Aside from the Angels I have seen, there was also one vision that I keep seeing repeatedly, communicating to me while I was reading my law books. There were images of two persons on the wall just in front of my study table. They took the form of little men with a smooth round head and bodice, like they have no hairs on their skin whatsoever. In the midst of the visions on the wall was a boat and the persons were standing on each end, which I took them to be the captain and the navigator. They relayed to me through signs and symbols that they were Angels too, taking other shape, in order to relay the messages on the wall more effectively---in order that their sign languages could be more emphasized.
Their hands would signal many pantomime in
order to converse with me and their heads would nod or shake whenever I confirm
their messages (whether I got it right or I got it wrong). Why they did not
converse to me in spoken language is a question that I have no definite
answers. My heart told me that if they came so vividly to me and spoke to me
like usual persons do, I may be shocked beyond my wits and be overly consumed
with the stream of supernatural things that came to me so rapidly without
proper notice.
The captain was always
pointing upwards, towards a destination, towards a place high up. Through signs
and symbols, they made me write this poem, which is titled as “The
Voyage”.
THE VOYAGE
Come my dear child,
follow the footsteps of my
symbols,
towards a voyage curved in
stone,
as I have murmured and
whispered to your ears
from the beginning until the
End of Times;
where humankind shall persist
in eternal Peace and Love
among brothers and sisters
all.
Be the harbor of your
patience,
like the child as you
are and grow into the strength and courage
that I have seen in you,
as you have to your own
children.
Mold them into the Light,
so that they may not be lost
in the Darkness that you once knew.
The Heavens are for you to
dwell, and for those who believe shall be chosen;
that an enormous Love shall
make you fly, with wings of the greatest span.
Carry your brothers and
sisters like you carry your own children
so that the evil forces shall
be vanquished
by the armies I have sent to
defeat and subdue them.
And evil shall be vanquished
indeed
by the Angels within us and
around us.
The signs on the wall were a
magical exposition. Like the visions of angels in the sky, it was hard to
fathom at first that somehow there are sets of realities that are not as it
were before, as they all happened beyond my wildest dreams. These were things
that made sense only in movies and in children’s stories, and yet those were
the things that invoked me to accept a newer reality.
“The Voyage” is a
simple poem. It may be in metaphor but it does not confuse the reader as much.
As we examined it, “The Voyage” speaks of things to come, of the promise that
has been made known to us since time immemorial, the rewards of the faithful
and of the obedient.
Each and every one of us
should prepare ourselves for the voyage towards eternity and beyond. There is a
ship on dock, to receive those who have done good works and men of greatest
faith and obedience to the dictates of the Creator. This is the voyage that
could end all voyages and we shall not let pass this opportunity to be part of
the ultimate adventure towards the life hereafter. It may not come our way as
easily again.
Prepare your own gears and
effects. The voyage may be long and arduous and yet the rewards are great. Be
patient for the destination is almost at hand. Those who shall overcome their
will against the temptation of the devil shall be aboard the ship, and when he
is already aboard, the road ahead is less laborious; in fact it would be a
skyway to Heaven, a trip that has no stop but only destination. Be patient so
that you may have the purity of soul. A righteous man’s soul shall be your
ticket to the Gate of Heaven. Do all things that are good and avoid every evil
conduct. Is that too much to ask? What good does it do a man to receive the
pleasures of a mortal world when he loses the Kingdom of God, an everlasting
life?
Be prepared, for it is an
enormous love that shall carry us towards eternity. Cultivate your heart so
that you may be able to “carry your brothers and sisters like you carry your
own children”, for an enormous love decides the purity of our soul. It is an enormous
love to be a man for others, to look out not only for the self, but also for
those who need help and assistance.
An enormous love shall give
us wings of the widest span and the Heavens are for us to dwell. In the house
of the Creator, there would be temples in the clouds, and Paradise everywhere.
The Universe is so wide that there would be limitless geography in which we
could spread our wings. There would be everlasting joy, peace and harmony. A
life of music and dances, of merriment and celebrations and there would be no
daytime or nighttime, neither Muslim nor Christian, neither black nor
white.
To those that have not been
able to prepare themselves, they shall be cast away and shall not be aboard the
ship that awaits us at port. They will have another destination, downward to
the road of perdition where the vengeance of eternal fire awaits them.
It is easy to prepare when
patience is on our side. All we have to ask every now and then is: Would God
desire to have me in His Temple? Would He allow me to live with Him and dwell
with Him? Am I worthy of His presence?
“Behold, the tabernacle
of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people,
and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away
all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow,
nor crying; neither there shall be any more pain: for the former things have
passed away.”
Am I a thief? Am I a
fornicator?
Am I a murderer? Am I a
gossiper? Am I an adulterer?
Am I a Liar? Am I a
blasphemer?
The life of each and every
one of us is a voyage by itself. The voyage in fact starts now as we speak and
shall end at the place and time God had promised all His children. Let us treat
every day as a step towards the voyage, as a time and opportunity to prepare
our souls, to carry God’s desires and wishes; to follow all His dictates and
instructions.
What does it do a man to have
faith and yet do not have works? Does faith alone could save him?
Be patient and be
disciplined. Have faith but know the meaning of real faith. It is not how much
or how deep you practice your faith but how you apply righteousness in your
everyday life. Not to be pious in men’s eyes and yet evil in the conclave of
your homes. For God knows everything. To have faith as it is too often said is
also to have enormous love, to have hope, and to have charity. For what is
faith if we do not have the basic concept of goodliness? What is faith if we
continue to do abominable things?
I may not be perfect and yet
I am imperfect without committing any sin. As a man, I am often envious and
frustrated by anger, and jealous and yet I would not let my envy and anger
consume and stain me. I may have nothing what others have but my lack of things
would never lead me to steal. I may have the instinct of lust and yet I
recognized that I have been given a heart and mind to dissuade me from bestial
acts. (From my book "The Night of Angels")
