in the Kingdom that he gave us once again.

“God bless you all.  Amen.”