Elaine Pagels
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And I thought I heard a voice saying to me, I thought I could suddenly, after we meditated for an hour, I had the idea that I could ask my husband a question. I said, well, what do you think about this? And a voice came into my head, not auditory. This is fine with me. It's you I think about now. And I said, fine with you? What do you mean fine with you? You leave me with two tiny babies.
And I thought I heard a voice saying to me, I thought I could suddenly, after we meditated for an hour, I had the idea that I could ask my husband a question. I said, well, what do you think about this? And a voice came into my head, not auditory. This is fine with me. It's you I think about now. And I said, fine with you? What do you mean fine with you? You leave me with two tiny babies.
One is three months old. One is a year and a half. And you're gone. And what do you expect me to do with this? And I was irate at first. And then I thought, wait a minute. Who said that? I don't think it was my unconscious. It was not fine with me then.
One is three months old. One is a year and a half. And you're gone. And what do you expect me to do with this? And I was irate at first. And then I thought, wait a minute. Who said that? I don't think it was my unconscious. It was not fine with me then.
One is three months old. One is a year and a half. And you're gone. And what do you expect me to do with this? And I was irate at first. And then I thought, wait a minute. Who said that? I don't think it was my unconscious. It was not fine with me then.
It seemed like his voice. It seemed like my husband's voice. And I thought, how dare you ask? How dare you say it's fine with you? So you had a marital argument in his absence? Yes. At this late date, do you pray? Sometimes, yes. But not usually a lot of words. Meditate, maybe. So that wasn't the only experience with unexpected events like that.
It seemed like his voice. It seemed like my husband's voice. And I thought, how dare you ask? How dare you say it's fine with you? So you had a marital argument in his absence? Yes. At this late date, do you pray? Sometimes, yes. But not usually a lot of words. Meditate, maybe. So that wasn't the only experience with unexpected events like that.
It seemed like his voice. It seemed like my husband's voice. And I thought, how dare you ask? How dare you say it's fine with you? So you had a marital argument in his absence? Yes. At this late date, do you pray? Sometimes, yes. But not usually a lot of words. Meditate, maybe. So that wasn't the only experience with unexpected events like that.
Thank you very much, David.
Thank you very much, David.
Thank you very much, David.